Dan Whetstone and Lee Dennis In Montana Politics
Old Dan Whetstone of the Cut Bank Pioneer Press comments on Lee Dennis appointment as secretary of the state board of examiners at Helena noting a $3,000 salary compared to Dennis prior $4,000 railroad commissioner pay. The piece savages Whetstone’s state-house record and mocks his long pay-roll routine and Studebaker car as a sign of political bias.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Dennis
Copper-Co-Op
Helena
Bill Campbell
Pioneer Press
Dan Whetstone
Cut Bank
Independent
State Board of Examiners
Dennis
Railroad Commission
Dixon Administration
State House
Dan
Studebaker
Joseph M. Dixon
Montana
Cut. Bank
Paris Salon Returns to Senses as Cubism Loses Favor
Critics note a shift in the Paris Salon with fewer cubist works and experimental verse. The public sees more realistic paintings that resemble their titles, easing confusion and embarrassment over abstract pieces.
Cubists on the run spark calls to discard blank verses
Fragmentary excerpt complains about art exhibit bootlegs and mockery of Cubist work. The speaker mocks thin brushwork, calls for rest from pretentious verse, and urges discarding blank versels as a sign of progress. Local commentary reflects period attitudes toward modern art.
Mermaids and North Pole Myths in Arctic Exploration
A historical tale traces North Pole quests by Hudson Amundsen and Henry VIII era explorers. It recalls Hudson's mermaid sighting and the enduring legends of a non navigable route, a new land beyond ice, and crews vanishing without report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amundsen
North Pole
Peary
Henry Hudson
Europe
Asia
Hudson
Robert Thomas
Henry VIII
England
China
Turkish women enter army ranks amid wartime change
For centuries Turkish women hid in veils but World War I shattered traditions. The Sultan’s regime loosened, allowing women to serve as equals with men. The Turkish army now boasts two women colonels and many junior officers, illustrating a rapid swing toward new freedoms and a pendulum-like shift in life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Slashing State Expenses Cuts for Montana Government
An editorial from Red Lodge Picket Journal praises a state board action to cut more than a quarter of a million dollars in expenditures across state departments and institutions. It credits Governor Erickson and Helena officials for choosing to do more with less, acknowledging the hurtful but necessary economy to reduce deficits. The piece urges similar restraint at county, city, and school levels, arguing that tax relief requires reduced services and expenditures aligned with income, and stresses public support for such fiscal courage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of
Erickson
Helena
Montana
Sermon Excerpts On Duty And Character In Minneapolis Church
The Rev Roy L Smith D Paulor Simpson M KE Church Minneapolis presents pithy lines on child pampering breeding useless citizens egotism by bosses breeding contempt intolerance in religion yielding atheism law breaking by adults causing youth recklessness worry multiplying troubles better workmanship yielding better wares and indifferent citizenship debauching government
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy L. Smith
D. Paulor Simpson
Minneapolis
The Dead Letter Office Costs and Oddities of Mail
The Haskin Letter surveys the dead letter office in Washington, noting 21,000,000 dead fetters and 800,000 deceased parcels last year. It details revenue from undelivered letters, stamps, and returns, versus the vast losses from misaddressed or unreturned mail, and describes the nixie system and costly directory work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
United States Treasury
Postal Service
Post Office Department
Better Mailing Week Aims to Cut Mail Errors and Costs
A discussion on misaddressed mail highlights how wrong return addresses push parcels to the dead letter office. Correct, legible addresses in the upper left corner and on the back envelope could save taxes and reduce waste as Better Mailing Week promotes public awareness. The U S post office handles 25 billion pieces yearly with 360 000 employees, and most irregularities stem from sender carelessness rather than staff error.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Will
United States
Post Office Department
Governor Smith Says New York Needs Two Governors
In a New York City speech on Sunday Governor Smith argues that New York State requires two governors one to stay in Albany and another with several tailor made suits as a tongue in cheek remark. He criticizes frivolous patriotic holiday behavior and memory day festivities as too frivolous and self centered according to the Philadelphia Record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
New York City
New York State
Albany
Philadelphia
Armored Tuam vessels a disputed topic in dispatches
The dispatches report remains unclear on whether rem runners ordered armored Tuam running vessels. The Baltimore Sun notes the Anti-Saloon League will likely use the tale to push for more public funds to build armored rum chasers and to scare Sunday school children into higher donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rem
Anti-Saloon League
Baltimore Sun
Idaho Technical Institute President Asked to Resign
By AP in Pocatello Idaho June 7 Huntington Taylor board president asks Charles R Frazier to resign saying he is not in harmony with the board and its plan to develop the institute as a two year or junior college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pocatello
Tdn
Charles R. Frazier
Idaho Technical Institute of Pocatello
Huntington Taylor
Board of Education
Kitten Found Alive in Bureau Drawer After Missing Notice
New York report: John Bainerd, who mourned a lost kitten for two days and ran ads in multiple papers, discovered the pet alive but hungry in a bureau drawer, ending a brief missing incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Bainerd
Summer Outlook Inini Banking And Industry
New York June 7 By Associated Press Emerging from a restricted spring, business enters its summer cycle with fair conditions in many industries. Textile gains contrast with motor output, but drastic summer reactions are unlikely. Steel production holds near 70 percent capacity, boosting optimism. Europe shows mixed signals with Italy strengthening currency prospects while France faces a franc low. Railcar loadings and earnings rise. oil demand and fuel prices lift sentiment. Bond market sees heavy new issue demand with high prices and strong foreign loans activity.
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New York
Associated Press
United States Steel Corporation
Europe
Italy
France
Germany
Alles
St. Paul
Northwest
United States
Boiler Blast Takes Two on Key West Line
The engineer and fireman of the crack Chicago Key West train were killed when the locomotive boiler exploded on the Seven Mile bridge about 50 miles north of Key West. The incident occurred on the East Coast railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keywest
Fla
Associated Press
East Coast Railroad
Seven Mile Bridge
Here
Answers to Questions from The Helena Independent
A reader questions page explains origins of orange blossom tradition in Moorish culture, coin production of silver dollars in 1925, and reasons for nodal growth in cactus wood. It covers driver qualifications with AAA, royal titles, baking chemistry, Glasgow's age, usage of all together, Lincoln during Civil War, and Annapolis West theater history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Service
American Automobile Association
England
Princess of Wales
Great Britain
Wales
Victoria
Prince of Wales
Glasgow
Clyde
Lincoln
Washington
Fort Stevens
Gen. Wright
Tost
Annapolis
Maryland Gazette
Loyalty to Monarch Shown by Italians in Rome Celebration
Rome June 7 Victor Emmanuel I marked twenty five years on the throne with a nationwide demonstration showing united support for the monarchic form of government. The day featured patriotic festivities with the national tri color and drew eight thousand mayors as spokesmen for millions of subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Victor Emmanuel
House of Sava
Silk thread in pearl stringing should be undyed
Recent tests show silk thread used in stringing pearls should not be dyed or contain chemicals as the lustre of the pearls may be destroyed.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joe Dixon
Eli Siegel
Companis
Tayle
Macrell
Thomas Hitter
Robert Rayner
Red Lodge Picket Journal
By Morris
George Matthew Adame
Haskin Letter
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