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Newspaper
English News
Location
English, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1908
Page
7
George H. Maxwell argues in the Michigan Tradesman that centralized mail order trade drains country merchants and editors, risking national decline. He urges decentralizing industry to suburbs and rural towns, mobilizing a broad educational campaign with local editors and merchants leading the movement.
An observer recalls a practice march to Mariquina in the Philippines where a rope ferry paused the company. He questions Filipino schoolbooks noting a second reader a spelter and arithmetic differ by language, and references a tale of misdeeds and punishment tied to local names and custom.
A discussion on how persistent advertising drives business success. It argues that steady publicity shapes demand, with caveats about skilled layout and proper printing. The piece notes that while somepa merchants succeed with little ink, long term gains require well crafted ads and quality typesetting.
The article discusses how cities grow where natural advantages enable manufacturing or distribution. Manufacturing and commercial towns rely on external trade, drawing from large territories, with New York Houston and Chicago as examples. A country town’s trade radius is narrower and requires effort to protect and cultivate it against rising competition. Continuous energy, push, and enterprise, guided by common sense, sustain a great city.
A warning against excessive cost cutting and reliance on cheap help. The text argues experienced staff, fair wages, and advertising are essential to success, noting cheap labor often leads to poor performance and eventual losses. It emphasizes balanced operations over unwarranted trimming.
A traveler from Jaffa recounts hiring a taxi to glimpse the city's main streets before catching a train. The driver raced through rough lanes, leaving the rider with little time to view the sights. The driver quips that Americans like to go fast.
A Newark mother describes her six week old son with a severe facial eruption that worsened despite doctors. After using Cuticura Remedies the eczema gradually healed and did not return by age seven, she notes in two dated 1907 entries.
A brief, cryptic exchange between Stork and Flamingo references a trapped centi pede, a burn from a foot touch, and a tense confrontation implying ongoing conflict around a goat.
The article breaks down the time to count 4 billion using a million-dollar pile metaphor. Counting a million dollars at one per second would take 35 days of 8 hours daily. Counting a thousand such piles would take about 100 years at eight hours per day.
The piece argues that optimistic, capable individuals drive progress in towns and cites Henry Labouchere, “Labby,” who has spent over 200000 on libel actions. Sir Frank Lockwood praises Labouchere’s persistence in court. It also notes Maude Barlington Booth’s strenuous day in New Orleans lecturing at a prison and entertaining guests.
An advice note urges mothers to examine every bottle of Castoria for infants and children. The text discusses ensuring safety and touches on balancing literary effort with financial success, noting the broader challenge of not becoming a social failure.
In an old ad style notice Allen's Foot-Ease powder claims to ease painful smarting and nervous feet and growing nails. It promises comfort with new shoe ease and sweating foot relief, selling 25 cents with a free trial offer from A S Olmsted Le Roy N Y. A quote about unhappy marriages linked to matchmakers is also included from Atchison Globe.
An old advertisement promotes a daily fly killer product claiming it kills thousands and lasts the season. It urges readers to contact a dealer or send payment to H. Somers in Brooklyn, NY, and ends with a caution about scrutinizing business documents.
A comic exchange about a parrot over a game Miss Laura denies any kiss imitation by the bird while Hankinson teases about other parrots. The second tale recalls Ambassador Wu Ting-fang about a selfish politician likened to a Shanghai doctor who prescribes exercise and floor polishing.
A public notice stresses that owners must select painters and materials prudently, urging bidders be judged on use of National Lead Company white lead and linseed oil. It promises a blowpipe testing kit from National Lead Company to ensure product authenticity.
Modern skyscrapers use suspended platforms hung from steel girders for bricklaying. Workers operate on swinging scaffolds that are raised as construction advances, avoiding below ground assembly for 10 to 50 story towers.
Warning against catarrh ointments containing mercury warning they ruin smell and health. Promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as mercury free, taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. Sold by D. date. Price 3e per bottle. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A quip on Ike Shake Speare's works notes that while praised for their craft they remain avoided in daily life, blending humor with Shakespearean reference.
Garfield Digestive Tablets and Garfield Tea Co. Brooklyn advertise 25c per bottle with samples on request. The page quotes aphorisms and mentions Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children and a physician quote about being well informed.
The passage advertises Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a trusted health product. It emphasizes its world wide acceptance, ethical formulation, physician endorsement, and urging purchase only from the California Fig Syrup Co. through leading druggists.
Peruna is described as both a tonic and a catarrh remedy. The text argues its effectiveness requires mucous membrane action plus systemic tonic effects on the nervous system. It cites hydrastis canadensis and other herbs, testimonials, and asserts the remedy’s theoretical soundness and practical proof, noting manufacture by the Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company in Columbus, Ohio.
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