Respecting Cash Customers Boosts Merchants Advertising Value
A Business Chat column urges merchants to prioritize cash customers over charge accounts. Treat cash buyers with courtesy, know them by name, and avoid substituting inferior goods. Prompt service for cash customers builds repeat business and public praise, aiding strong advertising benefits.
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Advertising as Education of the Public
A concise quote from Elbert Hubbard on advertising defining it as informing the public who you are where you are and what you offer in skill talent or commodity. He adds that only the man with nothing to offer should avoid advertising.
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Elbert Hubbard
Medals From Captured Han Guns for Workers
Victory Liberty Loan workers in the Eighth Federal Reserve District will receive medals fashioned from canons captured by American troops in the war won all but finishing the job. Medals bear a dual side and come with blank certificates for county chairmen to issue to eligible workers. Names are to be sent to headquarters on proper blanks so medals can be mailed after certificates are issued.
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Federal Reserve District
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Pole Cat Farm Plans and School Diary Reflections
A boy and Jake plan to raise pole cats to earn money and buy a bigger farm. The journal details trap setting, a budding romance with J E, family chores, Sunday trip to uncle’s farm, a tainted report card, and classroom remarks about the League’s opening game.
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Jake & Me
Las Nite
J. E
Enny
Jake
Countrie
Teecher
Jake Shurely
Sugar Beet Production Survey Guides War Driven Study
The United States Department of Agriculture publishes bulletin 721 detailing soils climates and farm practices for profitable sugar beet production. It notes that fertile soils with good drainage and proper handling yield best results while extremely sandy or gravelly soils are poor. Labor shortages at harvest and thinning stages are a key constraint being addressed through organized labor and labor-saving machinery.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
United States“ Department of Agriculture
Finish the job or face a shameful finish for the nation
The piece urges every citizen to complete America’s WWI effort with honor and sacrifice. It warns that the nation’s future standing depends on finishing the job, paying obligations, and avoiding a tainted historical record. It appeals to loyalty to Uncle Sam and pride in the home front and military service.
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America
Family of Nations
Uncle Sam
Heroic sacrifice during wartime Liberty Loan appeal
A veteran recounts a shipmate who contributed one hundred dollars to a Liberty Loan and was killed when their ship was attacked. The narrator notes the fallen friend's generosity and condemns critics who complain about another drive to support government funding.
Agents Increase in Number in 33 States
The count of county agents rose from 544 on June 30, 1917 to 1,103 on June 30, 1918 across 33 northern and western states. On that date New Hampshire through New York had completed their agent quotas. Catarrh cures rely on internal remedies since local applications cannot reach the disease. Hall's Catarrh Cure, taken internally, targets blood and mucous surfaces and is a regulated prescription. testimonials are available. F J Cheney & Co of Toledo sell it nationwide.
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Rhode Island
Delaware
Iowa
Minnesota
New York
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F. J. Cheney & CO
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Toledo
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