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Library of Congress1895

Image 1 of Foster's daily Democrat (Dover, N.H.), December 20, 1895

DAILY DEMOCRAT LEADS ALL OTHERS FOLLOW GEO JFOSTER CO PROPRIETORS EANDY EAaANDY CANDY Buy your Candy of us we will make it right before your eyes on and after Saturday noon a good suggestion we think dont buy old candy Get it hot when youcan We give a ticket with every pound and you may get the Beautiful China Dinner Set And the Influence It Wields Over the Nations Affairs FIELD OF AMERICAN JOURNALISM Made Up of Worlds Brightest Literary Talent NEW YoRK Dec 20Oratory by gifted orators men prominent in pub lic and commercial life was the order of the evening at the American commerce banquet held at Delmonicos tonight The subject Our Merchant Marine was handled in a masterly manner by Hon Williamm P Frye The American Business Man by General Horace Por ter and American Commerce by Hon Don M Dickinsen in a speech bristling with interesting statistics General Charles H Taylor of the Boston Globe responded to the toastThe American Newspaper General Taylor spoke in part as follows A New Englander well may respond to this toast without apology since the first eat journalist of America Benjamin grranklin was born and baptized only around the cormer

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Library of Congress1893

Image 1 of The Bossier banner (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.), March 30, 1893

Established July 1 1859 A Map cf Busy Life Its Fluctuations and its Vast Concerns Subscription 1 a Year in Advance VOLUME 32 BENTON LA MARCH 30 1893 a o s JA ttonicy at Law i iti v Louisiam Snifter Bellevue Bossier jtar A Joan n es Sm i fh ttoruey at Law lieaton Bossier parish A J Ai u rtf Will J pruetiee in the Courts ol Bossier amt adjoitiiut parishes A If Lowry A ttoruev at Law Benton La Will prae tioeintho Courts of Bossier Bienville and Webster parishes Dr AY r AI Abney Physician and Surgeon BENTON LA Office at Drug Store of Benton Drug Co CITY HOTEL MILAM STREET SBBE VEPOll T LO UISIA NA A J REYNOLDS Proprietor Omnibusses Connect with all Trains G W SENTELL W B MCLEAN L K BARBER G W SENTELL JK Gr W Sentell Co Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants No 190 Gravier St New Orleans T M COMEGYS DEJYTIST Offiee on second floor in Zoiliaips Building Adjoining the Opera House Shreveport La O ffice hours from 9 a m to 5 p in ami trom 2 I m to 5 p in Telephone con nection Dr C Ratzburg OFAtlST

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Library of Congress1942

Image 4 of Browning chief (Browning, Mont.), November 27, 1942

The Browning Chief Entered as 2nd class matter July 15 1931 at the postoffice at Browning Montana under act of March 3 1979 Subscription 200 year in advance Mis Annie Duncan Owner A weekly newspaper published every Friday at Browning Glacier County Montana 1 To Meet Shi Quota A military event like the inva sion of Africa brings home to us all more poignantly than ever the importance of shipping in the crucial battles of this war It is more than gratifying to learn from Hear Admiral Emory S Land chairman of the U S Maritime Commission and head of the War Shipping Administra tion that the construction goal of 24000000 deadweight tons of merchant ships in 1942 and 1943 is being met Only a year ago our plans called for a total of but 12000 000 tons then the program was stepped up t o 18000000 tons Completion on schedule thus far of the 24000000 goal 6000000 of the 8000000 called for this year already delivered is a tri bute to an industry that has geared itself to meet the require ments of our fighting forces Catholic Altar Society Annual Bazar Dec II Plans under by the Catholic Altar

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Library of Congress1913

Image 5 of Cut Bank pioneer press (Cut Bank, Mont.), July 18, 1913

The Advertising Value of Circulation It is Always Found in the Home Going HomeStaying Newspaper The value of newspaper circulation cannot be gaug ed by the yardstick of quantity any more than a mans brain can be measured by the size of his head There are many ways to estimate the value of newspaper circulation to advertisers but only one way to PROVE it The proof is found on the merchant s balance sheet at the end of the year Thats the one true test of returns on any advertising investment The onetimeonly special sale adver tisement is seldom satisfactory An advertiser may by chance succeed with onetime advertising aiid this may lead him to the conclusion that this kind of advertising is permanently resultful But he doesnt count the cost and will never get much further in an advertising way by clinging to the onetime method Those influenced by such methods are not likely to repeat their purchases un less he continues to tempt them with extravagant price concessions Nor is a single advertisement a true test of the resultproducing power of any newspaper What an advertiser really wants to know about a medium is How do its subscribers

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Library of Congress1894

Image 1 of The Neihart herald (Neihart, Mont.), June 30, 1894

Hist oc of îfjeilïMrf FREE MEN A FREE BALLOT AND FREE SILVER VOL IV NO 31 NEIHART MONTANA JUNE 30 1894 ESTABLISHED 1890 SAVE MONEY jïî O x yoiid AND BUY YOUR j COOD8 AT SWEENEY BROS Q j WE DEFY COMPETITION And will prove to you that we can undersell any of our competitors in trade If you expend a dollar you are entitled to get all you can for it not alone in quantity of goods but in quality We will close out our immense stock of ladies mens and childrens BOOTS AND SHOES DRY GOODS FURNISHING GOODS AND CLOTHING FOR CASH REGARDLESS OF COST It will pay you to see us before you buy anywhere else T M LOWRY H A SHAW Lowry Shaw HARDWARE TIGEQTS B0 JGUIiES POÏÏIDE Crescent Steel Jewett Stoves and Ohio Steel Ranges Revere Rubber Cos Belting Hose etc T MONTÀNA NEIHART REALTY CO CHOICE Residence and Business Lots IpLocation in the Best Part of Town JppMost Convenient to the Business Part of Town Property will Double in Value before Six Months See us before gfoingf elsewhere Will TIEKNEY Manager NEIHART MONTANA JOHN R FITZSIMMONS The General Merchant We Have Made a Purchase

