Public office glare and Montana governing temper
The Independent argues Montana’s governor must be a peacemaker who can work with others. It cites Joseph M. Dixon as a cautionary example of a gossip and troublemaker whose volatile leadership disrupted state offices. It warns that a governor should foster cooperation, restraint, and efficiency through others, not seek solo control.
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Montana
John Ray
The
Independent
Joseph M. Dixon
Nhe
State House
Supreme Court of the State
Lewis and Clark County
Dixon
Secretary of State
Supreme Court
Erickson
Monatna
Leprosy Case In Butte Shack Draws Warning
An American born Chinese man with leprosy remains isolated in a fuel‑starved shack in Butte as federal delays and bureaucracy hinder relocation or care, highlighting a humanitarian and public health concern.
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Butte
Leper in Butte Receives Help Amid Charity Critique
In a tale of neglect and aid, a Chinese leper in a Butte cabin faced isolation until Montana Power workers installed an electric heater and light. Critics say local charities, despite drives, failed to provide basic needs while the public questions efficiency of organizations. The leper, able to hobble and self-serve, awaits transport to a leprosarium as debates over care continue.
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Montana Power Company
Butte
Deadly carbon monoxide warns of silent auto danger near Spion Kop
A prominent Canadian couple died in a closed car bogged in mud near Spion Kop when engine exhaust, clogged by mud, filled the vehicle with carbon monoxide. Doctors note CO poisoning is odorless and deadly, urging ventilation, pipe checks, and safe garage practices to prevent fatalities in winter driving.
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Spion Kop
Potatoes and Decay in The Baltimore Saw Editorial
An editorial riff ponders mass raw potato eating as a trivial, harmless habit. It mockingly suggests consulting ancient evidence to prove humanity improved despite vice, noting that humane nature and cause and effect remain constant through history.
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Babylon
The Power of Trivial Details in History and War
A Washington letter argues small facts shape nations and fates. It cites Hungary under Horthy and the stray cross word craze as examples, then shows Bismarck, Waterloo, the Marne taxi army, and Napoleonic notes turning outcomes. The piece stresses how minor errors or devices alter great events and policies.
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Waterloo
Wellington
Napoleon
Ney
Grouchy
St. Helena
The
Marne
Maunoury
Flants
von Kluck
Ourgy
Trivial and Large Hints in a Curious Tale
A fragment reflects on war, science, and luck as trivial items shift the stage. It mentions the imagined astronomer and a fly on a lens, then notes Hungary abolishing cross word puzzles and odd causes behind great discoveries. Washington won last year.
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Germany
Hungary
Washington
Federal control of air advocated by engineer council
Columbus Oct 30 The American Engineering Council executive board adopted a report urging federal oversight of civil aviation. Professor Joseph W Rae said the report calls for a federal bureau of aeronautics and notes U S commercial airplanes have logged 3 000 000 miles in five years.
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Columbus
America
American Engineering Council
Joseph W. Rae
New York
Department of Commerce
Washington
Engineering Counsel
Commerce Department
Rae
Department of Industrial Engineering
New York University
Federal
Federal Bureau of Aeronautics
United States
Americ
Honduras Pays Longstanding Debt to Britain Under Agreement
A Honduran debt floated 50 years ago in Great Britain, originally 5,000,000 pounds sterling, has been seized under a British embassy agreement. Honduras will pay 1,200,000 pounds in semi annual installments with interest over 30 years, funded by a 3 percent tax on Honduran consul invoices collected through stamps. First payment due January 31, 1927. Washington also reports the death of Mileton E. Ailes, president of the Riggs National Bank.
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Washington
Great Britain
Honduras
National City Bank of New York
Review of Trade by Reserve Bank
The Minneapolis Federal Reserve reports a marked rise in northwest business activity in the past month with gains in building, carloadings, and freight shipments. Debits rose year over year in September due to livestock and grain activity, though October's first half showed a dip from last year’s peak. Financing remained easy while merchandizing uncertainty persisted as grain trading slowed after September.
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Minneapolis
Northwest
Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank
North Dakota
National Capital News Briefs Include Merger Hearing Ended
The Nickel Plate merger hearing concluded while talks began on a rain treaty with Cuba. Mayor Kendeiek urged President Coolidge to let Brigadier General Butler stay as Philadelphia police head. Colonel Mitchell pled not guilty at his court martial and his counsel weighs calling President Coolidge.
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Cuba
Kendeiek
Coolidge
Butler
Philadelphia
Mitchell
Would Have U. G. Own Powerful Air Lines
Akron business leader P W Litchfield vice president of Goodyear Zeppelin urges Congress to require that 50 percent of air ships operating between the United States and foreign nations be American built and owned He argues the move would start a United States owned trans oceanic air service and would not create treaty barriers, aiming for equality with other nations and no discrimination
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Akron
Congress
United States
Associated Press
P. W. Litchfield
Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation
Litchfield
Litehfield
America
Mr. Litchfield
Fall Fire Season Ends in Minnesota After Snow
Minnesota ends its lighter fall fire period as snow covers the north woods. State Forester Grover M. Conzer announces the season closed, noting thousands saved by favorable weather and reduced fires in September and October. Rangers could complete long-delayed work while keeping the force ready. In Rochester, Minn a report says Mrs. R J Sullivan wife of a former Wyoming gubernatorial candidate died suddenly.
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St. Paul
State Forestry Department
North Woods
Grover, M. Conzer
Mas
Sullivan Fabris
Canper
Wye
R. J. Sullivan
Wyoming
Rochester
Minn
Todtay
Sullivan
Milas Sule NM
Xeefer
Umana
Answers to Questions from The Independent Information Bureau
The Helena Independent prints inquiries and replies from the Washington based Independent Information Bureau. Questions cover land prices in Florida and the Louisiana Purchase costs, best timing for exercise, history of textile bleaching, number and weight of tobacco leaves in a hand, railroad ties per mile on the Southern Pacific, U.S. tourist spending in Canada, platoon plan adoption in schools, and diseases in flies with parasitic and mite issues.
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Independent Information Bureau
Washington
Bureau
Helena
South
United States
Florida
Louisiana Purchase
Public Health Service
B. C
Xenophon
Marseilles
S. Q
Bureau of Plant Industry
Ontario
Duchne
British Columbia
Canada
H. A
Department of the Ioterio
Bureau of Education
Linion
Dr. R
Chestnuts in U S Face Extinction As Delicacy
Ithaca New York October 20 Chestnuts once a popular American delicacy are nearing extinction due to a windborne blight that has spread among trees over the past two decades. Cornell University plant pathologists report the disease as incurable, first seen in a Brooklyn park in 1964 and later in other U S parks.
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Ithaca
Corneil University
Brooklyn
Memorial to Chaplains on Governors Island
New York Oct 30 A national memorial for 23 United States army chaplains who died in the war will be erected on Governors Island. Chaplain Thomas F. Swan in charge said the Federated Women’s Clubs of the city will pledge support for the memorial plans. Underground garages Paris plan to build garages along main streets to relieve traffic, with many located at convenient stops for motorists.
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New York
United States Army
Governo's Island
Thomas Fe, Swan
Army
Federated Women’s Clubs
Paris
Plasia
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Europe
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Federal Control I Air
Engineering Council
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Reserve Bank
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