The Cairo bulletin., 1905-10-11
ADVERTISING The CITY.

For over two years past The Bulle.
tin has been hammering away on the
idea Say Good Word for Cairo
| When You Are Away From Home.
Il mas been the very sincere belief Of
the management Of this newspaper
that much good will result to the city
liz its citizens uniformly speak well of
| it when among strangers. There is so
much that can be said in favor of
Cairo that II should not be a difficult
matter for those living here 10 com.
mend their home place 70 non-resi-
dents as a mere matter of Justice. It
Is fact that capital is often attracted
to a city By IT'S reputation as an or
derby law-abiding place when coupled
with natural advantages possessed by
such city and equally true that the
capitalist will not readily remove his
fam'ly To a city which bears an un
savory reputation in this respect.
The Bulletin has taken some salts
faction in the thought that it's cam
paign 10 boost" Cairo was productive
of beneficial results but il is in re
caipt of a clipping from a Duluth.
NJ nnesota paper thar goes far to
shake its confidence in the position il |
has taken. The article under the cap.
ton. Must BE a Tough Town" in /
troduced by three deck head of (
heavy display type, is probably an ex-
cellent example Of the way one citi. |
zen, al the time paid employe Of /
this same city regards his home town
and makes a pract &c Of speaking |
well of IT, The article follows:
That's the kind Of police news they
have down in Cairo, said Officer
HAIRY McCabe, OF the Cairo, H.,
police force. as he threw down n bun
die of Cairo newspapers on Chief
Troyar's desk yesterday
Officer McCabe is in the city en- a
vacation TRIP, taken TO recover his
health, and he received bundle of
papers from his home town yesterday
In every one of the four
papers there was an account of a
shooting or cutting affray.
You don't get that kind of a thing
very day do you, asked the chief?
Wei, that's about how It runs, was
he reply.
One story told Of two negroes open
ng fire on each other with shot guns
n the main street of the city and
everal bystanders We're wounded
Another story told Of two relatives
If a young girl fighting with pistols
yer the life insurance money while
he girls body was scarcely cold in
n upstains room of the house where
he fight took place.
These We're samples of the doings
n the little river city of less than
5000 inhabitants, and If they we're a >
air sample of everyday happenings
here, Cairo would make the average
rontier town look like a New England !
amlet.
From the manner in which the
iories were written they wega ey.
emily not very much out Of the com
non. They were not dignifed with
'osition on the front page of the /
'aper, but were relegated to the last
age. and displayed under only an or
mary head along with agitations for
new pavement and other minor hap
,enings
The papers are beng eagerly de- +
'curad by the LEGAL officers during
heir spare ho9 giyiE g as they do
tr.st 'u "r a .
irc,es. Pulling 1oifaas "drunEs" b
III diving yaas' OFT of own viii
ook like humdrum work after reading
ales of bloodthirsty happenings which j.,
lake the exploits of Nick Carter read /,
Ike the Rollo books. =
Cairo is numbering city located at
he junction of the Mississippi and
'hio rivers at the extreme southern >.
Orner of Illinois Negroes comprise n
ne-thifd OF the population" =
LOMCcTN Ann pni ITICc