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Image 8 of The Bozeman courier (Bozeman, Mont.), July 20, 1921

I i Hitting 75he Nail on Z5he Head FALLING PRICES AND NEWSPAPER COSTS From the Great Falls Leader A Leader subscriber writes to ksow why in the general readjust ment of costs there has not been a reduction in the subscription price of this newspaper To answer this ques tion very briefly it is because in the general readjustment there has been no reduction in the cost of producing a newspaper On the other hand newspaper costs are higher now than at any previous period either before during or since the war While dur ing the last year for instance the I 1 REXO CAMERAS 350 to 65 Always give Satisfaction EASTMAN FILMS Photo supplies Albums and Accessories Developing Printing Enlarging and Tinting Our dark room is equipped for first class work and our experts can give 12hour service COXPOETTER DRUG CO Phone 128 10 E Main HARRERS WHOLE MILK BRICK CHEESE eæt Mild and creamyby the brick per lb Small amounts per lb 20c 25c Blue Hill The cheese with the snap and always fresh Pimento Green Chili and Plain Cream per cake 15c Spud Chips Crisp and fresh per pkg 20c Let us put a case of Budweiser

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), April 6, 1905

The Increased Cost of Living One of the most interesting problems of to day is tlie rise in the cost of liv ing Itaffects everybody and accord ingly there is no one for whom it has not a keen interest While the poor suffer most owing to the great increase m the prices of bare necessaries the rich are likewise made uncomfortable Mr Midas for example does not enjoy paying 50 per cent more for a diamond necklace than the jeweler would have asked for the same article four or five years ago To most people the situa tion signifies in effect a considerable reduction of income and the individual who feels it most perhaps is the sal aried man whose wages remain un changed while their purchasing power is seriously diminished Young Mr lienedick let ns say has just taken the adventurous leap into matrimony He earns only a moderate satorv hut enough as he and his little wTTe have figured it out to maintain a comfortable home on a modest scale Having saved a few hundred dollars sufficient to build a house with a view to the eventual acquisition of full own ership in the propertyon the instal

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), September 21, 1911

The Story of a Man Who Made Good BY HARRY LEE SNYDER From the National Magazine About ten oclock in the morning of the first day of April the high cost of living landed h solar plexus blow I had just paid my good German landlady for my preceding weeks board and lodging and she had remarked apologetically Pota toes costs so much an meat is so high once that it is 1 must ask you for ten dollars every week already And I had been paying only seven I went to my office and sat down at my desk to think things overa not alto ether pleasant or wholly profitable task was a lawyer My honest old black smith fatherhaving in mind nothing but the thought of securing my futurehad made numberless sacrifices that I might be educated and his dearest wish had been to see me cozily established in my chosen profession Within a week after my admission to the bar he died and I found myself alone in the world for my mother had passed away some years be fore As I sat at my desk that morning 1 fell to thinking of my fathers last words

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), February 28, 1918

6 _ r NO MOE CATARRH A Guaranteed Treatment That Has Stood the Test of Time Catarrh cures come and catarrh cures go but Hyomei continues to heal catarrh and abolish its disgusting symptoms wherever civilization exists Every year the already enormous sales of this really scientific treatment for catarrh grow greater and the present year should show all records broken If you breathe Hyomei daily as directed it will end your catarrh or it wont cost you a cent If you have a hard rubber Hyomei in haler somewhere around the house get it out and start it at once to forever rid ydbrself of catarrh A A Howes Co or any other good druggist will sell you a bottle of Hyomei liquid start to breathe it and notice how quickly it clears out the air passages and makes the entire head feel fine Hyomei used regularly will end catarrh coughs colds bronchitis or asthma A complete outfit including a hard rubber pocket inhaler and bottle of Hyomei costs but little No stomach dosing just breathe it It kills the germs soothes and heals the inflamed membrane MAINE ITEMS Senator Fernalds Portrait The portrait of Senator Bert M Fer

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Image 2 of The Billings gazette (Billings, Mont.), October 3, 1899, (Semi-weekly)

