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Library of Congress1927

Image 3 of The Wolf Point herald (Wolf Point, Mont.), April 22, 1927

Official Proceedings Of The County Board Adjourned Regular Board Meeting December 28th 1926 The board met at 10 SO a m with all members present The board spent the forenoon discussing county business At 12 p m the hoard recessed to meet at 130 p m At 130 p m the board resumed Motion made by Weinrich seconded by Leeson that Wm Powers of Rainville be appointed as agent to represent the county in trying to get Senate bill No 4825 and amendments r substitution passed by Congress All members voting Aye Motion made by Leeson seconded by Weinrich that the county superintendent of schools be granted thirty days leave of absence from the state after January 1st 192V Motion made by Leeson seconded by Weinrich to approve of the security bonds of Behlan Bros ferry men at Culbertson Montana amount of 200000 Motion made by Leeson to allow Mrs Hannah Carter of Froid 500 per month additional aid until May 1st Seconded by Weinrich The clerk read the proceedings of Nov 15th Dec 678 Motion made and seconded to approve of the proceedings as read by the clerk Motion made and seconded to recess until 1030 a m Dec

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Library of Congress1911

Image 2 of The Hattiesburg news (Hattiesburg, Miss.), April 11, 1911

THE HATTIESBURG NEWS Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday r a lanDlR H FARRELL Editor Business Mansfer Entered a ucondisii matter on My Ti lvu at the poatofflce at Hat cWsburg Ml under me Act of Congress of Marcb 2 1871 v Telephones Editorial and Counting Room Both Phones No 86 SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year Six months Tnree months By the Month nj the Month By Carrier 100 160 60 eente 60 cents OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OF HATTIESBURG AND COUNTY OF FORREST MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS UNION LHJ jpP TUESDAY APRIL 11 1911 LARGE8T CIRCULATION OF ANY SOUTH MISSISSIPPI PAPER W ORKIM G ON Si DAILY In a lecture before the School of Journalism of Marquette University Milwaukee Oscar H Morris city editor of the Milwaukee Daily News gave some interesting and valuable advice to young men soon to embark upon a career of journalism Mr Mcrris said among other things I think the greatest vocation of the average young man who contem plates newspaper work Is to interest himself in one thing In one idea one plan and that is to do good If you want to be a reporter and an editor merely that you can have a

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Library of Congress1911

Image 4 of The Hattiesburg news (Hattiesburg, Miss.), November 11, 1911

THE HATTIESBURG NEWS Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday F D LANDER t R FARRELL tclltor Business Manager Entered as secondclass matter on May 22 1907 at the postoffice at Hat tiesburg Miss under the Act of Congress of March 2 18J9 133 OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OF HATTIESBURG AND COUNTY OF FORREST MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SATURDAY NOVEMBER 11 1911 TELEPHONES Editorial and Newt Rooms Wuslnesg and Job Department 35 A SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM tees of the Columbia University who are also trustees of the Pulitzer en dowment fund for the purpose of establishing and maintaining that school The establishment of a school of journalism under the terms pre scribed by the late Joseph Pulitzer is already being discussed by the trus j Five years ago Mr Pulitzer deposited 1000000 in securities with the j Columbia trustees for a school of journalism considerable sum as an endowment fund for the school The income from the 1000000 securities held by Columbia which went to Mr Pulitzer until his death will henceforth be paid to the University He provided that the plans for the newspaper school should become effective automatically with bis death In his will he set aside a I It

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Library of Congress1914

Image 2 of The Hattiesburg news (Hattiesburg, Miss.), July 21, 1914

I Hattiesburg îfatua Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday Editor Business Manager F D LANDER A B HOBB8 MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS _ EnterecTasTecondclass matter on May 22 1907 at the postoffice at Hat tiesburg Miss under the Act of Congress of March 2 1879 _ c CIRCULATION OF ANY SOUTH MISSISSIPPI PAPER LARGEST TUESDAY JULY 21 1914 OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OF HATTIESBURG AND COUNTY O F FO RREST TELEPHONES 35 Editorial and New Room Business and Job Department 133 SUBSCRIPTION RATES STRICTLY CASH IN ADVANCE 000 One Year BIx Months Three Months By the Month 300 150 50 cents coffin and wear it Carbajal if ke dont mind out will inherit Huertas longer than he will his crown The in New Orleans on rats SergeantGeneral Blue is making war squealing mightily against blue laws rats ure Now we have a new phase of the Mexican situation to mouth about Wilson and Bryan will settle it their way and after much Whats the use mouthingthe country will be satisfied _ Chautauqua Week was a most delightful week for all those who took advantage of it Success begets success and Chautauqua Week next year will be even a greater success than

