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Library of Congress1951

Image 7 of The Harlem news (Harlem, Mont.), September 28, 1951

THE READERS DATE BOOK Freedom Is Theme of National Newspaper Week October 18 and Stober V 8 the read e of this newspaper rea e of P ub ca ti n like it in the small Sr Wav ea i d ri 8n Your Newspaper Lights the Way of Freedom During the week the newspapers of Amer operate the details of publics j th tand for but above all they will try to tell the story of freedom And whether or not they succeed or to what degree they succeed may have an everlasting effect upon the lives of their readers For the American press remains one of the great pillars of this nations freedom The word freedom is widely used today It is a word every American takes for granted in all its meanings But sometimes it is an empty word made so before the reader or speaker realizes the fact For instance in a southern town a battle between the communitys newspaper and other elements of the area is underway that may well end in the silencing of that communitys publication The newspaper wants to tell the story of gambling in the commu nity and has atempted to

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Library of Congress1904

Image 14 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), May 23, 1904

DECENT JOURNALISM Newspapers That Are Not Yellow Still Prosper THE EDITORIAL PAGE GOOD RESULTS TO FLOW FROM THE PULITZER SCHOOL High Standards Among Washington CorrespondentsJohn Hay as Journalist An Addrraa IVllTfrwl by frothy 8 Noyea Defer the Worlda Preaa Parliament KeallTal Hall Inulalana Iurrhaae Kiixialtloii 81 Ixula Uii 21 1804 The great International exposition which the brains energy and grit of the men of Bt Iiouls have created hu Irresistibly drawn to It many men of many minds In oonventlon assembled and among them the worlds Journalists The Interchange of facts and opinions among the delegates to th Worlds Press Parliament In the course of this weeks meetings naturally develops much discussion with the newspaper as a text and pertinent practical comment con cerning the conditions and tendencies of newspaperdom In the various nations here represented may reasonably be expected There has been muah speculation as to the form and character of the newspaper of the future Some maintain that It will be In magazine form capable of being held in one hand and easily read with news and other mat ter compressed sufficiently to meet the re quirements of this form of publication The present Indications however are not

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Library of Congress1936

Image 2 of The Hardin tribune-herald (Hardin, Mont.), August 21, 1936

PAGE TWO Early Newspapers Colored by Tides and Prejudices of Gold and Copper Camps War Vigilantes and DalyClark Feud Were All in Their Stride PRESS HAULED BY OXCART OVER PLAINS NOTED MEN HELPED EDIT TOM BAKER LEADING NEWSMAN OF TIMES Strong Southern Leanings At Virginia City Moved Montana Post to Helena Miner Deficits Cost Clark High His Control of A P at Butte Forced Daly to Publish At Anaconda By W W CHEELY A few weeks following the dis covery of gold in Grasshopper Creek Bannack a printer with a small army press and a shirt tail full of type appeared in Bannack unloaded his outfit and announced that he had come to the new gold fields to establish the first news paper in the territory which was then Idaho He immediately pro ceeded to get out his first and only issue of the Bannack NewsLetter a small poster size sheet In this work he was assisted by CoL Wil bur F Sanders who wrote the salu tatory and several other editorials Stampede Follows A few days after the publication of the Initial issue of the Bannack News Letter came the news of the phenom enal strike by Bill Fairweather

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Library of Congress1908

Image 7 of Hattiesburg daily news (Hattiesburg, Miss.), March 20, 1908

SUBSCRIPTION OFFER EXTRAORDINARY 8END THE DAILY NEWS AS r TO AND FRESH YOUR AS THE FRIEND8 UNSUNNED SNOW The Daily News has the largest circulation of any other daily newspaper published in South Mississippi It now reaches a majority of the best homes in Hattiesburg and adjacent towns where it is read religiously by every member of the family As a purveyor of clean and wholesome intelligence of the doings of Hattiesburg and South Mississippi it has its splendid local and State news service it carries the night report of the Associated Press receiving a larger and better telegraphic report than any other newspaper in this section To introduce the paper into homes where it is not now a regular visitorto increase its circulation in the neighboring towns and along the rural delivery routes we have decided to make a special offer to outoftown subscribers THE DAILY NEW8 IS HATTIESBURGS REPRESENTATIVE NO LIQUOR NEWSPAPER OR OTHER OBNOXIOUS equal In addition to OR UNCLEAN no ADVERTISING IS ADMITTED TO ITS IT IS THE FIR8T COLUMNS REAL NEWSPAPER EVER PUBLISHED IN THE CITY THE DAILY NEWS FICIAL ORGAN OF COUNTY OF FORREST YOU CAN SEND IT TO YOUR OUT OFTOWN FRIEND8 WITH

