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Map of Pennsylvania from Philadelphia north to the New York boundary and west to Williamsport. Shows county boundaries, drainage, coal field, important cities, and the existing and proposed railroads. Chartered in 1835 as the Little Schuylkill and Susequehanna Railroad.
1904. 123 sheet(s). 8 skeleton maps. Bound.
READ YOUR NEWSPAPER TO GET THE TRUTH SAYS COLLEGE PROFESSOR Prof Joe Ashlock of the Journalism Department of the State College of Washington Tells Over Radio in Interesting Speech How to Read Your Newspaper For Best Results Reading Your Newspaper to Get the Whole Truth Every day the newspaper presses of the country put out enough papers to enable each person in the land to read the news of the whole world said Prof Joe Ashlock of the State College of Washington journalism de partment speaking over radio K F A E the other right on How to Read Your Newspaper You may read the news of your heme town of the state nation or foreign nations This news coming from round the earth is tossed on your doorstep morning and evening Since the earth is large the news of the earth its nations and people is vast in quantity and variety No one person can read it all One who tries is apt to become bewildered couraged he may quit Dis Ill almost every neighborhood a few will be found who practically never look at the newspaper Several s for this might be suggested reason A prevalent one is
v __ Early Incidents Of the Civil War THE STORY OF THE FRIGATE CUMBERLAND BY CAPTAIN JOHN O JOHNSON OF LIBERTY ME To the Editor of The Journal A few years ago 1 wrote a series of ar ticles relative to the U S Navy which were published in The Journal and which I have reason to believe were well received by the intelligent read ers of your valuable paper Many who read those articles are like Pip in Dick ens Great Expectations continual ly calling tor more and this is my ex cuse for again troubling you to read my poor manuscript and to correct the bad spells Though 1 have not the personal knowledge of the events I am about to describe that 1 had in relation to those of which I have previously written yet circumstances made me very conversant with my present sub ject which is the old US Frigate Cum berland a sailing ship that was very much in evidence before and at the be ginning of the war of the rebellion and which was sunk by the rebel ram Merri mac at Newport News April 8 1802 Since that time she seems to be
Township map showing drainage, cities and towns, roads, trails, and location of two railroad lines in the northern part of the state. Stated scale reads: 12 miles to an inch. It is corrected in ink to read 18 miles.
Literary News and Notes Five complete stories and one serial provide the reader of the July Cosmo politan with an unusual monthly al lowance of magazine fiction and the stories all have a marked heart interest They are the work of Virginia Yeaman Remnitz Clara Morris Gen Charles King Maravene Kennedy T W Han shew and H G Wells One of the leading features in the July Cosmopolitan is found in its se ries The Great Industries of the Unit ed States this article treating of cot ton from its plantlife all the way through the mills to the finished pro ductelaborately illustrated with twen tyeight photo engravings This series in The Cosmopolitan should be read by every schoolboy It is an easy means of getting a thorough knowledge ef the great industries of the country for both young and old There is delightful summer reading in the July number of The Twentieth Century Home Such light and timely topics as salads summer drinks and womens farming are treated in enter taining fashion and even the fiction has most of it a distinctly summer set ting A charming example of the lat ter is a short story by Zona Gale
YOU DONT NEED HEALTH INSURANCE If you will take just a little care and so keep well all the time The best way to keep well is by proper diet sufficient rest enough exercise and above all things by keeping the bowels regular If you are unfortunate enough to be suff eringfrom sick headaches disordered liver dyspepsia or constipation you can get quick relief by a change of diet by reforming your habit of hasty eating by regulating the amount of rest or exercise and by depending on the True L F Atwoods Medicine to relieve you of other disturbing symptoms You can insureyour health against sicknessat little expense by systematic use of this old and reliable household remedy Large bottle small dose thirtyfive cents at any dealers Sample free for the asking LFMedicineCo Portland Maine Aeroplanes for Winning the War Mr Frank A Munsey has written a letter upon the above subject which is well worth reading It reads as follows France needs 100000 aeroplanes from us far more than she needs our soldiers at the present time She also needs our en gineers our artisans our captains of in dustry far more than her immediate need of our
A Prize Essay for Peace Day Wednesday Nov 27th was observed as Peace Day in all the Massachusetts High schools All the pupils in the Som erville High school were required to writeessays on the theme the best one in each class to be read before a school of 2500 pupils Miss Charlotte B Wads worth a junior wrote the following which was selected from 300 by the spe cial committee Miss Wadsworth is the daughter of Mr Edward A Wadsworth of Belfast and is living with her grand father George W Burkett while attend ing the Somerville High school Americas Part in the War Hundreds of years from now school children all over the civilized world will be carefully memorizing the date April 6 1917 that date which to all of us means and has meant so much We need not memorize it we have lived it It was very still in the great hall of Congress on that sixth of April 1917 Every available seat was filled The galleries were crowd ed the quiet was so intense it was al most visible as President Wilson read those momentous words declaring war on Germany Every possible effort had been
