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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1905
Page
2
Akron Iowa weekly notes the prairie chicken’s near extinction across Iowa Minnesota and eastern Kansas and the Dakotas. It argues pot hunters market shooters and lax wildlife laws threaten the species as women favor pug dogs over babies.
In an interview Sibley merchant E M Taylor argues local merchants should study advertising and keep stock to compete with catalogue houses. He claims live merchants can sell as cheaply as catalogs on leaders and stresses community loyalty, dismissing farmer appeals as ineffective.
Spirit Lake Beacon argues merchants should offer fair pricing and convenient at home exchanges to keep farmers trading locally. It cautions against catalogues, noting many towns already defend local business by avoiding customer abuse or antagonism toward mail order houses.
Peter Nygard hosts a farm sale two miles north and four miles west of Akron on Thursday December 28. Lot includes 7 horses 29 cattle 21 hogs 15 dozen chickens and 600 bushels of corn plus farm machinery.
A columnist urges country merchants to improve local newspaper ads by refreshing copy each issue and using bargain sales. The piece argues that frequent changes boost reader attention and advertising value while blaming merchants for poor returns when ads remain stale.
A bull trespassed three miles south of Akron and was taken up by owner J. Eberly after proving ownership and paying charges. The notice records property recovery and related costs.
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