Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-05-31
YOUR LOCAL PAPER.
HAVE YOU ANY IDEA OF WHAT IT HAS
DONE FOR your

And, as to What You Might Do In
Return, Have You Evcr'Given That
q Passing ThouRhts-An Editors
InterestinR Review Of the Subject.
The paper has done 90 things for you
and Is only anxious to do so more.
II told your friends when your mar.
ents were married.
1t announced to the world when von
were born.
II recorded the great events of your
childhood. when you were lost as a
wandering baby, when you had the
measles and scarlet 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
pIeted the studies of the district school
and how eloquently you recited your
graduating Grafton.
u told OF your entering high school or
academy. II told Of your contests in
baseball and tennis. It told of your de-
parture for callege or your first venture
in business.
It told OF your various visits back 10
the old homo neighborhood, and IL al
ways wished You we'll in your greatest
undertakings.
II hinted modestly about thu arst
time you went q caurting and gave
timely warning to ''her folks that the
neighbors knew that matters were grow.
ing Interesting over their way.
It announced the time Of your expect.
ed wedding, and it published the notice
OF the marriage license and gave you a
nice puff concerning the wedding cere.
mony.
1t told of your extended honeymoon
tour and of your settling down to house,
keeping
When you were siok, the home paper
week by week informed your moro dis
tant neighbors Of your lapses and IN.
proyements
It told about your lost COW and Id
to her recovery. 1t told how your horse
had been stolen and led to the arrest of
the thief.
When you were getting dull and tired
through tho monotony Of your labor,
the paper urged that the people get up
o celebration, and you were named as
one OF fa suitable committee on arrange.
ments. And when it was all over, It
gave you just praise for the success of
the undertaking.
In numerous ways the paper has
helped to put your name before the peo-
Pile. And you would never have had
your lucrative office OK your honorable
recognition from the community but for
the kind aid Of the local printer.
is you are q member Of Sunday
school or society Of any sort, that same
paper publishes your announcements
and Abe various proceedings Of your
rteH6
1t tells the people much which you
would like to have known, but which
modesty or necessity prevents yog from
telling.
If you and all your folks have been
and fortunate In your affairs,
the paper has boosted you all the way.
II You have had misfortune, the paper
asked for sympathy In your behalf.
Thus the paper has rejoiced when you
rejoiced and wept when you wept. II
you are q good and enterprising citizen,
the paper will always be your friend
and will back you In your enterprises
and will help to find your business
friends.
1t tells you where to buy and where
to sell. It tells Of rogues to biaa avoided.
1t tells You Of current prices and pre-.
vents you from being cheated and swim
died in 100 ways.
Finally, when you die, the paper will
publish your obituary aud will cover
over your faults and will recite the
story of your good deeds
All these things the local editor will
cause his paper to do. but no one else
in the world will do them or can do
them for you even for love or money.
The outside paper Is stranger to your
little world and is not ut all interested
in its Improvement. Yet your local pa
per does all this free Of cost to you, II
go9 are willing TO receive 1t that way,
However, tor your sake, we hope you
are too generous to accept so many un-
requited favors and that you arewillinR
to reciprocate the same
Help the editor. Be his friend, and he
will prove his friendship to you.
Subscribe for his paper and pay for
1t regularly in advance and get your
neighbors to do the same.
Send him the news or occasionally q
watermelon or peck of peaches.
Invite him to your picnics and fam.
liz dinners. SO that he can eat q square
nleal occasionally.
Don't call the ticket you give him to
the church concert a deadhead. He
can't buy tickets from everybody to
everything, but he will say kind words
Of your performances and thus lead 9th
ers to buy your tickets.
If you have anything to buy or sell,
let the paper assist you to find custom.
egs. Advertising that really pays the
printer benefits both advertisers and
readers.
If you have any job printing to do,
don't take 1t to an outside Office, but
give your newspaper the first chance.
Give the editor q pointer occasionally
or write him sensible short articles and
don't get mad If he fails to see every
thing your way. When he doea saY'a
good thing, tell him 80 - "'' : -
In shoit, remember the golden rule
and don't forget the editor Of your local
nanar.--Richmond (Ind.) Enterprise.
Two Ways of Putting 1t.
II NOTICE, Miranda" remarked Mr..
Neggschoice, "that your first husbands
clothes do not fit me-"
"No, Cyrus, ooincided Mrs. Neggs.
choice, with little sigh. "You don't
at them. Chicago Tribune.
Drink Grain-O
after you have concluded that you ought
not to drink coffee. 1t is not q medi-
nj hut t.