The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-05-29
sTaRTl4a = NEWSPAPER.
BY WILLIAM s.TALLCCK.

The ubiqalty q, tic printing press is
one Of the characteristics ii the age
Every corporation and company must
have It's special or-an t. advocate IT. pc
culiar advantage, --cSery village must
BE- represented by aa " Advocate. =
.Natchman' Or '.Iore4ls@Ht.' u hat
few years ago vas confined exclusively
10 the cities, In Gow extended to almost
every village aud town IN the country,
The press is now an pensibie reqals
tic 10 advance the character aud interest
OF any locality.
1t is verT easy matter for few lndi-
yidaals, interested Ia some enterprise, Ia
convene and do the wtal-worA towards
establishing an ''vr-an;' but to come up
promptly with the "tna.ersal aid, Is
widely different T. prouise i've hun
dred subscribers, 10 produce By 4 mystic
rious method Of a.di;ion thousand dol
lars to be made By job wora and adyertl-
sing, is easier than to hand over S.
600.
Now, the good citizens OF Bl0wtowa,
wanting to increase the value OF 'coraer
lots and beautiful suburban residences,
determined to establish weekly ncwspa-
per. II mature this design, la1umera.
bic nee,.ugs were held a! the stores .aJ
such p.a"3 az were most convenient. At
these meetings, Squire Passyman, Elder
Blow hard, Squire Easg-and-sl0g, tacte
UltramaD, and the -dessrs skintiiut
took the most prominent part. The nat.
ter vas presented In every possible light
Pussymau thought the enterprise Of y.
tai lmportaDce--one which would IT.
great good without much sacrifice On
their part. Elder BIowbard urged thai
a press be Immediately established
though they should at first be compelled
to make a LITTLE sacrifice, they would rca
hze double the amount in less than sis
months, in the way Of rise In p!opcf y
the name # their beautiful institution
--coruhil! lolege-wenl4 b. SOUNDED
abrusd. au4 b!0wtown wouif BE- know
afar OF, squire Easy~andsiow said h
was for TIE measure. Uncle tltramal
thought that paper would pay the ba
siaess men, ~ they could advertise at
small cost and receive a great benefit be
sides, If they could once ct the thing
going, they would shirk oil responsible
tv on the Individual enbarkip. IN the en-
terprisa, and he couldn't back out, an
if there VIII. any loss, Il would b. til
publisher. The Aessrs. Skinhint sal
their m9tto was .'the greatest good at tn
least COS = aud that they believed pres
would DO the thing
"For a press vas the verdict Of tn
citizens of Blogtoga The next thu
was to find some one to engage in tn
enterprise, who would control the papt
and puT the town. This was easily a.
conplished. \ young printer, who vi
attending college at BloW;own, b. Aatter.
fair promises and misrepresentation, ";
sedaced from his studies and persuade
to assume the responsibilities VI cdito
publisher and printer 81 the Prospecti'
paper, to appear under the euphoaeo'
tito of "Thc Blomtora Scieatgfc ftoc
tiaator." Subscription papers were CT
.culated and signed by men, women ~
BOYS, 50 that in short time iortald
BILE list Of names were presented ID
then. .swha.'s in q nanae. The i
hundred names were made up in abo
the style Of .kansas election returns
A few individuals subscribed f0F as ma
a. ten copies. This was considered
them a great sacrifice.
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