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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1950
Page
5
The piece mocks prosperity without salvation and critiques public figures while urging humane policy. It laments Korean refugees, praises voice of America broadcasts, and warns against wealth’s perils. It also notes cigarette company trends and U S government surplus food sales to foreign nations.
The writer, visiting the Merchandise Mart in Chicago, joins a public tour led by a guide named Ellie. They see kitchen displays, rugs and carpets, furniture including Louis XV and Chippendale pieces, glassware, game-room items, and retail apparel displays, noting the building's vastness and the busy commerce inside.
Our guide described the 32 million dollar Merchandise Mart built in 1930 by Marshall Field & Co. now home to over 1,000 tenants. It claims status as the world’s largest buying center with its own bank post office and multiple restaurants while housing NBC and ABC studios amid vast elevators and corridors.
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