People Lose Case As Montana Fair Directors Cleared
The Lewis and Clark district court dismissed the case against Montana State Fair directors after the attorney general’s information was found to be poorly drafted. The Independent criticizes the state’s legal team and payroll practices while praising some individuals, including Attorney General L A Foot’s soldierly record, yet notes the public loses when officials are inept. An Arizona man’s gallows moment is also referenced.
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Montana
District Court of
Lewis and Clark County
Montana State Fair
L. A. Foot
Foot
J. A. Foot
District Court
Supreme Court
Judge Rasch
Judge Pigott
Lester Lobe
Reiterated Hokum Shapes Public Debate On Economy
The piece notes that persistent hokum and repeated scandals influence public opinion. It argues the national administration has built a strong case on the economy issue and that taxpayers broadly favor curbing government costs, regardless of party.
Economics and enforcement under Coolidge spar over jobs
A critical look at Washington economy rhetoric contrasts with actual policy. It notes a rise in federal jobs under Coolidge, limited abolition of positions, and a reorganization of prohibition enforcement that created new posts and altered salaries. A ski jumper shot for two deer is also mentioned.
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Washington
White House
Washington News
United States Civil Service Commission
Coolidge
Mellon
Changes in Women's Fashion Driven by Revenue
The Butte Miner editor weighs in on fashion shifts, citing a London trial where Mrs. Louis A. Gaddings explains skirts change to boost dressmaker business. The piece suggests fashions are curated to expand sales and raid pocketbooks, noting licenses for bus routes in Helena could worsen traffic.
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Larry Dobell
Butte Min
London
McCardie
Lobell
Rose Pastor Stokes Says Divorces Need No Scandal
Rose Pastor Stokes argues in a public statement that divorces may be granted for incompatibility without scandal or co respondent. She contrasts this with the traditional view that only unfaithfulness or cruelty justifies divorce and invites public reaction to her stance.
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Rose
Rose Paetor Stokes
J. G. Phelps Stokes
New York
Rose Pastor
Stoken
Developments in Navy Timber Reservations Across U S History
A Washington chronicle recounts how Congress repeatedly withdrew public timber lands for naval needs from 1817 onward. It traces Live Oak Reservations in Florida and Louisiana Alabama, depredations, and eventual annulments as ships shifted from wooden to iron and steel. The piece notes key dates, figures, and figures like J W Dabney and Andrew Jackson.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
General Land Office of the Interior Department
Secretary of the Navy
Navy
Layo
Louisiana
Alabama
Mississippi River
Florida
Andrew Jackson
Navy Department
J. W. Dabney
Alachua County
Tallahassee
United States
Dabney
General Land Office
New Orleans
Pnio
Navy Yard
Conclaress
Government Withdrawals Create National Resource Reserves
The text traces early 20th century actions reserving coal oil timber and gas lands from private entry. It notes President Taft and interior department withdrawals forming coal and oil reserves and later timber reservations around Alaska for war needs, including Lituya Bay spruces and Tongass National Forest inclusion.
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Tait
Secretary of the Interior
Etter
California
Uader
Cme
Io Amike
Tongass National Forest
Still They Go The Farida Trek And The Auto Tramp
A Missoulian report counts 70 cars in 10 minutes at Lake City gateway with three people per car. Hazies ride on footboards and roofs with wash tubs and rusty springs. The piece criticizes mobile tramps who beg for gasoline and lack spares, dubbing them a questionable tourist trade that could push Montana deeper into debt.
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Farida
Lake City
Gateway
Montana
Homer
St. Louis Post-Dispatch prints 76 pages in weekday issue
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch on October 23 set what it called a new world high for a regular weekday metropolitan edition by printing 76 pages. Demand for space from local advertisers pushed the edition to include more than 450 columns of advertising.
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St. Louis
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Miners Wives Pray at Dawn for Safety of Strike Breakers
In Meneveta Oklahoma on October 23, women in bonnets and calico gathered at dawn to pray for the safety of miners who have taken their husbands’ jobs amid a long running strike. The scene featured hymns, flag displays, and prayers as guards watched over the wash house while miners arriving for work paused for a peaceful prayer service.
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Meneveta
Okla
Jay
O'Elrek
Te Ogac
Jose
Tory
Rye
Myer
Zion
Tolinson
Jordan
Colonel Mitchell faces court martial charges summary
National Capital reports Colonel William Mitchell is served with courts martial charges. Omaha is chosen as host city for next year’s Southern Scottish Rite council meeting. A group of governors oppose the Ways and Means Committee on the inheritance tax. President Coolidge’s stance on the_aralyic gase is described as him believing the state department is enforcing the law.
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William Mitchell
Omaha
Southern Scottish Rite Council
Tell Hove
Coolidge
State Department
Stage Driver Missing After 35 Years on Job
A. M. Colwell, 57, long time stage driver in Salmon and Thlalio, vanished October 12 after accepting a mail contract to Jeesburg. Despite thorough searching in the region no clue has emerged about his whereabouts.
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Salmon
Thlalio
A. M. Colwell
Jecesburg
Dilgent Search
Answers to Questions Answers to Questions
A summary of the Independent Information Bureau shows readers sending in inquiries on history politics science and more. It lists sample questions and answers on planets Africa Asia Dalhgren Grounds baseball admission drought obelisks and the Central Park obelisk with dates and figures.
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Washington
Frederic J. Haskin
Helena Independent Information Bureau
Washington, D
Africa
Mech A
Asia
Dalhgren Proving Grounds
Tofime
Brooklyn
New York
Loy Isla
T. GN
Bureau of Plant
Tnduetes
H.B
Willian Ke
Weather Bureau
Conal Park
Central Park
Standard
New York City
Moses
Saint Heliopolis
Cairo
Augustus Caesar
Alexandria
Egypt
United States
America
T.J. Cmdr
Gorringe
U. S
William YT. Vanderbilt
Syene
Young Wood Clean Up In Real Estate
Osborne Cutler Wood, son of Major General Leonard Wood, claims to have earned 100000 in Tampa real estate after six months of activity. He plans to buy clothes in New York, vows the sum is the first installment of a million dollars from wall street speculation and European gambling profits, and will soon go to Palm Beach. He faces divorce proceedings started by his wife in Wilmington Delaware.
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Young Wood
New York
Osborne Cutler Wood
Leonard Wood
Tampa
Wall Street
Palm Beach
Wilmington
Del
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Nancy
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