Patronizing the Home Merchant
A compilation of editorials advocating support for local merchants in Crandall Whitewright and nearby towns. Rallies readers to shop locally, questioning Sears and Montgomery Ward contributions to storm relief and tax support, while praising the home merchant for community aid and funeral kindness. Includes a product ad for Herbine with price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears, Roebuck & Company
Montgomery-Ward
Dallas and
Fort Worth
Trenton Tribune
Celina
McKinney Courier- Gazette
Crandall Star
Whitewright
The Pariah and the Credit Man in Town
A poem by Walt Mason portrays Jim Jinx, a man ruined by unpaid debts, shunned by merchants and neighbors. His family endures scorn as he wanders town seeking relief, while the simple fix is to pay creditors and reclaim standing in the community.
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Jim Jinx
Walt Mason
Rise of English Dictionaries Expands Word Counts
A retrospective notes Samuel Johnson's 1747 dictionary with 50,000 words and Noah Webster's 1828 work reaching 160,000. It recalls the late 19th century totals over 300,000 and modern dictionaries near 500,000 words, marking a growth in word collection and language documentation.
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Samuel Johnson
Noah Webster
To Cure a Cold in One Day Buy Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
Direct ad states the remedy cures a cold in one day with cough and headache relief. Mentions a signature by E. W. Grove on each box and price of 30 cents. Includes product name Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and notes it works for multiple symptoms. Uses period advertisement tone.
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E. W. Grove
Recovery seen after governors trip across midwest
Governor Harding of the Federal Reserve Board reports that the worst is over and economic recovery has begun after a tour through Illinois Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas. He cites higher reserves, eased credit, and stronger agricultural financing as signs of improvement, while noting the pace may be slow but steady. Also an advertisement touts Liquid Borozone with pricing and local seller.Dyer & Jones.
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Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve
Ft. Worth
I am a Smile Exchange
A bouquet placed in living hands not bier, banishes fear and anger from fighters and children. It calms the despondent and turns courses from hell. A universal symbol of friendship and love, it powers business, lightens toil, and aids the hungry traveler.
Disarm or Bust: US Navy Spending Crisis Highlighted
Michigan Representative Kelley warns about nearly 500 million dollars to be spent on the navy this year. A statistician notes this sum equals over a quarter of US government expenses since 1779, and rivals Civil War costs. Mondell and McAdoo frame this as disarmament or bankruptcy, per Ft. Worth Record.
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Kelley
Michigan
United States
Mondell
W. G. McAdoo
Ft. Worth
When Your Breath Is Bad You Need Herbine
An old time patent medicine note promotes Herbine as a quick cure for bad breath, poor appetite, and blues. It claims two doses purify the body and improve mood, with a 60 cent price from Dyer and Jones druggists.
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Dyer & Jones
Medical Uses of Radium and Medical Demand
Mr. Hamilton Foley of Standard Chemical Company near Pittsburgh states that last year over 18 grams of radium were produced, of which only 1.2 grams went to luminous material while the remainder was supplied to the medical profession. The company has produced more than half of the world's radium supply, prioritizing medical use.
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Hamilton Foley
Standard Chemical Company
Pittsburgh
The Cynical Compositor Wedding In Holy Deadlock
The home of Mr and Mrs Charles Brown hosted the wedding of their youngest daughter Margaret to Mr David Preston last evening. The event is reported as a beautiful ceremony noted in a Western paper reprinted by the Boston Transcript. A 666 cures Biliousness.
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Charles Brown
Margaret
David Preston
Boston Transcript
Questions Edison Used In Hiring Test For Applicants
Edison prepared a new set of exam questions for applicants, covering geography science and history. The list included queries on Apache lands, capitals, rivers at Pittsburgh, light vibrations, wheel safety, Suez Canal, orangutans, linen versus cotton, gummy details about Sago and TNT, Shakespeare, Pin money origins, and notable figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Edison
Edison
Tallahassee
Thomas A. Edison
Mississippi
Pittsburgh
la Paz
Idaho
Suez Canal
Welland Canal
Sago
Marshall Field
Herbert Spencer
England
Shakespeare
Key West
Havana
Why We Refer to Pin Money in History
A brief note on the origin of the phrase pin money from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries when pins were expensive and households set aside a small allowance for stockings and domestic purchases. This early spending term reflects frugality in daily household finance.
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United States
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MR. Edison
Might
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winstons Salem, N.C
Ou Eie
Bradstreet
Rexall Store
Hall
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Fordson
Detroit
Henry Ford
Sears Auto Co
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