Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-01-19
Again "rhe Only COUNTY Paper''

Again "rhe Only COUNTY Paper.
The claim THE AMERICAN makes of
being the only paper printed in Han
cock county that can properly be
called county paper-not merely
local one-has been vigorously dis
puted by our esteemed contempora-
RES, the Bar Harbor Record and the
Ellsworth Enterprise. The former
styles itself "the leading county pa
peri; the latter "the best county
paper.
Let's see how we'll their claims are
founded. In its issue of Jan. 5, the
1leading paper, which is the Record,
according to the Record, had news
from nine post Offices outside of Bar
Harbor; in its issue of the same date,
the ''best county paper, which is the
Enterprise, according to the Enterprise,
had news from seven post Offices out
eide of Ellsworth; total for both pa
pers, sixteen.
In it's issue of same date the "only
county paper -, which is THE
AMERICAN, had news from thirty one
post offices outside of Ellsworth, or
double the number in both the other
papers.
Last weeks issue showed up even
worse than this for the so-called
"leading'' and the so-called "best"
papers. The Record had news from
as many as seven post offices and the
Enterprise from FIVE; while THE
AMERICAN (only county paper had
news from forty -four-almost four
times as many as the two sheets put
together.
Our contemporaries may claim that
although we may beat them on the
Nunlber of post Offices represented,
quantity is still with them; let us
make comparison by inches. In its
issue of Jan. The AMERICAN (only
county paper had nearly a column
more than its two hebdomadal con-
temporaries put together, and COM
Parison by lens" (the printers meas
urement-and the only proper one)
shows that it beat them both by over
. per cent. In las. weeks issue the
showing was still worse, The AMERI-
CAN having 145 inches against seventy
inches in the combination, and more
than $50 per cent more matter than
both of them.
No other paper printed in the
county besides THE AMERICAN has
subscribers in every town in the
county; no other paper has so large
a list of county correspondents; no
other paper prints so much county
news; no other paper prints SO much
local news; no other paper prints SO
much original news; no other paper
prints as regular features the real es-
tate transfers, the doings of the pro-
bate and insolvency courts, the mar
ket reports.
No other paper printed in the
county has anything like SO large a
circulation as THE AMERICAN. While
we cannot speak from absolute knowl-
edge, we have good reasons for be-
Heving that THE AMERICANS county
circulation is as large as that of our
two contemporaries combined.
THE AMERICAN alone systemati-
cally collects the births, marriages
and deaths in the county; our con-
temporaries usually appropriate them
the following week; every one of
those printed in the Record last week
appeared in THE AMERICAN the week
before.
The issues of the past two weeks
are fair samples of the three papers
the year round. THE AMERICAN is
the only paper that covers the county;
therefore being the only county paper
it is of necessity the .'best" and also
the ''leading" paper. And as local
paper it is the peer of its contempt
raries in every respect. 1t has no
rivals, and but two contemporaries !;
it has no equals, and but two imita-
tors.
The year has opened with very
satisfactory prospect, says Dun's Re-