BUSINESS
Shear Expressions owner, manager complete trip to New York City 
By Beth Rickers , September 14, 2009
Sievert’s opens location in Jackson 
JACKSON — A new furniture and flooring store quietly opened its doors this summer in Jackson, testing the waters before the grand opening of Sievert’s Furniture and Floors the weekend of Aug. 5.
By Kari Lucin , August 31, 2009
Brief: County refunds jail revenue bonds 
WORTHINGTON — Nobles County commissioners convened a special Housing and Redevelopment Authority meeting Monday morning to approve the refunding of $5.87 million in jail lease revenue bonds.
By Daily Globe , August 25, 2009
Brief: Three earn ATP certification 
SHELDON, Iowa — Ed Getting, Bill Langfitt and Jon Ruehle have earned the Assistive Technology Professional (ATP) certification from the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA).
By Daily Globe , August 24, 2009
Brief: Society of CIC honors Nickel 
WORTHINGTON — The Society of Certified Insurance Counselors (CIC) recently recognized James Nickel, of Nickel & Associates Insurance Agency in Worthington, with a certificate honoring his 30 years of participation in advanced education.
By Daily Globe , August 24, 2009
Brief: Operation Round Up applications available 
WORTHINGTON — Nobles Cooperative Electric members help their neighbors and their communities a penny, a nickel, a dime and a quarter at a time through Operation Round Up.
By Daily Globe , August 17, 2009
Brief: Stroke screening to be offered Thursday at American Legion 
WORTHINGTON — Many people go through their daily routines without realizing how close they are to suffering a life-threatening stroke.
By Daily Globe , August 17, 2009
Urban Fashion expands 
WORTHINGTON — Originally from Chicago, Azeem Muhammed is familiar with what’s popular in the urban fashion scene for young people, particularly those of Latino and African-American heritage. His Sioux Falls, S.D., store, Chicago Gear, has done a good business in marketing such goods, and now he’s brought the concept to Worthington.
By Beth Rickers , August 17, 2009
Laid-off Minnesotans ‘falling through cracks’ 
ST. PAUL – Members of Jack Thronson’s union are struggling, and not just because many have lost jobs.
By Don Davis, State Capitol Bureau , August 11, 2009
Economists: Unemployment will linger for years 
WILLMAR - There is a growing sense among economists that the worst of the recession might be over. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said for the labor market.
By Christopher Leonard, West Central Tribune , August 11, 2009
Economist: World avoided 2nd Great Depression 
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Aggressive stimulus spending by governments helped the world avoid a second Great Depression but full economic recovery will take two years or more, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman said today.
By The Associated Press , August 10, 2009
Maynard’s celebrates grand re-opening 
By Julie Buntjer , August 10, 2009
Column: Agribusiness is the problem 
Farmers can’t make a living farming. Why should farmers have to work 200 days a year off-farm just so they can continue to farm, one of the most labor intensive and necessary jobs in the country?
By Jim Goodman, Minuteman Media , August 05, 2009
Amazon sued over Kindle deletion of Orwell books 
SEATTLE — A high school student is suing Amazon.com Inc. for deleting an e-book he purchased for the Kindle reader, saying his electronic notes were bollixed, too.
By Associated Press , August 03, 2009
Smart Savings hopes to expand business 
WORTHINGTON —- After only a few months, the racks at Smart Savings are filled with clothing, and the shelves display a variety of other products.
By Laura Grevas , August 03, 2009
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1959: Creepy Redneck Style Advertising
This Hallbeck's advertisement from 1959 is terribly, terribly creepy for some reason I can't quite define. Hallbeck's doubtless had plenty of other
1944: Clean Your Garments Sanely
Band Box Cleaners was the safe and sane non-inflammable (inflammable means the same thing as flammable, by the way) way to clean your garments in
1934: Phoenix Stockings at Schmidt Shoe Store
Schmidt Shoe Store was selling Phoenix "budget" chiffons in 1934 for 79 cents apiece.
Notice these precede the invention of the pantyho
1959: Ford Stresses Miles Per Gallon
The Ford Falcon was rated at up to 30 miles per gallon back in 1959, according to this advertisement featuring two cartoon birdies.
1944: Coffee Must Be Roasted Evenly Or Else
This 1944 coffee advertising uses very emphatic fonts to get the message across that coffee must be roasted evenly. What the consequence for roast
1959: Facts are Stubborn Things
Was the name of this business Bishop's or Kuppenheimer Clothes? Either way, this 1959 ad says "Facts are stubborn things." Most days, I wi
1934: New Business to Open in Worthington
Unity Mills Distributing Co. was opening a branch in Worthington in 1934, which was a subsidiary company of Pillsbury. It was to be located on Ninth
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