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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1929
Page
6
Henry Ford's interview stresses leaders must master every task they demand others perform. He learned old dances himself, then led the revival to guide workers effectively. The lesson: don't expect subordinates to excel if you can't do the work yourself. rise only if you stay a step ahead of those you instruct.
Helena residents who rose early to welcome Shriners from St. Paul along their route home planned a west side meeting before nightfall. Officials noted that a returning Shriner train would not awaken for a reception committee before nine in the morning.
A New Jersey parachutist is jailed on trespass allegations after landing on a farmer’s land. The diver argues the landing was an act of God while the farmer wants jumpers to use other fields. The case proceeds through court levels with no commentary. The column foresees much litigation from careless tourism including tossing overboard empty ginger ale bottles.
A homeowner discovers a hole in the roof and a monkeywrench tapping in a dented living room floor. A Washington clerk estimates one fifth of the U S population crosses state lines daily, while if America were along the Canadian border two fifths might cross the international line daily for a season or more.
The Montana Power Company reports strong sales after thirty days of newspaper advertising in Montana. More than twelve hundred electric kitchen ranges now installed or sold, alongside a wide range of electric devices that replace coal stoves and manual labor. A New York show demonstrates a fully electric home with rotating rooms and diverse gear. In Mexico bank robbers are termed revolutionists while in the north they are stock market speculators.
The Senate approved the Norris lame duck amendment for the sixth time in recent years and sent it to the House where leaders have opposed it. The measure would shift start dates for Congress and the presidency to accelerate turnout and curb defeated members serving over a year. House leaders oppose citing lost control.
A playful piece splits best editorial meat into cake and pastry, weighing what counts as strawberry shortcake. It traces reactions from critics and guests as the host portions fourths, savors second helpings, and signals the crowd with a chant.
Sermon by Rev Roy L Smith at Simpson M church in Minneapolis argues for a hopeful future driven by cancer cures, peace, ethical use of machines, racial equality, science revealing God's character, safer management of life risks, and humanity’s ascent toward higher aims.
Frederic J Haskin outlines a National Negro Business League survey with Underwriters Bureau data across 32 southern central northern and lower Mississippi cities. It finds a postwar upturn in Negro business but limited profits and a dominance of personal service trades led by barber shops tailors and restaurants with most employees Negro while a small white minority works in certain roles.
A Glasgow magistrate sternly asks a familiar defendant how many times he has stood before the court, probing past conduct as the man appears before the bench in a corrective hearing.
A survey highlights cash handling, bookkeeping gaps, and cleanliness issues among negro tradesmen. It notes 41 percent paid cash, 16 percent used credit, and 70 percent advertised, while many lack profit reinvestment and progressive merchandising. The National Negro Business League recommends associations, better accounting, sanitation, schooling, and financing to raise standards and avoid overcrowding.
A survey of 4 607 cases in 34 hospitals finds surgical ligation carries about 1 death per 250 cases, while injections show 1 death per 4 000. Recurrence after injection is around 6 percent versus 30 percent for surgery, highlighting growing support for the newer method. The injection procedure is office based, not bedbound, and aids healing of ulcers by obliterating the supplying vein. Physicians test deep vein capacity by bandaging the leg and having the patient walk ten blocks to gauge tolerance and guide treatment suitability.
Reader asks about relief for chafing in warm weather. Advice includes washing with soap and water, thorough drying, castor oil, talcum or zinc stearate, and possible niich haze extract with fan drying before powder. Also covers headaches and calcium lactate, quinine use for malaria, and how doctors diagnose malaria now.
A reader Q and A column presents inquiries on topics from the Futurity Race in England to the size of Cain's Theatrical Storehouse in New York. It covers petrol versus gasoline, the last horse car date in NYC, Gold Star Mothers trips to Europe, German glider clubs, largest municipal parks, Washington Cathedral costs, cemetery association rights, wedding ring history, and Walter Reed hospital patient counts.
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