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Newspaper
Missouri Marshall Republican
Location
Marshall, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1906
Page
7
The Marshall Republican reports editor Heywood, aged 64, debunking the notion that age ends influence and notes Saline County GOP moves to form Hadley Clubs. It warns editors face higher costs and reduced travel privileges, urging readers to expect pricier papers if the trend continues.
The passage criticizes newspapers for accepting liquor ads while a Marshall religious daily prints claims that drinking Pabst beer is healthy. It suggests readers need education on such marketing tactics and notes the tension between revenue and public restraint.
Chicago magnate W. D. Boyce forms an 850 million corporation and seeks government transfer of the postal department to private operation. He pledges to halve postal rates and promises to pay rent to the government in return.
The author argues public properties should stay public and profits above 7 percent go to the government. He predicts a private post office would still lose money, questions raising newspaper taxes, and calls for business-like management. He favors cutting the postmaster overstaff, rail freight savings, and self-sustaining rural delivery over private control.
Subscribers and callers from Slater, Marshall, and nearby towns frequent the Republican office. Names include Alex Greis, F W Chevalier, D F Hammond, R P Gwinn, H A Hagedorn, John Schmitt, Dee Haggard, John Kessler, J M Huff, A G Jones, Mr and Mrs R W Eddy, S A Jones, Nora Swinney, Louis Hasemeyer, Mrs Laura Cook, Bud Smith, Robert Jordan, J I Martin, Rose Griffity, Chas Teaton, T Hull, J C Clark. Several renewals and new subscriptions noted, with some planning moves to Welah J T.
A sequence of real estate transfers lists G M Sadler to G W Sheet, J F Finley to J M Morris, H L Gilliam to C H O Lelie, W Miller to Leo Burfeind, Dan K Miller to Addie and Nancie Miller, Richard Shoemaker to W R, SAGEM EH, J C Corder to Wren Gorder, and many others in various blocks and additions. Also ads for the DAILY GLOBE DEMOCRAT subscriptions and photography offers are included.
A Caroline Victoria woman found no happiness in wealth, but a Bo box of Buckion's Aroloa Salve cured a running sore on her leg after 23 years. The ad claims Buckion's salve is the greatest septic remedy for piles wounds and sores, sold at P B Fraokine Drug store for 2 c.
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