Monticello Paper Urges Local Ticket Support in 1928 Ballot
The Monticello Express urges Republicans to back local county and state candidates. It discusses two ballot propositions on paving funds and a constitutional amendment limiting senate seats, contrasts 1928 campaign enthusiasm with earlier decades, and notes Hoover appeal and legal crime critiques by Judge Marcus A. Kavanaugh.
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Jones County
Hoover
Marcus A. Kavanaugh
Chicago
Monticello
Cedar Rapids
America
England
United States
Wales
American Bar Association
France
Clarence Darrow
Slan ders and political mudslinging in the campaign
The piece rails at Senator Hansbrough and Governor Bilbo as primary slanderers. It notes Hoover leads in polls provoking Ras Kob’s ire, while the Literary Digest poll and Hearst papers push the trend. Kellogg claims Democrats always win in September, not November, as history seems to repeat.
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Hansbrough
Bilbo
Hoover
Raskob
Combietesiney
Literary Digest
Hearst
Kellogg
Old Line Democrats Praise Herbert Hoover
Chicago headquarters released statements from Democratic figures praising Herbert Hoover. Notable quotes come from Senator Williams of Mississippi and Representative Rainey of Illinois, commending Hoover’s character, leadership, and wartime relief work benefiting Belgians and American war effort.
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Herbert Hoover
Hubert Work
Republican National Committee
Hoover
Chicago
Raskob
Hansborough
Dr. Work
House of Representatives
Henry L. Myers
Montana
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Nebraska
United States
Senate
Haircut Defines Difference Between Fiddler and Violinst
A reader in Des Moines Register quips the main distinction between a fiddler and a violinist is a good haircut, highlighting playful tonal contrast in a reader'sNote.
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Des Moines Register
Iowa road bond proposal aims for 4933 miles paved system
The proposed state bond issue would finance a 4,933 mile paved and 1,732 mile graveled primary road network by 193, with no added taxes. A defeat delays a 16 year wait for a connected state system. Engineers note 80 percent of tonnage travels on the primary network and urge a yes vote on November 6.
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Iowa
Pret Linn Angels
Jowa
Wilson Highway
Stores County
Woodbury
Smith and the Farm clash in Smith Hoover debate
In a west tour Governor Smith insists farm prices can rise without lifting living costs a claim seen as political. The piece contrasts Smith with Hoover on farm policy and the economics of agriculture, noting Smith favors urban consumer aims over farmer gains and cites previous remarks from January 1927.
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West
Smith
Omaha
Govermor Smith
Argentine
Denmark
New Zealand
Towa
New York
Mr. Hoover
Albany Chamber of Commerce
Hoover at Boston reinforces tariff case for prosperity
Mr Hoover’s Boston address argues the protective tariff supports wealth and security, rebuts claims that tariffs hinder imports or alienate foreign buyers, and notes exports rose 80 percent since tariff policies began. He cites 4 billion dollars of imports, 700 million spent abroad, and 240 million sent home.
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Chicago Tribune
Hoover
Boston
Senate
United States
Three threats of modern life urged by Mc Masters
President Mc Masters of Mt. Union college warns leisure science and boredom threaten modern life. He urges intellectual enthusiasm and lifelong learning even at ninety, arguing education widens horizons and keeps life from dullness through nature study psychology astronomy philosophy art and literature.
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Grove Patterson
McMasters
Mt. Union College
Preparing for the Inevitable in Des Moines Digest
In the Des Moines Register, commentary concedes the Literary Digest’s effort to ease Democratic party managers’ concerns. The piece uses a farm metaphor noting no good cows should be neglected during corn husking season.
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Des Moines Register
Sells Predicts Hoover Curtis Surge In South
Cato Sells, former Iowa political figure now in Texas, predicts a strong Hoover Curtis shift in the South and Midwest. He cites discontent with Gov. Al Smith and Tammany influence, noting growing anti Smith sentiment after tours through Minnesota and South Dakota and upheaval in Texas and other southern states.
