Spirit of St Peter's parish rekindled as Helena plans new church
The Helena Daily Independent recalls St Peter's Protestant Episcopal church begun in 1879 and funded by parishioners and Bishop Tuttle, now planning a new building. It notes a history of mission work, hospital and school support, and urges Helena to back the project with public help for a structure described as truthful and simple in line with Episcopal tradition.
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Helena
Sunday Independent
Daily Independent
Spirit OF ST
Tifty
Warren Street
St. Peter's
Protestant Episcopal Church
Daniel S. Tuttle
Tuttle
Goddard
Lloyd
Toy
Court House
Rodney Street
Episcopal Church
St. Peter’s
Henry H. Daniels
James River
St. Peter's Parish
State and federal roles redefine national defense
The text argues that state guards like the Arizona National Guard would join national defense in wartime, showing that state and federal boundaries blur. It notes rising federal spending, shared responsibilities, and difficulty in cutting state project costs, while condemning needless flight recordkeeping as wasteful.
Organized Recreation and Public Health Gains Stressed
The Year Book of the National Recreational Association highlights $38.5 million spent on public recreation across 980 communities in the US and Canada, with 206 million outdoor playground visits and 34 million indoor center visits. It notes 791 new play areas and 18,854 supervised sites, arguing recreation bolsters health and morals. President Hoover voices concern on city congestion and leisure management, urging faster agricultural reporting by air mail.
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National Recreational Association
United States
Canada
Hoover
Association
King Alfonso may visit US as unemployment woes rise
The column notes potential US visit by King Alfonso influenced by Senator Caraway’s claim of 7,000,000 unemployed Americans. It jokes about a water-operable typewriter for those in beach attire and critiques modern crime as compared to Dickensian Fagin. It cites a Cleveland bootlegger’s 16-year-old hireling for hijacking liquor at $5 a gallon and mentions a small jail term and fine, reflecting on coddled criminals and gunpowder origins in China.
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Dickens
Fagin
Cleveland
Tate
Machiavelli
Lincoln
Montreporte
Europe
United States
Custain
Great Britain
Federal money for state projects overview
The article argues federal funding for state projects has surged as deficits grow. It notes highway matching funds and National Guard support now total about 150 million dollars annually, up from 8 million two decades earlier, with some states net beneficiaries despite higher overall costs. It asserts such spending aids infrastructure and mobility, even if some taxpayers object.
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Federal Treasury
Uncle Sam
National Guard
New York
Montana
Weekend travel prep list ends with missing Mitro collar button
A humorous long checklist guides readers to pack for a week end trip covering hats, glasses, toothpaste, brushes, shaving items, clothing from head to toe including underwear, socks, shoes, and outerwear. It humorously notes the one forgotten item may be a Mitro collar button to hold the shirt together.
Arms talk and training camps foreshadowed
Washington reports that peace advocates push to end citizens training for war as international disarmament efforts intensify. Despite conferences from Geneva to Locarno and Kellogg, Europe remains militarized with 5 million in arms and 5 billion yearly spending while global economic depression deepens.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Harding
Wey
France
Geneva
Locarno
Ben Remo
Europe
Europa
Russia
Sermons by Rev Ruy Gl Smith at Minneapolis church
The sermon notes present Rev. Ruy Gl Smith of Simpson M E Church Minneapolis urging reflection on human limits. He contrasts mankind’s capacity for great loves, achievements, thinking, action, and faith with common failings such as hatred, trifles, stray opinions, profit over purpose, and lack of cooperation.
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Ruy GL Smith
D. E
Simpson M. E. Church
Minneapolis
Global tax burden and disarmament call for peace
An analysis notes heavy postwar taxes across Germany France and successor states as unemployment rises. It argues for disarmament and budget limits to restore prosperity, citing figures and opinions from Count Bernstorff Viscount Cecil and President Hoover as support for a moral and economic shift toward peace.
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Germany
France
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Bernstorff
Viscount Cecil
Hoover
Girl Strangler Confesses in Nashville Dope Ring Case
Ruth Gambill, in Nashville police custody, reportedly confessed to strangling Dorasy Lunn, a grocery salesman, eighteen months ago. Police say she claimed a gang assigned her to trap Lunn and he was choked while under sedation.
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Ruth Gambill
Nashville, Tenn
Dorasy Lunn
Geng Atera
Lunn
Farmers, workers injured by organized control in tariffs
F L Williams argues organized control groups fix prices both ways in farming and labor markets. He recalls a 1928 offer challenging economists to prove tariffs benefit producers or consumers, noting experts deny tariff gains to farmers and that prices rise with scarcity due to supply and demand, not tariffs. Miles City, Montana, June 16.
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The
Independent
Farmera
F. L. Williams
Miles City
Mont
The Human Senses and Their Internal Pathways
The article explains how humans perceive external and internal sensations, from sight, hearing, taste, and smell to touch, pain, balance, and inner organ cues. It notes the brain’s role in consciousness, the distribution of nerve endings, and the varying sensitivity across body regions, such as the tongue fingertip and back.
Answers to Questions from The Helena Independent
A compendium of reader inquiries answered by The Helena Independent Information Bureau. It covers accidents with death tolls, European debt to US citizens, pale dry versus extra dry ginger ale, Army Day origins, sneezes, Siamese twins origins, Jordan River width, money order limits, Mrs Lincoln's Civil War ties, plantain description, Hohenzollern name meaning, Boss Tweed’s prison death, Port of Missing Men column, and Roger Babson's political and church affiliations.
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Helena Independent
Helena Independent Information Bureau
Fradaric J. Heskin
Washington, D. C
H. A
Laura Dublin
United States
Calla
Division of Foreign and
E. A
Military Order of the World War
BBC
O. P. Ll
J. A. A. Eng
Chant
Jaydan
Jordan
Abraham Lincoln
Mra
Lincoln
Tropics
Nobhenzollern
Hohenzollern
Castle Zollern
Boss Tweed
Tammany Hall
P. RE
William Tweed
Ludlow
Slreet
Runa
G. WV
Red Cross Courier
Roger Baboon
Economist
Roger Gabson
Protestant Congregational Church
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