This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 Excerpt: ...to lavish generosity in the matter of its advertising. In one budding city of Colorado boasting some two thousand souls, well known to the writer, there are three weekly newspapers and one daily, all apparently eking out a comfortable existence through an unstinted advertising support. The business of the town is for ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 Excerpt: ...to lavish generosity in the matter of its advertising. In one budding city of Colorado boasting some two thousand souls, well known to the writer, there are three weekly newspapers and one daily, all apparently eking out a comfortable existence through an unstinted advertising support. The business of the town is for the most part impartially published to the world in every one of the rival sheets, regardless of politics or personal preference; and this generous sense of duty toward its newpapers is commonly to be found throughout the country. Whatever one may do or may not do, he advertises if he would ask any consideration of his neighbors; and one may often find curious reading in these appeals to the public. There is an untrammelled originality, for instance, in the following effusion penned by an honest Colorado smith, which in its way could hardly be beaten: The Dutchman and His Hammer. Farmers wives and all, have your Husbands bring their work to the Dutchman's for repair; and they will always greet you with a smile, from plow shears to scissors, will shine like silver when he his hammer and file applies, for he is the best in the West. Don't fail to bring the Buggy, Cart and Hoe don't miss the Shovel and tongues to test what the Dutchman can do for he is the best in the West, if your horse needs a shoe, and your buggy a bolt have your Husbands, to bring it straight to the Dutchman to mend, for he is the best in the West. If your stove is minus a grate, a lid or a lifter the Dutchman can soon make it right, for he is the best in the West, and your Husband's will whistle and sing to find the bread and meat well done. Come one, come all to the Dutchman's shop for new Lays, for they are the best in the West. Come with Carts, Plows and Rake, for by the l...
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