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Newspaper
English News
Location
English, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1908
Page
7
BD M Carr argues that price cutting and high local markups drive customers to mail order houses. A farmer shifts purchases after finding cheaper rifles and syringes from catalogs, while local retailers cling to excessive profits. The piece condemns egregious markups and urges fair pricing to stop the exodus.
The piece questions reliance on past practices in retail trade and asks what share of merchants still follow ancestral methods. It argues that up-to-date merchants succeed by adopting advanced methods rather than clinging to old ways, noting competition and the impracticality of outdated tactics in a modern market.
The text critiques communism as a utopian idea based on platonic principles. It argues it ignores natural laws applied to business and rewards, insisting that only the laboring and worthy should benefit while others do not. It laments perceived indolence and inefficiency among some citizens.
A western state farmer turned homebuyer learns the hard way that mail order fixtures and bath fittings often cost more and fail to fit. Freight delays wrong sizes and extra labor push costs well above local prices, while a Nebraska rider pays more for a bogey whip than the local shop.
The piece argues that knowledge of human nature and the ability to read character are crucial for business success and public life. It urges businessmen to study customers, distinguish honest from dishonest, and apply physiognomy to improve dealings and prevent fraud. It treats this insight as a capital as valuable as money invested in business.
A persuasive critique argues that money sent to catalogue houses leaves the community, while home merchants keep taxes, roads, schools, and public improvements funded locally. It urges readers to buy locally, noting catalogues may charge less but drain regional vitality.
John Armstrong of Cloverport Kentucky says long kidney illness, back pain and swelling left him weak until using Dean's Kidney Pills. He reports rapid improvement and full recovery, crediting the remedy. Sold by dealers for 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The mothers compare newborns to gifts from angels and joke about storing or passing on soon, while noting the sadness of welcoming a new child. A five year old inspects her sister and is told by the cook to keep her in the kitchen. The mothers smile and sigh at the harsh reflection.
A four word line delivers the punch as Ginger Magonnigle halts a fourth waltz at the East Side Gentlemen's Sans Terpsichorean Co terie. The scene shows jealous rivals, a stranger dancer, and a dramatic rebuke to a lady. Harper's Weekly reports the witty exchange and social intrigue.
A quip shows a husband guessing his wife’s stance on life insurance. He suggests she believes he will survive her and that the policy would be paid to another man, labeled No 2, revealing a tense marriage dynamic.
A Washington woman credits Postum with lifting years of nervous spells and near death. She stopped coffee, drank Postum, and regained energy to run a household, care for two children, and write cheerfully, noting increased health and vitality.
Moose Jaw letter from S K Rathwall details 500 acres in wheat with 22 bushels per acre and 120 acres in oats yielding about 50 bushels per acre. He sold 200 acres of wheat before frost at 85 cents per bushel, netting $18 per acre, while 300 acres frost damaged at 60 cents per bushel would net $13 per acre if kept for feeding. oats provide about $17 per acre at 35 cents. He notes late spring frost and car shortages affect grain movement but profits remain possible.
Edward R. Emerson, president of the American Wing Growers' association, visited New York from Washingtonville and dined with an editor in a Broadway cafe. The editor praised a Rhine wine of possibly the 35 vintage. Emerson replied he liked it but felt there was too much Rhine in it.
Fragmentary excerpts include a mock legal oath about catarrh cure, notes on Tolono and Toledo, a joke about fence mending, and brief product plugs for Hall’s Catarrh Cure Allen’s Foot-Ease and Garfield Tea. Text reads like satire and ad copy with scattered aphorisms.
Guidance on proper painting methods for weather exposed surfaces. Emphasizes dry, scraped surfaces and careful oil-based application using pure white lead mixed with linseed oil. Promotes National Lead Company's Dutch Boy brand and free purity testing kit. Concludes with a reflection on a mother’s sorrow and children.
A playful Yonkers Statesman item teases a riddle about a material so hard it could be used for shingles. The dialogue features Teacher Tommy and John Jay sparring over the correct identifying name.
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