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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1912
Page
4
The piece argues advertising is essential to business success and compares methods from newspapers to billboards. It urges treating ads as investments, crafting clear copy, and testing results, with emphasis on local newspapers as the most effective channel for Vinton merchants.
A column of aphorisms urges strict self discipline. It cautions parents about paddling, notes appearance vs. reality, calls faults “peculiarities,” and stresses introspection, character over reputation, and seizing the present moment. It ends with a nod to restless housewives.
A Davis County Republican reminiscence honors pioneer farmers bankers editors doctors and townspeople who founded Iowa. It extols early settlers crossing the Mississippi, building homes, banks, and newspapers, shaping a strong state through hard work and shared prosperity.
The following grocery stores will close for the entire day on July 4: C. T. Reynolds, Maddox and Maxwell, Charles A. Herring and Co., H. C. Davis, Buchanan and Co., A. E. Johnson, Co operative Store.
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