Old Town Awakens to Compete With Catalogues
Local merchants argue mail order ads flood markets and threaten sales. Editor pitches stronger in house pricing and extended ads, citing Jones Thompson, Bob Rhodes, and the need to showcase products locally. The veteran bookseller announces intentions to buy ads and respond to mail order pricing to keep customers.
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Jones & Thompson
Tve
Bob Rhodes
Bob
Tie
Tieb Rhodes
Tob Rhodes
Yim Wilson
Tom
Lark
Burk Joyce
Beware of This Trust How to Cope With Mail Order Competition
A civic discussion urges residents to recognize the mail order trust as a threat to local merchants. A stranger advocates forming a home trade league to keep spending local and counter the impact of large mail order firms on small towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mil Order
Standard Oil Company
Jie
A Newspaper Is a Business Proposition Says Editor
The editor argues country papers are no longer charities but businesses two goods subscriptions and advertising space. He notes advertising, when used wisely, helps buyers grow their business and that most advertisers have learned this. He says support should come from value, not charity.
Remedy for Diarrhoea Proven By Five Year Use
A York County testimonial praises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a universal cure. S. Jemison of Spring Grove Pa says it has never failed in his family or for those he recommended it to, and Evans Drug Co sells the remedy.
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York County
S. Jemison
Spring Grove
York Co
Evans Drug Co
Improvement Societies and Civic Beauty Outlook
An editorial from the Los Angeles Times extols citizen groups organized for precincts and towns to promote civic beauty. It argues organized efforts improve streetcar service lighting sewers sidewalks parks and healthful industry removal of nuisances and influence municipal spending. It notes such groups can attract desirable citizens and spur regional progress. The piece also discusses the term pup from pupil and a brief note on bread origin crediting Ching Noung as the first to teach bread making around 1008 B C.
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Los Angeles Times
Ching Noung
Fohl
Nathan the Knocker of Pleasant View
Poem recounts Nathan Jones the Knocker a nuisance in Pleasant View. Neighbors threaten a social cure, staging a masked ball with shingles and winding sheets to confront him. Ghostly procession surrounds the knocker as the crowd chants a knock knock knock ending with his cure.
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Nathan Jones
Knoclliding
Naroolowloo
Knockervurg
Necks County
Pleasant View
Nathan
Jones
Specter
Nate
T. Sapp, JR
Ballard's Snow Liniment Promoted for Rheumatism Relief
A historic notice touts Ballard's Snow Liniment as a cure for rheumatism and related ailments. It cites testimonials from J. T. Bogg, a Willow Point merchant, claiming the product performs best among liniments and is sold by all druggists.
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Ballard
J. T. Bogg
Willow Point
Texas
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Treas
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East Market Street
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Kentucky
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Mwumboldt
South Ff Street
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Rh. W. Bryan
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