Protecting Butter Against Rising Tariffs
The piece argues that protective duties raise the cost of living and fail to curb production costs. It critiques the Tariff Commission’s push for higher butter duties while noting Denmark, Holland, and other producers threaten U.S. markets. It questions protecting agriculture when the nation exports wheat and sugar beets, and warns that rising living costs threaten city dwellers as food supplies rely on imported or domestic production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Tariff Commission
Denmark
Holland
New Zealand
Siberia
Argentina
United States
The Kelly Case Award Settles Damages in Montana Trial
Gina Kelly of Forsyth won a jury award of 27,500 in a case against Dr. RBJ Hathaway and nurse Susan Kipp over guardianship and mistreatment while she was confined in sanatoriums and at the state hospital. The Montana supreme court had recently declared her guardianship illegal, and she had been kept in an insane asylum in 1924 despite two judges ruling she was not insane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gina Kelly
Forsyth
Montana State Hospital
RB. J. Hathaway
Kelly
Hathaway
Susan Kipp
Montana
Minnesota
Montana Supreme Court
Kelly Spare
Damages Sought After Divorce Guardian Case
At trial the ex husband tried to borrow thousands from his former wife before applying for guardianship and failing. He claimed intent to invest the money for her before others took it. The jury awarded damages to the woman and she plans additional damages plus about 19,400 she held when he became guardian years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guardian
Rainmaker Illusion Reflects Limits Of Belief In Drought Cures
In early South Dakota farming days droughts prompted rainmakers who rarely delivered lasting moisture. California farmers paid Hatfield $8,000 for rain, yet storms proved distant from his district, illustrating how popular illusions persist despite lack of evidence. The piece argues against overreliance on isolated anecdotes and emphasizes imagination gaps in understanding weather systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Drouth
California
Tulare Lake District
Hatfield
Texas
Weather Bureau
Pacific Ocean
Henry
Tulare Lake
North Pacific
Mexico
Petitioners Demand Fairness Over Doc Cook Case
The Department of Justice faces petitions pleading mercy for Doc Cook, the oil graft convict, while indictments against Fall, Doheny, and Sinclair are challenged as improper due to a department member being in the grand jury room. Petitioners claim it taints justice if Cook is jailed while others evade due process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Justice
Washington
Doc Cook
North Pole
Fall
Doheny
Sinclair
Peti
Cook
Need More Judges as Federal Courts Strained
Former Justice Charles E. Hughes argues for appointing more federal judges due to overload from prohibition narcotic and white slave acts. He says judges are not to blame for turning courts into police tribunals and warns against reducing their powers in jury trials.
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McGee
Charles E. Hughes
George M. Bourquin
Hughes
Congress
Marylander jailed for false fire alarm hints at hangings
A Marylander who received a year in jail for turning in a false fire alarm mused he would likely have been hanged if he had started a fire. The speaker rejected blaming outside forces for trouble in the Balkan region, likening it to blaming the K K K for a Colombian revolution.
New York High Schools Urged to Emphasize Moral Instruction
The New York City Board of Education committee on Character reports that high school discipline requires policing and detective-like approaches. It cites thieving cheating gambling and lack of respect for authority among many youths and calls for moral instruction, ethical codes, assemblies, and home cooperation to build character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York City
York City
New York
High School Youths Compared Across Cities
A survey finds New York City youths mirror national trends with both mischief and promise. Other eastern cities report stolen cars by teens and a nearby druggist arrested for selling liquor to students and later bootlegging. Yet most high schoolers show enthusiasm, leadership, and loyalty to shared ideals.
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United States
New York City
New York Committee
Recruits Enroll for Military Training Across Corps Areas
Washington May 3 With civilian military training camps opening this summer applications exceed 60 percent of capacity funded by Congress. Over one third of 35,000 slated attendees have been accepted. Through April 30, 29,231 applications were received this year versus 20,267 last year. Fifth Corps leads with 3,165 apps or 86.1 percent of its 6,000 quota. Ninth Corps ranks fifth.
