Publishers Have Problems in Northfield News Costs
The 1921 receipts from advertising and subscriptions for the Northfield News fell short by 1663.20 to cover production costs. If subscriptions funded costs, a 7.65 yearly rate would be needed. Paper costs are the only substantial postwar cost reduction, while printers’ wages remain high and ad rates cannot drop without cuts in production. Farmers and merchants face issues, but publishers face theirs as well.
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Northfield Minn. News
Northfield News
Better to own slow ox-cart than drive indebted car
A saying contrasts owning a slow ox-cart with having an automobile financed by a mortgage that risks harming people. It notes a verdict for damages exceeding the car’s value as a cautionary outcome.
Saying goodbye when fools part with money in haste
A wry saying notes that when a fool loses his money the parting is often permanent, not brief or tentative. It underscores the comic yet sharp side of financial folly and final exits.
Old fashioned girl’s daughter starts curfew at eight
A reflection on a daughter following the family custom of returning home by eight o clock, mirroring the past habit of her mother who faced a spanking for lateness. The piece contrasts generations and labels the routine as a lasting tradition.
Virtue as a Hidden Flower Blossoms Beyond Sight
A reflective line extols real virtue as a flower that thrives unseen by human eyes, flourishing in a realm only heaven perceives its loveliness. The ideal emphasizes inner goodness over public recognition.
Simple Practices Cited as Spud Yield Boosters
Kentucky farmers could double the state potato yield, specialists say, by fallowing ground, proper soil prep, using medium sized seed with eyes, soaking seed in a corrosive sublimate solution, cutting seed pieces with eyes, avoiding freshly manured soil, planting seeds 10 to 14 inches apart, and applying Paris Green then Bordeaux spray for pest and disease control.
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Kentucky
Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station
Hidden Bottles Guide at Home
A household riddle directs seekers to ask Moth er for the Castor Oil bottle and Father for the Moonshine bottle, outlining where each likely resides. The playful instruction emphasizes parental guidance over locating the two items.
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Mother
Father
Bashful George William Prescott Falls for Alice
In a social gathering at Aunt Lettie’s, the diffident George William Prescott draws closer to Alice and Cissy Rose as Cissy mentors his shyness. Alice worries about her own bashful nature yet sees Bill’s quiet charm soften, and a hopeful plan to draw him out unfolds.
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Alice
Meg
George William Prescott
Therin
Cissy
Mrs. Seymour
George William
Bill
Cecelia
Cissy Rose
William
Bill Prescott
Pal
Advertising as a force in business growth urged by Marshall Field executive
G Ray Schaeffer of Marshall Field & Co. told Louisville advertisers that newspaper advertising should build goodwill and trust rather than cure a weak business. He warned against hollow ad claims and urged honest representation, high quality, and intelligent salesmanship as keys to public service.
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G. Ray Schaeffer
Marshall Field & Co
Chicago
Advertising Club of Louisville
Retail Merchants’ Association
Tyler Hotel
Louisville
Schaeffer
Fresh.-Father, I passed Shake speare today
Father-Did he speak Ex. The fragment hints at a scene where a child reports passing Shakespeare and asks if he spoke, suggesting a playful or cryptic exchange. The text is fragmentary and lacks concrete event details or names beyond Shakespeare.
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