Montana Republican Committeeman’s Washington trip spurs fear
A Helena column details increased federal job cuts and office abolitions tied to the Montana Republican National Committeeman. It alleges threatened removals of key officials, including Addison K. Lusk and possible shifts in the post office and district attorney roles, with animating quotes about partisan pressure and party loyalty.
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Helena
Republican National
Surveyor General
Addison K. Lusk
Idaho
Montana
Washington
Powell County
Paul
Dixon
Deer Lodge
United States Marshall
Dixon Machine
Mac
Northwest Mounted
Montana Rivalry Elevates Nuisance Winter Returns
Winter, known for his roughneck style, pressures Vaisain as Montana prepares for a crucial Saturday showcase. The incident underscores ongoing tensions in a high-stakes regional scene.
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Winter
Vaisain
Montana
Sattec
Georgia Act Ends Federal Child Labor Push
Advocates of federal child labor regulation argued Georgia as the worst example. Georgia recently enacted a law removing objections under an old property exemption, despite few under 14 actually working. Experts foresee renewed attempts to push federal standards.
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Georgia
Georgia Enacts Child Labor Law Limiting Youth Work
Georgia passes a new law effective January prohibiting employment of under 14 in manufacturing, bans 14 to 16 year olds from night work, forbids under 16 in hazardous jobs, and requires age literacy and fitness certificates. The Cotton Manufacturers Association supported the measure as states resist federal control amid nationwide child labor debates.
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Georgia
Cotton Manufacturers Association
Montana
Dearborn
Washington motorist ends up warned for cornering
A driver in Washington who cut a corner and spoiled President Coolidge’s shine received a warning and a design of the sort, signaling he must be more careful to avoid endangering the lives of citizens in the future.
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Washington
Colidge
Como
Sugar factory opening spurs special Sidney edition
Richland County Chief celebrates a $1,500,000 sugar factory in Sidney with a three section souvenir edition totaling 24 pages. Edited by C. S. Clemmensen, the home print paper highlights crops, farm homes, business properties, and Lower Wellstone Valley industries with factual pieces and artful ads.
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Sidney
Richland
C. S. Clemmensen
Wellstone
Clemmensen
Prohibition Officers Convict Woman Over Smell in Kansas Kitchen
Prohibition officers in Kansas secured a conviction after asserting the kitchen sink carried a odor they alleged indicated liquor had been poured into it. The detail underscores a local enforcement case in Kansas.
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Prohibion
Kansas
Florida real estate boom warned by Daytona king
George F. Parker of Daytona known as the Celery King warns Montanans planning to move to Florida for quick riches that city authorities bar non residents at Miami with ropes across roads and a $3 gasoline fee to leave. He cautions buyers to stay home as properties change hands rapidly and a boom may collapse within a year. He notes many distress letters and advises potential movers to pause before cranking up their cars and leaving.
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Florida
George F. Parker
Daytona
Miami
Parker
North
Chicago coroner rules suicide in shooting death case
A Chicago coroner ruled that a woman shot in the back and sent to four trials died by her own action. The report suggests Chicago may need more coroners with similar judgments to settle such cases.
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Chicago
Revered Figures And Their Defining Struggles
A meditation on historic innovators and artists facing hardship. Beethoven wrote symphonies deaf, Steinmetz as a hunchback immigrant wielded thunderbolts, Milton saved by sighted courage, Pilgrim's Progress born in a prison, Stevenson tormented by tuberculosis, Goodyear toiled eleven years vulcanizing rubber, Erasmus the foundling who taught the world.
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IAM
Beethoven
Steinmetz
Milton
England
Robert Louis Stevenson
Charles Goodyear
Erasmus
Smith Victory in New York Primaries Recasts 1928 Scene
The Haskin Letter notes Governor Smith's New York primary triumph reshaping Democratic hopes for the 1928 nomination, with observers split on permanence of his gains and the risk of party splits. It highlights Smith's clash with Mayor Hylan and editor Hearst, alongside Wisconsin's La Follette securing the Republican Senate nomination and his potential political leverage.
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Washington, D
A. Smith
New York City
Ftere
William Jennings Bryan
Smith
New York
John F. Hylan
Hylan
Swan
Turely
William
Randolph Hearst
Hearst
Meirst
Goveror
Wisconsin
Robert M. LaFollette
United States
Youn LaFollette
White House
Guara Republican
Jones J. Watson
Indiana
Senate
Lafoliette
Edward BP. Dithmar
LaFollette
District of Columbia
Cheap Hunting For Short Sports In Montana Lake Incident
A Teton county duck pond tale recounts petty skimming by coastal duck hunters who paddled a boat near shore and retrieved ducks shot by others. They allegedly used a Chevrolet owned by Harry Egred of Great Falls and did not share their spoils, prompting local chagrin.
