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Newspaper
English News
Location
English, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1908
Page
6
Reporter visits the Imperial hotel in Tokio to glimpse a Japanese wedding and reception. He notes fashion, seating, and the contrast with Western styles, plus social norms, trains, and beds. He also recalls a story about bounty jumpers in the U.S. Civil War and Milwaukee humor amid travel.
A town merchant learns from an advertising expert who sells deals through posters and bargains. The expert boosts sales by aggressive signage while the local rival emphasizes honest value, persuading customers with regular prices and strong comparisons. The article argues that prudent local advertising beats paying the expert and preserves existing customers.
The article argues country merchants have lower taxes insurance and wages than city stores, allowing them to undercut department stores on quality goods. A reader is urged to compare hats and shoes between a department store and a country shop and observe prices 15 to 20 percent lower at the country store for the same items.
Retail merchants in small towns face stiff competition from traveling month in town fakirs who vend job lots, seconds, and stale goods. Many towns enact ordinances and some states pass laws to curb wandering merchants who land in a town with a ...
The article profiles Brown as a model merchant who stays up to date through orderly displays, neat attire, courteous staff, prompt delivery, and a fair approach to credit. It contrasts Brown with slower rivals and argues such practices build the local economy.
The article discusses how mail order catalogs lure rural customers with low prices by listing small, little demanded items while keeping high margins on popular goods. It urges merchants to explain cost of production and fair profits to deter customers from ordering from distant suppliers. It notes that average lists reveal higher prices on commonly bought items than home stores.
The article notes a presidential year brings alarm and caution but today shows no widespread malaise. Business activity remains steady with financiers and merchants more cautious yet not predicting a downturn, reflecting a tempered but stable economic climate.
An amateur investigator cites examples of how American children are shaped for life by adult choices. A 14-year-old boy serves as a family social secretary handling cards and social duties, while a 13-year-old girl experiences a lavish educational European tour marking her birthday gifts and travel.
The piece notes that several Derby winners met varied fates after racing. Persimmon’s line ends tragically, while predecessors Donovan Kisber Kingcraft Blue Gown and others faced injuries or exile. Hermit and Flying Amato are referenced with long lives or notable burial places, including the Royal Veterinary College and the Durdans estate.
The piece recalls aged justice from 18th and 19th centuries with the Mavromichaelis and Damiens cases. It notes imprisonment unused for sustenance in 1831 Greece and the Paris torture of 1757 for the murder of Louis XV and similar fates for Ravaillac.
Helena resident Marie Lipsie reports years of pain and kidney trouble eased after using Deans Kidney Pills. She says four boxes provided a complete lasting cure and praises the product sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A thief from Minnesota repents after two cakes of soap reappear to settle a twenty year old loss. Edward Hamilton once ran a St Paul shop with a soap display. A burglar sent a note and two cakes to repay the single missing soap, ending a long conscience saga.
The article defines neuralgia as nerve pain and describes its two main causes impoverishment of the blood and nerve weakness. It claims St Jacobs Oil relieves pain quickly and nourishing diet removes the cause by strengthening muscles and nerves.
A Baltimore News summary notes a new scheme to boost civic pride by forming local clubs that clean and light up specific blocks. Merchants on a street join blocks, with cost and value investigated, proving easier to gain cooperation from a few than many. The method spreads as clubs form across the city.
A wry remark frames a dirty old world for the lazy observer. The line suggests sharp critique of neglect and calls for sharper vision and effort.
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