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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1921
Page
4
Independence Enterprise weekly paper published every Friday by C. Kimball. Subscription rates shown include one year and six months pricing.
Henry Ford emerges as a defining business figure whose rise from modest means to vast wealth spans cars railroads and manufacturing. The article notes his high wages, labor saving methods, and aggressive sales, while also reporting on Roy Gardner’s prison escape and Oregon education leader Dr. Landers’ arrival to head the Monmouth state normal school. Gardner eludes capture on McNeil Island as authorities search nearby.
Ford Motor company announces new price reductions effective September 2 claiming prices are the lowest at which Ford cars and trucks have ever been sold. The cut aims to boost sales by offering historically low pricing.
J J Handsaker, head of Near East Relief in Oregon, describes Armenia’s famine as a world open sore. He tours the area and notes relief must target the most desperate, citing extreme undernourishment among Constantinople’s hungry children and the stark moral choices faced in aid.
In a field report from en route to the Caucasus Captain Eckman of the Near East Relief explains Soviet reception and currency chaos in Tiflis. He notes American generosity and the need to measure conditions while continuing relief work for families with many children.
Four hep contracts with prices from 27 to 36 conte a pound were filed in the recorder’s office at Salem last week.
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