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Newspaper

Helena Independent

Location

Helena, Montana, United States of America

Date

May 09, 1925

Page

6

Women in Montana urged to buy local products campaign launched

The Montana Federation of Women's clubs with 6000 members promotes using Montana goods to boost raw materials and manufacturing. The Montana Woman reports that state residents could double raw production and quintuple manufactured goods, with examples of locally grown and produced items and early success in hotels serving Montana meals. The note closes with a brief, unrelated remark about Phillip Rhinelander's disinheritance and potential marriage.

Montana Montana Federation of Women’s Clubs Montana Woman

Hindenburg Inauguration Promised As Simple Ceremony

Berlin announces a modest inauguration modeled on Coolidge while a seven mile parade with color and fire is planned to mark Hindenburg’s entry into the capital after his election. Observers recall prewar German pomp and regimented royal and military processions.

Hindenburg Germany Berlin Coolidge

Bribe Pushes Informers Toward Old Soviet Style Tactics

A controversial plan promotes bribing booze smugglers informers echoing a Russian spy approach once called the Choke, provoking debate over loyalty and justice and reviving fears of undercover networks.

Reading candy man offers school bonus for workers’ children

William H. Luden of Reading Pennsylvania says he will pay a 250 dollar yearly bonus to parents in his organization who keep their children in school between ages 14 and 16. He argues many youths work to support the home and the bonus offsets emergencies while noting most 14 and over youths perform light, fair pay tasks rather than exploit children.

William H. Luden Reading

Juvenile labor and education clash in debate

The piece argues denying work reduces earning power and harms schooling. It notes many youths work part time before and after classes and during breaks, and that practical work habit is essential to a useful education. It condemns claims rest cures cure laziness and urges support for balanced opportunity.

New Jersey Farm Hand Traded Horse Faces Tragedy

A 58 year old farm hand trades an aged horse for a younger one in New Jersey. The neighbor arrests him, bail is posted, and he returns to work. Humiliation grows as taunts worsen until the hired man hangs himself in the barn, turning a rustic joke into tragedy.

Henry Guy de Maupassant New Jersey

Two Weeks Left to Fish Statewide With 1925 Licenses

The notice says fishing opens across the state in two weeks once holders of the 1925 license are ready. It emphasizes license possession as the key requirement and signals broad access for anglers statewide.

Laying It On Wife Critique Of Debt Causes

James M. Lynch of the International Typographical Union blames salesmen and wage-earner wives for nonessential debt. He argues creditors and wives prey on breadwinners in weak moments, suggesting the fault may also lie with the men. He advocates a 50-50 view of blame and praises wives who teach thrift.

James M. Lynch International Typographical Union Mr. Lynch

Decentralization Stirs North Dakota Governor’s Editorial Stand

Governor A G Sorlie rebukes rapid moves toward federal centralization in a New York Graphic inquiry. He urges restoring power to local and state units to foster self reliance and initiative, noting prosperity grows from honest cooperation and not from overarching government control. The piece marks a shift away from socialistic ideas and highlights a nationwide demand for home rule and limits on federal reach.

New York Graphic A. G. Sorlie North Dakota Congress

Central Council Improves Welfare Giving in Washington

The Washington Council of Social Agencies, formed four years ago, coordinates 36 private and 20 public groups to reduce charity duplication. A central office checks applications, merges overlapping baskets, and plans long term aid such as milk for tubercular children. Health Week and joint advocacy show united action for welfare legislation.

Washington D.C United States Council of Social Agencies Health Department of the District of Columbia Juvenile Court Board of Trade Chamber of Commerce Women's City Club Council

Council coordinates agencies to aid children and inmates

The council explains its role as a facilitator not a policy maker. It denies taking children from homes and outlines that removal only occurs by juvenile court order after home investigations. Monthly meetings discuss general issues, leading to projects like occupational training for hospital patients, inmate exercise, and a central mental health clinic study.

Board of Children’s Guardians of District of Columbia Washington

Judge Bourquin Rules Misappropriation In Stock Schemes

Judge Bourquin holds that promoters who use the mail to promote stock must apply every penny to the promised task. He declares paying stock sellers a commission and funding ads as misappropriation of funds, signaling a shift away from old selling methods. The Livingston Enterprise reports.