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Library of Congress1948

Image 1 of The Durant news (Durant, Miss.), April 8, 1948

THE DURANT NEWS 90th YEAR NUMBER 30 DURANT MISSISSIPPI THURSDAY APRIL 87 1948 J 200 Per Year I THROUGH HAZEL By Hazel Brannon Your editor is very humbly proud this week of the fact that she re ceived first place for the best news story first place for the best news paper published by a woman and second place in feature writing in contest sponsored by the Mississip pi Federation of Press Women Top winners in this contest are entered in the national contest sponsored by the National Federation of Press Women Recognition of our effort in our chosen field means a great deal of couise but we do not Ynind saying the reward we like most is when folks say Miss Hazel you sure do put out a good paper Wed rather have our subscribers like us than win all the glory in the state or nation And thats the truth Army Day Tuesday April 6th is being celebrated in Holmes county tomorrow April 9th Durant citizens are given a spec ial invitation to attend Col Harwood C Bowman who served as a Brigadier General under Lt General Joe Stillwell in the ChinaBurmaIndia treatre will make the principal speech

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Library of Congress1912

Image 1 of The Washington times (Washington [D.C.]), September 16, 1912, (LAST EDITION)

Mwr jjit lK WWSff i aaltm Fair Tonight and Tuesday Cooler Last Edition NTJMBER 7574 Yesterdays Circulation 44101 WASHINGTON MONDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER 16 1912 Fourteen Pages PRICE ONE CENT Mln m 1R wiriflp R NEWYORKPRESS BY F Another Daily Added to His Chain of Pub lications WILL GIVE SUPPORT TO COL ROOSEVELT Believes Former President Is Only Advocate of True Amer ican Policies NEW YORK Sept 16 Tho pur chase of the New York Press by Frank A Munsoy is announced to day Mr Munsey publishes In the Press a statement setting forth tho reasons for his purchase and giving his views of tho Issues Involved in the present national campaign The PresB Mr Munsey states will support Roosevelt for President be cause of conviction that Roosevelt stands for whatever makes for social Justice real industrial evolution and those economic policies that will in sure the proper protection of Am erican industries and the mainten s anco of the high standard of Ameri can wages and American living The political contest lies between Roosevelt and Wilson with Taft very likely not to carry a single State therefore the preservation of the American protective system Is dependent on the election of

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Library of Congress1914

Image 4 of The Grenada sentinel (Grenada, Miss.), August 14, 1914, (PART 1)

Che renaba Sentinel Grenada jHwsisiippi O F LAWRENCE Editor and Publisher oo Subscription 100 per Year in advance When Subscription not paid in advance or before the expiration of twelve months the price is 125 3 months 35c 6 months 60c I ADVERTISING RATES Advertising rates on display matter and readers furnished on application Obituaries In Memoriams and Cards of Thanks 10 cents per line The Official Organ of Grenada County Second Claws Mail Matter Entered at the PoA Office at Grenada Mils 1914MEMBER1915 Mississippi Press Association Announcements The Sentinel is authorized to announce S A MORRISON of Grenada as a candidate for Congressman from the Fourth Congressional District The Sentinel is authorized to announce JUDGE J G McGOWAN of Water Valley as a candidate for reelection to the office of Chancery Judge of this Dist The Sentinel is authorzied to announce JUDGE J A TEAT of Kosciusko as a candidate to succeed himself as Circuit Judge of this district The Sentinel is authorized to announce H H RODGERS of Winston County candidate for Circuit Judge of the Fifth Judicial District The Sentinel is authorized to announce 0 A LUCKETT of Attalla county as a candidate for Circuit Judge of

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Library of Congress1838

Image 3 of Piney Woods planter and Amite union literary reflector (Liberty, Miss.), September 22, 1838

