MISS OPPORTUNITY YOU MISS SUCCESS Waiting For the Seventh Wave Is Foolish
A long-Wisconsin feature on local commerce counsels against passivity in pursuit of success. It argues that merchants must actively compete with mail order houses, warning that catalog sellers often misrepresent quality and that local retailers can win by direct factory sourcing and honest service. The piece urges readers to educate themselves and their merchants to safeguard value.
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Thomas J. Sullivan
Wisconsin
Chicago
Locn
Gucdt
Titl
Groceries Ad from French Fruits and Vegetables
Daily produce offered at 910 Main Street by Mike Male and Co featuring bananas at 25e to 50c and two boxes of strawberries for 26e. Fresh spring onions new potatoes tomatoes rhubarb celery cabbage radishes eggplant. plants of all kinds advertised. location and contact at 588 910 Main St between Main and Frank.
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Mike Male and Co
10Th St
Main
Frank
Santa Fe Trail Garage Ad Offering Repairs and Tires
Santa Fe Trail Garage offers supplies of all kinds and expert repair work with material and labor guaranteed. Goodrich tires advertised as best in the long run. Located at 10th and Main, phone 174.
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Santa FE Trail
Goodrich
10Th & Main
Meat Market and Genta Furnishings Ad in Lexington
Fresh and salt meats oysters and fish in season at Meat Market located at 826 West Main Street Lexington Missouri. Genta Furnishings offers hats caps shoes and clothing for men and boys with prices highlighted. Butler Williamson proprietor.
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L. Weinstein
Ladeson & Weinstein
Main St
Lexington, Mo
Genta Furnishings
Butler Williamson
Richards Mrs Walton Visits Then Returns Home
Mrs A M Walton arrives back at Richards Missouri after visiting her daughter Mrs F A Wilmot and family. Mrs Wilmot and her son accompanied her home. Ady Mrs R F Howard travels to Kansas City for cousins funeral. Joe Waddell and wife to Ger man hospital for treatment. Sanol advertised for kidney and bladder relief with 3c trial bottle.
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A. M. Walton
Richards, Mo
F. A. Wilmot
R. F. Howard
Kansas City
Sterling P
Lee Isten
Joe Waddell
Merchant Tailor offers suits and dry cleaning services
Geo. Wittenberg, merchant tailor and French dry cleaner, advertises ready made and custom suits with a full line of wools on hand. Dry cleaning and pressing services available with goods called for and delivered. Phone 24. Now is the time to review foreign and domestic fabrics before ordering the spring suit.
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Geo. Wittenberg
Crenshaw and Young Paints and Varnishes Store Ad
Crenshaw and Young Drugs Paints and Varnishes advertises quality and service in Lexington Missouri with Missouri Gas and Electric Service Co. Encourages customers to paint using Cook's Point at Luther W Marshall and Jos L Long dealers in feed flour poultry tub coal and hides at Franklin Street listings.
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Store of Quality and Service
Lexington, Mo
Cook
Luther W. Marshall
Franklin
The New Edison at Westerman and Barnett Drug Co
Jean Sothern stars with Walter Miller in The Cloud at the Grand Theatre Friday June 29. Special Thin Week Remy Hats 35 cents. A No. Grimes Co stores offer 6 10 and 26 cent items.
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Grand Theatre
Jean Sothern
Walter Miller
THE
A. A. Grimes CO
Sawyer travels to Kansas City on Tuesday
T. C. Sawyer Journeyed to Kansas City Tuesday for business, meeting contacts and discussing possible deals. The trip focused on securing orders and networking with local firms, with potential partnerships being explored for future expansion.
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T. C. Sawyer
Kansas City
Bread Prices Seen Stabilizing Under Hoover Plan
Washington reports Herbert Hoover announced that the public may expect a sixteen ounce loaf for 10 cents, or about 8 cents for a 16 ounce loaf, only if wasteful distribution is cut and a standardized loaf is agreed. Consumers and bakers must unite to reduce prices. flour prices may drop $2 to $3 per barrel, but bakers flour will not fall much. Voluntary action by bakers and retailers and public cooperation are urged to cut waste and stabilize bread costs under the food administration policy.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
L. Corby
Colby
Food Administration
Springfield riot as soldiers disperse street car mob
In Springfield Alabama on September 4th, Companies F and G of the Ninth Miners Infantry charged with fixed bayonets to disperse over a thousand street car strike sympathizers who had wrecked four cars and attacked the railway company HQ. Six guards held the crowd briefly before bricks were hurled and soldiers retreated. Reinforcements bayoneted one man in the arm. no serious injuries or gunfire.
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Springfield
Ninth Miners Infantry
United States
Demand for Six-Cent Bread Sparks National Coalition
Washington reports a nationwide push for a six cent loaf of bread led by organized labor and the American Home Economics Association. J W Sullivan of the American Federation of Labor conveyed the plea that the six cent loaf is possible, vital, and must be achieved to ease the burden on the poor. The message warns bread price spikes act as a war tax hardest on those least able to bear it.
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Washington
American Home Economics Association
Herbert Hoover
J. W. Sullivan
American Foderation of Labor
Indictment of Motor Part Makers and William Webster
Sixteen motor car accessory manufacturers and William M. Webster commissioner, along with about a score of others, are indicted under the Sherman Law by a federal grand jury for conspiring to restrain trade.
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New York
William M. Webster
Federal Grand Jury
Brazil Won't Send Troops to Europe Denial Issued
In Rio de Janeiro on Sept 5 a denial counters ROWAPAPET reports that Brazil will not send troops to Europe. The minister of war stated Brazil will not leave requisitioned German ships to the Allied powers. In New York on Sept 5 a youth named William Koch, 7, reportedly fell from a home run incident.
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Brauli
Troopa
Rio Janeiro
Rowapapet
Ct Wit
Bradil
Europe
Soh
New York
Bia Non
Ore “Imadt
William Koch
Faith in Chamberlain Remedy by Mrs Williams
Mrs W H Williams of Stanley New York testifies that Chamberlain Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy relieved her father's diarrhoea immediately and after three doses left him absolutely cured establishing strong faith in the remedy.
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Chamberlain
Kenney Family Returns Home After Prairie Home Visit
Mrs. Matthew Kenney and her two children departed Tuesday to their Prairie Home residence following a visit with Mr. and Mrs. G. L Kenney.
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Matthew Kenney
Prairie Home
G. L Kenney
Sanol Eczema Cure Advertises Skin Remedy
An advertisement promises a perfect complexion for women using Sanol Eczema Prescription. It claims to cure eruptions and describes Sanol Eczema Cure as a household remedy. A trial is urged with purchase at the local drug store in Ady.
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Ady
Sand Kerema Cure Promises Clearer Skin
Promises to remove black heads pimples and rough skin curing kerema with a pleasant formula. Claims a trial will convince purchasers and advertises availability at the drug store. Ady.
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Ady
Miss Anna Wilson Leaves for Conway After Visit
Miss Anna Wilson departed Tuesday for her home in Conway Arkansas following a visit with Mr and Mrs D W Sherman.
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Anna Wilson
Tueasay
Conway
Ark
Mrs
D. W. Sherman
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