Dance Marathon Ends In Des Moines After 797 Hours
Des Moines reports four couples in a 33 day marathon dance ended by sleep and a draw. The men and women agreed to quit with the prize split. finalists Morris Saperstein and Florence Meyers plus Sherman Porter and Pauline Butterton among others. The event set a local record, surpassing Milwaukee’s, with 20 minute test periods every hour.
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Des Moines
Morris Saperstein
Newark
N. J
Florence Meyers
Sherman Porter
Pauline Butterton
Audubon
Nick Pappas
Evelyn Norman
Hernan Carlisle
Laryss Thompson
Milwaukee
Rural Carriers May Convene Here for 1929 Meeting
Waterloo was tentatively decided as the site for the 1929 annual picnic of the Rural Letter Carriers association at Backbone state park where about 100 attended. J Barnes Des Moines will speak next year. After a noon picnic, talks, readings and sports followed with Waverly and Waterloo members winning several events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Letter Carriers‘ Association
Backbone State Park
J. Barnes
Des Moines
Ward
Ryan
Gates
Lamont
H. L. Kelsey
Waverly
M. E. Whitney
Peoria
H. L. Kelley
Earl ‘Cain -Waverly
H. EB. Peek
Beek
Walter Schiess
Manchester
Paula
Westendorf
Fairbank
Edith Akin
Lawrence Girton
Lester ° F. Diestier
Washington Observations on the 1928 Campaign
A Wildcat view from Hot Springs frames the imminent 11 week fight between Hoover and Smith. Critics note no mudslinging, yet the battle lines are drawn with Robins on the Democratic side and Hoover’s engineers steering a clean campaign. The piece lists cross-party alliances and notable figures in politics, business, and society reflecting the era’s partisan fervor.
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Joe Robinson
Hot Springs
Hoover
Smith
Mr. Hoover
Wiliam Allen White
John Roach Straton
Gov. Smith
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Washington
Frederick William Wile
Joe” Robinson
Harding- Coolidge
Arkansan
John W. Davis
Teapot Dome
Robinson
Herbert Hoover
Iowa
du Pont
Pierre
Lamotte
Radio Corporation of America
James G. Harbord
Greater New York
Republican Party
Qwen D. Young
New York
Charles H. Sabin
Guaranty Trust Company Board
Nicholas Murray Butter
Sarah
Peter Goelet Gerry
Rhode Island
Democratic National Advisory Committee
al Smith
Gerry
George W.vanderbilt
United States
Russia
Bolshevists
Petrograd
Mary Beale
Edward Fitzgerald Beale
M. Bakhmeteff
Imperie
Bakhmeteff
Tokio
Nicholas
Japan
Nippon
Bret Bakhmeteff
Europe
Bakhmetteff
Jim" Watson
Hoosiers
Kansas City
Wip
Indianapolis
Indiana
Tim
Seal Brand
Chase & Sanborns
Seal Brand Coffee
Chase & Sanborn
North Wells St
Chicago
Beara
Lucky Tiger
Dandruff
Ipteria
Whyte
Barbera
Fannie May
Sweet Shop
Hotel
Russell Lamson
Wilhelm’s
DEC
Cincra S
East Fourth Street
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