Rural merchants urged to outpace city rivals with local advertising
Oliver C Sligsworth notes how country towns can boost trade by using the weekly papers as catalogues, promoting prices and goods to counter mail order and interurban competition. He advocates four local papers running a four week catalogue drive to pull country orders to town and support local amusements and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banco
Chicago
Mr. Merchant
America
Amusement
Barbe
Real Estate
Parcel Post
Kreal
Rid Your Children of Worms With Kickapoo Remedy
An Warner advertisement claims Kickapoo Worm Killer candy lozenges expel worms, soothe stomach pains and restore health. A testimonial from Mrs J A Belabin of Elgin Illinois cites long use and full efficacy. Sold by druggists or by mail from Kickapoo Radiant Medicine Co Philadelphia and St Louis.
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J. A. Belabin
Elgin
Kickapoo Wwe
Amy
Prica
Kickapoo Radiant
Medicine.Co
Philadelphia
St-Louis
Tr-J. Segraves
A. J
Ady
Trouble in the Country and the Harsh Harvest Season
A rural meditation contrasts city view with country farm life of drought and relentless work. Observations cover alfalfa cutting, corn and weeds, wheat harvest, oats, and moonlight wheat cutting in Kansas and Nebraska, with farmers pressed by machinery and weather and a chorus of criticism from urban voices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Legree
Kansas
Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Concrete Highways Begin On La Salle-Oglesby Route
July 15 marked the first concrete pour on the La Salle Oglesby highway, likely the first new road under the state aid law. Prominent La Salle Peru and Oglesby citizens attended as the project ties to a State road to Starved Rock State Park. If plans hold, the Illinois River to State Park route will be concrete this year, with the project under the State Highway Department oversight.
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la Salle
Oglesby
Peru
Illinois
la Salle County
Wayne County
Michigan
Huilders
Portland
Fragmented Psalm Echoes Across Newspapers
Fragmented text references life, insurance and money in a collage of phrases from Allentown Democrat Springfield Union and Plerids Times Union. It mentions centipedes elephants and trunks in a surreal newspaper fragment.
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Tomcata
Livessof
Allentown
Democrat
Mre
Springfield Union
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Oliver C Sligsworth
Franklin
Emma J Tudiwuipg
Worth
Aptm
Iam
Oil City
Rai
Correspondents’ Club
Sigsworth
M. J. Peach
Choice Farms
Wood County
Ohio
Stone Road
Union County
Richwood
Central
Indiana
Minnesota
Ontario
THE
Straus Bros. Company
Ligonier, Indiana
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Mendota, Ilinois
Ixpreys
Nate
Thos | Haskins, Atty
la Salle Co. Highway Commission
Chas. Bulfer
Geo! Roads Committee
Chas. Nadler Iert
Iood Roads Committee
W. T. Redford
EB. F. Wagenecht Prest
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