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Benefit Your Town

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Parent Issue
Day
21
Month
October
Year
1885
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

Therv Is no doubt our residente genei ;illy are deslrous of having a hand n furtherinjr tlie inlerests of our enterprising town, and to all such we commend the followiiifr rules, wbich if followed will certainly cause very satisfactory eyidenee of ndvancement in the dlreetlnn dcslred: 'l';ilk about it. Writc about it. Help to Improvc t. Spcak well abont it. BeautrfV the streot. I'atronize its merchante. Advertise lu ts newspapers. EleCt jood nien to n]l llie offices. Spcak wel! of lts public pirittd, eutcrpriKitig citiens. If ynu don't tliink of a good word to say don't f;iy anythiiig bad about it. If you are rieh, invest in somethinjj, omploy soruebody, be a "hustler." Don't bark and jrowl at the assessor. He has taken his oatli to do what is rijrht. Be courteous to tstrangers that ooine aniODj; you; thcy go away with gootl impressions. Kemcmber that every áollar you invest in a permanent linproveniont is that iniich on interest Always cliecr on the men who po in tor iinproveuientK; your port ion ot' the cost will be nothinr only what is just. Don't kick at any propoaed necess iry improvement becaiiKc it is not it your diKir for tear that your taxe.i will bc raiscl l"i ocnls. JUon't throw stumbling blocks in the w;iy of yonr town ollicer-; tliey are miiTilly public spirited men and spend lots of time in the public interest for which tliey receive m ifinuneration II duriiifi the week, anythiug of public interest bas transpired whii-h migtit ;iix'.ir in print to the credit of the coniinunity, teil it to the newpaper office so that it may bc peen by the out-side wortd. Xever condemn the local papar unless it hus imtiiirlv u-i-d you. If it has dealt with yu unjustly, rite to it orgointn the offlee and talk to the editor about your ciisc; it he has wronjjed you he will lose no time in tellini; it to the public. Don't use rubber stamps on your letter lnads; HiLs is h "dead givc-a-way on yourown business, on the town and on newspaperH publishcd in t. Oet your licuds, envelopes, business c irds, etc, priuted at a printing ofllee at home. Don't let politics gel mixed up with you business; If your are a buslneM man don't lose the help that a newspaper can give yon because its politics are not your politica, and hy all inoans don't advertisc nierely to "help the paper along: " advertise to help yonr business and town along. Newstapers aio expected to advocate that which is tor the best interest of the town in which they are puldished; they ïenerally do. If you are imerestod lu the towii you should show it by advertising in its newspaper; if you are business or professional man, you shoald imluco olheis to do so; this liclps the

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Subjects
Ann Arbor Courier
Old News