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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1925
Page
6
A collection of whimsical remarks and brief notes touching on Santa Claus, bee work, dandelion wine, Uncle Joe Cannon, spring changes, and a bevy of global references. It includes light jests about weather, politics, and daily life with a dated newspaper tone.
A garbled puzzle asks to extend two auto licenses with a matching series of onits so same numbers appear in the answer. It mentions a previous puzzle about striped cat hair fabric and various broken words like ada girl aha interjection ala wing part ana yvenel wine ana collection ara altar etc. The text is fragmentary and unclear.
Washington reports a new device called heliotacub described by William T. Daugherty, a Berlin trade commissioner, as capable of paralyzing life for six hours from 40 miles away and above 45,000 feet. War experts note current aircraft reach about 39,000 feet, questioning feasibility and implying potential battlefield impact.
In Rome a legendary giant tree on Mt Etna's slopes is described as the largest in the world. Queen Joan of Aragon reportedly sheltered beneath it with a guard of 100 horsemen during a storm, the trunk claimed to measure over 160 feet in circumference.
A new statute allows embezzlers to be sentenced to the whipping post. Previously petty thieves and wife beaters could face such punishment under older rules, expanding the reach of corporal penalties.
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