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Montana
Teton County
Chateau
Sheriff's Office
Harry Egred
7Th Ave
Great Falls
Midlake
Army Charge Changes 7th Corps Leadership
Brigadier General Benjamin A. Paore, commanding Fort Sheridan Illinois, will succeed Major General George F. Duncan as commanding officer of the 7th Corps, with headquarters at Omaha Nebraska, in a Sept. 28 Associated Press report from Washington.
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Washington
Associated Press
Benjamin A. Paore
Fort Sheridan
Ilinois
George F. Duncan
7Th Corps Ieay
Omaha
Nebraska
Careful driving seen cutting Minnesota fatalities in Sept readings
Minneapolis, St Paul, and Duluth report fewer deaths through Sept 12 as Department of Commerce data show progress from 1924 totals. Minneapolis recorded 48 fatalities by Sept 12 versus 84 all of last year. St Paul 55 versus 251? 1924 figures. Duluth’s 1925 status cited. Nationally 3,313 auto fatalities in 47 cities through Sept 12.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Department of Commerce
St. Paul
Duluth
St Paul
Commerce Department
National Capital News Day Highlights Aviation Inquiry
The air board continued its aviation inquiry while O P Van Sweringen testified on the Nickle Plate merger plan. Benson urged a new shipping car building program and debt commissions resumed French American settlement talks. Major General Patrick cited senior aviation officers recommending Los Angeles transfer. Senate leaders urged agency reorganizations and railroad dispute reforms.
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President
Air Board
O. P. van Sweringen
Benson
Patrick
Los Angeles
Ara
Shipping Board
Commerce Department
Federal Trade Commission
Justice Department
Curtis
Samuel Rea
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cheyenne Grants 23 Year Gas Franchise
Cheyenne City Council approves a 23 year natural gas franchise to Cheyenne Light Fuel and Power to distribute gas from Fort Collins and Wellington fields. The company must lay a six inch diameter pipeline within a year and supply 150000 cubic feet daily, or proportion of that amount if limited by availability.
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Cheyenne, Yo
Rept
I A
Fort Collins
Wellington
Cheyenne
Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Tower Company
Dark Laughter and the Mississippi River Saga
Sherwood Anderson’s Dark Laughter centers on John Stockton who becomes Trace Molley and drifts along the Mississippi to reinvent himself. The tale follows his partner in a gray wheel factory, Sponge Martin, and a menacing domestic web surrounding Fred Grey’s wife, with a climactic Armistice Day upheaval as dark laughter erupts from onlookers at the great river and the house.
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Stockton
Ter
Chicago
Tis Fc
Hermice
Bernice
John
Tolinon
Mississippi
John Stockton
Molley
Old Harbor
Mark Twain
Great River
America
Tiince
Anderson
Tike
Reaph
Kerns
Riskin
Ane Jerson
Rahelaisian
Fred Grey
Whites
Paris
Mary Doll
Fred
Aline
Hushand
Mr. Anderson
Bruce
Wnless
Lincee
Isis
Sherwood Andersen
New York
Wonk & Liveright
Answers to Questions From The Independent Information Bureau
A compilation of reader questions answered by The Independent Information Bureau in Washington. Topics include organ pipes in Cleveland, copper wire on railroads, the Sidwart Eggleston novel, Newtonian earth flattening proven by the Lapland Expedition, Canadian forest acreage, Bluestone definitions, werewolves in folklore, the first steamboat era, and botulism as a food intoxication. the item preserves era tone and named figures while presenting compact Q and A exchanges.
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The
Independent
Washington
Universal School of Information
Helena
Cleveland
H. RB. A. Tt
Armstrong
Abraham Lincoln
J. D
the Graysons
Sidwart Eggleston
Lincoln
Isaac Newton
Laplard
Academy of Science
Paris
Maupertins
Claireant
Nortc
Canada
J. BK A
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Northwest Provinces
British Columbia
New York
Licro
B.C
Verboten and the drift of modern regulation
An editorial reflection on prewar German policing and current laws. The piece argues that society has shifted from excessive prohibition to pervasive government regulation. It contends constitutions are invoked to expand power, comparing governors to Peter the Great in micromanaging citizens.
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Douttless
Peter the Great
Fergus County Argus
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Roy L. Smith
D. D. Pestor
Haskin
National Capital
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