The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-09-21
The First Daily Paper

Oh the 18th " March, 1902, the FIRST
number Of the first daily newspaper Ill the
English language was published N London
II Was about the size of half sheet Of
tpulscap. and was printed On one side only.
Ii contained neither leading articles, nor
advertisements, nor home news and It's
contents consisted merely of quotations
from foreign journals and two announce
m,uts * to IT, own scope and mission 1t
concludes with these words This
C.4nlnt. As the title shows, will he pub
hshed daily, helm. designed 70 give ali the
Material News As soon As every post ar
rIyvs. and D. confined "a half the compass
III save the Puhhck, AZ least halt the m-
pertlucucrs If ordinary newspapers. 1t
Va called the Dd.y Coirtnt, and lt met
uIth 81 favorable q reception, that SIN
weeks aftcv the ISSUE II its FIRST number, II
appeared printed uu both sides, With q
column ana 4 half IL advertisement The
difference. however. between the IuJy
C.uu,ut ANA leading modern newspaper,
consist, uut merely m SIZE. type, the num-
nrr .t advertisements. and elaborate cdlto-
ri.l-. thu uust striking contrast Is found
H .ut IdINblLh Win "htDI i'iVi-' 'l'eli'
-,ugr rs conveyed lt ms present ulnt' a
compared With thy sIu~ rate ~ transit IL
Iu-. hur r"rei-n intelligence Is pun Tor
ward AZ tHr leading feature II TINS hIst
l."ly news. t... 'lh .uv '"I'''I .',,N eNe-
~ .ll' ''' $50 tI57
foreign prints which tru time W. time, AS
,ges,I.u .ti,r~. vI. rs mentioned lu tins
paper thi tAl '"..-,'I HIM i'A''l '''le AZ hi
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partially tJ tny beginning Do each article
hr viii quote the foreign paper from
whence II lS taken. THAI The public, seeing
from Is thar country piece II news comes,
with thc allowance II that government,
may ht better abLe Z" Judge ~ tHe cFel-
mity and fairness ~ the relation Nor
WAL he ttke upon MN T. give any CON-
mehts M cunJtctures ~ ms own put VIII
relate only matter OF tact, suPP"slnS other
lvoEie 4" have sehst enough 7" make re-
hectons f"r themselves ne modern
'lSlel" Is J"st 1he reverse ana Is Oiiuouo'-
e'lig rounded H C"I'llloi aolls'' N VII II
U'Hl'y "e1""so "'i.s ny"
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lowest aiIu 'lese IeaueLs are iluilloeIeu "
'nIlI'ons' whereas III i i1ilsiHi', ~ queen queen
ANNE llht' ouI WY le" VI lhe "uIAlilS
classes could read, ana even among the
middle classes great ignorance prevailed
:" that the circulation q me Dt'g tour
"' Vas PI"'aDly 'lIlilIeu " II" nun
urea "l lHe merchants anu "eH-to-uo
men, as the phrase theh was. IL lsi now
ever, known that many OF these had pm
vate expresses OF their own from abroad,
oy when they obtained information Of
WHAT was passing long oelore me he"spa-
cis' vi e'eii ne Ool eiLi llieiII ulu' anu
nus H. al 'iie iliaI AeIs
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WHICH informs 'Ie Puuiic y "haV tOoA
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! 'eliis ~ news iioi' -,aPles anu ieiiIiS'
o"' no n"iiie news ""Vc'er anu NJ 'h4
succeeding numbers paragraph m from
seven 10 Ten illes comprises Al that Is sup
pHed under 'he meaning LONDON. ms
Is al the more rehlarhaple, as war was then
going un between England and France.
Only the most meagre illusions are made
70 the operations n Flanders The death
Of the king, William Ill, and the aces
sion II Queen Anne, are only told by I'M
phcation, that Is 70 say, ny reference 70
matters connected with the kings funeral.
ne hTst number q the Ddtty Courd'd ap-
ltareG On the very gay that Anne went TO
the house Oh GERS 10 denver her nrst
speech from me throne, the llth Of March
the king alea on the oth. ms singular
retlcence on the part OF the editor, with
Iesaro Io uoihesIlc AFFAIRS leaos 70 the sus-
pl0loH uiiat 'lle ,ileli government exercised
ooiiSi'ei "oio aioi'i"iy power Ut lIliluence
n prevent uiScusSiois n ~ foreign pohcy
ana lts conduct towards the exlled Stuarts'
whose partlSans were plotting all over the
\ hited hlngdon ior their restoration. II
sh"uIa DE remembered that queen Anne
was herself stuart, Delng daughter OF
James ~, ahd her brother, Inc Pre-
tender, asplred To succeeding to the throne
on her death, notwithstanding the act Of
succession. II was dangerous to be either
an an hahoverlans dre% swords ana fought