Middletown transcript., 1910-04-30
THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER
A Companion and Friend OF
the Family

While We advise all business men 20
advertise, and believe that business sue
cess can Re obtained in no other manner,
we propose to practice what we preach,
and therefore we advertise our paper as
the best local paper in this county. It is
a journal which may be taken with the
most implicit confidence. Its pages will
never be soiled by anything objectionable,
and its advertising columns cannot bepur.
chased for immoral announcements at
any price. 1t is emphatically local jour-
nal, designed to be home history OF the
living present. No movement for the
benefit of society will be allowed to 90
unnot;ced. No movement for the benefit
of society will be allowed to pass unap.
proved, an it will heartily second the
the efforts of any individual or any class
where their objects are for the improve.
ment of the community, financially and
morally.
Any newspaper is the companion and
friend of the family, but the local paper
is one identified with the interests of the
home. It is conducted by those whom
you know. Its columns are filed with
what ia of special value to you. In its
prosperity you have vital interest, and
to its prosperity you can best contribute
by giving your support and patronage.
1t is your neighbor. Your duty is first
to know your wants. Its interests are
your interests. 1t is your friend, in pref.
erence 80 any and all others. No outside
or foreign paper can possibly have claims
upon you until your duty is discharged to
the local journal. Of him who says he
can get city paper much largarthau his
own local journal for the same amount of
money, we would inquire Do the city
papers say anything about your country,
its climate, water, springs, healthful.
ness, soil, product, stock-raising, mills,
schools, churches, roads, bridges or
other Improvements? Nothing. Do they
mention your public meetinge, your town
and county news, and the other thousand
and one matters of interest which your
home paper publishes without payP Not
much. Do they ever say word, gratis,
calculated to draw to your town or county
and aid in bringing in immigrants and
developing the wealth of your commun.
ity2 Not line. And yet there are men
who take such contracted views of the
matter that unless they get as many square
inches of reading matter in their own
county paper as they do in city paper,
they think they are not getting the worth
of their money. Your local newspaper
works for its own town, does all it can
to build up the place, advance the in.
terests of its citizens, draw trade to the
town, puts money into the pockets OF the
business men, and adds to the well-being
of all. Such paper is entitled to the
liberal patronage from the town and com.
munity il works for.
The TRANscRIPT's columns will prove
of great value to advertisers. We shall
give as much attention to this department
as to the reading matter columns, ever
striving to keep them fresh, newsy and
attractive. Our subscription rates will
remain unchanged. A local journal can.
not compete with the steam presses and
immense calculations of city dailies. Our
jobbing department is provided with
line of type suitable for all commercial
printing, and we always keep on hand
the best brands of paper, stock, etc. All
orders will be filled expeditiously, and
at city prices. We invite call, and
promise to make any faVors SHOWN Us
beneficial to our patrons.