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Library of Congress1961

Image 2 of Holmes County herald (Lexington, Miss.), October 12, 1961

EDITORIAL PAGE JloLei County HERALD JACK SHEARER JREDITOR Entered at the Postoffice at Lexington Mississippi as Second Class Mail under the Act of Congress of March 3 1879 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Payable in advance in Holmes and adjoining counties par year 300 six months 175 elsewhere per year 330 six months 200 Publiahed every Thursday by the Holmes County Publishing Co Inc 201 Tchula Street Lexington Mississippi EDITORIAL COMMENT NATIONAL PRESS WEEK IS OBSERVED OCT 915 This week October 915 is National Newspaper Week Millions of words will be written by hundreds of editors throughout the nation on the topic of the role their publications play as Heri tage of Truth Frontier of Freedom which has been declared the theme of the week Unfortunately there will be considerably fewer words written con cerning the other side of the coin the shortcomings and inadequacies which are evident in the newspaper profession There will be little said about the serious responsibilities which newspapers often fail to realize Perhaps the most important task of any newspaper is to objectively report the events which transpire in the area which it serves Objectivity however is sometimes quite difficult to obtain Even when the editor of a

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Library of Congress1961

Image 2 of Holmes County herald (Lexington, Miss.), December 14, 1961

EDITORIAL PAGE MJme HERALD Published by the Holmes County Publishing Company at 200 Tchula Street Lexington Mississippi Entered at the Postoffice at Lexington Mississippi as Second Class mail un der the Act of Congress of March 3 1879 Subscription rates for Holmes and adjoining counties per year 300 six months 175 elsevvhe e pel year 350 Jack A Shearer Jr Editor W J Pritchard Linda ILeonard Mechanical Superintendent Womens Editor EDITORIAL COMMENT NEWSPAPER STILL TOPS AS ADVERTISING MEDIA Reprinted From StarFIerald Kosciusko The introduction of a new product or a new place of business is the most diffi cult of all advertising jobs It is a job which is nearly always entrusted to the newspaper by both local retailers and na tional advertisers The manufacturer of a new electric shaver has listed six reasons for choos ing newspapers as a medium for intro ducing the new product 1 Newspapers permit concentration in specific markets 2 Newspapers allow a company to capitalize on the news atmosphere of the medium in announcing a new product 3 The newspaper provides the advan tage of large page sizewith greater impact 4 The newspaper offers greater flexi bility than other media 5 The newspaper gives

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Library of Congress1963

Image 2 of Holmes County herald (Lexington, Miss.), July 18, 1963

j4omed County HERALD Published by the Holmes Cotinty Publishing Company at 200 Tchula Street Lexington Mississippi Entered at the Postoffice at Lexington Mississippi as Second Class mail under the Act of Congress of March 3 1879 Subscription lates for Holmes and adjoining counties 300 per year six months 200 elsewhere 400 per year PAUL TARDYEditor ALL1E S TARDY Associate Editor_ Retailers govern economy The whole welfare of a community is closely related to the prosperity of local retail outlets The conditions of churches schools government libraries and other cultu ral institutions are largely a reflection of the health of business community Thus it is one of the first functions of a local newspaper to assist m the development of a sound local econo my Newspaper advertising is a proven stimulant and long range supporter of local retail trade Few publishers however are so shortsighted that they would not re cognize the neqd for other forms of advertising in the local community The newspaper publisher wishes his advertising to be effective and he knows that newspaper advertising can be effectively supplemented by good window display posters at point of sale and personal salesmanship within the store Any supplemental advertising which helps

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Library of Congress1920

Image 4 of The Progress-itemizer (Water Valley, Miss.), June 4, 1920

The ProgressItemizer W S Thornton Fdilor Entered in the Post Office at TV ater valley Mis as second lass mail matter Announcement FOR CONGRESS We are authorized to announce JEFF BUSBY A a candidate for ogress from the Sixth Congrr sional District We are authorized to announce T V SISSON a a candidate fo reelection to Con ge f from the Sixth Congressional 1 istict I lii Il BL R AND A NEWSPAPER Ir his annual address to the Missis s i Press Association last week uf G llport President O F Lawrence 0 f the leading newspaper men of 1 Ssippi and one whose interes ml whole soul Tort is to put the country weekly cn the piane of high s Sards where it should be Mr Lawrence gave good aru suf ficient reason y the newspaper in e cry commur y ws cn cf it big gest assets and that the woexly tie ryeper was fast becoming reoegj nied as cne of the most important institutions in the community Within the past two years the weekly news aer has been facing a serious situation and condition With the scaring price of newsprint paper and everything tiist goes to

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Library of Congress1922

Image 2 of Stone County enterprise (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi), November 30, 1922

Stone County Enterprise PUBLISHED EVERY THl RSDAY MORNING T P BOND Editor cm Publisher Entered as secondclass matter July 3 1906 at the postoffice at Wiggins M ss under the Act ot Congress of March 3 1879 One Year 150In AdvanceSix Months 75c_ Wiggins Miss Nov 0 1922 v c stcf hhmkbmmi The Proper Course The editorpublisher is au thority for the statement that Frederick I Thompson paid a million dollars for the Birming ham AgeHerald This is proba bly the record price for a south ern newspaper The AgeHerald was founded twenty years ago by the late E W Barrett who made it one of the leading news papers of the countryLaurel Leader Maybe it is worth it but we cant see what any man with a million dollars wants with a newspaperClarionLedger Of course the ClarionLedger was jesting but the average per ron including some newspaper men whose sole ambition is merely to make money feels Ln 4 Ttii i 14 EH AAii vrt a i T o man runs a newspaper with no other idea than to make money there would be no use in spend ing a million dollars to buy a paper It is seldom

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Library of Congress1897