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Newspaper
Philip Weekly Review
Location
Philip, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1911
Page
4
In Geneseo merchants form a business men’s association to boost town trade by holding monthly free auctions. Farmers can submit items to sell, while merchants advertise, catalogue, and cover auction costs, with proceeds paid to the farmer. Special sale prices on linen goods and a jeweler’s surprising bid on silver thimbles are noted.
Market day drew hundreds as cows oil and filtered products attracted buyers and curious locals. A $1 levy per member funded the association with plans for monthly contributions. The second auction yielded about 3000 dollars in farm stock sales. A seed distribution bureau was added three weeks prior, inviting farmers to submit seed samples with prices, judged by Dr. Gilbert of Ithaca, and a seed institute prior to noon. A village hall exhibit and a sell map of Livingston County aided matchups.
Flint dispatch reports the school board secured a 99 year lease for a new school site at one clover blossom per year. The donor accepts the poetic terms and vows to make yearly ceremonies of payment. The piece jokes that generous donors could add beauty with quirky rents like foxes or other chosen dowers to enrich school life.
A lone man paid 90 cents for a month’s tepid te a card listing Jones Grocer and Dead Street 4011 to solicit trade. He claimed newspapers were useless for advertising but never found buyers. A year later the sheriff evicted him, and he never advertised again. Those who would advertise take warning.
An old guidance piece advises merchants to insist on clerks’ neat dress without overdressing. It stresses common sense over snobbery and notes the value of health and presentable staff, though the text includes garbled tails and stray phrases.
A historic piece argues clerks must present clean attire and shine shoes to retain customers. It warns shabby clothing deters shoppers and equals disciplinary action or dismissal. Cleanliness, it claims, is essential, not mere virtue, for department stores in big cities.
A April driven cleanup movement in Easthamp ton Mass led by Junior Village Improvement Society energized youths. They hauled waste from cellars backyards gardens and vacant lots over two days. The town adopted a permanent cleanup mindset with occasional summer efforts. Civic themes extend to rural district road beautification with weed seed control and spring flower sowing. Texan state department funded D H Hemenway visits promoting school gardens and home beauty through civic improvement lectures.
A compact, period tone piece advising restraint and prudence in sharing plans. It cautions that others may exploit opportunities, so one should wait and act thoughtfully rather than speaking openly or rushing ahead. Emphasizes patience over risky disclosure and timely action.
Public notice announces March 27 1911 lease of all unleased Stanley County common school land with auction at the Fort Pierre courthouse 10 am to 6 pm. It also details a mortgage foreclosure on Lots 3 and 4 and the south half of the NW quarter in Sec 1 Township 3 South Range 21 East Black Hills Meridian, with a public sale date March 11 1911 in Fort Pierre.
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