Advertising and distribution drive modern price reductions
The piece explains how distribution and large scale manufacturing lower costs. It follows a food producer, Mr A, who uses salesmen and 25 000 publications to reach consumers, cut selling costs, and push steady output. It notes advertising lowers distribution expenses like machinery does.
Clark County Holdups End With Arrests in Edgar County
Charles Owens was severely beaten during a robbery on South Front street near Melvin feed store. He lost 345 dollars in currency plus a 60 note a 1000 deposit slip and an insurance receipt. Detectives arrested two suspects Red Crouch and Amber Bowles in St Elmo after a lengthy countywide manhunt.
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Kansas Journal
Charles Owens
William Salters
Owens
Red
Crouch
Amber” Bowles
St. Elmo
Sheriff Sizemore
Ray Dunn
Casey
Terre Haute
Centralia
Altamont
Bowles
Lecturer declares newspaper advertising most valuable medium
Homer J. Buckley of Buckley, Dement & Co. told Advertising and Ben Franklin club members at the Statler in St Louis that newspaper advertising dominates US spending. He cited Harvard figures showing newspapers received 475 million of 1.3 billion in ad outlays. He warned against overhyped methods and noted mail advertising as effective. He closed with a quip about circus management.
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Homer J. Buckley
Buckley, Dement & Co
Chicago
Advertising Club
Ben Franklin Club
Statler
St. Louis
Buckley
America
Harvard University
California Has Some Disadvantages Kilborn
Kilborn voices concern over urban sprawl in Los Angeles County with farms replaced by subdivisions. He warns of floodplain land and forest-fire risks, urging preservation of food-producing areas amid rapid work pace and rising stresses on workers. The piece blends climate beauty with social critique.
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Li Kilborn
Los Angeles County
United States
Glendale
Los Angeles
California
Capper Tincher Bill Signed By Harding
President Harding signed the Capper Tincher measure to regulate futures trading in grain. The act, effective November 1, extends to major grain exchanges and assigns enforcement to Secretary Wallace. It allows hedging and ordinary speculation but targets manipulation and misinformation and bars discrimination against cooperative grain producers.
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Capper
Harding
Washington
Confess Sa
Supreme Court
Congress
Chicago
Minneapolis
Duluth
Kansas ‘ City
St. Louis
Toledo
Milwaukee
San
Francisco
Los Angeles
Baltimore
Wallace
Department
Board of Trade
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