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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1925
Page
6
Montenal city brief with Wednesday events and Thursday forecast. Includes local services from Helena Rug Co, beauty and tailoring shops, gym classes for women, talks by Miller of Spokane, and church notices. Funeral details for local residents include Frances and Wagenbach family services.
Members of the Odd Fellows and Rebeccas meet at the TO. D. F. hall in East Helena on Wednesday September 23 at 1 40 p m to pay last respects to their esteemed brother AL W Lewis Samuel Lees N G
Mrs. Lillian H. Miracle, chaperone for Montana royal escorts, will accompany Miss Raiena Berta to the Petroleum Exposition in Tulsa. The Montana float, cost about 1000 dollars, features Bitter Root decorations and a high throne display for Miss Montana.
Orgey official inspects Fort Harrison Veterans Hospital operations. ALG Bagles, department director of the western division of the Knights of Columbus hospital service, is here examining the facility. He will stay at the place and remain several days.
Senator T. J. Walsh will conduct a competitive examination for appointment to Annapolis on Saturday October 24 1925. The United Civil Service Commission oversees the test in major Montana cities. Subjects include Algebra plane geometry English composition and literature US history ancient history and physics. Eligible are young Montana men in good health aged 14 to 21. Walsh office in Washington DC can provide more information. Applicants should notify Walsh of their preferred testing location.
Florence Sanden reports from Helena at Van Blaricom radio shop where a stamp shop operates retail and wholesale. Collectors handle German empire to modern issues with volumes catalogued by rarity and date. Local collectors boast holdings from five thousand to twenty thousand dollars as hobby turns serious.
Holmdow Pont of the LD AL describes the annual Forget-Me-Not Days observed at the fort hospital with a dance on October 17 at the Shrine temple. Committee members include Tlany Stewartham RA Rufener Ta Kilpatrick NS Lt Sims J Harrington I Hollo way J Runoff If Ramatt and J Rose. Proceeds aid welfare work for disabled veterans and dependents.
A boy discovers a necklace of pearls in mud and gives it to his mother for a birthday present. The owner is notified and the boy prompts friends to help ease anxiety while the case is explained by Judge Day who initially refuses details then releases them after recovery of the property. Swampscott records show President Coolidge shook hands with 46,011 people last year.
Evan E. Young, chief of the state department division of European Affairs, has been appointed minister to the Dominican Republic. He has served in the department since 1805.
The body of Yer Shock a Chinese warner was found in Chinatown Cleveland. Police report three members of the On Leang tong fled the house with a hatchet and cleaver nearby. A bloodless room and possible vengeance motive are noted. The slaying follows a truce signed by rival tong leaders yesterday.
Kansas City dispatch reports Missouri Pacific president Baldwin addressing the chamber of commerce about urging the Interstate Commerce Commission to approve a 5 percent rail freight raise to finance capital and prevent service deterioration as costs rise since the war. The item notes railroads warn of dire outcomes without higher returns and cites ongoing inflation in production costs.
A party of hunters entered Ballantine game preserve near Yellowstone county last Sunday and were halted by Deputy Warden Al Hohnes. The group pleaded guilty and each was fined 35 dollars. Reports note lean game bags across the region as the open season for ground birds continues with cautious shooting and uncertain returns.
Mrs Kaufman, president of the Commercial Club Woman’s Club, received a $25 check from the Helenath Athletic Association to aid the fund for undernourished children in public and parochial schools. The money was raised by boxing card proceeds from Shrine arena at the State fair opening event.
Miss Tattle Kisselt left yesterday or Glasgow for New York City. Miss Nellie Barrett headed toward Stranton, Pennsylvania, and Miss Martha Waite departed for Da Crasse, WWia. Mrs. J. W. Marton left for relatives in Oregon. J. E. Murphy’s estate notehnnetne Reent, Je Tal Up at home with a cold from a hunting trip. See Mite Trane Duncan to be operated on for appendicitis at St Johns. Mrs. Maggie Smith Hathaway traveled to Tutte and Dillon for field work on the protection bureau. Tony T. Vawthorney left for Sacramento to take a highway commission position. Mre Hew, widow of Fort Archer, hospitalized after a motor accident at the State fair.
Troop 1 of Scouts reported an organizational meeting with Sea Scoutmaster and Rev James Flin leading a list of new leaders including assistant scoutmasters Willan Fredericks Gerald Madre and Jung Heler. Average age around 15 with many in high school. Attendance at recent meetings averaged 28 to 37 with a waiting list for new members. The group values Y M C A cooperation and plans cooperative plans for the year.
Daily commissioner Norris departs for Baseman to attend the Gallatin fair and oversee the provincial display. Officials plan a stack sale in Lake County and Missoula stops as Missoula County hosts a statewide exhibition and supervises fair construction.
A district court heard a petition alleging that prohibition agents invaded a residence at 17% South Main Street without a warrant. The petitioner seeks suppression of evidence including two bottles of whiskey and asks for arrest details and proper warrant procedures to be clarified. The hearing date is set for September with counsel listed.
A Monday night break in at the local high school damaged a chemistry room and ransacked offices. Principal A J Roberts’s office was opened likely by a skeleton key while deposits and fines may have drawn the intruders. A separate break in at Helena Tent and Saddler Co. at 404 North Main saw a small cash drawer emptied and a pair of leather puttees stolen. back basement entry suspected.
Eugene Copenhaver a four year old from Ovando faced a 25 dollar fine for an incident near a Take. the sentence, due to youth, was suspended. Others from Billings including Reyer Farrell Tier Engsiedis Prindle Watkins Palmes Allen and Lanes were fined 25 dollars each for hunting cart and discharging firearms on the Bal lentine game preserve. State game wardens filed offense records yesterday.
Fragmentary text references Mary-t and a condition about marriage, mentioning Boston and a newspaper context. The readable surmise suggests a personal note or society item in a Boston newspaper with a conditional proposal about marriage.
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