World’s fair illustration of germ culture and charity appeal
A news column notes a global example of a germ culture’s impact and urges readers to support Associated Charities with small donations. It also covers the Warren Johnson shooting, debating the shooter Geneské’s role, and includes social notes on Mrs. J. E. Thatch’s Wellington visit and Howard Wilson’s arrival to visit his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Johnson
Johnson
Geneské
Genoske
J. E. Thatch
Wellington
Howard Wilson
Amarillo
Texas
Nannie C. Steele
Lexington Intelligencer editorial misprint adage
The Lexington Intelligencer under editor A W Allen prints a business adage about advertising being essential. The snippet shows a misspelled line about a license and yearly cost, and a cartoonish quotation: Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doing, but nobody else does.
Tax on Margarine Sparks Public Outcry
A citizen debate erupts over proposed tax relief for oleo margarine, criticizing a food tax amid rising living costs. Officials defend the measure as fair and necessary for fiscal balance.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
Wm Aull Sr went to Waverly Friday to spend the day on business. Mrs John M Seiter and son Edward and Miss Laura Gillen went to Kansas City Friday for
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher
Wm. Aull, Sr
Waverly
John M. Seiter
Gon, Edward
Laura Gillen
Kansas City
The Country Newspaper as Town Spirit Carrier
The country town shapes American life with detached homes, cheap utilities, and civic culture. The country newspaper embodies town spirit, evolving from a perilous past to a modern craft driven by editors becoming manufacturers and front-office romance, while progress stories in papers chronicle a transforming society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Country College
Statesman
Dana
Associated Charities
Cinderella
Sinbad
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J. C. Graddy
Assocation
Lexington Intelligencer
A. W. Allen
Eine
Nee
Postoffice
Lexington
Mis
the Country Newspaper
Willian Aves
White
Trarper
Madanine
W. G. McCausland
Avalon
Bucklen
Dr. Price
W.G. McCausland
E. N. Hopkins
Lee J. Slusher
B. R. Ireland
Lexington, Missouri
H. M. Taubman
F. A. Hoefer
W. H. Chiles
W. J. Bandon, Cauhier
Cara
Richard Field
J. Andrew, Caubier
W. V. A. Catron
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