The Billings Gazette SBDElIIIWEEKLY U L BOARDMAN 3Adltor nd Puebli2soer Ofiielal City and County Paper Rntered at the Billings Postoffice as Second Class Matter Subscription 1Iatee One year in advance 8300 Six months 150 Single copies 05 TUESDAY OCTOBER 3 1899 ILLUSTRATED HISTORICAL EIITION The Illustrated Historical Edition oi The Gazette which has been in courst of preparation since last spring will be issued next Friday It is in maga zine form consists of fiftyone pages inside the covers is embellished with 160 fine halftone engravings and the subject matter is descriptive of the splendid resources of Billings and Yel lowstone and Carbon counties De parting from the usual custom in is suing editions of this character one copy will be sent free to every sub scriber of The Gazette while extra copies will be on sale at this office at 25 cents Each and every copy of the edition has actually cost that sum to produce it the management of this newspaper depending on the individual writeups for profit which is reduced to a minimum on account of the cost of the engravings and other heavy ex penses incident to a publication of this nature In other words The

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Image 1 of The Harlem news (Harlem, Mont.), November 4, 1932

A Constmctive Newspaper TWENTYNINTH YEAR BELKNAP HERD FIRST IN MILK PRODUCTION BOARDING SCHOOL DAIRY HERD RANKS HIGH IN INDIAN SER VICE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIA TION COMPETING WITH 73 OTHER HERDS The herd of Holstein cows at Belknap Boarding School ranked first in the Indian Service Dairy Herd Improve ment Association for milk production last month There are 73 herds in this association located at various Indian Agencies schools and hospitals thru out the United States Belknap herd topped the list for Sep tember with an average production of 11044 pounds of milk per cow This average is based on the entire herd of 24 cows three of which were dry dur ing the month Myrtle a registered cow gave 2131 pounds of milk which is an aver age of over 71 pounds per day or nearly nine gallons Pauline another registered cow produced 1894 pounds during the month The herd has been closely enllcd the past year to eliminate the poor pro ducers By keeping accurate records of production and feed costs the un profitable cows were soon weeded out which resulted in fewer cows needed and less feed cost for the same amount of milk Many Montanans Expected To Register

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), April 25, 1901

JACKS COAT BY LAURA J RITTNHOUSE Jack Turner looked gloomily out of the window his handsome face disfigur ed by a scowl Its always so Just as sure as I have a chance for a good time some obstacle arises to prevent it Howard has a pass for me and my trip south wouldnt cost me a cent if only I had something decent to wear Mrs Turner dropped her work and sighed It does seem hard Jack but I really dont see how to help it If we should buy4kou a summer suit now youd have to wear your old suit again next winter you know she said plaintively Oh I know that well enough mother so it isnt worth while talking about it It seems to me Ive heard of nothing but poverty all my life Were so poor Jobsturkey wouldnt associate with us he said savagely then stalked from the room with the air of a martyr His sister Doris went on darning steadily for awhile Im ever so sorry for poor Jack she said at last a suspicion of tears in her voice I wish 1 could help him some way but Im afraid I cant

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), November 23, 1911

FRANK W GOWEN Frank W Gowen widely known in temperance work and as a very active business man left Waterville last week to locate in Southern California Mr Gowen has been one of the most active workers in Maine for Prohibition by voice and pen and from a boy an earnest Good Templar in which organization he became very prominent He has held high office in this order in Maine also in the Supreme Lodge of the world having been Supreme Lecturer and organizer and visited many States in the Union in its interest also Canada and only a few years ago was sent to Europe twice in succession by the Maine Good Templars to represent them in the worlds sessions of the order Mr Gowen has also been engaged in the insurance business for many years and it is understood that he will engage in the same business in Cali fornia He is a gentleman of dis tinguished presence and will be missed in Maine but all of his friends throughout the State will wish him suc cess in his business undertaking on the r acuu tuasi COST OF LIVING THE SAME TODAY AS FORTY YEARS AGO In the

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), October 3, 1912

RHEUMATIC SUFFERER Throws Away Cane When Rheuma Ban ishes Swelling From Knees and Ankle Every reader of Th Journal who is op pressed or tortured with Rheumatism Sciatica or aiiiiniiB is iuvhcu w gu to A A Howes Cos and secure a bottle of RHEUM A the remedy that made Mrs Knox happy and healthy If it doesnt drive the poisonous waste matter from your sys tem and end your agony you can have your money back A bottle costs but 0 cents For 14 months I was so badly afflicted with Rheu matism that much of the time I was obliged to use a cane 111 wanting vii me rccum mendation of your druggist in Glens Falls I used one bottle of RHEUM A and THE CANE IS IN THE CORNER NOW No one could be happier than I am to be rid of the pain swollen knees contracting muscles under the knees and badly swollen ankles When I tell you my weight is 238 pounds you will understand what the use of RHEUM A for Rheumatism means to me 1 certainly believe there is no remedy for the disease like RHEUM A Signed Mrs Daniel S Knox Severance

