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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1925
Page
3
A fragmented column questions why people sleep and how much sleep they need. It notes varied reasons for dozing, from fatigue to boredom, and describes a few men who nap during Kiwanis and Rotary luncheons. The tone hints at light humor about social habits and inertia.
A discussion of why people sleep and how much sleep is needed, citing habits and fatigue as factors. The piece references Napoleon, Edison, Roosevelt, Wilson, and Bryan to illustrate varied sleep amounts, and jokes about insomnia, worry, and even bed orientation affecting blood pressure. It ends with a playful urge to renovate rooms to ward off pressure and sleep better.
Havana reports under the new public works law idle land in the republic will be taxed. In Havana city about 40 000 vacant lots and thousands of acres nationwide are affected. Six percent of valuation will be treated as income from non income paying land, with $1.20 per $1 000 taxable value. Copenhagen notes Denmark’s last executioner Paul Seistrup died at 78 after 25 years in office with only three executions.
In London Nan Marraby confronts past loves as Peter Lyster, shell shocked, returns and fails to recognize Nan. Joan Endicott travels to help Nan, while Nan reveals engagement to Harley Sefton driven by family debt. A web of affection, obligation, and old loyalties unfolds amid mounting tension.
Nan arrives at the door as Joan invites Claudie inside. Joan whispers to Claudie, asks to keep a secret, and slips a folded letter into his small hand. The scene ends with a promise of continuation.
A mobile aerial police corps, ordered by Police Chief Morgan Collins, will patrol country roads and assist in pursuing armed criminals. About 500 veterans have organized at Chicago's new aircraft depot, authorized by Major General Mason Patrick. Roy W. Anmol of the air service officers association reports plans to mobilize the force quickly if needed.
The St Paul plan over receivership faces opposition from a Roosevelt led group while the original reorganization plan is declared operative. Amendments spar over government debt handling and new bonds versus old securities, with managers defending swift completion to avoid further costly delays.
A first edition of Poems by Two Brothers by Lord Tennyson and his brother Charles, dated 827 pounds value, was found in a sack of books sent as waste paper to a London booksellers firm. The discovery ties to the poet and his sibling.
Detroit civic plan and rapid transit commissions report density of traffic here exceeds New York levels. Surface traffic at Grand River and West Grand Boulevard surpasses last New York count. Jefferson and St. Antoine exceeds New York by 18 percent. East Grand Boulevard gaps show 331 3 percent more. Heaviest Detroit streets center 4 percent above New York’s top five. Commission urges a 120 foot wide cross-town superhighway and widening of Second Avenue and Hastings Street to ease northbound downtown traffic.
Reports say Abd al-Krim, Miftlian chief, has taken refuge with his brother Mohammed in the Deni Arous mountains in French Morocco. He is said to be gathering reserves and munitions there as French and Spanish forces advance from Wifane and Ajir.
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