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...there was a horse-of-the-show at Chicago, undoubtedly it was a magnificent old grey mare named Sweetheart on Parade, owned by Mrs. William Roth of San Francisco, and valued at $37,000. For four years Sweetheart on Parade has been prancing off with blue ribbons for five- gaited saddlehorses, until last Sept. 11 at Louisville, Ky. when Mrs. Locke Brown's Bell Lee Rose outpointed her. Again last week Sweetheart on Parade faced such potent mounts as Bell Lee Rose, Roger Selby's stallion King Genius, American Dream, Lady of Lexington. Time and again the judges...
...last week only seven States stood between the 18th Amendment and Repeal. With women Dry workers fruitlessly chanting "Vote the white ribbon ticket" from church steps and outside polling places, Maryland became the 27th consecutive State to approve the 21st Amendment. Minnesota followed suit, though Granite Falls remained 271-to-18 loyal to its Andrew John Volstead. As the 29th Repeal State, Colorado completed the week's balloting...
...down from the bridge by weary but exuberant Captain Tarabotto: "Notwithstanding great part of crossing hindered by strong opposite winds and heavy fog, Rex beats all preceding records as to speed as well as to time spent in crossing Atlantic Ocean. . . . Such result entitles the Rex to the blue ribbon...
...King's yacht steamed last week through the open gate, breaking a red, white and blue ribbon, but the caisson did not drop behind it. The King in his Admiral-of-the-Fleet uniform led Queen Mary and the Duke & Duchess of York down the gangway to a royal box on the quay. He made a speech calling the dry dock a good thing. Chairman Gerald...
...Shediac, N. B. en route with his seaplane armada back to Italy, General Italo Balbo cut with silver shears a red-white-&-green ribbon across what formerly was Pleasant Street, where he first set foot on Canadian soil. It became Balbo Avenue...