The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-05-04
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Personal.
Tha Tri.Weekiy Gazette.

The accustomed reader OF the Gazette
need no; be informed that with this num-
Der it appears before him OF an enlarged
size In order TO keep pace with the rapid
progress of cur city and its increased eusi-
ness, which is displaying itself in the con-
slant accession to our already large adser-
Using patronage, j, has become necessary
that we enlarge the dimensions OF our
sheet.
When frs, We designed doing 50, we con-
templaied an increase in the price OF sub
scription, as there IS no paper issued tn
weekly in this portion OF the West. o. The
present dimensions Of the Gazette, the sub
scrlption price 10 which is 50 low; but IN
conversation with triend-who by the way
j. an adver,iser--he suggested that we re-
tain the present terms of the paper and IN
crease the rates Of advertising
His reasoning was good; As an adveTtl-
sing medium your paper is worth more now
than i, ever has been. BY putting the sub
seription low you will obtain larger num-
Der cf subscribers and thus make II still
mere valuable 10 the advertiser. In addi-
ton. il is the advert. sers who cause you 70
enlarge. hence they should be made to pay
the expense.
Printing paper, labor, every thing connec-
ted with the publishing business Is adFan-
cling, So ii we intend to keep pace with the
times we mus, advance our prices cores
pondinsly.
Our terms to merchants and other year
IL advertisers, have been the privilege Of
one-third of column for .25 per annum,
and $40 additional for the weekly. Here
after for the same amount the space will be
abridged to onc-iourth Of column, or fify
lines This is the oa'y advance we contem-
plate.
For displayed advertisements and when
frequent changes are made, as has been our
custom, an extra price is charged. Edito-
rial notices intended TO draw attention to
private enterprises or business, to inYcn-
tons, improvements and articles for sale,
will be charged at the rate Of ten cents per
line.
Marriages, deaths and religious notices
inserted gratuitousy. Obituary notices,
over one square IN length, charged as adj
refreshments. Advertisements handed in
without specifying upon them the number
Of insertions, will b. continued until order.
ed out, and charged accordingly.
These are rules that we adopted more
than tweiyemonth ago and have since
published in the columns Of our weekly
bnt we now place them here that ADVERT,
sers in the iri-weekly may become acqnant-
ed with our terms, and that especially when
they ask Us to give them an editorial no.
,ce, they may b. familiar with the extent
which such aids TO their business coufers
upon ours.
Hoping then that our enlargement, which
small matter as it may appear 10 some, in
ours an additional annual expense Of from
three to five hundred dollars, may give sat.
isfac;ion to all and induce many who are
HuL tAAcGgltEis ~ Adht tIe bdGtltt. (
shall continue to cater for what we con
ceiye to be the best interests Of the public
We observe by the published report, that
the current expenses Of the city Of Dubuque
for the last year, amount to Sil,4l5, while
the receipts were 3s,953. Why don't oul
city authorities publish an annual statemen,
Of their receipts and expenditures, that the
public may know what becomes OF the mo-
neyl BY the way, proposition vas made
some time since by the Council ID tile dif
ferent newspapers with regard TO the pub
licaiion Of their proceedings VIII somt
Of the turtle soup" gentry please inform u
Of the result and whether they have ye, hat
'procsedng!'