The Washington times., 1904-03-08
SUNDAY TINES
PROVES POPULAR
NeWSdealers Throughout
City Unit OH That.
SOLD LIKE HOT CAKES"
Entire Edition Exhausted Early in Day,
But Demand Continued in
All Sections
"SOLD LIKE HOT CAKES"

The best evidence. perhaps. of the i'm
mediate popularity which the improved
Sunday Times achieved last Sunday is
found i'm the statements Of newsdealers
who. without exception. were unable to
nh the demand for the paper
The supply Of nearly every dealer had
heen exhausted by 10 o'clock, AMI
Throughput the entire day they were,
calling up The Times Office for more
p-pers. One dealer, who had not han
died The sunday Times before. sent a
rotc TO inc Office stating that he must
have q supply N once, as The Times waS
the only paper for which there was a
Cemand. Newsboys. who hitherto had
always handled several different papers,
found such a call for The Times that
they returned all their other papers and
sold The Times exclusively.
Increased $50 Per Cent.
j. W. Wiley, who has a newsstand on
Tenth Street adjoining the Times Build
ing, said this morning that his sale OF
The Sunday Times Increased $50 PR
Cert IL would have been 200 per cent
il he could have gotten the papers He
sCiJ more copies OF The Times than "f
any other paper
Roland Wallace. who has a newsstand
q, gSi Ninth Street northwest. said:
'-rhe Times made distinct hit with its
colored magazine and comic sections.
VIC sold three times our regular order
and would have sold many more if we
could have gotten them. This IS in line
with the steady increase in popularity
Of The Times
Three Times His Order.
sundays issue OF The Times sur
passed IN the number OF sales those Of
al IL
three times my regular order" said
Ham Adams. whose newsstand is at
thu corner Of Ninth and G Streets north
west.
L. J. SilyerTnan & Co, of 10 Seventh
Street northwest. said: THE increase in /
my sale Of The Times last sunday was
far beyond expectations. All my GUS
toners expressed their approval OF and
preference for The Times.
O. FL Hoover. whose newsstand is
located at 700 Ninth Street northwest,
said: Il sold four times as many copies
OF The Times Sunday IS 1 usually sell.
This great increase materially reduced
the sale Of the other local paFcr. as well
as of the New York papers.
Same Old Story.
81 sold my papers out IN short order.
ana GDu44 nave SNst4 three times a. many
II ] could have gotten them" remarked
John Linden, who has q newsstand at
63l c. Street northwest.
Newsletter Blum. corner Ninth and II
Streets northwest, said that although
his papers were late in reaching him
he sold them out readily. and had calls
for many additional copies.
The proprietor of the store known US
the Patent ONCE Cigar Store. said he
had twice as many calls for the papers
as he had papers. and people continued
coming in for them.
The Sunday Times sold better than
ever before" said Z. l. Marcoe, whose
news depot is at 421 Twelfth Street
northwest. The demnd was far in ex-
cess OF the supply"
Permanent Orders.
William Neale, Of 1907 Four-and-a-
half Street southwest was much
pleased with the business he had done.
he said. The sales or The Times more
than doubled. I have taken already
number Of permanent new orders for
The Sunday Times"
Mason Johnson. who conducts d drug
store at Petworth. and recently took
the agency for The Times, said thar
The papers sold Ike hot cakes"
1t was the first Sunday that I have
handled the Sunday Issue. and the re-
suit was that / had q number Of other
papers 10 return, while 4 did not have
enough coolies OF The Times 10 supply
the demand said be.
Sold in Eight Minutes
Irving Cunningham, whO sells papers /
a 81. AsaDh s.. said he sold every copy
OF The Times IN eight minutes after he /
got them al The depot. and could have
sold i've times as many IL he had had /
them.
The foregoing are examples of com /
ments which were made by dealers and