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), May 23, 1918

When you lave a house to rent Give it a coat of good paint before you tack a sign on it It wont cost as much as repairs will later Also a wellpainted house always r rents more readily than a shabby onerents lor more money too pvi1 rxV 1 The Guaranteed UhV UK Lea ancf Zinc Paint Fewer GallonsWears Longer It is just as essential to use good i paint on a house you own and rent as on the one you live in There fore paint with Devoe and increase the value of your property We guarantee Devoe because we know it is pure and because we know that it always gives our cus tomers satisfaction Itcontains no w hiting silica china clay or other adulterants Devoe is guaranteed to take fewer gallons and wear longer We are always glad to show attract ive color combinations Ask for booklet Keep Appearances Up and Expenses Down HALLELLIS HARDWARE CO Everything in Hardware Tel 55 52 Main Street Be iast Maine ALL 5UKI3 Let Your Boy Choose If you as the father want your son to be a lawyer and on the top of that your boy would really like

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), October 17, 1918

6__ Daily dose Tn these days of necessary thrift and household economy you will make no mistake in keeping your health good and preventing sickness within your family TVe do not know of any prescription that combines such reliable medicines for in digestion biliousness headache and con stipation as that longtried and trustworthy family rem edy the True L FJ At woods Medicine or Bitters 2s or is there anything so good that will cost you only one cent a dose Buy it to day of your dealer Insist upon having only the gen uine L F 60 dose bottle 50 cents as made by the L F Medicine Co Portland Me What Becomes of All the Old I Trucks B O Norton local distributor for In diana Trucks discovered the answer to the question of What Becomes of All the Old Trucks In news he received today that the first Indiana Truck built eight years ago is still in service work ing hard every day Apparently Indianas dont wear out at all A search of the truck records revealed the fact that eight vears ago when the Indiana people had built their first truck they gave it rigorous engineering

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), January 30, 1919

HOME TOWN HELPS BUILD WITH EYE TO BEAUTY Duty of All Who Plan Home to Con sider Well How Structure Will Appear to Beholder The beauty that may bo had out of the common things of the earth is well illustrated by the homes that one sometimes sees a beauty that is all the more emphasized by the contrast in the hideous result of the use of the same common things by others You will see in the country places as you go about how one man will take the things that are to his hand and build from them a beautiful house He took the rock and stone the wood the sand and the earth that were un der his feet Out of these he framed a rooftree that is a kindness to the j eye Another man with the same mate rials threw them together crudely makiug a thing that had to go by the name of a house but which offends the eye that beholds it The one house cost no more in either labor or money than the other yet the results are as different as day aud night The most striking as well us the

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), February 20, 1919

C ts you Can you think of auy cheap er way to overcome the ordi nary kinds of sickness that nearly everybody lias occa sionally than by using a strictly n liable prescription or preparation of medicines that costs only ONE CENT a dose Isnt it real economy to have a bottle always at hand to use when you feel bilious or if your food distresses or your headaches Surely theres nothing like the original LlYAtwoodsMedicine to relieve slowacting bowels or chronic constipation This condition often leads to serious illness relieve it with the true L F made only by tho L F Medicine Co Portland Me Ask your dealer 10c and 15c AKE FOH SALE IN BELFAST BY ESSIE P CARLE Who by special arrangement has all the patterns all the time NO W AITING TO SEND Fashions Carnival Opera Audiences a Kaleidoscope of Bril liant Hues Avenue Crowds in Fancy Hats Jewelry and Ornaments in De mand New York Feb 17 1919 Every fashionable audience here reveals an orgy of color and glitter Pastel tints are lost j in the blaze of brilliant primary lines in 1 combinations not outdone even in the I far east Blue and

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Image 2 of Jackson advocate (Jackson, Miss.), February 23, 1946

