Advertising and the True Cost of Unadvertised Goods
The piece argues that unadvertised goods cost more to sell, via higher sales expenses and lower quality. It contends advertising lowers overall prices by reaching buyers cheaply, while unadvertised products rely on costly sales efforts and bribed merchants, leading to inferior goods priced near advertised brands. It cites autos as evidence that heavily advertised models like Overland, Dodge and Maxwell have fallen in price yet improved in quality.
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Overland
Dodge
Maxwell
Scrapple Barricades From Fighting Zone Tale
A war bound Pennsylvanian in England orders scrapple by parcel post. A censor misreads the term as scrap or shrapnel, condemning the mail item and discarding it as dangerous to the government. The humorous episode contrasts regional dishes with wartime paranoia.
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England
Pennsylvania
Georgia
Boston
United States
Advertising as the Cheapest Car Seller Known
The text asserts that advertising is the cheapest method to sell cars and applies this principle to all products. It frames advertising as universally effective and cost efficient for commerce across categories.
Taxation Rise and Its City Impact in Washington Century
The piece traces tax totals from 1906 to 1916 in Washington State rising from 14.0 million to 36.2 million, citing more offices and strict rules. It notes Seattle's bond plan of 600 000 dollars for a public market to curb living costs and critiques government regulation on farming and commerce.
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Washington
Seattle
Early Potato Seed Sprouting for Earlier Yields
Growers facing high potato prices consider advancing plantings. The old method uses seed potatoes sprouted six weeks to two months before planting in shallow trays in a warm, lightly lit room. A well lighted cellar yields strong, healthy sprouts.
Early Season Beet Tubers and Oregon Legislative Actions
Instructions for spring beet cultivation describe selecting well sprouted tubers, southern slope, loam soil and manure mix for earlier harvest. Oregon legislature passes eight measures, bonds for highways, penitentiary funding, higher pay for legislators, unified primaries, and port subsidies. Sugar company contracts for 7100 acres beet contracts amid factory construction.
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Salem
Estate of Samuel Warner administratorship notice
In Chelan County Washington the Superior Court grants administration of the estate of Samuel I Warner deceased to Alice E Warner on February 24 1917. Claimants must file their claims with vouchers at A N Corbins law office Wenatchee Washington within one year from March 2 1917. Date Wenatchee March 7 1917. Administratrix Alice E Warner.
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Superior Court
State of Washington
Chelan County
Samuel
Warner
Samuel i. Warner
A. S
A. N. Corbin
Wenatchee
Washington
Towit
A. D
Alice E. Warner
Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Waterville
Wash
George D. Mahar
Merritt
Township
Range
Willamette Meridian
R .S. Ludington
United States
Jack Murphy
H. B. Smith
Frank Black
Alonzo Black
Ben Spear
Register
Large cannery and steel works rise in Sedro Woolley
Pacific Coast Company starts a large cannery at Sedro Woolley along with a substantial smelter and one of the northwest’s largest steel casting factories to be erected in the same area, signaling major industrial growth.
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Sedro Woolley
Pacific Coast Co
Northwest
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Leavenworth
Post Office of
Leavenworth, Wash
Deed H. Mayar
Washington Newspaper Association
Leavenworth Echo
Echo
Scrapple
W.S. Thornber
State College of Washington
Orgeon
Portland
North Yakima
Utah-Idaho Sugar Co
Chumstick Orchard Co
F. A. Reynolds
Clarence D. Huston
Ford
Wylie W. Rice
Leavenworth Mercantile Co
Echo Office
Winton
D. H
Hart Schaffner Marx Oy Clothes
Walkover
O’donnell
Copeland & Reyder
Toggery
Mallory
Wheeler’s Drug Store
Pratt & Lambert
V. B
Auto Supplies
Mutual Mercantile Co
Leavenworth Market
Chas. Eckhart
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