Building Up Business an Industry and Curator
The article argues towns should promote manufacturing by forming a promoting company funded by local capital. It details a Swedish aid society model that loans money to workers, with profits reinvested. The plan avoids bonuses and risky stock schemes, allowing phased testing of multiple small enterprises before expansion.
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Illinois
Atock
No-good town loafer and grumbling class described
A 19th or early 20th century critique denounces men who loaf in town stores and complain about their environment. It condemns the grumblers who blame the world for their lot and never consider how they could improve their living through effort and hustle.
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W. L. Douglas
Ife
Brockton
Main
W. J. Douglas
Douglas
Equity in Business Practice Promotes Fair Dealings
A editorial argues for fair dealing in commerce based on the Golden Rule. It urges merchants to avoid exorbitant profits and customers to support honest shops, warning that greed harms towns and long-term growth.
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Gautama
Towns Should Build Public Halls and Parks
The article argues towns prosper with well kept stores and active newspapers. It urges public halls and parks as essential investments, noting parks prevent trouble and provide recreation. It emphasizes towns grow into cities and should plan for parks and social spaces early.
Stand Up for Your Home Paper and Local Interests
Public opinion praises the country press as a powerful, moral force guiding local information and community progress. The home paper reflects town conditions and prosperity, urging residents to support and strengthen the local press as a vital community advocate.
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Country Press
Inter Oats
Charity tale told by Jack London in farewell dinner memory
A Washington Times note recounts Jack London’s charity story told in New York before sailing on the Spark. Two old men drink, an old woman appears, the host scolds, another guest chides, and the guest reveals she is merely a poor relation kept out of charity.
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Jack London
Charity
Mr. London
New York
Spark
Washington Times
No Relief From Eczema Ends With Cuticura Trio
C V Beltz of Tippecanoe Indiana describes two years of severe eczema on limbs below the knee. After trying physicians, town and surrounding remedies, and quack cures, he found immediate relief using Cuticura Soap Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Resolvent, and soon recovered.
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C. V. Beltz
Tippecanoe, Ind
Angell Defends Animals and Fears Nature Fakers
Boston’s animal defender George P. Angell remarks that while his friend Will Long is not a faker, many nature writers distort truth. He recalls a teacher asking pupils who have never lied to raise a hand, and a boy replying that a lie remains a lie even if no one finds out.
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George P. Angell
Boston
Will Long
New Homes in the West Homestead Pamphlet Offer
Advertisement for free pamphlet on US homestead laws and quarter sections along Chicago and North Western railway routes in South Dakota and Wyoming. Includes excursion rates and request details to W B Kniskern, passenger traffic manager, Chicago. Also brief humorous anecdote about Mrs Reed and a servant Samantha from Lippincott's.
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United States
Chicago & North-Western Ry
South Dakota
Wyoming
W. B. Kniskern
Chicago
Gossip in Family Parlor About a Prospective Husband
A father urges his daughter to marry Mr. Goodboy, claiming devotion. The girl questions certainty as she learns the suitor has borrowed money for six months and continues visiting, implying a questionable commitment.
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Mr. Goodboy
Papa
New calf hoppers through western state fields
A calf born recently in a western state resembles a jack rabbit or kangaroo with shorter front legs and no tail. Instead of walking, it moves by leaps, appearing odd beside its playful peers.
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