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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1925
Page
7
Local notes mention cloudy Monday through Tuesday with minor temperature change. Listings include Dr. Walt Penwall Bike TV visits, various business ads, social events, and community notices about meetings and preparations for Armistice Day events.
Helena may shift to rubber tires as the Helena Light and Railway company faces receivership over defaulted first mortgage bonds. The street railway franchise expires next April, with possible shutdown orders and uncertain renewal prospects amid regulatory debates and ongoing city-rail tensions.
A.C. Hughes was arrested late Saturday for drunkenness and disturbing the peace after police say he threw money away on moonshine while two stepsons faced hunger. He is jailed for county authorities to investigate the shelter and quarantine conditions. the case ties to a prior truck wreck and ongoing bond and receivership matters in a related financial dispute.
Fairbanks October reports Alas Agricultural College and School Mines in Fairbanks, located 100 miles from the Arctic circle, opening fourth year with 130-plus students expected by February and a faculty reduced from the previous year. The college, founded September 18, 1923, lists courses in agriculture, engineering, mining, mathematics, geology, and business administration with gymnastic training emphasized. Ernest Bunnell, former federal judge, serves as president.
Chicago Oct 25 President Glenn Frank of the University of Wisconsin warned that society depends on using present knowledge and ideas rather than creating new ones. He urged real leadership over catchy progress terms and criticized universities built by architects rather than educated minds.
John Yurick of East Helena died at a local hospital last night after an extended illness. The body is at Merritann & Company's chapel awaiting funeral arrangements. He was 37, a native of Austria, survived by his widow and children, and was employed at the smelter.
J R Fligmav of Great Falls is here on business and will visit Roundup. John Rack of Canyon Creek is registered at the Marve. C Thompson of Boxeman is registered at Wareey. R J Larabie of Drer just in at the Pincer. John Back of Canyon Creek registered Sunday at the Placer. Florence Wagner of Bozeman is a guest at the Pincer. F B Linfield of the Slate faculty here from Roveman Oak. Tramillion and wife of Jowstone Dark are guests at the Pacer. Attorney Fletcher Maddox of Great Falls is here on court business. Sam D Goza of Northwestern Mutual Safe Insurance returned from a trip to eastern Montana. Rey Gibbona, clerk to General Agent Ye, returned from Malte. His party was treated by a specialist for relief of nonnal trouble. Mr and Mrs Alfred Afiter returned from visits to Chase, Salina, and Kansas City. Mrs Miller was Zelda Shop before her marriage.
Mrs Emo Ashley of Monticello passed away yesterday at a local hospital. Funeral services are set for 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Cathedral of St Melena in Helena. Burial will follow in Forestvale. She was 36 and is survived by her sister Grace Smith and son Harry Ashley, both of this city. Herrmann & Company funeral directors handled arrangements.
Walter Waggenor's funeral was held yesterday afternoon at Tiertmann & Company's chapel in Helena. Rev. James McNutice delivered the sermon. Burial followed in Forestvale. He died last Thursday at 408 West Main Street, survived by his widow and other relatives.
Theodor Douglas Robinson assistant secretary of the navy on a Pacific coast trip to Washington stopped in Chicago and denounced Colonel William Mitchell chief of the Army and Navy air service as an impudent wrong headed trouble maker. He said Mitchell wants a medal placed on him for calling his superiors navies and predicted a big rise in airplane use for commercial purposes soon.
The report warns wary office workers about a con involving a man using aliases George Mellson and James B Morton. He enters buildings under a false occupant premise and asks to use a switchboard to contact a messenger, delivering a letter and a check to obtain railroad tickets. In two cases he sent funds to banks with requests for tickets and a sleeping car reservation, but offices held the requests and did not honor them. Authorities have advised vigilance against similar attempts.
In New York on Oct 2, a new joint committee for both common and preferred stockholders is to intervene in federal court proceedings in Chicago over the reorganization of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway. The panel, led by Ernest Taotin, follows earlier delays in forming a dissenting investor group, with formal organization now under way this week.
The eldest son of Mr and Mrs V L Greenfield of Butte died in Los Angeles Saturday morning at four years old. The boy, previously in poor health for months, was to be brought to Butte Wednesday morning where the funeral will be held that afternoon. He was a grandson of Mr and Mrs C L Greenfield of Helena. Mr Greenfield was formerly a Helena newspaper reporter.
Fragmentary notice reports poverty relief rules in Chartevile Ohio. Mentions 1-A Frenchman designation and welfare limits tied to revenue figures around 422 to 480 francs per year. Indicates legal status and the current interpretation of aid eligibility.
Postwar hardship grows in Meuse valley as mayors appeal to central authorities for raising the aid threshold beyond 1400 francs. Proposed interpretation of lingering poor law suggests changes after two decades. Anaconda snowstorm blankets town as temperature drops below freezing. travel routes remain passable despite fresh snowfall.
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