Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1898-11-04
YOUR LOCAL PAPER.
HAVE YOU ANY IDEA OF WHAT 1T HAS
DONE FOR Yout

RAISING TnOukhtt-An nutsOrIe
Interesting Review of the subject.
The paper has done 80 things for you
and Is only anxious TO do 80 more.
It told your friends when your par
ents were married.
1t announced to the world when you
were born.
II recorded the great events Of your
childhood, when you were lost as q
wandering baby, when you had the
measles and soarlet fever, when you fell
into the washtub and nearly drowned,
when you fell from the cherry tree and
broke your COLLAR bone, when you first
started to school and when you earned
your first prize. .
Later on it told how you had COM
pleted the studies of tho district school
and how eloquently You reoited your
graduating Grafton.
II told Of your entering high school or
academy. It told Of your contests In
baseball and tennis. 1t told Of your do
parture for college or your first venture
In business
1t told of your various visits back to
the old home neighborhood. and 10 al
ways wished you we'll in your greatest
undertakings.
1t limited modestly about the first
time you went counting and gave
timely warning TO cher folks" that the
neighbors knew that matters were grew.
ing interesting over their way.
1t announced the time Of your expect
cd wedding, and 1t published the notice
of tho marriage license and gave you
nice puff concerning the wedding oere-
mony.
1t told of your extended honeymoon
tour and of your settling down to house.
keeping.
When you were sick, tho homo paper
week by week informed your moro dis
tant neighbors Of your lapses and inn
provements.
1t told about your lost cow and lod
to her recovery. 1t told how your horse
had been stolen and led to the arrest Of
tho thief.
When you were getting dull and tired
through the monotony OF your labor,
tho paper urged that the people got up
u celebration, and you wore named IN
one Of suitable committee on arrange
ments. And when 1t was all over, IL
gave you Just praise for the success of
the undertaking.
In numerous ways the paper has
helped to put your name before the peo-
pie. And you would never have had
your lucrative office or your honorable
recognition from the community but for
tho kind aid Of the local printer.
If you are a member Of Sunday
school or society of any sort, that same
paper publishes your announcements
and the various proceedings Of your
meetings. /
1t tells the people much which Won
would like to have known, but which
modesty or necessity prevents YOU from
falling.
II Won and all your folks have been
prosperous and fortunate In your affairs.
the paper has boosted Won all tho way.
II you have had misfortune, the paper
asked for sympathy In your behalf.
Thus the paper has rejoiced when you
ra1OiC0d and went when YOU went. III
YOU arc a good and enterprisInR Citizen.
the paper will always be- your friend
and will back YOU In your enterprises
and will help TO find your business
friends.
IL tella van where 10 buy and where
to sell. 1t tells Of roRues TO DO avoided.
IL tells You of current prices and pre.
vents you from being cheated and swim
died in 100 ways. /t''t
Finally, when you die, tho paper will
publish yonr obituary and will cover
over your faults and will recite the
story of your good deeds.
All these things tho local editor will
,ause his paper to do, but no ono else
in tho world will do them or can do
them for you even for love or money.
Tho outside paper IL stranger to your
little world and il not nc all Interested
in it's improvement. Yet your local pa
per does all this free Of cost to you, IL
you arc willing TO receive 1t that way.
However, for your sake, wo hope you
arc too generous TO accept no many un.
reauited favors and that you are willing
to reciprocate tho same
Holp tho editor. 10 his friend, and he
will prove his friendship to You.
Subscribe for his paper and pay for
it regularly In advance and get your
neighbors to do tho same.
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Invite him to your pionics and fam.
ilv dinners. No that no can cat a s1uare