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Helena Independent

Location

Helena, Montana, United States of America

Date

Jun 28, 1925

Page

9

White Fang film to feature Strongheart in top dog role

Strongheart the famous dog leads the film adaptation of White Fang to a two day Marlow run starting Friday. The production presents breathtaking snowscapes and the steady drama from the novel with Jane Murfin and Lawrence Trimble praised for faithful atmosphere and power. Theodore von Eltz Ruth Dwyer and Mathew Betz support with strong performances, but the canine star dominates the screen.

Marlow Jane Murfin Lawrence Trimble Theodore von Eltz Ruth Dwyer Mathew Betz Strongheart

Fox escapes hounds into greenhouse chimney in Petersfield

In Petersfield England a fox chased by hounds escaped into a greenhouse and vanished up a chimney. Smoke did not force it out and, after the chimney was torn down, four live rabbits were found inside with the fox. Also reported is a Millbury Massachusetts double celebration noting a double wedding two years ago and another recent double anniversary celebration.

Petersfield Eng Millbury Mass Ambrose Rice Benjamin O. Paine

Kentucky Ramblers headline vaudeville bill at Marlow Theater

The Western Vaudeville Managers association presents RB P Varndore and the Kentucky Ramblers in a top slot with scintillating southern songs. Bob and Peggy Valentine offer a rural comedy sketch "On a Moonlight Night." Harry Garland performs "Songs and Wit" with impersonations. The Saltos present "Monday Morning" acrobatics and Miss Helen Staples closes with classical and popular ballads. Agnes Aytes stars in the feature "The Awful Truth."

Association Marlow Theater RB. P. Varndore Kentucky Ramblers Varnie Bob Peggy Valentine Harry Garland al Johnson Eddie Cantor Helen’ Staples Agnes Aytes

At Theaters Marlow Week Schedule With Feature Films

This week at the Marlow presents Bebe Daniels and cast in Little Miss Bluebeard plus The Great Decide and International News. Tuesday to Wednesday feature Alice Joyce in The Little French Girl with Wide Open Spaces. Thursday shows Agnes Ayres in The Awful Truth and vaudeville three daily shows. Friday and Saturday highlight Strongheart in White Fang with Sundown Limited and Intermantional News. Coming Tuesday and Wednesday July 7 and 8 The Columbia Ladies Orchestra performs.

Marlow Mnnday Bebe Daniels Raymond Griffith Robert Frazier Kenneth MacKenna Peacemakers International News Alice Joyce Stan Laurel Bray Weekly Agens Ayres Strongheart Dog Wonder Ben Turpin Interman

The Little French Girl at Marlow Theater Next Week

Paramount presents The Little French Girl directed by Herbert Brenon with Alice Joyce Neil Hamilton Mary Brian Esther Ralston in the lead cast. Filmed in Bermuda with interiors on the governor Sir John Asser estate, the lavish production follows Brenon’s Peter Pan and features long term Paramount contracts for Mary Brian and Esther Ralston.

Eckhardt Herbert Brenon Paramount Marlow Theater Alice Joyce Neil Hamilton Mary Brian Esther Ralston Paul Doucet Maurice Cannon Mario Majeroni Jane Jennings Julia Hurley Maude Turner Gordon Anthony Jowitt Brenon Bermuda John Asser Peter Pan

Minnesota to Form State Council of Churches

Rev Everett Lesher of Minneapolis leads a movement toward a Minnesota Council of Churches with denominations including Congregational, Baptist, Methodist, Episcopal, Presbyterian, Friends and Disciples expected to approve. The aim is a state church council to improve church life in small towns and rural communities by January 1 1926.

Minneapolis Associated Press Minnesota Council of Churches Everett Lesher Lesher Congregational Conference of Minnesota Baptist Methodist Episcopal Presbyterian Episcopal,and Friends and Disciples American Sunday School Union The Young Men's Christian Association Wave Minnesota

New Montana Coal Mine Lights Up in Coalstrip

In southwestern Montana the Northern Pacific cuts into prairie to create the open pit Coalstrip field producing about 2900 tons daily. Foley Bros. St Paul act as operators with Northern Pacific officials aboard a special tour. President Charles Donnetay and son Lochren Donnelly are pictured with engineers and mining experts examining the operation.

Montana Northern Pacific Railway Coalstrip, Mont Foley Bros St. Paul Northern ‘Pacific Northern Pacific R. W. Clark P. O. McCauley Transportaton Charles Donnetay Lochren Donnelly Northwestern Improvement Company

Miss Bluebeard Opens at the Marlow with Bebe Daniels

The Paramount comedy Miss Bluebeard directed by Frank Tuttle from Townsend Martin adapts Avery Hopwood’s Little Miss Bluebeard. Bebe Daniels plays Colette with Kenneth MacKenna as Bob Hawley in a fast moving French love farce filled with laughs as townspeople mistake the pair as a married couple and comedic scenes unfold. Robert Frazer stars as Larry Charters and Raymond Griffith appears as the humorous Hon. Bertie Bird.

Bebe Daniels Paramount Miss Bluebeard Bebe Pe Ils Colette Hersif Bob Hawley Kenneth MacKenna Hawley London Larry Charters Bebe Robert Frazer Raymond Griffith Bertie Bird Robert Frazer Inc

Collie Dog Raises a Brood of Chicks in Graceton

Mrs. J. B. Ferguson near Graceton Minnesota tends a farmyard brood of 17 chicks adopted and guarded by Teddy the collie. The dog routinely rounds up stray chicks, keeping them safe in a doorway to their own quarters despite late returns and curious neighbors.

Graceton Associated Press J. B. Ferguson Teddy Ferguson Farm

London talk on novelist sparks sharp critique

Two men in London debated a certain novelist with one praising her as a wonderful writer. The other mocked her, asking where she obtains her remarkable ignorance of life, as quoted by the Boston Transcript.

London Ime Boston Transcript

Tail light on horse aid patrol in Camden

A mounted police officer attached a red reflector to his horse tail after repeated near misses with drivers who failed to notice the horse. The device aims to improve visibility and safety for mounted patrols. In London, Rev. Edgar Ball has not used the word obey in marriage ceremonies for 36 years, as head of an Episcopalian church nearby.

Camden Obey London Edgar Ball Here

Prisoner students study varied courses at Maidstone jail

London reports that out of 200 prisoners at Maidstone jail, 40 are engaged in studies across subjects such as French Spanish literature engineering and agriculture highlighting rehabilitation efforts within the prison.

London Maidstone

Night plowing with new tractor in Detroit

Detroit reports night plowing now possible using a tractor fitted with a powerful searchlight. New York notes auto owners face the nation’s highest liability insurance rates.

Detroit New York United States

Imex Railways to Cut Expenses in Mexico Budget Plan

Mexico City June 10 The department of communications fixes the national rail lines budget at 78 906 060 pesos after months of negotiations with railway unions. It details plans to slash expenses cut salaries and reduce personnel to meet the new operating cost target. The 1924 budget stood around 134 000 002 pesos and a freight rate reduction is also under consideration.

Mexico City Associated Press Department of Communications

Reorganization Cuts Passes Amid Enon Line Reprieve

The text notes Enon lines plan to show profit while a broader reorganization cancels more than £000 annual passes and enforces a presidential order restricting these passes, reversing past years of large totals.

Enon Stegsering

Poor House Guest In Bridgewater Leaves Beneficiary Bequest

Abrs Melvina Cobb entered the local workhouse as a paying guest to escape loneliness. She died recently and her will left about $1500 to benefit the inmates of the institution.

Bridgewater Ing Shied Melvina Cobb

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