The Passing Day The danger to small towns from prosperity
A call to small town merchants to unite and hustle for business amid modern transport and advertising. The piece argues trade shifts to more aggressive towns, urges cooperative and personal advertising, and cites Fred Anderson of Cozad Nebraska who built a $300,000 annual business by spending on ads and offering right goods and treatment. Anderson advocates five percent ad spend as a starting rule.
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Fred Anderson
Cozad
Nebraska
Anderson
Borozone Healing Remedy Promises Fast Wound Cure
An old advertisement touts Borozone as a cure for infected wounds, claiming it cleanses germs and speeds flesh healing. Liquid packs priced from 30¢ to $1.20, powder 30¢ and 60¢, sold by Bow-Wright Drug Co.
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Bow-Wright Drug CO
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Claims Revitalizing Health
A tonic marketed as energizing and purifying announces it strengthens the blood with iron and quinine to improve appetite and complexion. It claims to destroy malarial and grip germs through its strengthening effect and is presented as child friendly at 60 cents.
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Grove
Railroad time table brief notices and arrivals
Railroad names M K T and Cotton Belt list arrival times at various stations with morning and evening slots. It notes 11 02 a m and 10 50 p m for M K T North, other times 5 35 a m 4 43 p m for M K T South and 8 16 a m for Cotton Belt West plus 6 35 p m for M B. It ends with a call to call The Sun or reporter Ethel Gordon when visiting.
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North
Cotton Belt
West
She Cotton Belt
East
Oto
the Sun
Ethel Gordon
Advice for Local Advertisers From Historic Message
A fragment urges advertisers to keep windows trimmed and hooked to ads, change weekly, participate in community fairs, maintain roads into the city, write ads conversationally, and promote churches chautauquas fair associations and efforts that build the town.
Constipation Help Ad Promotes Elderly Comfort
An advertisement urges elderly readers to avoid constipation and promotes Chamberlain's Tablets for relief. The ad claims improved appetite digestion liver function and regular movement without griping or nausea at a small cost of 25 cents. Also mentions tire trade offer from Morehead's Filling Station.
Remedy for Worms Promised by White's Vermifuge
Sickly children suffer from intestinal worms making them cross and listless. Pale skin, dark eye rings, bad breath signal worm infestation. White's Cream Vermifuge is advertised as a safe, effective remedy. Price 35 cents. Sold by local druggists.
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Bow-Wright Drug Co
Laxative Brom Quinine Tablets Advertised in Grove Box
An old advertisement promotes LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets with Grove's signature on the box. It claims to remove the cause and lists a 30 cent price.
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Grove
Mrs. Tucker's Shortening advertised in Sherman TX
An advertisement urges readers to buy Mrs. Tucker's pure vegetable shortening made from cottonseed oil. It promises light tender muffins and cakes, less greasy fried foods, butter-like richness without lard heaviness, and a fresh air-tight container that doubles as a household bucket when empty. Interstate Cotton Oil Refining Co. markets the product from Sherman, Texas.
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Mrs. Tucker
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Barnum
Mr. Anderson
Baker Laboratories, Inc
Linden Ave
Memphis
Tenn
M.-K
Morehead’s
Bulls
G Witif
Fordor
F.o.b
Detroit
America
Cardu
Cardul
Bull” Durham
Will Rogers
Ziegfeld Follies
Kindergarden
Durham
P. S
Fifth Avenue
New York City
J. W. Davidson
the Quality Store
F. E
FORD
Ford Note, Company
Gillett Grain Co
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