Presidential Voting Contest Sparks Reader Interest
The Courier invites readers to a four week presidential voting contest featuring a large United States map. Participants record each state's electoral votes and the number of times a key figure appears in advertisements, color the map by 1924 voting patterns, and win part of a $500 cash prize. An error mislisted Florida. the correction appeared with Parson's music square.
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Courier
United States
Waterloo
Florida
Parson
Bay State Vote Doubtful as Nov. 6 Nears in 1928
Massachusetts weighs the Walsh Smith ticket as Hoover targets Catholic vote, with Rhode Island Irish French tensions seen as boosting Republicans. Hoover delivers six Massachusetts speeches showing growing extempore appeal, while the tariff issue looms as a pivotal line for the GOP.
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Bay State
Massachusetts
Dave” Walsh
Walsh-Smith
Hoover
Smith-Walsh
Rhode Island
Herbert Hoover
Boston
Gov. Smith
Louisville
Colorful Peking in the doldrums as capital shifts
Colorful Peking sits in economic slump after capital moved to Nanking. Thousands of shops suspended, foreign tourism down, and streets renamed with progovernment tones. Old imperial relics appear in second hand shops as modern change erodes former grandeur.
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Nanking
Peking
Chinese Economic Bulletin
Forbidden City
Unsovited Tribute For All-Bran Reader Letter
Mrs Kiell praises Kellogg's ALL-BRAN as a safe cure for constipation and a regulator for the stomach. She notes using it since April 1927 and even sends it to her mother in Poland, Europe. The piece extols ALL-BRAN as a cereal relief, advising two tablespoons daily with milk or cream and suggesting use in cooking. Made by Kellogg in Battle Creek.
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Poland
Europe
Anna Kimtty
Wolcott Terrace
Newark
N. J
Kellogg's
Kellogg
Battle Creek
Macedonian Moslems Buy World’s Old Clothes
Belgrade dispatch reports a surge in activity among the Moslem population in Macedonia as nationalist sentiment rises and imperial symbols are removed. The article notes the old City’s shift toward republican access, with Central Park opening to both Chinese and foreigners for a small entrance fee.
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Old City
Ragged Clothes Market Dominated by France and Germany
The article notes that Jugoslavia imports enough second-hand clothing each year to outfit 750000 people, while France and Germany have seized the market and together account for about five percent of the annual shipments.
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Nishes
Jugo- Slavia
France
Germany
Gas Tank from Amundsen Plane Found
An aluminum gasoline tank believed to be from Roald Amundsen’s plane was located, with officers confirming the find amid ongoing expedition work in London during October. Further tests are planned to confirm provenance and use in the historic flight.
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London
Seaplane Laftham Found After Italia Search Mission
A seaplane named La tham believed to belong to Capt. Roald Atundsen and four others who disappeared after departing Tromsø, Norway to search for missing Italia crew has reportedly been found by a sailing vessel to the north.
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Latham
Roald Atundsen
Tromaoe
Norway
Italia
Frogs Found On Looted Tank From Missing Plane
In Trondhjem Norway a tank recovered today contained frogs and was badly battered. The tank had been violently detached from the fuselage of a missing plane and was sent for examination as part of the General News report.
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Genral
Onlo
Norway
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