Royal town Bowman sold newspaper years of loss
Royal is a town in Clay County south of Spencer described as up-to-date and well paved. Bowman owned the local paper for four years and produced a strong country paper in the northwest while running losses of about $1300 in the final year. He remained active until compelled to quit to save himself, with fair rates noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal
Ayrshire
Clay County
Spencer
Bowman
Sibley
Ocheyedan
Councils Bluffs
Burlington
St. Joe
Spirit
Lake Commercial Chuld
George
Lyon County
McGlenahan
Board of Supervisors
Sioux County
Webster City
Mac Smith
Coon Rapids
Iowa Halle
Small Town Newspaper Fights for Survival in 1928
The piece warns Hartley readers that local merchants and print shops face a future dominated by catalogue houses and county-seat towns. It notes Hartley’s Bowman relocation, Royal’s shutdown, and the threat to independent country papers as 1928 looms, with broader reflections on debt, prosperity, and media consolidation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge Messenger Printing Co
LeMars Printing Company
St. Paul
Fredonia
Kansas
Spencer
Mr. Bowman
Bowman
Hartley
Royal
Spencer News-Herald
Jack Dalton
Ayrshire
Ayrshire Chronicle
Volstead
John
Evergreen tree price offer for windbreak and landscaping
Landscape advertiser touts guaranteed evergreen bargains on well rooted home growth evergreens and shrubs. Promises better grade plants and directs readers to send for latest prices on evergreens fruits and shrubs.
Hession and guests recalled at Estherville gathering
Estherville residents and friends gathered as Dr and Mrs P J Hession hosted a day of fellowship. Miss Katie Barnhart returned home from Bramersburg to spend Easter with her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. Hession
Friends of
Estherville
Katie Barnhart
Bramersburg
Sisters of Mercy Hospital
Dubuque
Dohherstein
Amy McCarty
Emmetsburg
Iowa City
Lydy Petersen
Fron Jackson
Minnesota
Graettinger
Rockwell City Fair Association
Vale
Sntial
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J. H. Gammon Estate
Royal Lumber CO
Mason City
A. 'N. Jensen, Mgj
the Graettinger Times
John J. Sullivan
Graettineer
Simran
Europe
Fingland
United States
Tut
Jis
Vis
Iturkey Ig
Cosin
Idal Ranioy
Bear
Hneare
China
Wisconsin
Ford
Minneapolis
Minneapolice
Ellos
Minneapolise
Marietta News
Graettinger Nursery
Prop
Graettinger Wve
ODD
Woodman Hall
the Club Billiard
Leo Christiansen
Holger Petersen
Jackson
Jrowers
Sac County
Humboldt Creamery
Chicago
Chate
Sutherland
Gladys Vedder Amd Cilian Millen
Wart Dodge
Walter Veech
Sala
Stirling
Grachtinger
Weliios
Sula
DM Ik P
Ongie
Dita
Colman
Reeves & Keator
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