Advertising reshapes Chicago State street trade patterns
The article traces how advertising transformed State street, Chicago, turning Mondays and Fridays into the busiest shopping days. It notes rising ad spend by merchants, the shift of ads from Sundays to other days, and the overall impact on weekly trade distribution and newspaper sizes. It references Tribune history, major advertisers, and the question of Sunday vs weekday advertising efficacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lee Mahin
Muscatine
State Street
Chicago
Randolph Street
Harrison Street
Tribune
News
Record-Herald
American
Examiner
Inter. Ocean
Journal
Post
Chronicle
Abendpost
Freie Presse
Skandinaven
Chicago Tribune
PE. J. Lehmann
The
Fair
Lawrence & Martin
Madisontreet
Sunday Tribune
Ing
Marshall Field & Co
Inter- Ocean
Daily News
Leon Mandel
Mandel Brothers
Mahin’s
Muscatine Claims Iowa's Tallest Smoke Stack
Muscatine asserts it has the tallest smoke stack in Iowa at 155 feet five and a half inches on the Citizens' Railway and Light plant. Cedar Falls counters with a 125 to 135 feet stack at the Iowa State Normal School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Towa
Citizens’ Railway and Light Company
Cedar Falls
Mississippi
Saginaw
Mich
Seventh Street
Eighth Street
Special Land Buyers Excursions to Greer County Oklahoma
Special field trips will run in November and December via the Frisco System to Greer County Oklahoma and other Southwest lands. Purchases offer from one fourth to one tenth the cost of Eastern lands with high acre for acre yields. Apply to R S Lemmon, Secretary Frisco System Immigration Bureau, St Louis MO for full details and rail rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greer County
Oklahoma
Great Southwest
Frisco
R. S. Lemon
Frisco System Immigration Bureau
St. Louis, Mo
Boone girl hurts collar bone after fall from couch
The first year old daughter of Arthur Mitchell at Boone fell from a couch and broke her collar bone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Mitchell
Boone
Dentists Organize Southeast Iowa Dental Society
Dentists from sixteen counties met at Fairfield and formed the Southeast Iowa Dental Society to coordinate county dental work and promote professional standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Southeastern Iowa Dental Society
Maquoketa Man Pleads Guilty in Family Mistreatment Case
In Maquoketa Michael Schwartz pleaded guilty to family mistreatment and received a five year prison sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa
Michael Schwartz
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P. W. Francis
Henry Jayne
Mira Hershey
L. G. Burnett
Sarah Hershey Eddy
Hershey State Bank
Advertising
Mercantile
Sit
Iowa
Rock Island
East Second Street
la Place Bostwick
Bostwick
Iowa City
Attleboro
Mass
Pacific
Western Mileage Bureau
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Burlington and Missouri River Railroad
Nebraska
Chicago and Alton Railway
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Chicago, Burlington and Kansas City Railroad
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Chicago Great Western Railway
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Chicago, Peoria and
St. Louis
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Chicago, St. Paul
Minnesota and Omaha
Colfax Northern Railroad
Des Moines, Iowa Falls and Northern Railway
Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic
Great Northern Railway
Green Bay and Western Railroad
Hannibal and
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Northern Pacific Railway
Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City
St. Joseph and Grand Island Railway
St. Louis, Kansas City and Colorado
St. Louis, Keokuk and Northwestern
Toledo, Peoria and Western
Wabash Railroad
Waterloo and Cedar Falls Rapid Transit Co
Wisconsin and Michigan Railway
Wisconsin Central Railway
G. A. Funck
Pres
Frank Jackson
Sec
Treas
West 2Nd Street
Muscatine, Iowa
R. A. Thompson
H. G. Thompson
Lawyer
W. B. Thompson @ Sons, Lawyers
E. 2d Street
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