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Washington
Congress
Fifth Corps
Ohio
West Virginia
Indiana
Kentucky
Ninth Corps
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Utah
Nevada
California
Railway man burned near Cardwell in Bozeman hospital
A Cardwell dispatch reports Harry Dunn a 35 year old section foreman was badly burned when his home four miles east of Cardwell burned today. He lies between life and death in a Bozeman hospital following the fire.
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Associated Press
Butte
Cardwell
Harry Dunn
Bozeman
Dunn
Gold standard return cited as world stability hope
New York May 3 The re establishment of a free gold market in London backed by a 300 million dollar American credit dominated global business news last week. Britain’s move to gold parity and renewed export momentum were hailed as key to international trade and potential prosperity for American exporters and farmers. Domestic trading held steady with bonds near yearly highs while German political events briefly unsettled markets before rebound.
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New York
Associated Press
London
Dawes
Great Britain
Europe
Holland
Atenning
Wall Street
von Hindeburg
Germany
German
Fourteen Live Heroes of a Mine Fire Rescue
A bold Omaha Bee report tells of fourteen Idaho miners trapped 1200 feet underground as flames cut off escape. They rigged two pumps and a fire company, fought for 12 hours, signaling for the cage to drop, and every man emerged alive. Their courage under extreme danger is hailed as a Westward strength.
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Kupling
Bristol
West
Omaha Bee
Congressional probe to study Wright Walcott dispute in Dayton
Congressman Ray G. Fitzgerald of Ohio plans a congressional inquiry into charges arising from the controversy between Orville Wright, Dayton resident, and C D Walcott, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. The move signals a formal investigation into disputed claims and responsibilities.
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Dayton
Orville Wright
C. D. Walcott
Smithsonian Institution
Ray G. Fitzgerald
Ohio
Wright
Campbell in Butte on Western reclamation projects
Butte reports Thomas E. Campbell former Arizona governor and current federal board of survey and reclamation head traveling with Mrs. Campbell from South Dakota toward Spokane. He directs 25 ongoing projects totaling 143 million dollars, with four in Montana.
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Campbell
Butte
Thomas E. Campbell
Arizona
Federal Board of Survey and Reclamation
South Dakota
Spokane
Montana
Answers to Questions from The Helene Independent
A reader Q and A feature from The Helene Independent presents brief trivia and factual answers. Topics include age of Chief Justice Taft at appointment, fear of lightning astraphobia, U.S. horses versus automobiles numbers, early U.S. financial panics, U.S. military decorations, Mary Washington as the Belle of Epping Forest, the expression Its a long time between drinks, electrocution risks in bathtubs, and Ada Rehan's birth name Crehan with other reader queries and concise responses.
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Tafta
United States
C. E. A. Lis
Washington
Navy
War Department
Navy Department
Epping Forest
Mary Washington
George Washington
Belle
Lancaster County
Virginia
Fredericksburg
Augustine Washington
South Carolina
North Carolina
Aedmus Burke
Ada Rehan
Crehan
Three Groups Back New Aerial System
Three powerful capitalist groups will form an operating company with 1,500,000 capital for an overnight air express service between New York and Chicago. Detroit sponsors Edsel Ford Howard Coffin and R B Jackson. Chicago sponsors Marshal Field Philip Wrigley Reed Landis. New York backers include C M Keyes Trube Davidson Robert S Lovett Clarence Dillon and Wright Aeronautical.
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Associated Press
New York
New York World
Detroit
Chicago
Edsel Ford
Howard Coffin
R. B. Jackson
Hudson Motor Car Company
Marshal Field
Philip Wrigley
William Wrigley, Jr
Reed Landis
C. M. Keyes
Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
Trube E. Davidson
Robert S. Lovett
Southern Pacific Railway
Clarence Dillon
Dillon, Read and Company
Dodge Brothers
Detroit Intor
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Japan converts cruiser Akagi into airplane carrier
Japan began converting the cruiser Akagi into an aircraft carrier under Washington arms treaty mandates. Work is scheduled to wrap up and the ship to enter service no earlier than 1927.
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Ohio
Japan
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Roy L. Smith
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Minneapolis
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Frederick J. Haskie
Washington, D. C
Lnquirer
Pwepappeh
Athive
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