Editor's note: An excerpt from a May 18, 1897, Morning Record story explains how the railroad aided delivery of the daily paper, and why the new daily was a good deal.
"It is delivered before breakfast to all subscribers in the city limits, and the train and stage service is such that subscribers in all parts of the Grand Traverse can receive it, in most cases before noon, and in all cases by two or three o'clock. The Norrisville, Bingham, Keswick, Suttons Bay, Omena and Northport stage, leaving here at 7 a.m. can serve mail subscribers in that direction.
"The C. &W.; M train leaving here at 8:20 a.m. can give quick service to all points south of that line, and stage connections for Monroe Centre and Wexford carry it to the south limit of the county by the middle of the afternoon. The G.R. & I: 11:10 train reaches Slights, Mayfield, Kingsley, Summit, Walton and points north on the main line, and a little later the papers will leave here at 6 a.m. The Acme, Bates, Williamsburg, Angell and Elk Rapids lists are carried out on the 8:15 a.m. train. Archie, Mapleton and Old Mission lists go by the noon stage.
"The Morning Record is a good local paper for the residents of neighboring towns and the farmers who want a daily. ... If you want a live home daily, quick from the press, send a trial subscription for a month for free."