1 I Tiifl xewspafes raras To tbo sheet of paper which you see on your tables served to you so regularly and studied by you with so much ease the four quarters of the globe colitributo all the treasures 01 tneir intelligence isone mn valuable to mankind discovered by some scholar in the farthest ends of tho earth Ten to one but you will see it first announ ced in ft parigtuph of your newspaper Is there any abuse in your laws it is the newspaper press that drags it trday Is there any invention that will augment your comforts or sharpen your industry it is in the newspaper that it becomes familiar to you nil The newspaper is the chronicle of civilization the common reservoir into which every 6treatn pours its living wa ters and at which every man may come ta drink It is the newspaper that gives to liberty its practical life its constant ob servation its perpetual vigilance its unre axing activity Tho newspaper is a dai ly and a sleepless watchman that reports to you every danger which menaces the institutions of your country and its inter ests at home and abroad The newspaper informs

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Library of Congress1959

Image 28 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), May 25, 1959

C2 THE EVENING STAR W aihinftn 0 C MWf Mey 25 IMS tffK v kMp tK 3H DISTINGUISHED PRESSMANSamueI H Kaifffmann left president 5 of The Evening Star Newspaper Co holds a plaque naming him an 9 honorary member of the International Wessmens Union after it was presented him by Anthony J DeAndrade the union president at the microphone Robert Callahan right vice president of the Washington pressmen is holdng a traditional pressmans paper cap also presented to Mr Kauffmann Edward Meyer president of the Washington press men is second from rightStar Staff Photos by Francis Routt and B Arnold Sachs Family Day at The Star Draws Crowd of 4000 Four thousand festive em ployes and guests of The Eve ning Star satisfied their curios lty yesterday at a premiere sho wins of the new Star Building Ranging in age from 4 weeks to 87 years employes ex employes and their families embarked on hourlong tours of the big modem plant at Sec ond street and Virginia avenue SJE which has housed The Star since March Probably the oldest visitor to the Family Day Open House was Charles Powers 87 of 7402 Arden road Cabin John Md A former street

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Library of Congress1936

Image 2 of Montana oil and mining journal (Great Falls, Mont.), August 22, 1936

Early Newspapers Colored by Tides and Prejudices of Gold and Copper Camps War Vigilantes and DalyClark Feud Were All in Their Stride PRESS HAULED BY OXCART OVER PLAINS NOTED MEN HELPED EDIT TOM BAKER LEADING NEWSMAN OF TIMES Strong Southern Leanings At Virginia City Moved Montana Post to Helena Miner Deficits Cost Clark High His Control of A P at Butte Forced Daly to Publish At Anaconda By W W CHEELY A few weeks following the dis covery of gold in Grasshopper Creek Bannack a printer with a small army press and a shirt tail full of type appeared in Bannack unloaded his outfit and announced that he had come to the new gold fields to establish the first news paper In the territory which was then Idaho He immediately pro ceeded to get out his first and only issue of the Bannack NewsLetter a small poster size sheet In this work he was assisted by CoL WÜ tatory anseveraothereditorials Stampede Follows A few days after the publication of e Bannack News u e Din S w2L tne P nenom Su iP y 4 M ni k a 5 her 52 r vfSÎT foini e L g0l f S r

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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 Congress1900

Image 7 of Foster's daily Democrat (Dover, N.H.), March 19, 1900

INSURGENTS JUNTA Responsible For the Continuance of Strife In the Philippines s i ACTIVE REBEL REORGANIZATION Treason and Perfidy of Muni cipal Presidents S Manila March 19General Otis con siders Manila the most troublesome cen tre in the situation today The insur gent junta here in conjunction with that in Hong Kong is growing active The military authorities have been forced to put a stop to Mabinis intercourse with the publie The local and foreign press considers his recent utterances calcu lated ip incite the Filipinos to a con tinued revolt and prejudicial to American control Flores who has just arrived here says he comes trusting to American leniency and that he would not have dared come to Manila if Spain were yet in control He cherishes the hopes and aspirations which actuated him when in the fied and desires to watch congressional ac tion upon the question of the Philip pines The insurgents he says o not expect to vanquish the Americans but are maintaining a resistance with the idea of forcing congress to accord to them the best possible terms A number of representative insurgents from different parts of Luzon have re cently been in conference in Manila

