Name: Beaver Beacon announces a subscription-price increase to support printing, 1986
Start: 1986-06-30
End: 1986-06-30
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Date: 1986-06-30
Kind: Publication
Where: Beaver Island
Carried out by: Beaver Island Civic Association
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: publicationeconomycommunicationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Civic Association announced that after June 30, 1986, annual Beaver Beacon subscriptions would cost $12 and newsstand copies $1.25, with the increase intended to support printing-equipment upgrades.

Evidence limits

This is a published policy notice, not a subscription ledger, equipment invoice, or audited financial record.

Sources

Civic Meeting, May 12, 1986, Beaver Beacon, June 1986.
Reports that the Civic Association would raise the annual subscription to $12 and the newsstand price to $1.25 for subscriptions and copies after June 30, to help upgrade Beacon printing equipment. It is a published policy notice, not a subscription ledger, equipment invoice, or audited financial record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1986-06_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, June 1986, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held nineteen-page June issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the subscription-price notice.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1986-06_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon subscription form, Beaver Beacon, July 1986.
The July mailing form requests $12 for one year, corroborating the announced annual subscription price. It does not provide subscription volume, receipts, or printing-equipment expenditures. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1986-07_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, July 1986, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held nineteen-page July issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and corroborates the subscription-price notice.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1986-07_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon subscription form, Beaver Beacon, August 1986.
The August mailing form again requests $12 for one year, corroborating the current annual subscription price. It does not provide subscription volume, receipts, or printing-equipment expenditures. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1986-08_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, August 1986, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held thirteen-page August issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and corroborates the subscription-price notice.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1986-08_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon announces a subscription-price increase to support printing, 1986”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-beacon-subscription-price-change-june-1986/, accessed [date], citing Civic Meeting, May 12, 1986, Beaver Beacon, June 1986. (and 5 further sources listed on the page).

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