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Library of Congress1940

Image 2 of Carbon County news (Red Lodge, Mont.), September 6, 1940

American Newspaperdom Joins in Honoring Johann Gutenberg Who Gave the World the Invention of Printing From Movable Type By ELMO SCOTT WATSON Released by Western Newspaper Union HE American press dur ing 1940 is paying hom age to Johann Guten berg who 500 years ago in a little workshop in the free city of Strasbourg now in Germany invented the art that makes possible the mod ern newspaper Gutenbergs inventionthe discovery of a technique for casting from lead individual types bearing individual let ters which can be arranged into lines for the printing of words and sentencesmakes it possible for you to read what is on this page Citywide celebrations honor ing the father of printing in which newspapers are actively participating are being held dur ing the year 1940 throughout the western hemisphere as the result of the outstanding promotional Work of Douglas C McMurtrie chairman of the Invention of Printing Anniversary committee for the International Association of Printing House Craftsmen an organization made up of 6000 printing foremen and superin tendents and leaders of other graphic arts groups T The significance of Gutenbe r gs invention can best be evaluated by looking backward into the world before the

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Library of Congress1888

Image 4 of The Bossier banner (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.), July 12, 1888

TAL AGES SERMON A Discourse on the Palpit and Press as Allies The Power of the Press for Good or Evil The Folly of Antagonizing ItA Force that Should be Culti vated and Promoted Rev T DeWitt Talmage preached a sermon in Brooklyn Tabernacle on the Pulpit and Press Made Allies taking for his text The children of this world are in their gener ation wiser than the children of light Luke xvi 8 He said Sacred stupidity and solemn incompetency and sanctified laziness are here reVuked by Christ He says world lings a wider awake for opportunities than are Christians Men of the world grab occasions while Christian people let the most valuable occasions drift by unimproved This is the meaning of our Lord when He Bays f The children of this world are in their genera tion wiser than the children of light A marked illustration of the truth of that maxim is in the slowness of the Christian religion to take possession of the secular printing press The oppor tunity is open and has for some time been open but the ecclesiastical courts and the churches and the ministers of re ligion are for the most part

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Library of Congress1919

Image 1 of The Grenada sentinel (Grenada, Miss.), August 29, 1919

i t i THE GRENADA SENTINEL VOLUME LXVII GRENADA MISS FRIDAY AUGUST 29 1919 REAL VALUE __ OF rniINTPY JrJT LUUli 1 1 I ___ NFWCPAPFP JlL IT Ul til ull c Prc or f Journalism Oho State University On Com irumty Publications At a recent conference of the cor respondents and special writers of the Westerville Public Opinion held there O C Hopper professor of pournal isro at Ohio State university at Cal umbus gave a talk on the 4 Real vilue o the Country Paper pftfr Hooper said Th re is all this world no great or opportunity for service than that of the newspaper Czars emperors saltans and other alsolute monarchy have beer driven from their thrones A few kings may linger for spectacu lar or sentimental reasons but they will have no other meaning in human affairs The reign of the oeople has come Government is to be hereafter A It public opinion and there is no maker of public opinion like the news paper It is in the power of the news paper to exalt or to degrade public opinion to promote or retard the good in the world They could never destroy it for

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Library of Congress1943

Image 4 of Browning chief (Browning, Mont.), January 8, 1943

The Browning Chief Entered as 2nd class matter July 15 1931 at the postoffice at Browning Montana under act of March 3 1879 Subscription 200 year in advance Mrs Annie Duncan Owner A weekly newspaper published every Friday at Browning Glacier County Montana Publisher Speaks Plainly At a time when the functions of government and the powers of its boards and bureaus are grow ing so rapidly that no one knows howgreat they are and when they are actually usurping the func tions of the courts Arthur Hays Sulzberger publisher of the New York Times told 200 Detroit automotive and advertising exe cutives that the press of America and industry must guard the funamentals of our system o f free enterprise against encroach ments of government Mr Sulz berger said I cannot overemphasize the power and authority piling up in Washington I would be dere lict if I were not to point out that there are those in my opin ion who seek to use the smoke screen of Americas foreign wars to promote and forward their American revolution We of the press must be alert to protect the fundamentals of our system of free enterprise and you must be

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Library of Congress1929

Image 2 of The producers news (Plentywood, Mont.), May 24, 1929

THE PRODUCERS NEWS Paper of the people by the people for the people By Peoples Publishing Company Publishers CONTINUINGThe Outlook Promoter The Out look Optimist The Dooley Sun The Antelape In dependent The Sheridan County News The Pio neer Press and the Sheridan County Farmer CHARLES TAYLOR Editor and Manager FRIDAY MAY 24 1929 PRESS THRALDOM As the Producers News has often observed Senators Walsh and Wheeler are for anything and everything eutside of Montana but in Montana they stand for nothinghere they keep their hands off Outside of Montana there is nothing too big or too sacred for that prince of investigators Sen Walsh to tackle single handed but here in Montana there is nothing too small or profane to send the cold shivers up and down his spine Outside of Montana there is nothing that that cham pion of the people that friend of the oppressed and submerged Sen Burton K Wheeler will not do for suffering humanityhe will deplore and denounce and condemn until the very welkins ring with the echoes of his heroic voice but here at home he views with pride he compliments he condones until his whis pers make music in his masters ears

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Library of Congress1955

Image 4 of The Poplar standard (Poplar, Mont.), March 18, 1955

Page Four THE POPLAR STANDARD and continuation of THE BROCKTON BULLETIN NATIOMAITioiTOtIAI 1 Entered as Second Class Matter on May 10 1910 at the Postoffice at Poplar Mont under the Act of March 1879 Subscription 300 Per Year 400 Per Year Outside Poplar Trade Area Outside of State of Montana 500 GLENN E BUNNELL Editor and Manager Mr Ethel Marquardt Associate Editor Harry N Downs and Mike M Vukelich Owners and Publishers The Best in Newspaper and Job Printing Service TELEPHONE 3171 WHEN IS COMMUNITY SERVICE NOT COMMUNITY SERVICE A weekly newspaper such as The Poplar Standard makes every effort to be a community service but if that service is to be continued it must show a profit The newspaper has only one way to justify the financial investment of the publisher and that is by sale of space in its advertising columns The Poplar Standard has always been a ready boos ter for any civic or public project and has willingly given much space to help promote the March of Dimes Red Cross Cancer fund drive Christman Seals Easter Seals and many other projects of strictly local nature The Standard too has given space to various church and service

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Library of Congress1962

Image 2 of Holmes County herald (Lexington, Miss.), July 12, 1962

Weekly Publisher Outlines Problems lie printed from The Publishers Auxiliary By Mel Hodell One of the most enjoyable aspects of my life is making money This is part and parcel of being in the newspaper busi ness as far as Im concerned Its fine and dandy of course to contribute every thing to your community and the public up to your eye brows free of charge in a continuing burst of mighty causes But after the day is over and you go home there is a matter of finding your off spring wellshod with a hair cut and a full satisfied sto mach And seeing as how the news paper business is a private enterurise there really is en joyment in making abuck on ce in a while I believe my greatest frus tration comes from the situa tion involving the split per sonalities who deal with a smaller newspaper when it comes to money On the one hand we often are wrooed with the most en thusiastic passion possible when it comes to printing news promotion advertising assorted whatnots about e ery thing and everybody in the newrs columns free of charge On the other hand we too often

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Library of Congress1912