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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1922
Page
6
Advertisement rates listed for display at 20 cents per inch with 5 cents per inch for composition and 10 cents per line for locals reading matter. Classified rates shown as 1 cent per line for small items and other per line charges, with various line counts.
From our correspondent Mrs. Belle Rose left Thursday for Malvern. Nola Christoffsen of Omaha was in town Friday. The Stogdill family moved to Silver City Wednesday. Sam Phelps returned to Blanchard Sunday. Mrs. Ella Plumb of Malvern visited Saturday. Several residents visited relatives in Creston Muscatine and Estherville. Tennis court construction at the school house grounds. Notable deaths include Henry Wight of Elliott. Ila Parker cared for by Nurse Coffee. Community dances and local visits documented with multiple names and places across Henderson and nearby towns.
A Nebraska sales agency promotes direct buying from manufacturers. It highlights Malco Ideal flour at 2.10 per 49 lb sack f o b Malvern, guarantees satisfaction with refunds or replacements, and offers a $1 refund check on two or more sacks for future purchases.
From The New Era Glenwood March 27 1863: Chapmans hair growth mail offer calumny against The Bra editor. San Francisco gold receipts. weekly prices for corn wheat oats beef coffee sugar hides bacon hams butter nails lumber potatoes whiskey. city officials of Glenwood listed. Davis proclaims May 27 fasting. Montana Territory formed. St Louis market wheat corn pork decline. Back dies from horse kick. Bosbyshell meat house fire narrowly saved.
President Harding framed government work as business in his first message to Congress with postal managers urged to treat post offices as branches of the world’s largest enterprise. The emphasis was on efficiency and managerial responsibility at the local level.
Promotes improving rural post office areas with calls to action for farmers and carriers. Mentions May 16 as a milestone and headlines bread deals of 1 lb at 10 cents and 3 for 28 cents.
Gardner E Campbell of the Wakefield Daily Item led a survey of 64 Wakefield retailers showing clear gains from explicit price driven ads. Stores that listed definite bargains with prices and space saw up to 400 percent sales growth versus vague Come see our Dollar Day offers.
A 164 inch ad lists many items and prices as traders report a 60 percent rise in daily trade. Forty advertisers praised bargains and pricing, while thirty nonparticipants lamented the missed chance. Six dry goods dealers set volume records, others benefited from the broader shopping surge as demand stretched stores and crews.
A disputed proposal faces scrutiny as supporters argue an announcement would suffice while critics warn of overconfidence. The debate centers on confidence and judgment in decisions that affect policy follow through.
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