No Substitute for Good Service in Independent Retail
An editorial in The Wall Street Journal praises independent grocers for competing beyond price using quality, service, and specialties. It argues that laws aren’t the main force behind independents’ success, but their ingenuity and competitive instinct, and notes the broader trend of private ownership under democratic capitalism. At New Sharon, Dave Hill retires after 36 years as a rural mail carrier, age 62, starting in 1916 with horse and buggy.
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The
Wall Street Journal
United States
New Sharon
Dave Hill
Mr. Hill
Survey on Plant Site Factors Highlight Labor, Power, Taxes
Governor Leo A. Hoegh led a survey for the Iowa Development Commission to determine factors in plant site selection. Executives cited labor supply, power costs, transportation, community attitude, location climate and costs, taxes, raw materials proximity, and market proximity as key considerations.
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Leo A. Hoegh
Iowa Development Commission
T. E. Davidson II
Hoegh
U.S
Davidson
There Are Two Kinds Of Capitalism Today
The Exchange magazine of the New York Stock Exchange argues that American capitalism differs from European models. It notes Americans widely own stock and demand disclosure, while European systems lag in broad share ownership and stockholder control.
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Exchange Magazine
New York Stock Exchange
Birds Escape Hunter Flier Shatters Window at Sioux Center Home
Four pheasants escaped a hunter and flew through a living room window at the P. B. Baartman home near Sioux Center. The birds were uninjured and the incident caused minor property damage.
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P. B. Baartman
Sioux Center
Weekly Papers Carry History of Our Lives
A Hemet California editor receives a letter from a longtime reader praising the local paper as a personal link to family memories from birth to grandchildren. The piece argues country papers are intimate to readers, reflecting life and aspirations in small communities. Scientists warn Antarctic ice melt could raise world oceans by about 105 feet.
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News
Hemet
California
Ife
Praise for Mass Distribution by American Chain Stores
Secretary of Agriculture Ben son praised mass distribution by American food chains in a letter of congratulations. He noted 300 campaigns since 1936 to boost farm crop consumption and called mass distribution as vital as mass production for moving goods to consumers and sustaining the economy.
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Benson
Iowa Promotes State Flag Tour to Denmark and Germany
The Iowa Development Commission announces a state flag promotion with a six by ten foot banner to Denmark’s Rebild National Park and the.all-Towa film “Towa Land of Plenty” to be shown in Germany this spring. Richard Fried rich Ames will lead the tour to Germany while the Hawkeye state gains visibility abroad. Extra care is advised for calves born in fall and early winter.
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Taw Development Commission
Rebild
Richard Friedrich Ames
Land of Plenty
Germany
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