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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1925
Page
3
Obituary recalls Rev Dr Mills a Vermont born minister who served in Montana and beyond. A Civil War veteran who lost an arm, he later shaped churches and Wesleyan College in Helena while holding finance and pastorate roles. He married Jennie Mills in 1870 and left a lasting theologically grounded civic influence.
Miss Alice Supplee, a Seattle school teacher, taught Native children near Victoria land north of Canada who had never seen a cow, a chicken, or a horse. She translated simple words into local terms and conducted lessons in a tiny cabin after the vessel froze two miles offshore. Her blue eyes and hair drew curious natives as she educated captain Christian Klingenberg's daughters and local children during a months long marooning.
American film stars draw crowds while tourists misread posters due to Italian spelling, where oy and C sound alike. Names like Patti, Maj Murray, Betty Bluhe, Glorya Swanson, Mari Pikford, Mary Fhilbin appear confusingly, Dough Fairbanks rarely uses his full name. fans expect Trooglas in Italian tradition.
Detroit news reports the National Council of Women opening its biennial session with leaders urging world peace and disarmament. President Mrs Kitins North Moore and chairman Mrs Ames Mead push petitions to join the world court and promote treaties for peaceful dispute settlement while critics accuse the council of excluding local voices and centralizing power in Washington.
The article reports on Balkans tensions with Britain to report findings to the December council session. Greek and Bulgarian reps pledge cooperation, aims to establish fault lines and reparations, and release prisoners with property restored. Greek troops around 30,000 involved as Greeks withdraw from Bulgarian territory. Murder of Danseo Tzankoff in Sofia sparked by unclear motive. brother of Bulgarian Premier Alexander Tzankoff shot on a city street.
Chicago, Oct. 29. America Antenore, a 16-year-old high school student, brought old yellow papers to school revealing medieval Florentine lineage. The manuscripts, inherited from Nick Antenore, dated to 1351 and bore signatures of Charles IV and Philip of Castile attesting deeds of prowess of Amertas ancestor.
Minneapolis October 23. Dr N S B Gras, professor of economic history at University of Minnesota, outlines three stages in American agriculture the pioneer the cultivator and the business farmer and notes the shift driven by efficiency and market awareness. His history traces farming from eastern Europe nomads through the McNary Haggen era and emphasizes the bold trailblazers the steady cultivators and the modern business farmer balancing farm and market.
In Canada the latest returns show a conservative lead aided by a fragmented opposition of liberals progressives independents and labor totaling 121. Premier King weighs resignation or continued tenure with allied votes amid talk of a new general election as early results hint at a landslide. In Manitoba heavy losses for King’s cabinet members raise questions about cabinet stability and potential reshuffles as prairie returns trend conservative. Vancouver reports seven conservatives and one liberal victory with a liberal survivor in public works, while several seats remain undecided.
Washington Oct 2 The national council of the Young Men’s Christian Association adjourned after approving a 1926 budget of 4 199 000 dollars and electing officers Chicago chosen as next convention city W A Ramsey of Cleveland re elected president former governor William E Sweet of Colorado first vice president Benjamin Franklin Springfield Mass second vice president F S Harmon Jackson Mass third vice president W R Valentine Bordentown N J fourth vice president S E Buckner Tulsa Okla recording secretary J Jackson Jacksonville Fla first assistant recording secretary John N Chicago second assistant recording secretary Cleveland Ohio. Robert J Williams a draftsman was arrested by secret service agents in Tacoma Wash on charges of sending an obscene letter to Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon last week He was held under 2000 dollars bond after preliminary hearing Postoffice Inspector S S T Siegfred said Williams wrote a similar letter to Federal Judge Blake Kennedy of Cheyenne Wyo about his trial of the Teapot Dome case.
The speaker notes that the estate is small and the man is mainly a field worker only where land is tiny. He knows farming technique but is grounded in farm management. Soil tested and cows evaluated, his concern is income from successful farming rather than mere ownership, marking him as a capitalist farmer versus predecessors.
Famous football expert Fuller Dope weighs reports from 200 scouts and past performances to forecast the outcomes of twelve games slated for October. He notes his second guesses are often stronger and lists matchups such as Tomma-Brown, Chicago-Purdue, Cornell-Columbia, Georgia Tech-Navy, and Yale-Army with posted odds and locations.
New York reports a street market culture among actors and actors agents. Thousands of stage folk gather at Broadway and Forty second street to be found for auditions or jobs through managers and offices. The scene spans theatres, cafes, barber shops, and hotels where work is pursued rather than art, with wages modest and wardrobes costly.
In a discussion at the God South Meeting House, Prof Mather of Harvard argued that the Stones evolution trial goes beyond Old Testament interpretation. He warned the modern outcry against evolution masks fear that science will erode religion and said true religion emerges from experimental, not rigid scientific methods.
Philadelphia reports a row over the Sesqui-Centennial exposition after Colonel David C Collier of San Diego resigns as director general. Concessionaires threatening suits claim they spent large sums on equipment and protest cancellations of exhibit space agreements by the city.
J Hamilton Lewis former Democratic U S senator from Illinois says the United States should not join the league of nations now. He calls the league a failure in a statement delivered in Albuquerque on October 29.
Tadiasapolis oct 29 the International Typographical union president James M Lynch says the tramp printer has not disappeared. He notes more traveling cards are issued to union printers, who now travel by automobile and are often financially stable. He praises the exchange of craft ideas as good for the trade, while urging thrift and steadiness.
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