Putnam patriot., 1916-08-25
PATRIOTS DAY
 OF PUBLICATION
Beginning vith First Issue ia September Papsr HiiI be Published Friday Afternoon Change Made t0 Benefit Advertisers and
 Readers

Friday afternoons Instead sf 1bursdas afternoons. The farms Hiif be put to bed aed ihe paper i-spsd .a lme E4 eaten the cily mafi carriers and fle afternoon autggluz maiIss
 T6is change Haz been decided 1F9n after careful consideration af the maf= ter from Che staaap8nt af aae reader. the advertiser and our e#a interests with slew to better service
 We are not taking B aee step h making thi, important caaBge He are going buck to tae p5Fies ia vogue when the late Editor 4. V dacdaa aid Hfst took over tHe paper thirty four years ago. Tae paper Hes evef since remained under Friday date ane The change ta Thursday was made years ago aJ the request of subscribers At tbat time there was no free mail delivery in the city, Ha rural carriers, aud subsefibets in the ont1yiBg sections only received mat two CT three times il week. On account Of the mail service at that lime, when published Friday afternoon, the paper would, in many instances ,fail to reach its destination before the first of the following week. This has now been chnnged by the rapid strides in 4the mail service.
 With the present mailing facilities papers put in the local post office be- fore three o'clock Friday afternoon will'be delivered in the city within two hours. They will also 20 to the outlying districts on the trains and stages to be distributed in the evening or at the latest, Saturday mornings.
 This change SiIl in effect give ad- NerIisers the same advantages that a semi weekly paper would give them. There has been some demand for daily paper in Putnam. The field has been thoroughly eunvassed several times with lthis In view. As yet no one, aftef careful consideration of The situation as found ln exist. .has thought well enough Of the proposition Co at- tempt the venture. The seml-WcekIX wns given trial s8me years ago but n return was made te the weekly issue. There are two weeklics now Issued In the city and the field Is ample for two such papers The question We have considered is as lo how best To serve The advertisers and the public under existing conditions and we have come to the conclusion tbat by changing tbe publication day of the PATRIOT To Friday both the interests of the adzer= Users anu the readers will be best con served IL will give them in effect T semi.weekly paper. editions on We'd nesday and tudaa
 While we have carefully considered this matter tor some ume and feel com hdent thnt the change will meet the approval of our readers and udvefliz sefs, 1t is our intention 10 give the pub. lie our first consideration and H would be gratifying lo hear from anyone ie. garding their views and opinions on The proposed change.
 
 tisements and cores pondenee from surrounding towns in the paper, copy wili have to be in our hands by Thurs. day morning and earlier If possible Me shall Of course continue to receive any important news from outlying sections up to All hour before going to press but the general run of news and advertisements should be iu the office Thursday morning
 The PATRIOT is Putnamis oldest newspaper. Year after year it has gone on doing what 1t could to ad- vance ihe interests of the community IL serves. 1t has given many doliars worh of space in tis campaign for bus. mess. religious, civic and home better meut lt has endeavofed h chronicle passing events in m interesting maa. ner. IL hus endenkoted to keep its columns free ttom undertaking, mud. singing and objectionable articles IL has nude no atlempt 10 cover world, country or even state news to any eNs tent bat has devoted it's energies lo thoroughly cover the happenings and events oi interest 10 the citizens of eastern Windham County and to set them forth in an interesting and read- able manner. IL has made no effort to extend is circulation 10 the towns to the south but has endeavored to give to the citizens of Putnam and the peo- pie Of the towns Of Thompson, Wood- stock and Pomfret paiustaking ae count Of the current events of each week.
 Iti is not the policy of this paper to take part in personal differences, or to light the battles of others. We endea. vor to remain neutral and to print the facts on both sides f4all controversies. Editorially we accept the right, fl ne- cessary, to print fair and impartial criticism of any matter after the facts have been learned, Knowingly we do not intend to iniure the interests of our city or any Of it's citizens or to hurt the feelings of any person. Our col umus are always open 10 anyone who has a bit of news, an idea or a sugges ton if stated with the purpose of ae eomplishing something for the public good, and is free from personalities, un.