Duty to Buy Local and Support Home Merchants
An appeal urges readers to favor local merchants over mail order houses. It argues that sending money away harms communities by draining cash from towns, reduces school and church funding, and weakens local economies. Emphasizing cash sales and credit practices, it calls readers to buy locally, deal with neighbors, and take pride as American citizens in sustaining their town.
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Thomas J. Sullivan
Chicago
Sale of Desirable Goods Draws Thousands to Pella Store
Free from blow and bluster this sale has inspired public confidence from the start. Thousands have taken advantage of phenomenal bargains and return daily with neighbors to share in the greatest feast of values ever offered to Pella buyers. The sale hinges on the desirability of goods at the prices charged, appealing to all who seek genuine bargains.
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Pella
The Wronged Stranger of Dead Man's Ellbow
A camp of frontiersmen wrongly accuses a stranger of stealing dust. After a deadly chase, they murder him only to learn the bag of dust held mementos of lost loved ones a photograph and hair from two deceased mourners. They bury him and mark a grave reading Here lies a man as was wronged.
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Judge Slasher
Kentucky
Ohio
Bill
White House
Mary
Frebabe
Harry
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J. G, Vander Pols
South Side Square
Iowa
J. G. Vander Pol
Associated Literary Press