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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1927
Page
11
Retail dealers oppose higher taxes on tobacco and other items including oleomargarine soft drinks and near beer arguing the measures raise costs and may drive prices up. The note cites Henry Field radio advertising stirring competition and a London committee study on intoxication.
The piece surveys national and local automobile costs, citing U S spending of over twenty seven million dollars daily for running twenty million vehicles in 1926 and a national total near thirty million daily including highways. In Fayette county about 7,700 cars cost owners roughly $800 each, equating to six million, one hundred sixty thousand six hundred dollars in the county. Running costs average $12 50 per month per car or $150 yearly, adding about one million one hundred fifty five thousand dollars annually in local outlay. The item weaves in short notes on society humor, taxicab crimes, farming guidance, and farm bulletins, reflecting a collage of contemporary concerns and agricultural advice.
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