Vernon merchant calls for 20 percent price cuts nationwide
J A Dixon of Vernon offers a twenty percent reduction on most items hoping manufacturers and jobbers will follow suit to lower prices. He argues long hours and higher wages push costs, but believes merchants must provide maximum value for every dollar and workers should give best service to sustain production amid global demand. other merchants advertise similar cuts though at a loss pending replacement costs.
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J. A. Dixon
Vernon
Mr. Dixel
Mr. Dixon
Dixon
Advertising Rates And Stereotypes In Local Notices
The column critiques outdated terms used for citizens and professions, noting excessive fees for extra wording. It mocks labels such as relics of antiquity legal lights and refined ladies, and questions the fairness of charges tied to misused descriptors. The piece also cites a deceased citizen praised as poker player and mentions an Arkansas Thomas Cat.
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Wnman
Dear Mabel and the Army Surplus Proposal
A flirtation scene ends with a startling line as Susie Vain and George discuss marriage then the punchline reveals the United States government has already sold over 750 million dollars of surplus army supplies, shifting the tone from romance to unexpected fiscal fact.
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United States
Wedding of Lorance and Law rence Follows Air Romance
Tom Lorance, manager in Vernon, wed Eddie Louis Lawrence after an overseas return. The ceremony took place at the Methodist parsonage with Rev. Barcus officiating. Lorance served 25 months, including time in France, as a volunteer in Co. I, 42nd Infantry. they reside on South Main Street.
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Tom Lorance
C. R. Staley
Staley- Greene Drilling Company
Eddie Louis Lawrence
Ea. Lawrence
West Vernon
Vernon
Methodist Parsonage
BK. R. Barcus
Gladys Fisher
Mr. Lorance
France
Verteoon
Co. I
42Nd Infantry
Services Continue Next Week With Daily Congregations
The services will continue next week at 10 a m and 15 p m each day. Rev W T Swain preaches plain forceful gospel sermons and good congregations attend each service. Sunday morning there is an opportunity for all to unite with the church. Public cordially invited to all services. James B Hall Pastor.
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W. T. Swain
James B. Hall
Burning Out Coil Spark Gap Dangers Ahead
An old notice warns that wide spark gaps in plugs risk overheating the secondary coil. The item sale advertises a trousers deal, listing an 815.50 trouser at $10.80 from Dixon's TLC TT Sale, with a garbled closing line.
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Dixon
Sale
Americans Win French Favor For Kitchen Utensils
French housewives now praise American kitchen utensils once viewed with doubt amid copper pot nostalgia. The shift follows widespread use of Red Cross supplied items in devastated districts and new aluminum and tinware popularity. Also listed are second hand cotton flour bags at Kell Milling and a Palm Beach suit sale at Dixon's.
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Allie
American Red Cross
America
Kell Milling Co
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