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When I went to college in Kirksville, MO - my friends and I were endlessly entertained to see local newspaper report stuff like "Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Freese visit
by suzzer99 7y ago
When I went to college in Kirksville, MO - my friends and I were endlessly entertained to see local newspaper report stuff like "Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Freese visited Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hanover after church on Sunday." There was an entire page of this stuff.
Apparently (I'm told) small town papers still do this.
- soniman 7y agoWarren Buffett has some comments about this. Apparently people like reading about themselves or people they know and it significantly increases circulation.
- jnbiche 7y agoIt's not just small-town newspapers. Think of society pages of all the big newspapers (some still have them). And for example the wedding pages of the NY Times.
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- MrMember 7y ago>Apparently (I'm told) small town papers still do this. They do. My grandmother writes them for my hometown newspaper.