The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-12-25
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| THR BURLINGTON HAwK.EYK, now the oldest paper
printed In Iowa, having been rss issued In 1885
en- years before The formation OF State Govern
ment claims position as the hTAt djsuprtixe Iowa.
Journal In the hands Of Its present proPrietors ts
daily circulation has risen, In period Of seven years
from 200 to 1000, and It's aggregate editions from esa
than 900 to , nearly Fly $1,000 sop,ss per st, tn.
and ndulgent friends increasing from year 70
year,has been as regularly requited by redoubled.
effort and enterprise. The sum now expended for
news are larger than the whole current expenses Of
the Office WHEN ~ came into the hands Of the present
proprietor, In Nov, 1854. The Partially q our
TO give them better and always improving news
paper, This policy will be continued. The very
large increase In subscriptions and prchts conse.
quent thereon, during the year just closed have en-
abled Us to secure improved machinery and steam
power and to make many improvements In other de-
his moi only Without tn. COST but With an
actual reduction In prices Of sucrptious. The Hawk
Eye has grown upon the generous patronage Of Its
DIS of friend until to-day the proprietor feeb
justified In saying that for the price, to the people
Of Iowa, he cap furnish a better and more valuable
sSrnie. of ths Several ed,sions Of n. .sper Win
| reference to the low tariff Of prices adopted for
the coming year, will prove the truth Of this asser-
tiOn. .'fi -
Iptell,9en.ansl we'll informed cevRespnmdents have
been eWpoye cd Ill keep the readers OF this paper
tnforhed Of the doings ofthe National and State
Legislatures at The important session just opening
Correspondents with Western forces will give In
detail the doings Of armies. and particularly
Iowa troops. who can hardly get mentien except
Such arrangements have been made with the Tel.
egraphC to full telegraphic reports
Of all important news at the earliest moment, reli-
able market and stock reports &C., &C. In the mat
ter of this paper will continue heretofore,
be from four days ahc ad of all papers printed
out Of the state and those who try the experimei
Of taking the awkEye will find tina: there Is neither
good sense or good management IN sending money
out of the state for q newspaper whose contents
must he anticipated in our columns long before H.
| can reach them either by mail or express.
In conducting this Taper Il never has been and,
never will h. In. purpose of the editor TO control
erect public opinion hut ather TO Inform IL by fur
nishnt the facts and arguments. pro and con, frSm
all quarters. We have never assumed the preroeatfys
Of controlling and directing NATIONAL and State AZ,
fairs or managing the War Yet we have always felt
II our duty as Journalist to express boldly cur opin
ions upon live questions and to speak with freedom
of public men and the Hawk-eye has never been
less welcome visitor because It sometimes honestly
other ques IONS Trusting that the forbea ance
will hereafter be extended to It, the editor will pnr.
sue an entirely independent course believing the
only tsae way of conducting a paper.
TIE DAILY HAwK-EYE
Will hereafter contain ut least twenty Ave Per cen.
reading after than heretofore Our fast Press,
graphic news Il three O'Clock in the morning, and
print in time for all the early mails. II viii he af-
forded to mail subscribers at the very low price Of
IS per year, IS for six months, and 81 80 for three
months,
THE sEMI-wEEKLY HAwK.EYE
Is printed Wednesday and Saturdays, In time for
all the mails OF those Gays. AZ " ~ per annum 10
clubs Of Ave at 1925, and to clubs Of five TO ad
dress at %. No cheaper paper 10 printed any
where.
THE WEEKLY HAwK.EYE
Il printed Saturdays In time for the mails and fur
nished at 81 80 per year, TO clubs of five at 81 to
at 81.
Our terms are invariably cash IN advance. An
clubs must 90 to one post, Office and expire at one
time, Additions can be M de 10 a club but all must
expire at time. IRolssr to secure the daily one
year At ~ tAs xhole amount must be paid In ad-
vance.
Persons getting " club Of ten subscribers for our
Weekly or Semi Weekly will be entitled to extra
copy. Those sending us twenty Weekly subscribers
forty win entitle them to the Daily
All money sent through the mails at our risk.
Address G. DCNIIAM.
Dec. It'll. 1891 Burlington. Iowa.