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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1926
Page
7
Indiana Republicans push to repeal absent voter provisions and oppose state income tax while warning that absent ballots are often influenced by campaigners. The piece notes practical defects in absent voter systems and argues against expanding taxation. it ends with a regional remark about government aid to Alaska natives and looming consumer subsidies.
Promoters of a November veto measure on state prohibition have funded an imported Canadian speaker to tour Montana. He drew 150 listeners in Miles City and argued crime rose under government control while warning of bootlegging, with most remarks focused on alcohol’s effects. He denounced Canadian parliament members who testified in Washington as lying.
In Hannibal Missouri a bronze life size statue of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn was unveiled, presented to the nation's youth. The statue memorializes Mark Twain's enduring boyhood icons, celebrated by those who recall the characters from their books.
The piece recalls Hannibal Missouri landmarks tied to Mark Twain and Tom Sawyer on Cardiff Hill where locust blossoms scented the air and memories of Huck Finn and Becky Thatcher linger. It urges readers to revisit the novels and rediscover the boy paradise. A brief note mentions Helena's bandit rumors and a two-bandit feud hint.
State Fire Marshal W G Brooks reports to State Auditor Porter on fire protection upgrades for state institutions. Improvements include water supply upgrades, new or enhanced firefighting equipment, wiring updates, fire escapes, and protection for staff and patients at the penitentiary, asylum hospital, tuberculosis sanitarium, and vocational school.
A Baltimore Sun editorial critiques Navy traditions and the Navy's clash with reformers. It argues Josephus Daniels and later leaders pushed modernization, eroding courtly conduct, patience, and the old swagger. The piece links the Kiss ceremony to broader pressure from uplifters and predicts further court-martialing of nurses and tightening norms.
In Washington June 3, Senator Borah proposed using alien property funds to pay U S war claims against Germany while arguing over continuing the Alien Property Custodian duties. The dispute centers on recovering $250 million of German assets, with Borah favoring closure of the office or using funds to satisfy private and national claims.
The text outlines 3,249 private American war claims including 425 death and injury cases and 2,275 small claims under 25 000 with 510 larger claims. It discusses using interest from alien property funds to settle smaller claims, the Berlin treaty, and political maneuvering in the Senate amid reparations and French war debt discussions.
A new yarn named woal is made from waste of the artificial silk industry, offering a woollike feel and bright dyes. Blended with real wool it improves serge appearance, using scraps from cellulose or wood fiber by the same process as artificial silk. England develops woolnlose from vegetable fiber by a different method. Both artificial fibers mimic wool and silk as addable textile materials.
New York reports a generally high level of industrial and trade activity with some irregularities but not affecting sentiment. June dividends exceed 300000, short term funding tightness passes, rail traffic hits record volumes, gasoline consumption tops two billion gallons in April, and oil stocks shrink. Bond markets show low new-issue activity, with potential large utility offerings looming. European and French financial plans aim to stabilize currencies and enable later large loans in Belgium and France.
Massachusetts representative Tinkham calls for a congressional investigation into the Anti-Saloon League finances at Washington. He accuses Congressman Brampton of accepting fees for pro prohibition speeches, while Wayne Wheeler defends the group as paying only expenses and honorariums. The debate notes the thin line between honoraria and fees and recalls past failed probes into league funding.
A bureau offers free answers with a two cent return postage fee. It lists questions and answers on graves, taxes, soap cutting, coin figures, pipe care, mnemonics, Jamestown starvation, invitations, Statue of Liberty color, radium sources, sesame oil odor, and gelatin. It notes employment of clerks and the bureau’s political gesture among voters.
Mary Austin writes to Southwest business leaders arguing Santa Fe artists prefer quiet, productive work that the Federated Women’s Clubs threaten with a culture colony. She warns the plan would disrupt artistic peace and harmony, urging clubs to withdraw to avoid coercive intrusion on creative life. The Nation
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