Debate Over Montana Education Prospects Sparks Controversy
An Eastern pamphlet claimed Montana youths have far less chance at education than Southern Black youths, prompting a rebuttal from The Independent noting Montana’s rural schools face closures, undertrained teachers, and limited high school access while defending Montanans’ educational opportunities.
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New England
Boston
Billings Polytechnic Institute
Billings
Ernest L. Eaton
South
Northwest
Independent
Montana
Polytechnic Institute
Massachusetts
Rum fleet sighted off California coast sparks debate
On the first page, a claim echoes a Los Angeles stance that the rum fleet, recently reported breaking up near New York, has appeared off the California coast, stirring debate about its current whereabouts and implications.
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Los Angeles
New York
California
Time and time zones shift across regions as daylight saving spreads
The article notes daylight saving varies widely with many eastern and midwestern spots still on nonuniform time. It highlights practical effects on stock markets radio listeners and ship schedules, where an hour difference matters for trading deadlines and arrival notes. It reflects on historical days when calendars differed between distant islands and how wireless stewards began using consistent dating.
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Helena
East
Middle West
Montana
Stock Exchange
South Seas
San Francisco
Melbourne
Timekeeping and coal dust in a changing household
A reader reflects on aging timekeeping methods and how modern life disrupted routines. Early housecleaning efforts had to tap into scarce coal supplies, leading to coal dust filling the home again as schedules shift away from traditional rhythms.
Horse theft in Montana fades as law shifts and value drops
An eastern Montana judge sentenced a half breed to the penitentiary for horse stealing, while a new law allows rounding up and slaughter of unclaimed horses. In Musselshell region wild herds plague farmers, auctions fetch low returns, and prejudice against horse thieves lingers even as cars rise in value.
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Montana
Musselshell
President to skip Fourth of July firecrackers
Reporters in Washington prepared an economy story noting the President plans no purchase of firecrackers for the Independence Day celebration. The item reflects political and fiscal caution amid national festivities.
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Washington
World Court Debate Reflects Wilson Legacy and Peace Aims
The piece argues the Permanent Court of International Justice, linked to the League of Nations, is essential but limited. It criticizes rivaling a Hague arbitration model and calls for an enforceable court with League-backed enforcement, not just voluntary assent. It frames opposition as hostility to President Wilson.
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Permanent Court of International Justice
Hagué Tribunal
Permanent Court
League of Nations
League
Wilson
Prince of Wales to visit Chili amid trade dispute talk
The Prince of Wales will pass through Chili on his way home and may press President Coolidge to take up the Chili Peru boundary dispute. The dry navy and rum fleet clash appears tied to restraint of trade.
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Prince of Wales
Chili
Coolidge
Peru
Infant farms and modern motherhood in New York editorial note
The St Paul Pioneer Press criticizes New York infant farms by comparing Defoe’s depiction to a current case where foundlings were presented to mothers, and 23 infants died due to insanitary farm conditions. The piece argues civilization has regressed in this moral issue despite advances elsewhere.
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New York
Boen
Europe
Defoe
Wake Up France and Get Your Share News Item
The article notes French financial circles declaring Anglo American financial solidarity will control world markets due to the new turn in events. It presents a sharp commentary on global economic power shifts and implies a strategic expectation of cooperation between the two nations.
The Haskin Letters on Publicity at the FTC
Washington may 10 the federal trade commission faces a crisis over rules of procedure and a gag on publicity. Thompson and Nugent differ with the majority on enforcement and disclosure in a major copper merger case, threatening to upend the commission and recall Wilson era ideas of federal regulation.
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Washington, D.C
Federal Trade Commission
Thompson
Nugent
Commission
Publicity versus power in the federal trade commission debates
The piece contrasts Wilson era publicity as the FTC’s tool with a modern push to curb the commission’s reach. It notes dissent within the agency, presidential sympathy with restricting government business involvement, and a Republican majority aligned with cautious enforcement. Congress will weigh in at the next session.
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Wilson
The
Trade Commission
Wil- Sort
Commission
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Trade Commission
Harding
Congress
Ohio boy wins prize for essay on communism
Robert Krumholtz, 17, of Springfield, Ohio, won $750 from the American Legion for the best essay in the national contest on the topic Why Communism Is a Menace to Americanism. More than 200,000 students submitted essays nationwide.
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Robert Krumholtz
Springfield
The
American Legion
Golden gavel used by National Editorial association
Richmond May 14 The gavel for the 40th annual National Editorial association convention to be called to order June 1 is a 33 year old piece made of manzatine wood from California and bound with solid gold bands. It was a San Francisco gift from the California State Miners association presented in 1892. The gold in the bands comes from Dutch Flat mines. Inscribed on the handle band are Two mottoes A Drop of Ink Makes Millions Think An Honest Paper is the Noblest Work of Man.
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Richmond
California
George W. Marble
National Editorial Association
Association
San Francisco
W. 3. Chappeller
Mansfield, O
Plums for hosts in action on dividends
New York May 14 Favorable dividend action by directors of several industrial firms brings unexpected remuneration to stockholders nationwide. Marland Oil resumes payments with 75 cents on common stock payable June 30 for week of record June 30. American Sugar Refining declares regular 1 1/2 per cent on preferred. no common action. United States Gypsum declares extra $1 and regular 40 cents on common. Eastman Kodak adds 75 cent extra with regular $1.25. North American Securities declares $2.50 quarterly on first preferred stock allotment.
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New York
Marland Oil Company
American Sugar Refining Company
United States
Gypsum Company
Tas Eastman Kodak Company
North American Securities Corporation
Northern American Company
Weretofore
Masters Give Lessons in Famous Italian Garden
In Tivoli at Villa dEste the grounds will host a summer music course for American students. From July 13 to September 12, instructors Respighi Console Cort and Signorina Valeri will teach composition piano violin and singing. Special rates on the Italian steamship line accompany the program.
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Rome
Tivoli
Respighi
Console
Cort
Signorina Valeri
Vacation Job Opportunities for Students Highlighted
Billings Gazette urges local businesses to help students by offering summer work. It notes graduates, high schoolers, and part time learners seek employment to fund schooling and keep up studies. It suggests rechecking files, indexing documents, and offering odd jobs or extra help within existing operations.
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Billings Gazette
Answers to Questions From the Helena Bureau of Information
A historical Q and A column lists varied inquiries with concise, factual answers. Topics range from play yard costs, Cairo mosques, and cranberries to high school enrollment growth, women’s medical schools, sarcology, yellow fever history, electric light ignition risks, chestnut wood acidity, water in boiled eggs, and Latin homeopathy motto.
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Egypt
S. D
Gami Sultan Hassan
Meheemi Ali
A. A
Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania
United States
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Norway
Netherlands
Denmark
Public Health Service
J. H
Department of Agriculture
Pants as a singular masculine noun in social satire
The Baltimore Sun humorously notes pants as a singular noun, tracing their cultural symbolism from creased and patched days to modern belts and galluses. It contrasts male vanity, dress, and ownership with evolving domestic roles, ending with a reflection on a man’s claim to his pants as a rare holdout of personal property.
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Baltimore Sun
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