31 Aug 1916
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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1916
Page
1
A vintage advertising copy touts Prince Albert tobacco as delivering unprecedented tobacco enjoyment. It claims a patented process removes bite and parch and notes the product is sold without coupons or premiums, emphasizing quality over promotions.
Prince Albert tobacco markets itself as a distinctive and enjoyable smoking option. The copy claims the flavor is unlike any other and encourages all smokers to try P A, stating even those who think they cannot smoke a pipe or roll a cigarette can do so with Prince Albert. The ad ends with the producer’s name and location.
The article surveys a $400,000 watermelon harvest, price swings from $0 to $125, and predicted acreage increases in Missouri. It covers local weather impacts, court news in St Louis and Desoto, a Desoto drowning death, a Cape Girardeau fair preview with DeSoto and Cape Girardeau details, and farm notes on plowing, wheat sowing, volunteer wheat, and road district updates in Madison County.
A chaotic transcription details Ballinger County Clean-Up Day efforts and a broad, disjointed political screed. It references school districts, weed removal, water quality, and facility repairs, mixed with yearned-forward rhetoric about democracy, industry, and national prosperity, citing Wilson era themes and economic fears. The piece blends civic action notes with polemical diatribe on governance and party politics.
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