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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1948
Page
6
By CHIO YOUNG visiting Albert City, Mrs Hauenstein attends the senior class play directed by Mrs Ottterman. The text notes algae movement, size ranges from microscopic to 200 feet, and distinguishes algae from fungi with food from inorganic substances. Seaweeds are highlighted as familiar algae.
A maple tree seventeen feet in circumference was felled near Floyd Edmondson's home in North Cotter after five hours of sawing with a chain saw. Three tractors aided the fall, the tree being about 50 years old and located thirty feet from the house. Other notes mention Gary Murphy hatching eggs on his first South American chicken project and visits by families to Mason City and Columbus Junction.
For sale listing offers tractors combines corn pickers balers field harvesters corn shellers drills power mowers side rakes cultivators corn planters plows discs corn elevators manure spreaders cabin car trailers school bus cars pickups. Contact by phone or write for a better deal.
The article argues that advertising is essential to profitable retail operation. It recommends a fixed budget of at least two percent of gross sales for advertising and frames this as a proven, long standing method for building store traffic, sales, and profits. It cites John Wanamaker and notes advertising as a major driver of future success.
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