County funds loom as sheriff eyes unpaid costs
The Edwardsville Republican notes Madison County debt and states sheriff’s office may collect thousands in unpaid court costs, citing about $30 000 on the books. Other items mock neutrality, discuss a troubled rural road and contrast war talk with local concerns in a mosaic of brief notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwardsville
Madison County
Sheriff's Office
Halleck
McClelland
Departments of State
United States
Sherman
Atlanta
Grant
Petersburg
Nile
Nelson Victor
Philanthropy or Advice: A Two-Cent Dilemma
The remark critiques men who pose as philanthropists merely for giving two cents of advice. It questions the value of such gestures and challenges the sincerity of self-proclaimed benefactors. The line hints at social pretensions and the gap between talk and true generosity.
Home Town Building: Country merchants vs city stores
A longtime columnist argues country town merchants can outpace city retailers on price and value by turning stock quickly and advertising fixed prices. He cites margins, turnover, and the need for local papers to publish plain price quotations to win shoppers. He stresses community benefit and practical upturns via up to date methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
West Pocket Essays On George Fitca Auto Boom
George Fitch catalogs the 1915 automobile boom with humor and brisk irony. He notes Americans’ stubborn spending, night factory work, improving cars with eight cylinders, and rising affordability for the general public. He quips about smoother rides, quieter engines, and even the dream of cars with plane-like capabilities to glide over rough roads.
Easy Pleasant Laxative Ad by Dr King’s Life Pills
An advertisement promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as a simple nightly laxative. One or two pills with water ease bowel movements by morning with no aftertaste or belching. Sold by druggists, 36 in a package for 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
The Merchant Prince Boosts an Ad Driven Store
An old parable about a persistent merchant who builds a thriving business from a small ad budget. The tale shows how clever advertising drew customers to his two by four shop, expanded to a glass storefront, and kept his sales growing without cutting ad spend. It traces his rise, noting the town’s nickname for him.
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Ee Espiplenat Des Sac
America
Columbus
Merchant Prince
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Troy
Market-Street-by-the-Square
B. W. Jarvis
Madison County Press Club and Southern Ill. Editorial Association
Illinois
Kinloch
Germany
John Bull
Johnny
Samuel
Eugenia Koch Anderson
Arthur R. Anderson
Central Church
Granite City
Anderson
Silver Creek
St. Jacob
Valier
Enterprise
Walter
George Fitca
Phact
Phan
Phaney
Ruth
Marjorie
William Tell
Dr. Bell
Country Produce
Gornet Bros
Fomatoes
Dan G. Liebler
Sai
First National Bank
Edwardsville, N
Federal Reserve Bank
U. S. Inspection
Henry Traves
George W. Moyer
J. F. Kesher
George Kalbfleisch
Cashier
Vv. Crossman
Troy Exchange Bank
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