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Dexter Experiment Lets Editor Run Town to Boost Trade
A Des Moines editor and his assistant take charge in Dexter Iowa, seven months of modern business methods begin June 1. Pogue directs stores and banks, cleans streets, updates displays, and promotes a booster club while residents and merchants see higher sales and deposits.
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Sted
Sewlig
Des Moines
Dexter
W. J. Pilkington
Merchants’ Trade Journ
Guy C. Pogue
Pilkington
Pikington
Pogue
Pilkington-Pogue
Boosters’ Club
Stuart