A BIT PREVIOUS.
AMERICAN JOURNALISM
An amusing experience of the enterprise of American newspapers was related to a Poverty Bay Herald reporter by a gentleman who stated that while he was in San Diego a memorial service was to be given as a tribute to the late President Harding. The service was to take place at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, but at 11.30 in the morning he was walking through the park in which the service was to be held. He purchased a newspaper, and much to his surprise found a full and detailed report of the function which was to take place three hours later. The report commenced by stating that the weather was wonderful, and went on to describe the crowd, stating that there were many who shed tears during the impressive ceremony, and even went to the extent of intimating that the police had had trouble in controlling the crowds at certain corners. The most remarkable thing about the report was that it was correct in practically every detail, the one exception being that Madame Schumann, a famous singer, appeared in a different part of the programme to that indicated by the newspaper. It really appeared as if the whole function had been staged on lines laid down by the enterprising journal.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 18 July 1924, Page 7
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216A BIT PREVIOUS. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 18 July 1924, Page 7
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