Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1898 — DENVER'S WAR IS ENDED. [ARTICLE]

DENVER'S WAR IS ENDED.

Mig Stores Abandon Their Fight Ana 1 nst the Newspapers, After a tight lusting nine days, the advertising department stores of Denver which nttempted to dictate rates to the local daily papers, made an unconditional surrender. The lesson of the last ten days is a clear demonstration of the value of advertising, for during that time the hig stores \yero empty, and clerks were employed to scrub floors pud windows In a vain effort to find work to keep them going during business hours. A number of small concerns that took advantage of the boycott to begin advertising found immediate results, one lmuse having to enll for the police to keep hack the crowds, while the large places were practically empty. . - The casino at Willard Beach, South Fort hind, Me., was burned, tausing a loss of $39,000.