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Library of Congress1953

Image 1 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), May 25, 1953

Weather Forecast Fair tonight lowest about 66 degrees To morrow fair and warmer Full report on Page A2 Midnight 67 6 am 65 11 am 74 2arn__64 8 am__ 66 Noon 75 4 am_ 65 10 am 70 1 pm 76 An Associated Press Newspoper 101st Year No 145 Phone ST 35000 WASHINGTON D C MONDAY MAY 25 1953FORTYFOUR PAGES Nations First AShell Fired On Nevada Flat Brilliant Flash Seen in Las Vegas 75 Miles Away By the Asociatd Press LAS VEGAS Nev May 25 The Army fired the Nations first atomic shell today from a huge cannon dubbed Atomic Annie It burst with a brilliant flash over a simulated enemy target The shot fired from the 280 millimeter cannon on French man Flat came at 830 am 1130 am EDT Within five minutes the cus tomary atomic cloud formed visible in this resortgambling town 75 miles away It developed a lazy S form and appeared to have an ice cap Sunlight glinted on the white top of the cloud Its wispy stem led down to a purple base Cloud Rises Swiftly The cloud rose swiftly and seemed to be traveling fast It did not have the true mushroom shape

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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 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 Congress1914

Image 6 of The Hattiesburg news (Hattiesburg, Miss.), April 18, 1914

The recent very Important meeting of the American Advertisers As sociation held in Chicago will be referred to for years to come as epochal in newspaperdom because it marks the creation of a still greater sentiment 1 favorable to the country weeklies and small city dailies which will un doubtedly result in the diversion to these publications of hundreds of thou sands of dollars worth of national advertising that has heretofore gone ex clusively to the magazines says the American Press The address of Mr Brisbane which elicited the warm commendation of all present was delivered at the banquet of the American Advertiser8js sociatlon given at the Hotel LaSalle Chicago incidental to the annual con vention of the association 4 This dinner was enjoyed by 250 of the most important advertisers and advertising agents of the country Mr Brisbanes Telling Address Mr Brisbane spoke as follows It is late Half a dozen important and able business men are to fol low I shall be brief The writing of advertisements like all writing is the art of trans ferring an idea from your mind to the mind of another In preparing an advertisement you must do four things First Make people

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Library of Congress1963

Image 3 of The Chronicle (Pascagoula, Miss.), December 2, 1963

Say Newspaper Must Be Lawyer For The People CHICAGO UPIStuart List publisher of the Chicagos American told high school newspaper editors and advisers Friday that a newspaper must be an attorney for the peo ple A newspaper should realize that to accept evil without pro test is in reality to cooperate with it he said in a speech for delivery to the annual conven tion of the National Scholastic Press Association It is not enough to love the flowers You must also hate the weeds List said basic good taste and high standards of performance are marks of how a newspaper meets its responsibilities A newspaper must know the people of its community and love them he said Always the newspaper must ask the question do we reflect what is good for the people of the com munity not what is good for ourselves List represented the Ameri can Newspaper Publishers Asso ciation in presenting this years journalism awards for general excellence to five high school newspapers TVia irinnofc nrnrA Pa1_ legian Baltimore City College Baltimore Md The Hoofbeat Murrah High School Jackson Miss The Rocket John Mar shal High School Rochester Minn The Profile Proviso West High School Hillside

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Library of Congress1946

Image 2 of The Western news (Libby, Mont.), February 28, 1946

WESTERN NEWS and Libby times Mont by Western Montana Pub lishing Compan y Inc _ Entered at the postoffice at Libby Mont as secondclass matter W R LITTE LL Editor and Manager T OFFICIAL PAPER FOR LINCOLN COUNTY 1 I j i a I j The following article written by j Staff is of so much worth and ex presses the guiding principles of the well that Subscription Rates S25CT 150 One year Six months NATIONAL DITORIAl_ Ml W ASSOCIATION Only a Thought For the Week fool offers thoughtless criticism wise man uses restraint YOUR NEWSPAPER IS AN INSTITUTION a member of The Western News giving it place n umn reserved for the personal 90 m ment from the editor of thenews At least that is a pleasant way to think of it It is as difficult for community to thrive without a good active newspaper as it would be to dU progress without churches a library Some communities may be res1 ponsible for the building of strong progressive newspapers but in most cases the welfare of the city and the success of the newspaper are more or less interdependent each helping the other to succeed Residents of a community

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