The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-09-18
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eupg inside d half column will gain
attention For ny own part. | rare
~ viii try 10 read anything that
reaches a c0lmuH or longer. But
what am / 10 do? ! have a subject
which cant possibly be covered IN
that bIicf way. wonder If the read
ers Of the Reporter won't for once.
bear with me II. under absolute ne
cessiy ! string the thing out little
longA
And length wont be the only fault
Ia this piece: a good part Of 1t VIII
be about ourselves There I've
told you the very worst. Now
want 10 say that II you will be pa
iient ana read il through I am sure
i won't be- too dull and uninteresting
and you II snd il to your advantage
and the advantage OF Somerset COun-
~ communities
We pll Ike the unusual and it's
jnl iiSt the unusual and things you
don't oxpecf. With regard TO this pa
PEI. that ala going 20 tell YOU about.
Shall try TO tell them in a way that
will be useful 10 you. Ns. its not an
enumeration Of our virtues hut just
an explanation OF the things we do
and the services Ne offer. fmany OF
them without CHARGE 50 that you
may avail yourself to the limit OF any
privileges which are yours.
We are all Of Us Interested in some
sort Of fraternai. school or other pub
lie work. Most OF Us have some
thing OF that sort constantly in mind
Even the most humble citizen, &C
casionaly has something to accom-
pish. in which he is united. in some
form Of organization. with his fellow
townsmen. In everything of that
kind publicity is OF the utmost i'm
portance Are YOU making full use
of this paper in that respect? We
can't possibly tell all the ways in
which this privilege can be employed.
You want good attendance at your
meetings; tel the public and espe-
eiaIly your members about your
plans. frequently. and keep them in
terested. You may be planning
some event where admission is charg
ed or some other plan in order 10
raise revenue; all the more reason
Why you should keep the public in
formed II we were urging you to
make use Of our columns at the usual
advertising rates. you might question
our motives in this respect. But
we're not, We are suggesting that
YOU Use them entirely without ex-
pense-just as # the paper were
yours.
Now lets suppose that yon want
employment for a day, week,
month or permanently. You can
Gnd a job, there'll be no trouble
about that bnt you're not as likely to
find il promptly and you're not 50
sure To find the best one. If you do
nothing but inquire personally and
write a few letters. We can send
your message TO five thousand fami-
lies and twenty thousand readers in
one day and accomplish more in the
way of searching out the thing you
want than yoR could in years time
in nye hundred miles travel
What we do for you is without ex-
pense so far as you are concerned.
If you're looking for a job and pray
ing YOU won't find it, by all means
follow the personal method. II
you're looking for employment and
wish to find a place for which you are
adapted. and TO get it quickly. let us
help you.
New the above suggestions are free
a subscriber in order to patrons only
and sometimes TO particular class of
subscriber in order TO make use OF
them. There are other things we
offer to patrons only and some
times to particular class of
subscribers Free ads to farmers is
one OF them. II your principal oc-
cupation or means of getting a liyli-
hood is farming. you're entitled to use
our classified advertising Every
hody's Column entirely free. We do
reserve the right to limit this some
what but we have been making this
offer for four or five years and in all
that time there has not been a half
dozen cases where we have found it
necessary to call halt To all in
tents and purposes. if you are farm
er and subscriber to this paper, you
can advertise all you want TO with
out expense You can hardly realize
until YOU try il how much this is worth
10 YOU. Go to it; ii can hardly be
possible that you do not want TO buy
or sell something and that is not the
extent of il either. There are in
Vulnerable ways in which this priyi-
lege can work To your comfort and ad-
vantage.
Now any subscriber, farmer or other
WISE. can advertise for anything h a
wishes to BY without expense and
this is no insignificant privilege eth
er if you understand it. We are al.
bit numb in this respect When
We want to sell something. if We are
half alive We think of advertising.
Somehow when we want To buy We do
no; understand the value of publicity.
Suppose it's used wheelbarrow We
wish to come into possession Of In
"A half-hearted way We look around as
we walk down the street and perhaps
We ask an acquaintance or two if he
. has a wheelbarrow to sell or knows
. where there is one Now that sort OF
thing is sure To find the article de-
( sired in time It's really surprising
% how this word of mouth publicity will
spread around and accomplish results
. but its a thousand years behind the
possibilities of classified advertising.
In that way You might communicate
with a hundred people in week.
! Through our classified column you