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Library of Congress1924

Image 5 of The Wolf Point herald (Wolf Point, Mont.), September 25, 1924

ADVERTISING IDEAS OE AN ADVERTISER Extracts From Address of Thomas K Kelly Before Cot ton States Merchants Association A few weeks before my fortieth birthday which was several years ago my wife handed me a good sized bunch of letters one morning the letters being addressed and stamped suggested that I drop them in the mail box on the way to the office I wore my raincoat that morning it happened to be raining so I slipped the letters in the pocket of the coat and upon arriving at the office I plac ed the coat in the locker and forgot all about the letters Î did not wear that same coat again for several weeks and thats where my 1 rouble started These letters happened to be invitations to my torn eth birthday party The evening of the party came the stage was all set The dinner was supposed to be at 600 P M but nobody showed up We waited until seven but my friends failed to arrive then lo and beholdmy wife said to me Do you recall a morning some few weeks ago when I gave you those letters to mail They were the invitations to

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Library of Congress1921

Image 6 of The Neshoba Democrat (Philadelphia, Miss.), May 19, 1921

What It Means To Your Community Artemus Ward one of the great students of the psychology of pub licity once made the following ad dress before the merchants of a small town In New York and what he said said then is applicable now to mer chants everywhere A country weekly newspaper do 1 lug a business of five thousand dol lars a year is worth fifty thousand dollars to the business and profes sional men of the community and can Ik made worth one hundred thousand dollars a year to them If yon dont believe that statement try to get along wlthoutyour paper To talk about supporting your newspaper is about as damphoolish us to talk about supporting a store a bank or a manufacturing enter prise You wouldn be much in the world If you didnt trade in a store have a hank account and have some outlet for the energy of the citizens Too many business men look upon the local newspaper as an incubus a sort of charity Yet the local paper Is us much a public Institution us the public library the churches the hospitals or even the commercial club with the difference that It

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Library of Congress1886

Image 1 of The Meridional (Abbeville, La.), January 16, 1886, (English)

r aYIu ABBEVILLE LOUISIANA SATURDAY JANUABY 1o 1880 NO 80 H J EDWARDS X D TOUNG EDWARDS Physicians Surgeons BBEVILLB LA opposite ýadeleine Square 1 T C Youngs Drug Store at N C Youngs mug Store given prompt attention M SALOON 1M Proptietol ABBEVILLE LA lbrte resort of pleasfrs and will be found one of the most in the town to while hours in rocreation Good K ES LN4j D CIGARS oad and also a Pool and lil Kind and polite attention eivery one Oct 3n51y IBEAUXIS ABBEVILLE LA geonst4aatly on hand a fresh and spply of Family Groceries of all f ned and J erred Gends of a full and Couutly Produce of every and the very best brands of yeWiucs and Cigars Unaidies aikes tsh retails Liquor by the drink bargnis and fresh goods I claim srpjeed by any other merchant placeOct3d51y AL PRODUCE AND CoxwIssION MEPCHANT DRALutR IN AR MOL4SSES COTTON AND ALL KINDS OF RY AND WESTERN IROD U C E 61 Poydrats Street NEW ORLEANS L V Boi 3215 promptly attended to W W EDWARDS LAW Y E3R Ah ville La WIllatteed to all bnsines in the line of gouduulo in Vermiliou or the adjoin

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Library of Congress1891

Image 4 of The Meridional (Abbeville, La.), July 18, 1891

Endorsing The system of endorsing is all wrong and should be utterly abol ished It has been the financial ruin of more men than perhaps all other causes BoolcKeeping a jour nal devoted to merchants clerks and business men advises our young men especially to study the matter carefully in all its bearings and adopt some settled policy to govern their conduct so as to be ready to answer the man who ask them to sign his note What responsibility does one assume when he endorses a note Simply this He is held for the payment of the amount in full principal and interest if the maker of the note though misfor tune mismanagement or rascality fails to pay it Notice the endors er assumes this responsibility with no voice in the management of the business and no share in the profits of the transaction if it proves profit able but with a certainty of loss if for any of the reason stated the principal fails to pay the note LA GRIPPE AGAIN During the epedemic of Ia grippe last season Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds proved to be the best remedy Reports from the many

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Library of Congress1895

Image 4 of The Meridional (Abbeville, La.), August 10, 1895

The Hlorr Harvey debate on the slyer question which has been going on in Chicago for a couple of weeks camne to an end on Monday Case Waterman was sentenced last week to thirty years imprison ment for attempting to wreck an express train on the Detroit Grand Haven and Milwaukee road on July The Great Falls Manufacturing Company of Sowersworth New Hampshire have notified their help of an eight per cent increase in wages to take effect August 1 The company employs ahrl 2000 men Solicitor Reeve of the Treasury Department has decided that a Chinese restaurant keeper is not a merchant within the meaning of the Chinese Exclusion act and is not entitled to reenter the United States Nineteco lodges of puddlers at Youngstown Ohio decided on Sat urday night to withdraw from the Amalgamated Association and form an exclusive puddlers union They are dissatisfied because the base of the puddling scaie is not fixed at 450 per ton It is the best patent medicine in the world is what Mr E M Hart znan of Marquam Oregon says of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy What leads me to make this assertion is from the fact that

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Library of Congress1864