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Cato Sells
Iowa
Texas
Smith
Sioux City
The
Journal
Sells
Minnesota
South Dakota
Hoover
Curtis
Gov
al Smith
Minneapolis
Middle West
South
Quotes and maxims on youth and society from early 20th century figures
A collection of remarks from Harvey Wiley Irene Castle Mussolini Foch Hearst Sabath Clemenceau Hoover Camille Kelley Aunt Judy and others. Topics range from gender roles to politics and youth behavior with humorous dialect lines and historical viewpoints.
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Harvey Wiley
Frederick McLaughlin
Irene Castle
Benito Mussolini
Marshal Foch
Germany
William R. Hearst
Joseph Sabath
Georges Clemenceau
Herbert Hoover
Camille Kelley
Aunt Judy
Pusson
Getting What You Pay For in Iowa Highways Bond Vote
Mason City Gazette argues Iowans face paying for a paved highway system regardless of a bond issue outcome. If the bond fails voters would wait ten years longer for improvements while revenue sources appear feasible. The piece dismisses direct taxation as a smoke screen and urges financing through revenue.
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Mason City
Iowa
Drunken driver sentenced to four years in penitentiary
In Kansas City a 54 year old drunk driver was found guilty and sentenced to four years. He first struck a 6 year old girl and fled, then a 12 year old boy, then damaged a parked car before being captured. The piece argues the sentence could save lives by preventing further harm.
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Sioux City
Kansas City
Democratic candidate appeals in person in the south
The Davenport Times notes that the democratic presidential candidate has begun visiting the south to seek votes, signaling doubts about a guaranteed victory and raising questions about regional campaigning in the current election.
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Davenport
South
County and state ticket list with autumn verse by Marion Angus
The piece lists candidates for county and state offices including Corenus Cole, Co L Rigby, G J Van Buren, LaVern Rockstad, Harry Holcomb, B G Rees, John Bodenhofer, Lloyd Soper, Clifford B Paul, Ed Beam, John Matthiessen, and H P Barber. It closes with an Indian summer poem by Marion Isabel Angus noting grapes pumpkins and goldenrod as nature rests for winter.
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Auaditor
LaVern Rockstad
Harry Holcomb
B. G. Rees
John Bodenhofer
Lloyd Soper
Clifford B. Paul
Ed Beam
Board of Supervisors
John Matthiessen
H. P. Barber
F. E. Taylor
Funny Bride and Rival Exchange Quips in Passing Show
A comic exchange from Passing Show features a bride’s denial of Har ry’s first proposal and a wry husband remark about a two piece costume. A sharp line about Jones being rich ends with a restaurant gag, capturing Life magazine humor style.
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Jones
No title available from OCR fragment
The passage presents a joke exchange about ancestry and a classroom prompt for hymn favorites. A teacher asks for hymn names. Mary submits only an unclear slip reading ace and Tommy Jones, provoking embarrassment.
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Mary
Ace
Tommy Jones
Largest presidential bet on Hoover reported in New York
A New York firm took a $40 000 to $10 000 wager that Herbert Hoover would win the election. The odds were posted at four to one in favor of the Republican candidate.
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New York
Hoover
Monticello
Herbert Hoover
al Smith
New York City
Garath
Ahdy
United States
Chicago Tribune
J. S. Fried & Co
Democrats Briefly Embrace Safe for Business Tariff Pledge
Muscatine Journal notes the Democratic platform endorses a safe for business tariff while promising a competitive rather than protective approach. The paper observes that Democratic members of Congress expect to revise the tariff downward if their party gains power.
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Muscatine
Congress
Cattle Weighed By Summer Feeding And County Bonds Voted
Cows in best condition and producing most were fed grain all summer according to town cow testers. Jones County voted bonds totaling 1 200 000 dollars for road paving with 635 000 dollars already issued and sold.
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Jones County
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