Bourquin Livingston

Host of Brits to Settle in Australia

Sydney April 3 In a London Australia accord to aid 450000 UK emigrants to settle on land in Australia the cost is estimated at 5000 to 10000 dollars per person for the 16000 mile voyage The two governments will cover travel costs and the scheme aims to place many as cattle raisers and farmers on crown land over ten years to relieve English unemployment.

Sidney Associated Press London England Australia United Kingdom Bruce

Washington to mark 200th birth of George Washington

In 1932 the United States will celebrate the two hundredth anniversary of George Washington’s birth in Washington, with a commission led by President Coolidge as ex officio chairman. The event aims to emphasize Washington’s character and institutions, appealing to a spiritual rather than material focus and to the rising generation. The commission includes a broad mix of political, civic, and civic leaders, and appointees such as Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook and Henry Ford plus others from Harvard, the Daughters of the American Revolution, and major organizations.

Washington Associated Press George Washington Congress Coolidge Charles W. Eliot Havard United States Commssion Senate House Fess Ohio Spencer Missouri Glass Wire Binia Bayard Delaware Hawley Oregon The Daughters of the American Revolution Mary Sherman Colorado Federation of Women's Clubs Henry Ford Michigan Hanford MacNider Iowa American Legion C. Bascom Slemp A. Lawrence Lowell Hovard Edgar B. Piper Portland Ore Frank A. Munsey New York John Hays Hammond

Coolidge Eyes Aviation Study and New Offices

President Coolidge tentatively accepts summer executive offices in Lynn Massachusetts and backs expansion of aviation study at West Point and Annapolis. The winter wheat forecast is 444,835,000 bushels, down 145,000,000 from last year. Mrs. Gilbert Hitchcock dies after a long illness in the capital. Coast guard reports counter efforts by rum runners. Chesapeake and Ohio stockholders seek to annul merger steps with Nickel Plate. Navy base plan for Hawaii to be presented to Congress.

Coolidge Lynn Mass Gilbert Hitchcock Hitchcock Nebraska Coast Guard Department of Agriculture Cooldige West Point Annapolis White House Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Interstate Commerce Commission Butler House Naval Committee Hawaii

Bank of Human Kindness Suspends Prisoner Loan Program

Seattle on May 8 reports William Pigott a local manufacturer funded a 500 loan pool to aid prisoners, with Justice of the Peace C Daltoz handling disbursements. Loans ranged from 2 to 20 dollars, only one $2 loan repaid, others vanished. Judge Dalton and Pigott suspend disbursements, noting the souls could not be saved while the bank must be saved.

Seattle Wiliam Pigott Justice of the Peace C Daltoz Dalton

Tiny Prince Passes In Rome at Seven Days Old

The death of the 7-day-old prince of Monte Magn o, Georgia, son of Princess Yolanda and Count Calvi di Bergolo, at Pinerolo, triggers national mourning as the first grandson of the royal Savoy line.

Rome Associated

Answers to Questions from the Helena Bureau

A collection of Q and A on diverse topics from the United States coast, literature, forts, worms in rain, buoyancy, Hart's Island ownership, Roosevelt credentials, cathedral bells, old baseballs, and ships sunk in the Boston Tea Party with names of vessels and captains.

Atlantic United States Coast and Geogetic Survey United States Capé Canaveral Florida Mosquito Lagoon Fort Pierce Inlet Russia France England Edgar Alten Poe Washington Smithsonian Institution Hart's Island New York State New York City Theodore Roosevelt Roosevelt Charlotte M. Yonge Thomas Lincoln Cathedral Christ Church Oxford Boston Boston Harbor Dartmouth James Hall Eleanor James Bruce Beaver Hezekiah East India Company

Trotzky Returns to Moscow After Months of Isolation

Leon Trotsky, once Soviet war minister, reappears in Moscow after four months in the Caucasus. His excommunication ban has been lifted as he receives old friends, plans a government role, and appears without public fanfare. Buenos Aires reports on Argentina's plan to build a vast highway system linking Buenos Aires with provincial capitals.

Moscow Associated Press Leon Trotzky Russia Req Caucaus Kremlin Trotzky Buenos Aires Argentina

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