Advertising and Salesmanship Shape Modern Trade
A veteran advertiser argues that advertising and salesmanship drive distribution and lower costs by building demand. He says advertising teaches, informs, and sustains a business, while integrity in agencies and honest copy are essential. The speaker stresses education of the public, the power of mass outreach, and the need for continuous advertising to secure long term supply.
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Udit
Tranl Mre
Europe
Married officers forbidden by Bombay commandant order
A curious order issued by Major A. W. Ivons of the Royal Engineers in the Bombay Presidency prohibits captains and subalterns from marrying or seeking married quarters, claiming mess costs and home needs would rise. The note, headed Married Officers, urges officers to seek other employment if they plan marriage.
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A. W. Ivons
Royal Engineers
Bombay Presidency
England
Evans
Jules Verne Eclipsed By Modern Rail Improvements
The Siberian railroad upgrades shorten Moscow to Vladivostok travel by twenty four hours and allow a London to Yokohama trip in about fourteen days. A tourist using the fast Canadian Pacific liner could reach Vancouver in twenty six days from London. A complete world circuit would take thirty seven days, less than half of Jules Verne's fictional journey.
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Siberian
Moscow
Vladivostok
London
Yokohama
Japan
Vancouver
Jules Verne
Money Back Car Kor Indigestion Remedy Ad
An old advertisement touts Mio na for stomach indigestion and related symptoms. It claims a healthy stomach nourishes the body and promises quick relief, with the Beattie-Murphy Co selling a large box for 40 cents and guaranteeing cure if used as directed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beattie-Murphy Co
Beattie-Murphy Co Health Cure Ad Promises Money Back
Summer advertising explores how shopkeepers rely on year round ads to sell products from cures to clothing. The piece argues summer demand shifts but strong firms keep steady by continuous promotion and public notices.
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Hugh
Beattie-Murphy Co
Railway Commission Orders Rate Revisions on Coke and Coal
The railway commission directs the Canadian Pacific railway to revise and re issue special tariff rates for coke and coal from all shipping points on the Lethbridge Crows Nest and Cranbrook sections westward. The Galbraith Coal Company with collieries at Lundbreck Alberta was found to charge discrimination in favor of Lethbridge, and the order follows the investigation.
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The
Railway Commission
Canadian Pacific Railway
Lethbridge
Crows Nest
Cranbrook
Galbraith Coal Company
Lundbreck
Aberta
Slow-Speed Rail Record Of San Pedro Line
The Railway and Engineering Review notes San Pedro Los Angeles and Salt Lake passenger train No 1 holds a slow speed record. It departed December 31 for Salt Lake City as a fast train and was halted by the January 1 storm near Caliente Nevada washing out the track. It reached Salt Lake City on May 17 after 187 days from Los Angeles. Passengers moved by wagon on January 1, a Pullman porter stayed with his car for a month, then a railroad watchman was the sole guard.
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San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake
Salt Lake City
Caliente
Nev
Los Angeles
Carruthers seeks land purchase in Moyle British Columbia
Kenneth J Carruthers a Moyle British Columbia Mining Engineer announces his intention to apply for permission to purchase lands described by a fixed boundary starting twenty chains south of Lot 2099 with a 60 chain by 50 chain rectangle subject to railway right of way dated May 7 1910
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Kenneth J. Carruthers
Moyle
B.C
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Kenneth B. Carruthers
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Coldstream Estate
Coldstream Wsteie Co
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W. F. Gurd
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King & Green
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Armstrong Ave
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F. B. Miles
Tito
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the Quain Electrical Supply Company, Limited
Joseph Ryan
Cosmopolitan Hotel
B.C. Land Surveyors
McVittie & Parker Cranbrook and
Fort Steele
J. G. Cummings
Dominion and Provincial Land Surveyor
J. T. Laidlaw
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DE Vere Hunt Age
Fasavaeea Real Estate
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Halcyon Lithia
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Bull Brand
Beattie & Atchison
Armatrong Avenue
Cranbrook-Fernie Farmers’ Institute
T.S. Gin
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Stewart's
Ron Stocks and Jacksons
Preston,ariving
Hazelwood
Hugh Stewart
Armetrong Ave
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Victoria
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