Via ProQuest Historical Newspapers. 1 page., U.S. Court of Appeals ordered the Midwest Farm Paper Unit, Inc., to pay $37,000 in damages for having acquired a substantial monopoly of the advertising in that type of publication, and that competition was destroyed.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 188 Document Number: D01169
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Comments at the "WLS National Barn Dance Anniversary 89 Years" occasion in the abandoned "Hayloft" at 1230 W. Washington Boulevard, Chicago, on March 23, 2013. Sponsored by the Radio Hall of Fame and Museum of Broadcast Communications, Chicago. 3 pages.
USA: Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, Illinois.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C15126
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320 pages., Chapter 10 (pp. 226-238) "Down on the Farm" - describes early farm magazines, leading farm periodicals, regionals, journals featuring special breeds and crops, and those for rural youths. --- Chapter 11 (pp. 239-272) "Land of the Giants" - includes information about farm publishers such as Meredith Corporation, The Miller Publishing Company, Prairie Farmer Publishing Company and Watt Publishing Company.
USA: University of Illinois Press, Urbana, Illinois
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 111 Document Number: C10788
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329 pages., Biography of Burridge D. Butler, owner of Prairie Farmer state farm paper, Radio Station WLS, Chicago, Illinois, and other media organizations in Arizona during his industrious career. Chronicles the history of these two major mass media organizations which he came to control early in the 1900s.
