Creston Daily Advertiser legal notice fragment
Fragment from a 1904 Creston newspaper masthead notes weekday publication by Creston Advertiser Gazette Co and Davenport publishers with Associated Press notice and republication rights reserved. It includes postal matter and copyright boilerplate in a partial legibility.
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Creston Advertiser-Gasette Co
Davenport
W. A. Roseberry Publishers
Creston
Iowa
Associated Press
Dishonest Habits Highlight Property Rights
A Centerville editorial laments theft of found items and lost articles, urging watchers to notify management and advertise found belongings. It argues that many neglect common honesty by keeping items they find and urges clearer ideas on property rights.
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Centerville Lowegian
Fair Living Costs and Modern Household Strains
An Ames Tribune piece explains rising retail costs from small-purchase habits and limited storage for urban dwellers. It notes grocers incur delivery costs on small buys and argues cost reductions come from better production, distribution, and waste elimination while preserving health, comfort, and freedom.
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Ames Tribune
Easy divorce problem argues for child centered reform
The Sheboygan Press editorial argues that shielding divorce litigants from publicity benefits children by avoiding public scandal. It questions whether easy divorce serves the child’s interests and suggests reporters’ involvement may drive many cases, urging careful consideration of public exposure versus family rights.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Wisconsin
A Primer Fact on Advertising Responsibility
A primer notes that newspaper ads cannot guarantee sales or customer satisfaction. Ads can attract women to stores, popularize brands, or price trial orders but cannot salvage poor products or untrue claims. It urges advertisers to track results and costs, as mass outcomes depend on product merit and audience fit.
Merchandising and Trade Publicity in Real Advertising
The article argues that true advertising skill comes from hands on retail and sales experience. It praises men who have worked Main Street, sold yard goods, endured Christmas rushes in adjustments, bought job lots, faced commission bars, and hired or fired staff. It credits practical, acid tested experience over theory as the path to reliable advertising success.
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Main Street
Hester Street
Bath in a Bottle Pastime Beat Deserves a Bath
A Ft Madison Democrat note mocks a costly magazine ad claiming a substitute for a bath. It argues no fragrance can replace soap and water and recalls soldiers cleaning in trenches, praising modern bathrooms as civilization’s badge.
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Jockey Club
Ft. Madison
Adair County Boys Judge Livestock Across Farms
Forty Adair county 4-H members judged horses dairy cattle beef cattle and hogs at 11 farms over two days. Prof KE L Quaife of the extension department led the final placings and explained class criteria, with improved judging and reasons noted for a stronger team this year.
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Adair County
dBoys
KE. L. Quaife
Extension Department
Mr. Quaife
T. M Hayden
Chames Waltz
George Gross
Phillip Funke
Tom Sturdy
W. W. Neely
Fred Hocomb
Germany Should Try Riffian Plan One Nation At A Time
A Vancouver Sun remark questions Germany’s strategy and suggests adopting a staged approach by appeasing or conquering nations individually rather than all at once. The comment emphasizes a piecemeal method as potentially more effective.
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Germany
Vancouver Sun
Weed Dangers Seen in Union County Canada Thistle Fight
County agent reports Canada thistle spread in Union County with 75 to 80 patches identified. two control methods outlined by Professor Hauser include deep plowing with harrow to surface plants or prolonged cultivation to exhaust roots followed by alfalfa reseeding. Hauser urges business leaders and farmers to support eradication while plants are vulnerable.
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L. J. Nickle
Henry Brown
Union Township
R. B. Brown
Sand Creek Township
Union County
Hauser
Blue Grass
Iowa
Afton
Canada Thistle
M. A Hauser
Lorne Turks
Afton Business Club
Business Club
Civil League Rooms
Presbytrian
Parks
Professor Hauser
Scientists Study Traces of Ancient Polynesians
In Tahiti on August 21, researchers from the Bishop Museum in Honolulu examine Marae stone platforms used as temples and sacrifice sites. The interior island ruins, once inhabited, are now within a wild, unoccupied area as scholars seek evidence of an earlier Polynesian race.
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Associated Press
Papeete
Tahiti
Bishop Museum of
Honolulu
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy Promises Relief from Stomach Ailments
A newspaper ad promotes Mayr's Wonderful Remedy as a simple harmless preparation to remove catarrhal mucus from the intestinal tract and relieve stomach liver and intestinal troubles including bloating and appendicitis. It urges readers troubled in this way to try the product and notes it is available at all druggists.
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Mayr
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Ad
The ad claims thousands of women restored to health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It asserts many neighborhoods have women benefited and urges women suffering from female ills to try the remedy, noting years of use restoring health and strength.
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Lysdia E. Pinkham
Lydia FE. Pinkham
America
Ancient Polynesian Marae Found On Inland Islands
Scientists report two newly discovered Marae on Polynesian inhabited islands differ from others and resemble temples found only on two northern desolate Hawaiian isles. Experts suggest the sites indicate a more ancient inland race displaced by Polynesian expansion. Further study aims to confirm the lost civilization’s characteristics.
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Argely
Polynesia
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