Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-04-15
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The great strides made by the New York
Times within the last few. months form q
notable chapter in American journalism.
sion The New York Times has made steady
progress having within six months nearly
doubled its circulation. This growth, while
indeed gratifying, serves only to stimulate
the management to greater efforts. With a
view to the introduction of The New York
Times III homes where 1t is not now received,
where the improvement that has been made
may not be known, a plan has been devised to
reward those who may assist in the work of
increasing its circulation by Offering to any
man, woman or child. anyone of the standard
high-grade NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. bicycles,
600 new subscribers for The New York
Times, each for three months$3 If delivered
by carrier: S.. 80 If sent by mail. That no ef-
fort to increase the circulation OF The New
York Times may go unrewarded to those
who lind they can not secure more than fifty
subscribers for three months each, the choice
will be given Of any fifty dollar retail price,
WHO in their efforts fall short of fifty sub
scribers there will be paid 80 cents in cash for
every subscriber less than fifty.
Remember you can have your choice OF
any bicycle of American manufacture.
The Oner In Detail.
Any person desiring to undertake the work
of securing 100 subscribers should notify The
New York Times, and full instructions and
blanksw will be furnished. Under no circum
stances Will n SUBSCRIPTION DC accepted as
making up the number required Of any per-
son who has been regular reader OF The
New York Times since Jan. l, 1897. All list
will be investigated and if it is found they
Gently been regular reader, that subscrip-
toin will not be accepted to make up the list
of 100.
1t IS distinctly understood that all lists of
names are subject to yerification. All copies
of The New York Times ordered under this
plan must be delivered where The Times has
not heretofore been received. The offer Is
intended solely for new subscriptions, and
New York Times WILL under no circum-
stances be accepted in making UP the re-
quired number.
same address will not be accepted as two
new subscribers. The purpose of The Times
is to obtain wider distribution of its issues
in homes where it has not heretofore been
delivered.
Plan Of work.
Make up. a list of your, relatives, friends,
and acquaintance, only those to whom you
are well known. Give their full name and
postofice address. When you have the num-
Der, write or send to The Times office
cription blanks. Address and sign the letter
circulars inclosing addressed envelope for
reply. THE New. York Times will supply
The Ssw Yorh res sna they
will be mailed without cost to you; If you
mail them yourself you must affix to each
letter two-cents stamp. By this means you
may, without calling in person on your
friends, earn your choice Of any one-hun-
dred-dollar bicycle.
Itisnecessary Of course, in order to success
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paper The New York Times is. If you are
not reader of The Times, secure copy,
read IT carefully, and thus become acquainted
York Times is decent, dignified, enterpris-
ing, first-class newspaper. 1t has always
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stood for what Is best in the community; 1t 10
free ri 81 sfreaks;S il presents what opcurs
promptly, fully, and in a manner to interest
intelligent men and women. To be seen
reading The New York Times T. stamp oi
Of q young man who, when. applying for. Q
situation, and asked for preference by his
prospective employer, answered simply, u
ed into employment at once on the theory
that reading newspaper OF the quality OF
The New York Times Is certificate of good
character.
A Few Facts.
A large part Of the population Of Greater
ture and education who scrupulously ex-
clude from their homes sensational news
papers. They want pure, wholesome news
paper, which, while progressive and enter
details Of scandals and horrible accounts Of
crime. There Is growing revolt against
those newspapers which pander to the de-
PRAYED and which inf!ame the minds Of the
weakminded and unthinking BY oyerdrawn
tales of vice and immortality. The best men
In the community are calling halt on this
vicious tendency, and The New. York Times
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self respecting, modern newspaper should be.
Secure copy OF the Saturday edition and
o. serve the supplement, devoted to review
of books and art. Show this to your friends
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they will be interested at once In the attrac.
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Magazine Supplement which accompanies
the Sunday edition Is gem of art and litera-
ture. 1t compares favOrably with the best ten
cent magazines. A knowledge or these facts
will enable YOU TO properly present the
merits Of The New York Times to prospec-
Things worth having are not easily obtain-
ed. 1t requires earnest effort and untiring
persistence to secure 100 subscribers, and you
may hnd for the first day or two that the eff
fort u not 90 easy % you may imagine, but
perseverance, will surely bring success.
II you desire additional Information,
write to The Times: All questions will be
Icheerfully answered. This II = rare soppor-
tunity to secure your .choice of any Cf the
best one hundred dollar. bicyeles, sample
copies Of The Times sent ne 0n application.
The NV Yoex IIxHs
New York City,