Newspaper advertising dominance across national chains
A survey by four national associations of chain stores covering 238 systems with over 33 000 stores and $3.1 billion in annual sales shows newspapers remain the most productive advertising channel, attracting about half of expenditures. Drug chains allocate 22.24 percent to newspapers, grocers 56.53 percent, and general merchandise 51.35 percent, underscoring newspapers’ trusted reach from major metros to small towns.
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Aach
Rhaing
Phantom Letter Inspires Readers to Write
A piece urging readers to write letters to friends and family, arguing that a written word can brighten sick rooms, celebrate birthdays, comfort the bereaved, and reconnect distant kin. It portrays letters as living messages that carry the writer’s voice and warmth, ending with a call to action by author David Manley.
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Linc Qiln
David Manley
Compete With Them in Seasonal Mail Order Packages
The city notices a flood of third class mail from mail order houses as fall and winter business picks up. Local merchants welcome the traffic and the associated spending while residents browse catalogues and place orders, highlighting shared concerns about loyalty and community support amid economic strain.
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Farge
Post Ofice
Home Town Advertising Versus Mail Order Firms
A local message urges merchants to advertise in the hometown paper to reach families and school communities. By sharing their line of goods prices and guarantees, a business can compete with outside mail order firms through familiar, trusted local connections.
Prices and the War Spark Immediate Price Rise
Outbreak of war in Europe triggers a snap rise in wholesale prices for basic commodities. After current retail stocks are exhausted, consumer costs will rise. Government aims to curb price profiteering, but natural supply and demand forces push prices higher across grains, dairy, metals.
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Europe
Seven Rules For Safety Fire Prevention Authority Issued
The nation’s fire prevention authority presents seven practical rules to cut fire risk. Use electricity safely with licensed work, smoke and handle matches carefully, prevent oil waste fires in closed metal containers, avoid ignorance and reckless behavior in industry, address special factory hazards with vigilance, and keep spaces clean to aid prevention. A reported dictator country item notes a worker seeking dismissal to change jobs, prompting reflection on work safety.
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Aisic
Parowan News and Local Notes from October 1913
The Iron County School Board set a 1.28 weekly rate to transport Faragonah high school students to Parowan High. An extra seventh grade teacher was hired for Parowan, with Freeman Brunson as the new teacher. Local residents attended Salt Lake City for LDS conference and state fair. Rep. Wilford Day attended a special legislative session on woman suffrage. Other items include weddings, sheep purchases near Modena, social at Mrs Orton’s for Mr and Mrs Dalton, a light September rainfall and early frost, the first P HLS chess paper Pep with Rex Ward and Clara Taylor as editors, and Warren Bulloch buying lambs in Cedar City.
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Iron County School Board
Faragonah
Parowan High School
Parowan
Freeman Brunson
Salt Lake City
Wilford Day
Simon Bamberger
United States
P. Hls
Pep
Rex C. Ward
Clara Taylor
Merrill O. Mitchell
Warren’ Bulloch
Cedar City
Individual Freedom Und er a Dictatorship Portraits in Court
A court scene shows a government official fined about 120 dollars for shirking, punished for seeking better work as authorities insist on sticking to assigned jobs to protect national planning. The passage casts a critical light on personal liberty under dictatorship.
Painless Saving and Europe’s looming conflict
The piece argues against lapsing on life insurance while urging thrift. It notes public sentiment on Hitler and France Britain, predicting new peace overtures and a possible extended war. It cites Paris dispatches, Brest-Litovsk comparisons, and Allied strategy with France’s Marshal Petain.
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Hitler
Britain
France
Mussolini
Chamberlain
London
Versailles
Brest-Litovsk
Brest-Litovs
Russia
Germany
Wilhelm
Gamelin
Discretion Shocking Car Incident Involving Struck Boy
A small boy who scratched his vein on a paint job of a standing motor car was salted by the motorist for his pains. A crowd gathered as the father confronted the motorist in Curvus tones. The motorist, tall and broad shouldered, admitted striking the boy and warned of further punishment.
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Amy Boyt
We Were On the Steppes of Siberia in Our Sleigh
A woman's club explorer recalls a Siberian journey with wolves howling behind them. A young observer exclaims with fear and relief that wolves had muzzles. The unusual tale mixes adventure and humor as the party survives the encounter.
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Siberia
Longing note hints at affection and reflection
A brief fragment expresses love and curiosity about a person named Bess with a line about life choices and admiration. The tone is intimate and personal, focusing on emotion rather than external events or context.