Party Leaders Urged To Act Against FEPC Killers C NEW YORKAction against iii Republican and Democratic euators who voted against cloture d killed FEPC was urged by t Workers Defense League in omprehenshre U S Housing Plans Made Wilson Wyatt Sees Adequate Race Provision H J VMES L HICKS NNPA Staff Writer w SHINGTON D C The x nd moderate cost homes by the of next year will include houses colored occupancy as well as i whites Wilson W7yatt nation hot sing expediter indicated at conference last Monday While Mr Wyatt believes local ohw must be met by local w hip he said he was aware he oblem of finding suitable for the construction of homes or coloied people We are aware of the problem i Mr Wyatt and certainly do expect to produce housing for ust white people J Federal Assistance In s program of emergency suros to get started this year lcO00 homes he recommended 10 the President that Federal co operation and assistance where ary be given in the develop ment of home sites People familiar with housing i obi ms of colored people recog c that one of their greatest dif taulties is the finding of

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Image 6 of Jackson advocate (Jackson, Miss.), February 24, 1951

Garretts Service Beauty Shoppe 727 N Parish St lip Stairs EXPERIENCED OPERATORS Association For Supervision And Curriculum Development Meets i y I Group ounts Many Negro Members Detroit Michigan February 15 1051 Education must contribute to the struggle to save democracy Walter Reuther president of the United Auto Workers CTO told a general session of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development meeting at the Stat ler Hotel here last week Supporting this view Mr Tteu ther declared The struggle be tween freedom and tyranny be tween democracy and communism is basically a struggle for mens j JjLijffjr m in r jOBF rBl wjir fBO your family for less 58 TESTED GLAMOROUS 58 COMPLETE DINNER MENUS HAMBURGER RECIPES EACH ONE A MONEY SAVER With The Coupon Below m We Pay The Cost Of Mailing The Book To You _ 1 I if a a H I I I I Hf 111 J2E H I I 11 I I J I I H 1111 m The Jackson Advocate SK 4061 N Farish St Jackson Miss mm Enclosed is S_ no stomps please and _coupons SH Please send me postpaid_cookbooks NAME pitas print jfl ADDRESS_ pitas print CITY_ZONE_STATE_ __ pitas print This

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Image 9 of Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), July 7, 1925

Look Into the Home to Determine Adequate Advertising A DEQUATE advertising in any medium is determined by certain basic facts which are found in the home No advertiser can arbitrarily decide how much advertising effort is sufficient to influence the readers of any newspaper to the fullest degree The answer is found among the readerfamilies Minimum advertising is determined by the minimum purchases of the readergroup The only other controlling factors are the merit and available supply of the merchandise for saleand the spread between cost and selling prices Let us examine a thousand average homes to learn the minimum expendi ture for clothing advertising which can be called adequate The average U S family spends 23535 per year for clothing A thousand families purchase 23535000 worth of clothing annually It is the universal practice of clothing retailers to invest at least 3 for advertising Therefore the purchases of every thousand families who sub scribe to this newspaper justify an investment of more than 7000 in clothing advertising in this medium every year Ten clothing merchants would each be justified in spending 700 per thousand circulation per year Are you positive that your advertising effort is adequate in this newspaper

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Image 4 of Oxford Democrat (Paris, Me.), February 20, 1906

ALMOST AS GOOD AS A DAILY NEWS PAPER The NewYork TriWeekly Tribune is a metropolitan newspaper or busy people almost as good as a daily and your Rural Free Delivery Carriei brings it to your door three times every week It is published on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays and contains all the most important news of The Daily Tribune whioh is a guarantee of its value If you live in the village or on a farm and have not time for a daily newspaper you may be kept in olose toueb with all important news of the world at a very small cost The regular price of THE NEW YORK TRIWEEKLY TRIBUNE is only 160 per year butyou can secure it with your own favorite local newspaper The Oxford Democrat Both Papers One Year for 225 Send your order anl money to The Oxford Democrat South Paris Maine Tour name and address on a postal card to THE NEW YORK TRIWEEKLY TRIBUNE NewYork City will bring you a free sample copy A LOW PRICE ON Wool Carpets to close out odd patterns and clean up stock Chas F Ridlon Corner Main and Danforth Sts NORWAY MAINE Soup Stomach No appetite

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