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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1923
Page
2
A columnist derides a comedian who announced a contract for about six films at a rumored 3 million dollars, arguing the term art is misused to justify vast pay for lowbrow slapstick. The piece mocks the notion of art as sacrifice and questions who truly makes art in light of such deals.
Realizing long running popularity of two full page features, the Helena Evening paper contracts a strip from Darney Google and Spark Pug and Her Pats. Arrangements were made with cate string The Independent. Full pages of these comics will be found in the Sunday Independent as well.
Pittsburg Michigan or Pennsylvania experiment shifts from city owned cars to taxi hires for official business. Forty cars stored, crew laid off, $26,000 set aside for taxi use, now expected to cost under $18,000 for the year, with cars auctioned and city workers released.
The city faces a labor shortage and an estimated annual impact of not less than $100,000. Pittsburg taxpayers cheer the potential economy, while officials remain wary about the broader effect on city operations and services.
A historical editorial argues the Socialist Party of America upholds clear, honest aims, while condemning the Workers and Farmer-Labor parties as secretly communist. It questions genuine working-class backing and cautions against social movements masking radical aims, noting a NY convention remark condemning communists as impostors.
The text urges churches to secure an eight hour day for labor and then press employers to shorten the phone work day in response to labor demands. It frames religious groups as drivers of workplace reforms and links wage and hours issues to communications labor.
A Denver gang tied to swindling and confidence games faced verdicts on three counts including conspiracy and grand larceny. Victims testified losses ranged from 5 000 to 54 121 dollars as prosecutors push to curb fraud. Sentences span three to ten years amid calls for harsher penalties and continued court action to deter such crimes.
A San Francisco Journal editorial argues that when life conditions become intolerable effective remedies arise. It cites a Colorado railroad brotherhoods case where a man won damages, and predicts appeals will fail, asserting that individuals are accountable for collective or individual wrongs and that immunity cannot endure. The piece denounces coercive union tactics as contrary to law and justice.
Washington reports cargoes of parrots finches and exotic species arrive by ship from South Seas Africa and Asia. More than 300000 birds are imported yearly and inspected for pests with aims to keep sparrows and other pests off shores while noting risks to native wildlife and crops.
A fragmentary article notes rare birds surprising the public with striking traits. It mentions the black cockatoo and New Guinea bower bird as welcome wild newcomers and describes the bower bird’s straw play ground and the kagus’ dancing displays. It highlights the gray She Kau bird and its loud cry, plus the charm of shown rare specimens gaining fame through curiosity.
A New York society romance reports the engagement of Miss Emily O Neill Davies and Lo Win Vanderbilt, son of the late Alfred Gwynne Vane Herbst. The piece reflects on rarity and public interest in museum specimens, recounting an extinct Philip Island parrot and the great auk as examples of neglected curiosities.
The article notes government threats to prosecute sugar importers and refiners for profiteering and to enforce a consumer strike, yet sugar prices hit new highs. It cites Hoover’s assurance of no world sugar stockpile while global prices rise, implying possible world price control or cartel effects.
Glasgow Democrat reports Prohibition Wirestor Lusk denies talk of haore in Shelby and hints the price might reveal itself. The article notes a ruined bridge segment near Cimacroy River after a southbound oil train derailed and toppled into the water, injuring crews.
A garbled, stray OCR fragment compilation captures disjointed remarks on culture, politics, romance, manners, and daily life. It mentions杜 broad topics, suggests outdated views, and includes scattered names, places, and phrases, all lacking coherent narrative or clear events.
The text presents a Q and A from the Answers to Questions section of the Inquirer. It covers topics from college attendance, Civil War service, language usage, scripture origins, wood waterlogging, codfish diet, baptism immersion, slavery counts, and a weather vane grasshopper at Faneuil Hall, plus railway developments and a cheese souffle recipe. A closing obituary notes Chris Pemble, 24, survivor of Custers command, died in Tatorna.
Jesse W. Smith and Jesse W. Sith, both found in the apartment of Attorney General Daugherty in Washington, are cited as the so called mystery men of the Harding administration. Smith is described as a close friend of the president and the attorney general.
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