Present-Day Standards Pilgrim Tale and Twain Hotel Jest
A teacher tells children about Pilgrims and crops then asks what comes next Gertrude responds Bought a car. Mark Twain visits a Canadian hotel and notes the signature Baron and valet then sees Mark Twain and Valise in the register in a witty moment
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Gertrude
Mark Twain
Mark
Valise
Rival butchers clash over sausage dispute in Montreal
Two rival Montreal butchers, neighbors in battle for customers, display competing window notices. One proclaims The King eats our sausages prompting the other to respond with a counter message Ood save the King.
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Montreal Star
Inheritand What is Mesa Bill So Gloomy About
A traveling salesman asks about Mesa Bills gloom, while Cactus Joe mentions a family fortune and an inheritance marked deck of cards left by his parents to earn a living, pondering whether he must pay an inheritance tax.
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Mesa
Cactus Joe
No Thanks Quote Reveals Reluctant Exchange
A terse exchange shows a character refusing aid for a cold and challenging response about past mistreatment, highlighting tension between the speakers. The line captures a moment of stubborn independence and deflection.
Strategy Enemy at the Maneuvers You Are My Prisoner
Dialogue fragment depicts a confrontation between Sergeant Binks and an enemy officer. The enemy surrenders, but Binks claims drowning him after noting the UB Uist bridge was blown yesterday, suggesting a fatal outcome or tactical deception.
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Binks
UB Uist
All milk diet claim challenged by physician
A man asserts he lived on nothing but milk for a year during infancy, prompting the physician to question the feasibility and age of the claim while discussing diet beliefs. The exchange highlights skepticism about extreme dietary anecdotes.
Too Good to Omit Photographer Footnote
Dialogue captures a humorous exchange about portrait type as a customer boasts new boots. The exchange centers on the photographer offering a choice between full length and head and shoulders, with the customer deflecting toward a confident, stylish response.
Comic Qoutes and Social Satire Gag Page
A short humor exchange mocks society pages and social leaders with sharp quips. Miss Cayenne dismisses society chatter while a dentist joke riffs on nerve pain and dental care. A Sea Scout pun finishes with a tide and knots gag about nautical measurement.
Cedar City Turkey Plant Nears Completion By October 25
The turkey processing plant just north of Cedar City across the railroad track is rapidly taking shape and aims to be finished by October 25. Processing will start promptly after completion, with some birds ready by November 1. Cooperative officers report packers plan to send salesmen to Cedar City to buy birds at marketing time, anticipating large national interest as processing increases.
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Cedar City
Turkey Cooperative Association
Utah
Soa
Crop Insurance Benefits Utah Farmers Show Promising Results
Utah farmers embraced all risk wheat crop insurance in its first year with 440 participants covering 93 350 acres. Policies paid 52252 bushels in premiums while over 50 000 more in indemnities will be issued. Hatch of the Utah agricultural conservation committee notes the program paid farmers and expects higher takeups this year as counties report strong interest.
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Marvin M. Hatch
Utah Agricultural Conservation Committee
Utah
Hatch
Wheat crop protection measures at county office call
Approximately 109 operators call at the county office and applications for protection for the 1940 wheat crop are noted.
Peas Shipment Surges. Iron County Grows First Broccoli Acreage
More than 180 carloads of peas have been shipped from Cedar City this year by Pacific Produce Distributors. Cedar Valley pea picking continues despite frost risk. Iron County sees its first commercial broccoli crop ready to harvest in about a week.
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Pacific Produce Distributors
Tno
Cedar City
Cedar Valley
Iron County
Beaver County
Ins
Ape
Pes Spresge
Tron County
Farmers Receive Parity Payments Early Checks Arrive
Parity wheat checks totaling thirty two arrived at the County Agent's office this week marking the first parity payments under the 1939 AAA program. County AAA Committee Chairman J. M. Farmer says the state office aims to have all 1939 compliance checks issued to farmers and range men by year end. Regular soil and range conservation checks may come as early as November, with hopes all 1939 compliance payments issued before January first.
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Chaiman
J. M. Farmer
Palmer
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Doris Thornton
Salt Lake Temple
Edgar M Studbe
Modens
Mary TB. Orton
Frank Dalton
Cowley
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Bess
Faun
Turkey
H. M. Scott
Poultry Husbandman
Kansas
The
Darowan Bub, & Printing CO
W. Warner Mitchell
Lesst
Parwan
Guaker
Tavurounuengee CO
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