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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1927
Page
10
Weather mostly fair and warmer Thursday into Friday. Local items include a kiddy tossing event, shop notices, rentals, and holiday post office hours. Court actions, earnings, and community news span July and August, with names such as Mrs Owen, Munter Rentiate, and J Miller Smith appearing amid scattered ads and notices.
The high court upholds the district court ruling that Jay Welch was correctly convicted of second degree murder in the death of John Billstram. It notes circumstantial evidence offered a prima facie case. Sass’s testimony as a state’s witness was not wholly unreliable. jurors weighed motive and complicity while evaluating coerced or voluntary actions.
Agnes Ellen Bardwell and Rey Milton Campbell of Townsend were married in a Townsend home ceremony attended by family. The couple, who plan a Melena residence, are greeted by relatives including Bardwell's mother and a brother of the groom.
Rotarians at their weekly meeting yesterday organized a joint protest with the Helena Commercial Club over plans to discontinue the Northern Pacific line between here and La gin. The Commercial Club pledges to be represented at the protest, and a joint session with city leaders will be held Friday in Helena. The program featured Dr Howse on the subconscious mind and included remarks by local figures about the impact of the railway decision.
Government officials and local leaders from Helena Butte Livingston Bozeman and Dillon plan a meeting in Butte to discuss establishing a new air mail route between Helena and Great Falls. Glover and Stephenson indicate limited attendance and possible northwest presence in late July.
Hundreds of thousands of tons of baghouse fume from the East Helena smelter are to be reclaimed for zinc content. The state railroad commission granted permission yesterday for Great Northern to establish a rate of 10 dollars per ton for shipment to the Blick Tagle smelter at Great Falls. The commission also approved a separate rate of 10 cents per hundred pounds for shipment of lumber and timber from River City to Butte.
Glendive man ToT McMahot applies to the Montana Railroad Commission for a one year motor freight service certificate between Glendive and Circle during the Northern Pacific branch line construction. A larceny case was heard yesterday before Justice Mieeling, with a witness and payment note discussed for the car turnback.
The page highlights $1 to $2 deals across many departments. It features stamped cases, full size baby dresses, chamoisette gloves, jewelry, necklaces, bracelets, fountain pens, lace collars, Japanese parasols, and Nellie Don aprons with numerous patterns for gifts or personal use.
Reported talks from Geneva indicate a breakthrough in the Washington treaty impasse. The tripartite naval conference weighs reducing cruiser classes and creating two tonnage categories, potentially limiting eight inch guns and cruiser numbers amid American, British, and Japanese positions.
Estate of Sam Haskir is appraised with a sale of property near 1903 Walnut Street depot addition. Joseph Rickert reportedly bought the item for $400 after notice to creditors. Net proceeds anticipated to satisfy the heirs' claims.
Increased work in the state health laboratories requires a four unit refrigeration system. Carpeivers are erecting the framework and installing Frigidaire equipment to handle higher work volume. The machine will span between two lab tones with a central motor and water-pipe circulation.
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