Letting George Do It Reflects Civic Apathy in Highland Parade
The Highland Journal notes weak turnout for a local auto parade amid eighty cars in Highland and ten from nearby towns. Echoes from Egypt commentator H G Lidstone Jr cites the “let George do it” mindset as dampening civic effort, warning such apathy harms business groups and community projects.
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George
Highland
Highland Journal
H. G. Lidstone, Jr
Egypt
St. Louis Republic
St. Louis
Georgie
Buy Local Trusted Merchants for Year Round Trade
An exchange offers wholesome guidance on shopping wisely by supporting local, dependable merchants. It urges buying from the neighborly dealer who stands by at the tax counter, anchors the town’s market, advertises in the paper, and acts as a trusted acquaintance and friend.
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Boanie
Captain Hobson to Lecture at Greenville October 20
Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson, famed for his Spanish American War heroics and past kissing notoriety, will deliver a lecture at Greenville on October 20. The note hints this may be the last opportunity for some residents in Bond County who remain unkissed.
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Richmond Pearson Hobson
Greenville
Bond County
Standard Oil claims gasoline price drop from new process
The Standard Oil Company says it has perfected a process to extract more gasoline from crude oil, enabling a price reduction. Buyers who paused motorcar purchases due to high gasoline costs may now see a hopeful turn in the market.
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Standard Oil Company
Veiled Prophet Delays Arrival Over Free Bridge
The Veiled Prophet will not arrive in St Louis this year over the free bridge. Mayor Kiel boasted early in his mayoralty campaign and seems to be a veiled prophet himself.
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St. Louis
Kiel
Colin M. Selph
White House
Packer forecasts cheaper meats and new staples in ten years
A St Louis packer predicts porterhouse meat will cost a dollar per pound ten years from now. He suggests people will turn to venison clam chowder lobster salad and other cheaper foods as prices fall and supply shifts occur.
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Louis Packer
Fragmented quote on skill and opposition in Troy
A fragment states that in Troy as elsewhere those lacking meat and know how face opposition from those who possess both. It reads as an unfinished quotation about capability and contrast between groups.
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Troy
The High Life and True Happiness in Society
A reflective critique argues that true happiness is internal not external and condemns the high life’s pretense. It contrasts lavish living with simple pleasures, cites famous figures and marriages, and notes social pressures from Kansas City to national politics, including highway plans and suffrage debates.
Wasted advertising and the cost of inefficiency
A noted writer questions the waste in global advertising, estimating over 75 percent may be wasted. The piece argues that only ads backed by a definite plan and proper training yield results, comparing ineffective ads to untrained surgery and urging careful, strategic promotion.
Postmasters Examinations Spark Civil Service Debate
Washington news notes a national clash over civil service exams for postmasters. Representatives Madden and Mann push for reform argues exams are weak. others defend exams and spoils protections. The piece moves to Lincoln Highway plans shifting from a government monument to private advocacy for a cross country highway honoring Lincoln.
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Madden
Illinois
Steenerson
Minnesota
Bartlett
Potomac
Rio Grande
Mann
Hefflin
Alabama
Vatare
Washington
Detroit
Atlantic
Pacific
Abraham” ‘Dan
Invention of a German drunkometer described
A Greenville Advocate item notes Dr. Schweisheimer’s taximeter claims to determine intoxication degree. The device may attach to the feet or throat, with his book Der Alke holgehalt des Blutes Unter Verschie denen Bedingungen cited for details.
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Greenville
Aman
Dr. Schweisheimer
Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment Ad Claims Cure
A vintage testimonial ad extols Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment as a permanent solution for infant skin eruptions. It narrates a mother's relief after treating a baby whose face and scalp cleared after one box, with endorsements from a Iowa mother and mentions national druggists and mail order availability.
Preacher's Footnotes and Bazaar Jokes Stir a Small Town
A Missouri Dispatch excerpt satirizes preachers with a gibe on age experience and family, then shifts to church bazaar chatter where a young man dodges sales with witty refusals. A shipwreck survivor tale ends with a humorous exchange about Christians.
Fragmentary Tale Spoken by a Nun and Girls
An incomplete dialogue scene shows two young girls drinking tea as a nun passes by. One girl points to her ring and reveals thoughts of Easter week marriage. A boy named Jack and a girl discuss a ladle incident and a girl learning to throw, in a rapid, clipped exchange.
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Jack
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