15 Jun 1920
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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1920
Page
1
A sensational beauty claim describes Ordinary Mercurial wax as a harmless nightly treatment that peels surface fat to reveal fresher skin. It promises a natural youthful complexion within two weeks and urges readers to try it, noting it requires only a single item from a drugstore.
A list of civil service openings covers roles from designing engineer and radio engineer to education director and chemist. Salary ranges vary from about 1,200 to over 5,000 dollars, with positions in fisheries, metallurgy, physics, statistics, and shop supervision among others.
A towing steamer Vesta of the Vesta Coal company capsized in a windstorm at Allenport on the Monongahela River. Captain Lincoln Hodgson, his son, and a woman employed on the vessel were drowned.
Agnes Johnston, youngest writer on Thomas lace staff, author of Charles Ray’s Alarm Clock Andy, speaks on training by intimate contact with people. She notes she has never married, divorced, or arrested, yet has traveled worldwide since five months old and lived in many states and foreign countries. She sold her first scenario for $40, inspired by a prison warden’s tale.
Clara Kimball Young shines in AT THE ANTLERS with Episode 4 of Fata Fortunes and Eden of the Pacific a Prigma travelogue rounds out the program showcasing star power and varied cinema fare.
Manager Eckhardt notes strong demand for The Passing Show ot ISIS arriving at the Marlow on June 21. He guarantees patrons will be satisfied, with a large company, lavish scenery and effects, and genuine amusement. The production features scenes of the Hotel Biltmore, Childs restaurant, a New York studio, and other international touches.
In Gwinn Mich on June 14 Andrew Seass Jr 16 and Eddie Ri ler were electrocuted after contact with a fallen high tension wire. James Scamlan survived with aid from Bernard Goodman Jr of Little Lake who saved him by using his coat to pull him to safety.
A storm swept over the East Grand Forks area killing a former living near Mallory in the Dominican Fountain district this afternoon. The report states the casualty occurred during the storm’s progression. Further official details were not immediately available.
The ad claims millions use Red Cross Ball Blue and that sales rise yearly. It touts the product to homemakers and friends, promising to make old clothes look like new and urging readers to ask their grocer for it.
Helena residents welcome a stream of students returning from state universities and colleges across the country for the summer break. Names include Margaret Turner and Katherine Sanders from Mistnola, plus others from Washington state and East Coast institutions. Some will work in forestry and park services, while several plan to resume studies at Northwestern, Georgetown, Cornell, and Evinston.
About 200 children attended the opening day of the 1920 public playgrounds season in Central Hawthorne and Bryant schools. Supervisors include Margaret Turner at Hawthorne, Hadleigh Mare at Bryant, and Hertha Hebertein at Central. E S Thomas directs operations. New giant slide and additional equipment arrive at Central, with sandboxes ready at all sites. Storytelling and other activities planned as the season progresses.
At the commercial club executive session Secretary Horace S. Ensign and publicity committee members discussed tentative plans for Golden Glow Day during the state fair week in September. The program will include the coronation of and other pageant events.
Miss Mosher is chosen Queen of the Golden Claw with a grand ball planned Friday and Saturday to honor her court. Downtown decorations will feature Golden Glow blooms and custom shields to be used for years, while the executive committee approves the approach. Secretary Max Goodsill will attend a state commercial secretaries conference at the University of Montana in Missoula. A separate health ad promotes a dental tonic, and a fatal and injury filled accident occurs near Toledo when a Lake Shore Electric car hits a motor truck.
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