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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1925
Page
10
Dr George T Harding the father of the late President Harding retires his famed horse Dolly to the Harding farm and buys a flivver. The piece laments aging workhorses and celebrates Dolly’s retirement to pasture life with fond memories and a light note on progress.
A reflective column lampoons current events from Prohibition era politics to social quirks. It notes Coolidge economics, Astors selling a Fifth Avenue home, Lords speeches, pugilist Jack Demousty sailing to Europe, and a talk of a Hindenburg bout while joking about mustache contests and aging norms.
A fragment from an old playful children’s tune asks readers to identify the song by solving a riddle. The note hints that the answer lies in recognizing the title hidden within the given lines. The last puzzle reference mentions an event near Washington at a specific time and distance.
In Los Angeles a taxidermy studio receives pets kept as companions by grieving owners. A man described plans for a parrot with a small casket, noting they were pals for 19 years and traveled Europe together. A woman asked for a canary mounted to join her in a glass case, sharing that the bird slept and ate with her.
A shop showcased unusual taxidermy with customers seeking life like poses. One buyer kept a pedigreed English bulldog killed in an automobile crash, mounting the skin in a sleeping pose. A college student had his brindle bulldog preserved named Smokey, famed to smoke tobacco and drink liquor according to its owner.
A chaotic scene unfolds as a business manager clashes with a boarder over explanations. The verbal sparring escalates quickly with sharp retorts and mockery, ending when a bystander deescalates the moment and quiet returns the next day.
A group of gold star mothers sailed for France to decorate graves on Memorial Day. Mrs. Florence G. Taylor of Memphis carried a giant poppy wreath to place on the tomb of the unknown French soldier as an official tribute.
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