Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-12
NO OTHER LIKE IT.

NO OTHER LIKE IT.
Within the past few months the
T.-R. has received some forty or fifty
letters from editors in iowa discussing
its exceptional success as a newspaper
and in practically all of hem the ques-
ton is asked. How do you do it?'
Conversation among the young men of
the editorial staff led to a broad asser-
ton and finally to friendly wager
which resulted in careful and ex-
haustlve examination OF the American
Newspaper Annual for 1903. a book
little smaller than Webster's unabridged
dictionary. containing the names of all
the newspapers in the United States.
with the amount of their circulate
and the population of the towns in
which they are printed. In this book
the Evening Times Republican is cred
tied with sworn circulation of 1854
(the run today was 1920. published in
town of i1.5o0 inhabitants, and IN
al! that great volume of newspaper
ratings there is only one other news
"a ;9sr in the United States that can
equal the T.-R. showing, viz. the Capt
tai &; Guthrie. Okla. which advertises
tl.a, has the only Associated Press
reis5rt N Oklahoma and Indian Terri
tory. The Capital is credited with a
circulation Of $4,000 in town of TO-
600 people. A letter from the publish
ers at Guthrie discloses the fact that
900 people. which leaves the T.-R. in a
elsss by itself. as the only daily news
PAPER in the United States published
in a town of less than $4,000 people and
circulating more than 1000 copies.
Computations from the newspaper
directory are interesting. For instance.
it is there shown that there are only
fourteen towns in the entire United
States, under 10000 population. that
can show a daily newspaper circulat-
ing more copies than the T.-R.. and of
these towns none texc apting Guthrie)
Is smaller than 10000 population. There
are only eight towns in the United
States under $4,000 population that can
show daily newspapers equal to the
T.-R. in circulation.
Getting down to cities Of Marshall
towns class. the directory shows sew
enty- three towns In the United States
having population OF more than 10,-
600 and less than $4,000. OF these sew
enty- three towns not one has a daily
newspaper equal to the T.-R. in circu-
circulation class and more than half
fail to show newspapers larger than
1000 in circulation.
Out of the forty-nve states in the
union thirty-fiv of them can not show
a town under 10000 inhabitants with a
daily newspaper circulation equal to
the IRIS and among these thirty five
can be found the great states of New
York, Massachusetts,, Minnesota, Ohio
and Wisconsin. There is not a town
in the union. excepting Guthrie, Okla
homa, under 10000 population that has
a daily newspaper circulation greater
than that of the T.-R.
In Ohio. state with a reading pub
tic much like Iowa in character, tho
settled more thickly, there is not a
town short Of 10000 Inhabitants that
has daily newspaper equal to the
T-R in circulation. and the largest IS
1868 copies at Findlay, town of H.
600 people.
In Illinois. a twin sister to Iowa In
almost every respect there are fly.
towns. Alton. Cairo. Frceport, Kanka
kee and Streator. in the Marshalltown
class and the best daily Newspaper CIR
culation they can show is 1900. Out or
fifteen towns in that state under 10000
population only two can show news
papers anywhere near the T-R. in cir
cuation; Bloomington, $4,000 people.
has the Daily Paragraph exceeding
the T.-R. by 1000 copies. and Joliet.
%, 900 people. has the Republican with
a circulation 200 less than the T.-R.
The Muncie Gnd.) Star is probably
the most exceptional newspaper in the