Flower vandals alarm Miles City and region vigilantes rise
The Miles City Star reports nightly flower and plant thefts across Miles City and neighboring towns including Great Falls Butte and Missoula. Citizens consider forming a vigilante group to deter thieves and bring trespassers to court while noting losses of lawn mowers hoses and tools. The piece cites actress Pola Negri’s citizenship papers and a $5 fine for not declaring jewelry received abroad, prompting a moral call.
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Miles City
Great Falls
Butte
Missoula
Poli Negri
Britain Restores Gold Standard and Global Unity
The return to specie payments marks a pivotal postwar moment as Britain and the world align on a gold standard. The United States took 14 years after the Civil War. Britain achieves it faster, signaling an international monetary framework. France may revalue the franc, aligning with gold. The move promises integrated economic and political cooperation, strengthening ties among nations. The quip about the Prince of Wales’ drum skills adds a light note to the closing line.
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Britain
United States
France
Russia
Germany
Political clash over Mrs Gina Kelly case recalled
The story of Gina Kelly, allegedly forcibly operated on by Dr R J Hathaway while confined, is revived as Anaconda election passes. Two Montana judges refused commitment, Hathaway and Miss Kipp admit the forcible operation, while records show Kelly was never committed as insane. The Independent had claimed the case to be political ploy.
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Gina Kelly
Montana State Hospital
R. J. Hathaway
The
Independent
Record-Herald
Dixon
Kelly
Hathaway
Miss Kipp
Court Declares Guardian Illegitimate in Mrs Kelly Case
The Supreme Court ruled the guardianship of the woman’s former husband was illegal. Jury awarded Mrs Kelly 27500 dollars against Hathaway and Miss Kipp, within 2500 of the claim. Independent’s story confirmed. remarks dismissing it as bunk or a political play are noted. An exchange discusses cigarettes’ harm to a woman’s complexion. smoking is claimed to damage paint.
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Asylum
Supreme Court
Smdké
The Death of Tuffy Reade and the Waste of Life
An editor laments the San Quentin hanging of Tuffy Reade a dope fiend and boasts of the condemned man’s post conviction rehabilitation while arguing society wasted his potential. The piece questions delaying humane treatment until after execution and calls for earlier care to spare both killer and victim.
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Tuffy” Reade
San Quenttin
Tuffy
Chicago records show many unsolved murders in four years
The city tallies 422 unsolved killings over four years, challenging the saying murder will out. The list underscores persistent crime and the difficulty of solving many cases.
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Chicago
O'Connor Subsidy Talk Sparks Sailor Wage Debate
I W O'Connor chairman of the U S shipping board proposed a subsidy for American sailors paid by the federal treasury, not ship subsidy. Washington dismissed the idea as hokum while suggesting repeal of the La Follette act to equalize wages with foreign crews. The naval war at Honolulu was seen as a sham battle, mirroring political maneuvering.
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I. W. O'Connor
U. S. Shipping Board
Federal Treasury
Washington
White House
Andrew Fuerseth
Seamen’s Union
O’connor
Kaiser’s comeback hailed in gleaming vanity on eve of return
The New York World looks back seven years at Kaiser Wilhelm’s reign and the modern image of Germany. It portrays ex-Kaiser Wilhelm fixated on his medals, moustache, and uniforms as Field Marshal von Hindenburg’s election changes nothing in his vanity.
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Germany
Des Moines
Eugene
Fritz the Great
Wilhelm
von Hindenburg
Prussia
Sentence Sermons From Rev Roy Smith At Minneapolis Church
The fragment shows sermons by Rev Roy Smith of Pastor Simpson Memorial Church in Minneapolis. It urges self denial for will power and comfortable old age, undivided work focus, respectful treatment of a son, and expressing appreciation for efficient service, plus losing friends for principle and avoiding self admiration.
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Roy
Smith
Simpson
Church
Minneapolis
Sargent Emerges as Plain Speaking Attorney General
Washington editorials describe John Garibaldi Sargent as a plain spoken, determined leader with sound judgment and little political entanglement. He arrives in Washington ready to move the ship of justice on a steady course, eschewing convention and drawing cordial greetings from Chief Justice Taft.
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Washington, D.C
John Garibaldi Sargent
United States
Washington
Senate
Charles Beecher Warren
Sargent
Ship of Justice
Department of Justice
Coolidge
Whert
Attor
Sargent Sought Guidance From Cabinet On Fishing And Courtships
In Ludlow Vermont General Sargent known as General and longtime attorney general was praised for his steady enforcement of the law and his Vermont roots. President Coolidge prized his cautious approach while critics noted his quiet influence with figures like Hoover. In Montana Bob Hill, named state game warden by Governor Erickson, comes with eight years in the deputy post and strong sportsman credentials, hailed by local sportsmen as capable and trustworthy.
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Sargent
United States
Supreme Court
Taft
Coolidge
Sdiows
Dawes
Izaak Walton
Washington
Department of Justice
Vermont
Commerce Hoover
Izaac Walton
Garibaldi
New England
Green Mountain Boys
George Harvey
Court of St. James
Senate
Mr. Warren
Ludlow
Bob Hill
Erickson
Robert A. Hill
Madison County
Montana
Hill
Hag
Mr. Hill
Bob” Hill
Lewistown
Democrat-News
Those Phone Girls
Watson jokes about marriage to a telephone operator and a mistaken call as he ends the evening. The line hints at a comic, domestic moment with a misdial theme and a light social setting.
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Watson
Farmer Fined for Dehorning Cattle Without Anaesthetic
In La Rire Paris Belfast Ireland a farmer near here faced a heavy fine for dehorning cattle without first administering an anaesthetic. The dispute circulated as a terse exchange between two irate gentlemen. The case underscores animal welfare requirements in agricultural practice.
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la Rire
Paris
Belfast
Ireland
Here
Overall gang must go in Butte, west news item
The column reports fear of an overall gang in Butte and Anaconda, with editorials condemning vandalism by youths under the "overall gang" badge. The piece notes warnings to reform schools or jail and contrasts a stance with a recent local editorial. It also mentions a separate Belfast Ireland stroke case where an elderly couple died within hours of each other.
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de Montara
Butte
Anaconda
West
Roy Walsh
Boulder
Reform School
Butte American
Belfast
Ireland
Answers to Questions From The Heleng Inde enden Bureau
A collection of trivia and factual Q A items covering tallness and weight of Douglas Fairbanks, Hawaiian motto Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka Aina I Ka Pono, mail delivery figures, thunder effect on milk, the International Date Line, bees wax bleaching, and the Free City of Danzig’s wartime debt under Versailles terms. Sources named include Erick J. Haskin and various department viewpoints.
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Douglas Fairbanks
Postofice Department
Department of Agriculture
Pacific Ocean
Pscite Ocean
Greenwith
Free City of
Danzig
Butte Miner highlights Kelly case against hospital officials
The Deer Lodge jury awarded Mrs. Gina Kelly 27500 damages against Dr Hathaway and nurse Susan Kipp for wrongful confinement and public mistreatment at Warm Springs asylum. Her attorney and Will A Campbell of the Helena Independent led the exposure and investigation. Legal actions include warrants for false imprisonment and potential suits to recover property.
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Gina Kelly
Forsyth
State Hospital
Warm Springs
Miner
Joseph M. Dixon
Kelly
Montana
Commonwealth
Charles Dickens
Charles Reade
Great Britain
Anaconda
Winston
Mrs. Kelly
Dr. Hathaway
Daer Lodge Court House
Will A. Campbell
Helena
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