NewspaperPeople Affinity By Rosecoe Drummond More Americans are reading newspa pers more thoroughly than ever before There must be a reason Despite the decline in the total num ber of newspapers total newspaper cir culation in the United States today is at an alltime high There must be a reason The reason must have something to do with newspapersand people There is a special affinity between them between newspapers and people People must feel a great identity of interest with their own newspapers One of the reasons may well be that the printed word requires more of its read ers than any other media Readers get more out of newspapers because they put more of themselvesmore of their own thinkinginto their newspapers I do not speak disparagingly of other news media quite the opposite I think that radio and television reporting is a tremendous boon to our democracy Radio and television reporting greatly expands the surface of public know ledge In my judgement most newspapers greatly expand the depth of public know ledge Dictator Diem The latest clear act of dictatorship in South Vietnam where American boys are being asked to die fighting for the regime is the imposition of
GREAT FALLS DAILY TRIBUNE n U BOLE BdlUr S WARDEN UUlfW LEOVAJRD llOllBMI n niBHL lluaiw EDITORIAL PAGE MR WILSONS FIRST SPEECH President Wilson hit the nail squarely on the head when in his Columbus speech the first made on his swing around the circle he said that most of the derogatory statements made about the peace treaty were made by people who have not read it or who have read and did not under stand it It is a fact that the republican politi cians who have opposed the treaty and the league of nations have muddled the public mind in re gard to both of them at every possible opportun ity The presidents first speech was a clear and straightforward discussion of the issues at stake and they are tremendous The principal thought of the men who have devoted months of their time to drafting the treaty is to make Ger many repay in so far as it is humanly possible for the damage she has done for the terror she spread over the world for the blood she spilled for the homes she ravished for the industries she destroyed for the farms and the towns and the
Journals and Journalists MmpKtUa of ths Hold of Hsws pspstdon in Xontan Territory An Intoroutms Sketch of the Terri torial Journale Deed end Alive A Paper Read by John Bnnell Wilson at the Urt Meeting of the Montana Fron AMoclatlnn At the last meeting ol the Montana Press association held in Butte in August 1885 Mr John Russel Wilson editor of the Biloii Tribune who hint at the previous meeting been chosen lor that purpose read an interesting paperon MontauoJournal1 ism So much honest labor whs put into j this paper by the author and there is in it so much of permanent value that it is in corporated in this work for permanent preservation In preparing this historical iaper the writer j avoids prefatory remarks and proceeds to dc j scribe THE FIRST IRINTINO OFFICE IN MONTANA In compiling n History of Montunu Journal ism care has been taken to establish the dates and the parties who first brought printing ma terial outflts of presses und types into the Terri tory It is proper to mention these small print ing ofliees although no regular editions of papers were issued by the parties owning the outflts In September 1868 D
10 o thcr y EM owing are the reprints of the nt articles conce ing the printing appearing In the t papers published througa eridan county reading thebe articles you can for yourself whether the Pro News indulged in any false as alleged by the subsidised of the comiiasioners of this also repiroduce the article ap in the Pioneer Press in it tries to defend this high Idup of the county treasury the same time tries to di ntion from its own duplicity disgraceful frameup by a ri and personal attack on the f the Producers News here the editor of this pa ts to announce that this pa own by the farmers of this who dictate its policy The is a hired man hired and the farmers subsidized organ says that ducers News was the only r to protest against the f the peoples money May the only newspaper to pro wever there are a number tions issued in this county e kickedand kicked hard riminal appropriation of the money ng to the limited circu the Pioneer Press and wish t the voters of the county opportunity to read the ri rot that the gang organ y in trying
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
Poplar Montana Ihe Poplar Standard Friday January 25 19G3 3 THE POPLAR STANDARD Newspaper Advertising DOESNT INTRUDE It Goes Where It Is Invited PEOPLE BUY NEWSPAPERS BECAUSE THEY WANT ALL THE NEWS They are as much interested in the advertising columns as the news columns because adveitising is the news of what is avail able in goods and services at the stores they know There are no gadgets to turn off the advertising in news papers Nobody wants it turned off Every survey ever made shows that people prefer to have the newspaper they buy contain adveitising because the Advertising Is News The newspaper is there all day and far into the night It is there for the whole family to read And They Do It is there to be read at the time and under the circumstances When the reader asks to be informed It is there for the house wife to tear out the ads and take them with her when she shops And She Does There are no dials to turn on There is no problem of turning the dial at just the right time There is never a question about whether the advertisers message gets to