Town Boosting By News Bureau Says Nashville Example
A 1910s paper urges towns to use publicity bureaus and newspaper cooperation to attract business. Nashville Indiana plans 0.000 in advertising, with directories, firm correspondents, newspaper mailings, and regional summer outreach to draw manufacturers, residents, and investors.
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Cty
Nashville
Con
Nio Board of Trade
Mumbiv Ie Os
Southern
Sauntl
Wwe Guo
City &F
Northeast
New England
Generis
New York
Hiv
Chambers of Com
Maperman
Elvorice
Home Free Information Bureau
Young trees in towns and real estate emulation
A Rochester Democrat and Chronicle note from Brooklyn praises urban trees as a smart real estate policy. Developers Jim Davis and others plant trees before digging cellars to enhance appeal and salability of new streets and lots.
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Brooklyn
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Davis
Heov
Princeton Beautifying Scheme Aims to Make Town Beautiful
A. C. Bunn, Princeton University curator, proposes a plan to beautify Princeton by installing front windows and stoves facing Nassau Street, furnished to residents at cost with geraniums supplied. The Princeton council has bought ornamental trees and street enhancements to improve the borough.
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Princeton
A. C. Bunn
Princeton University
New York Tribune
Nassau Street
Princeton Council
Elegant Spanish swindle lands $5,000 in jewels in Madrid
A well dressed Spanish woman conned a mental illness doctor and a jeweler in Madrid. She posing as wife of a religious mani aced man, bought diamonds to $5,000 and fled after a two hour ruse. The jeweler realized the deceit as the scam collapsed.
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Madrid
London
Disturbing Element and Teacher Exchange in Lampoon Cartoon
A Harvard Lampoon piece presents a dialogue about a math error involving coal at five dollars a ton and twenty dollars, followed by a separate comic exchange where Mrs Bliss requests a hat order be countermanded and Mr Bliss ties his hands with cord to avoid forgetting. The humor hinges on a mistaken calculation and a restrained gag about authority and memory.
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Mrs. Bliss
Mr. Bliss
Ever Ready Exchange Adds Sudden Bitter Note
A Memphis Journal fragment shows a young man named George denouncing a sudden turn of events with bitter rhetoric while a woman responds with surprise. The quote implies an aging moral line about constancy, attributed to Dr. Johnsor.
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Memphis Journal
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MG Publicity Movement
Wiang Boar
Len
Townsend
Great Totham
Essex
England
Lloyd's Weekly
the National Photo Company
J. Antonius
W. Heron St
Grays Harbor
MacKenzie’s Photo Co
P. O
Herald Printery
East Wishkah ST
Aberdeen Soda and Bottling Works
West Heron
Col. M St
Aberdeen
Hoquiam
Ageats
Olympia Brewing Co
Pacific Brewing & Malting Co
Anheuser-Based Bottle Beer
Patterson & Locke Co
General Insurance Agents
A. F. Coats, Pres
J. H. Hewitt
Butchers
J.P. Morgan
Treas
Packers
Ninemire Packing Co
Montesano
Transcontinental Machine Company
Park and Oak Streets
Portland, Oregon
W. W. Wrenn
East Market Street
Ryfe
Kentucky
Fred Hewett
Humboldt
South F Street
Aberdeen, Wash
R. W. Bryan
E. Wishkah St
Palm Theats
Billy McDonald
Pacific Coast
Harvard Lampoon
East Wisheah ST
Dr. Johnsor
Shelly Brothers, Grocers
Market Street
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