I observe and I hear that these locals are by far the best-read portion of the paper.
"Two Years in Oregon"
Wallis Nash
And then comes the amazing feature of the paper-a column or two are devoted to "locals."
"Two Years in Oregon"
Wallis Nash
John Bill was so situated that he did little else than write paid locals, though he usually found time once a week to write imaginary descriptions of the rapid increase in circulation his paper was experiencing.
"The Mystery of the Locks"
Edgar Watson Howe