Crowding Out the Small Merchant in 1915
Friday November 12 1915 discusses the Stevens Bill and its potential impact on small town merchants facing competition from city department stores and mail order houses. It notes rising city market dominance, calls for price fixing on staple goods, warns of difficult times for small dealers, mentions public health leaf burning advisories, urges early Christmas shopping, and highlights Highland Journal reporting a building boom and a thriving local Commercial Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Federal Commission
Rockefeller Buys Red Bicycle for $22 in Cash
An anecdote about John D Rockefeller buying a new red bicycle for $22, with his quoted words about resisting temptation and seeking value. The piece uses it to argue the power of price in advertising and urges local merchants to display clear price figures to drive trade, promoting the value of small-town newspaper ads and consistent pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Village Actors Branch Out In Modern Fable
A small town hosts a home talent show earning forty eight dollars as Brown and Davis gain fame for comedy skits from Bone's Linament Almanac. They quit their village jobs, fail to shine on tour, then reappear in town selling bread with an aluminum check. Morals warn editors and clouds explained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gwendolyn Bradley
Bill Green
Brown
Davis
Current Comment and Local News Thoughts
A collage of editorials and notices from Highland Journal and Greenville papers. It critiques careless driving fatalities, notes Illinois October weather aiding farmers, condemns Bridge Assessment Board errors, mocks free advertising quests, and highlights more rural youths entering universities. The pieces reflect regional commentary and civic concerns.
Street Corner Sage Urges Town Clean Up
In a shaded storefront scene the Street Corner Sage laments dirty streets with piles of ashes, tin cans, and weeds overrunning alleys. He questions civic pride while a passerby notes a large brush pile and high weeds near his place.
Fractured Seams And Random Historical Snippets
A fragmenting montage blends sewing tips about avoiding puckering with a long parade of historical dates, oddities, and short quips. It skims terracings from the 1860s to 1870s, then meanders through brief moral tales and a comic vignette about a bed bug and a moustache encore.
Sloan's Liniment advertised for rheumatism and pains
The ad links rheumatism to blood congestion and claims Sloan's Liniment clears congestion, renews warmth, and relieves pain. It urges households to keep a bottle, priced 25c to $1.00, with special note of a sixfold bottle. Mentions delivery by Daniel Peterman and a profit-sharing certificate reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloan
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Market-Street-by-the-Square
B. W. Jarvis
Madison County Press Club and Southern Ill. Editorial Association
Troy
Iollinois
Kinloch
State Board of Health
Illinois
Highland Journal
Highland
United States
Troy Commercial Club
Modern Fables
Earth
Troy Exchange Bank
Europe
Greenville
Ilinois
Highland Leader
Board of Review
Alten Times
Mabel
Phact
Phan
Phaney
Ruth
Marguerite
Lincoln
Waddell
Shenandoah
Wirz
Andersonville
France
England
Filain de Persigny
America
Longstreet
Burnside
Siberia
Newcastle
Waller
Eagles
Walter W. Meiners
Quality Shoe
Sai
First National Bank
Edwardsville, IN
Federal Reserve Bank
U. S
Henry Traves
George W. Meyer
J. P. Keshner
George Kalbfleisch
S. V. Crossman
St. Louis
Daniel Peterman
W. W. Meiners
Our
Helvetia Bottled Beer
Bever
F. K. Liebmann
Shaye
H. c. Cider Ae Manager
Phon
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