The Coupon System and Its Trade Impact
A critique of the coupon system used by traders to boost cash buying through discounts. It traces its evolution from individual to cooperative coupons, explains the Coupon Company role, and notes legal challenges in the US and Australia. The piece argues benefits to consumers and competition while urging prudent regulation.
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London
Acta Aa
England
United Kingdom
Belgium
France
Germany
America
Supreme Court
New South Wales
Supreme Courts of
Rhode Island
New York
Tillinghast
Court of New York
Australia
United States of America
United States
Beigel Cooper & Co
Chicago
James Butler
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
Competent Butter Factory Managers Urged For Quality
The Canadian Dairyman argues for licensing or certifying cheese and butter makers in Ontario and other provinces. It contends that clean facilities and personal hygiene matter as much as buildings. Certification would guarantee ability and improve product quality.
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Ontario
Fruit Industry Grows Fast in Hawke's Bay New Zealand
The Otago Witness notes Hawke's Bay in New Zealand has expanded fruit growing with new freezing works and canneries. Frimley Canning Factory employs 200 for picking. last season output included 60 000 tins apples, 70 000 peaches, 50 000 plums, 74 000 peas, 10 000 tomatoes, plus 500 cases of tomato ketchup. Commercial fruit area reached 3100 acres, up from four orchards five years ago, with rapid growth anticipated.
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Hawke's Bay
New Zealand
Hasting
Otago ‘“Witness
Frimley Canning
Heretaunga Plaine
Russia cheapens military ranks from society to court
The piece notes how in Russia high ranks are conferred on non soldiers, with professors curators and officials becoming captains or colonels. The czar elevates professionals like chiropodists to major general and chiefs to colonel, implying a decline in military prestige and possibly influencing behavior of so called military men.
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United States
Russia
Insurance superintendent question on premiums and widow’s reply
A dialogue portrays a widow explaining her husband died early after high insurance payments. The manager notes potential fame if she lives long enough while a soubrette jokes about becoming famous and asks what role she will play, with the manager quipping longativity.
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Acquifame
Longavity
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