Augusta district cuts budget by eliminating schools and salaries
A northern Lewis and Clark county district in Augusta reduces annual expenses by about 5000 dollars by closing two grade schools and delaying improvements. Salaries face only light cuts while trustees seek savings through consolidation. Montana costs per pupil run higher than national averages, with local districts urged to emulate Augusta’s efficiency as budgets finish. A Detroit zoo adds a cow, sparking hopes for a horse exhibit for children.
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Missoula
Gallatin
Modernizing the Home at Baltimore Real Estate Convention
At the Baltimore convention of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, Lawrence Kocher of New York argued for a future house modelled as a standardized, movable, quickly assembled structure with adjustable walls. He challenged permanence concepts, citing the need for flexible interiors to suit changing family life and cleanliness routines.
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Baltimore
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Lawrence Kocher
New York
Kocher
Grandpa
House party upgrades and home brew jest in Helena issue
A satirical note suggests rearranging rooms for bridge parties and jokes about scientific fixes. The piece cites Toronto Telegram's housewife error with an enumerator and ends with a jab at temperance agents during prohibition.
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Toronto Telegram
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Little Brown Brother and the Price of Liberty
A historical column argues that economic hardship cools Filipino zeal for liberty and drives reliance on the United States. It contends tariffs and sugar interests influence freedom movements, noting Filipinos’ tendency to stay aligned with Uncle Sam for economic protection and better terms. The piece ends with a quip about a state house stenographer seeking a raise after marriage.
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Little Brown Brother
Uncle Sam
United States
Millionaires memories and the forgotten million
George F. Baker, once named the world’s third richest man, testified briefly during the Pujo money trust hearings, saying he forgot a million dollars in his investments. The piece notes many ultra rich resist taxes while others ignore unemployment fears and hunger, and ends with eerie anecdotes about hairstyles of headlines, a drink turning deadly, and songs becoming radio spinners.
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George F. Baker
Pujo
Money Trust
Baker
United States
Editorial: Hoover must call Congress to modify tariff and repeal prohibition
The editorial urges President Hoover to convene an emergency session to modify the Hawley Smoot tariff and repeal prohibition. It argues repeal would revive exports, create jobs, reduce crime, balance the budget, and end national hypocrisy, aligning with Wickersham commission findings and popular sentiment. It stresses tariff reform could restore prosperity and offset low industrial output.
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Hoover
Congress
Wickersham Commission
Sermons of the Rev Roy L Smith at Simpson M E Church
Religious column by Reverend Roy L Smith from Minneapolis parish listing concise maxims on virtue honesty patriotism faith industry and honor. Notes reflect sermonic themes urging virtue over vice and condemning deceit cowardice and evasive defenses of orthodoxy.
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Roy L. Smith
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Simpson M. E. Church
Lent Now and Bankers Fear in Times of Depression
Washington column discusses money as medium of exchange and how banker behavior shifts in recessions. It explains the fear of lending, the unseen committee guiding credit in hard times, and the social dynamics with bankers relying on old networks while the economy stalls.
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Butelen
Baler
Snaber Yard
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Great Crea
Toreleir Exchange
Federal Reserve System blamed for bank lending woes in 1920s era
The piece argues bankers used the Federal Reserve as a shield to deny loans to farmers and merchants while the Fed resists, noting the board is owned by member banks. It claims widespread confusion about Rediscount policies and warns of a public push to lend and buy now amid high reserve ratios and plentiful funds.
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Delphi
Plans for Carrying Out New Egg Law in Montana
Butte June 12 A meeting of dealers producers and hens of the state department of agriculture formulated plans for carrying out the provisions of the 1931 egg grading law. Eggs must conform with standards not by the federal government and must bear a grade mark. Inferior quality cannot be sold as food. All eggs brought into Montana must be candled at the shipping point and graded before sale.
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Butte
State Department of Agriculture
Montana
Impeachment Fails in Missouri Senate Acquittal
Jefferson City Ma June 12 Larry Brunk state treasurer was acquitted by the Missouri senate late today on all nine articles of impeachment charging malfeasance in office.
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Jefferson City
Larry Brunk
Minisour
Senate
Dangers of Carbon Monoxide At Work And Home
New York warns workers about carbon monoxide dangers from burning fuels in homes and plants. Advice covers flame color blue vs yellow, sealed gas lines, leak checks, proper hose use, avoiding overlarge flames, reporting pressure changes, and seeking medical care for headaches or illness.
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Varimia
New York State Department of Labor
Braas Foundries
Thia
Answers to Questions from the Independent Information Bureau
A wide set of Q and A items cover topics from baseball schedules to radio under water, archery records, Christian Endeavor in San Francisco, deportation, bevel glass, Egyptian highways, Sal Smith Russell and New York debut, glaciation history, Easter Island naming, flower train shipments, copyright scope, foreign habitual residency in France, and Africa name origins. Annotated answers detail dates, places, people, and facts such as 1930 automobile counts, 1871 New York debut, and 1722 discovery date, with careful distinctions and neutral tone.
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Hooveres Prepare Fishing Trip From Virginia Camp
Washington June 12 President and Mrs Hoover left today for the Virginia fishing camp to end a quiet weekend. He will not return to Washington before starting a trip to Indiana Ohio and Illinois. He will board his special train Sunday night at Orange Virginia. The only rest for the weekend departed earlier to the camp with Mark Sullivan and Mrs Sullivan Lawrence Mick ey one of the president s secretaries and Captain Joel T Boomn White House physician. Fort y three students were graduated today From the eastern Montana normal school Chancellor M A Brannon presented the diplomas President L 3% McMuhen conferred awards and honors on 21 of the graduates. In his commencement address W J Jameson Jr Billige attorney emphasized the growing importance of adult education.
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