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Newspaper

Helena Independent

Location

Helena, Montana, United States of America

Date

Oct 31, 1925

Page

4

Pony Express thrills Helena with vaudeville and Civil War epic

Helena screens The Pony Express tonight with Betty Compson and Wallace Beery leading a cast in a historically minded western epic about north south tensions over California on the eve of the Civil War. The matinee benefits Helena PTA and features local talent, with one final Marlow showing paired with four acts of amateur vaudeville.

Warren Wyoming California Pacific Pony Express Betty Compson Ricardo Cortez Ernest Torrence Wallace Beery The Helena the Pony Express Marlow

Moroni Olsen Players Bring Pygmalion to Shrine Tonight

Moroni Olsen Players present Shaw’s Pygmalion at the Shrine Auditorium tonight at 8:30 under Archie Bray and George A. Roberts sponsorship. The company’s repertory is praised for witty, satirical humor set in London with a Cockney flower girl transformed by diction. Tickets on sale at Reeves' Music House until 6, then Shrine Temple box office. curtain at 8:90 sharp.

Moroni Olsen Shrine Temple Archie Bray George A. Roberts George Bernard Shaw West Shaw London Wan Tevin Pygmalion Helena Arcan Amusement Reeves’ Music House

Vaudeville duo Weber and Fields in Friendly Enemies film

Weber and Fields bring their stage fame to screen in Friendly Enemies a Belasco production directed by George Melford at The Marlow. Pfeiffer and Black clash over war loyalties before joining as Americans in a dramatic story with Lucile Lee Stewart Virginia Brown Faire Mack Mulhall and Eugene Besseret among the cast.

Weber and Fields Marlow George Melford Belasco Productions Pfeiffer and Block Pfeiffer Weber Fields Lucile Lee Stewart Virginia Brown Faire Mack Mulhall Eugenie Besseret

Rainbow in bathroom reserved for the rich speaker says

Roy Hordan of New York told the eastern district convention of the Tile and Mantel Contractors association that wealth dictates bathroom color schemes. He argued a $10,000 home should stay white, a $20,000 home may have blue or pink, and only a $40,000 home would allow purple, yellow or green tiles, reflecting consumer wealth.

Washington Roy Hordan New York Tile and Mantel Contractors’ Association Mr. Jordan

Maude Letter Goes Astray From Barber Shop

Chicago reports a domestic scandal arising from a double standard barber shop. Carrie Guthaus, while waiting for a haircut alongside her husband Arthur Guthaus, found personal letters at the register. An envelope bore her husband’s name and a note signed Mande Me, exposing a breach of privacy within the shop.

Chicago Carrie Guthaus Arthur W. Guthaus Mande Me

Spud Growers Refuse to Sell at 9.20 in San Luis Valley

Alamosa Colo Oct 30 growers offered 5.20 per hundred at shipping point for potatoes. many San Luis valley producers refuse record market price and announce they will store crops awaiting higher quotations. Demand rising after storms and reports of large losses in Greeley district. San Luis valley crop un harmed. prices a year ago ranged 8c to 1 dollar per hundred.

Alamosa Colo San Luis Valley Greeley iColo

Child killed by bull near Cheyenne farm corral

A bull gored and killed the 10-year-old son of farmer J. B. Stauffer about 40 miles east of Cheyenne as he entered the bull’s corral. In a separate Union City incident, Police Lieutenant Eoil Fuhrman and five gunmen exchanged gunfire with three officers. Fuhrman was wounded and one man killed.

Cheyenne Oct J. B. Stauffer Here Jersey City Eoil Fuhrman Union City Fuhrmann

Boy Wrecks Train to See a Pile Up

In Uhrichsville Ohio Bertram Barnes fifteen from Roanoke confessed causing a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train wreck by opening a switch. One man Charles Tomasic twenty seven was killed and several passengers injured. A separate note shows a divorce suit over alienation of affection seeking fifty thousand dollars. A Langley bombing accuracy record is reported with seven hits from nine drops at five thousand feet.

New Philadelphia Ohio Bertram Barnes Roanoke Baltimore and Ohio Uhrichsville Charles Tomasic Ubrichsville Young Barnes Tomash Guthaus Washington Langley C. S. Shankle Levi Beery Army Air Service

League to End All Wars Drives League Reform

The League to End All Wars warns that without unity nations perish. Greece and Bulgaria submit quarrels to league mediation, setting a precedent Cham berlain says others must follow. France and Britain lead a shift toward a United States of Europe amid talks in Paris. Ishii of Japan hopes security pacts like Locarno multiply worldwide, with debate on a broader US inclusion.

League Greece Bulgaria Chamberlain United States of Europe France Great Britain Paris Lloyd George Europe Coucil Vissovat Ishii Japan Locarno Pacific United States Washington

Greeks Retreat From Bulgarian Territory Ends Evacuation

Paris reports Greek troops completed their evacuation of Bulgarian territory at midnight Wednesday eight hours before the League of Nations deadline. A telegram from French, Belgian and Italian military attaches read at today’s council session, noting no incidents during the withdrawal.

Paris League of Natins Council France Belgiun Italy

Vote On Church Union In The Realm Of Higher Things

Nashville, Tenn Oct 30 Head quarters of the Methodist Episcopal church South reported tonight that the vote on unification with the Methodist Episcopal church stands 2 668 in favor and 1 908 against in 27 southern conferences. A total vote of 4 576 with a three fourths majority required for ratification shows 3 432 needed and 764 votes short. Officials expect roughly 8 000 votes to be cast before the remaining sixteen conferences report.

Church Union Nashville Tenn The Methodist Episcopal Church, South Methodist Episcopal Church Southern Church

Tax dodging dispute nets $5,000 for Chicago accountant

Samuel Broder won a $5,000 verdict in a suit against Edith Rockefeller McCormick, Edwin D. Krenn, and Edward A. Dato over services and withheld pay after devising a tax avoidance strategy. The defendants claimed full payment and a new trial is sought for November 7 in London. Twin sisters, aged 71, were sentenced at Old Bailey for involvement in an illegal operation, noted as a rare case of octogenarian partners in crime.

Chicago Samuel Broder Edith Rockefeller McCormick Edwin D. Krenn Edward A. Dato Broder London Old Bailey

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