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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1908
Page
3
In a column attributed to W. D Percival later linked to the Stanton Picket, the article laments centralized money and trade in urban centers. It argues trusts concentrate wealth at the expense of agricultural regions, calling trusts the most menacing modern force despite some claimed “good” aspects.
The piece argues that clean sanitation boosts town growth and health, condemns catalogue and mail order dominance in rural trade, and urges state support for sewerage systems. It notes Nebraska and other states advancing laws to fund town sewer projects and warns against neglecting growing communities. It warns that health drives prosperity and local trade must support home merchants and papers.
The lesson lists Jesus appearances from Mary Magdalene to the Eleven and extends to Galilee and the Ascension, citing Bible verses and scholars. A nearby anecdote depicts a courthouse quarrel with Limuel and a lawyer, reflecting on justice, work, and personal duty amid community life.
Opie Read recounts a humorous fishing visit where a boastful lawyer aids a client in a mock settlement over a chicken, with broader reflections on law, politics, and human nature. The old man notes lawyers’ role, wryly praising ability and fairness while pondering a future without lawyers.
The text discusses advertising as a utility for merchants. It emphasizes reaching many people, favoring local newspapers, and using signs and store windows. It advises clear, concise messaging, appealing to interest and highlighting a specialty in each ad.
A clergyman notes that women in department store counters such as pajama, pipe, haberdashery and similar sections are prone to marriage. He adds nurses often marry promising physicians, while abroad nurses are seen as servants and marriages with doctors are seen as misalliance. Governesses who travel may marry ship stewards, though stationary families limit chances.
At Covina California a municipal celebration featured a barbecue to mark the advent of an electric railway. Coffee was served from a 250 gallon urn and 5000 cups while beans were cooked in a 200 gallon pot.
The Ohio Mississippi coal trade moves 2,000 miles downhill by 1,000-ton barges towed by steamboats at under 75 cents per ton. This compares with railroad rates of 43 cents Pittsburgh to Memphis for 4.50 and 2.70 per ton, making millions of tons moved and likely to continue.
The Lena River in northern Siberia is described as the straightest river in the world, flowing about 800 miles with hardly a curve. The account highlights its unusually direct course through an expansive northern landscape.
Speculators fall into two camps. Some use other people's money, others risk their own capital. The remark highlights differing approaches to speculation and the associated dangers.
George A. Walker argues mining is uncertain and stock in mines fluctuates. He notes copper mines often yield larger dividends than gold, due to easier mining, higher output, and less waste, making copper the most profitable today.
A Mrs X asks what becomes of pina as her son studies Latin. The boy answers they fall to the earth and become terrapins, a quip cited from Harper's Weekly.
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