Iowa
Old Press
The Daily Telegram
Maquoketa, Jackson County, Iowa
June 11, 1898
Volume 1, Number 1
About the Telegram
Remember that the Telegram reaches you over two hours
before it is possible for any other evening daily to reach you
and just as soon as the morning Chicago papers, the contents of
which are stale in comparison with the Telegram. It is
worth while for you to bear in mind that the Telegram
furnishes you all the local news while it is news, and a half
hour’s visit with it after supper is equivalent to a whole
afternoon’s visit with Mrs. Grundy. Kindly observe that the Telegram
has special correspondence of the metropolitan dailies and see
which gives you the most genuine satisfaction-which convinces you
of being most sincere and which is obviously the product of a
fertile imagination seeking facts so as to excite you. Can you
purchase any other daily for less than ten cents per week? If so,
do not take the Telegram, but all things being equal,
won’t you support the Telegram? No other daily
contains the local news. The Telegram has both national
and local. Our carrier boys are each authorized to receive money
on subscriptions as are also our reporters. The Telegram
will esteem it a kindness if its patrons promptly inform us of
any neglect or discourtesy shown by our carrier boys and will
promptly rectify it. Do not be disappointed if the Telegram
is not as big as your Chicago paper. Remember this is only
Maquoketa. And then the Telegram is only ten cents and
also contains much of the latest national news and all the local
news.
[Transcribed by K.W., September 2009]