Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-06-08
g.. Mad. IA Our Readers.

The JOURNAL comes
a new form to-day. For seven. IN,
i. has been printed in qu.rto' o. a. s,sd !.
mage form. Now It will introouos "
self in the old standard folio OF , our
page shape, with pages twice Is large
a. rsf before This makes il more eonve |.
pient to readers, and easier ~
up" by the printers .,,,,ea
The paper has hitherto been printed :.
ON the cooperative plan, ons-nA, Ia, -
home and the other in sn0'nel with nh
Now 1t is all printed 1t home VIZ, 81.
GU, stopping TO give other reason, nor 'os
these changes than that we are .nns
enabled to more fully control our own
columns, give morn space % Org,
inal matter, and make our paper n'oi.
emphs.icaIIy . home paper, we VIII
briefly introduce
MIR. T. G. NAsTELLkK,
who has purchased : half Interest IL
the JOURNAL Office and paper anu os
come associated with the former eo''or
and publisher in The entire business,
which will henceiohh be conducted
under the Arm name Of Barker q Mas
teller. Mr.. NJ. has bssn > residen. OF
Iowa twsnt three years, ssfssu lour
years liz the US. Navy during tue
war a. q representative Of the na"k
ey. state, and has been domiclled in
Marion county SEVEN years. Hs is a
practical printer, and has had several
years experience In editorial aoor'
He has been employed on the JOUR
NAL before, and now returns after
having occupied thspOsltion Of editor
in.chisf OF the Pella Blade fofa term
of some fourteen months he 10 a
young man, aud possessed Of qualin-
cations peculiarly fitting him l0r MS
present place. Thus much his senior
partner may be permitted to say In
commencing him 70 those OF the
patrons of the JOURNAL who will see
in the paper, and perhaps recognize
the facils shove OF his pencil and the
results of mechanical skill. His
native modesty we msst present rs
our apology for the brsvity Of hts salu-
tatory remarks.
You can't imagine how much good
1t does We editors to have abundant
space for all they want to write, or all
they have found time to write this
week; aud how it rejoIces US to know
that we may let our No. 2pencils rat
tie at will over two or three hundred
pages Of white paper every week re-
cording oil sorts Of home, State,
National and foreign happenings, Cos
sip, advice, warning, comment, etc.,
and get II all In the JOURNAL and be-
fore our readers.
The extra work occasionsd by the
changes has compelled u TO defer
many things we wanted to say this
week, especially about the business Of
our town, its improvements in pro-
gress, its railroads, Misunderstanding es-
s-Sss~@aA. : -vuv,s. s1.sv-s,
ETC., and the agricultural aud mineral
resources OF our county. These mat
tiers will receive full attention a. soon
as We can reach them. And the dozen
or more towns In the county will be
remembered.
Reader. accept this number Of the
paper a. a sample, the best we
could present this weak. and we
promise to make II better. II you
like its looks and tone let US have
your subscription II your name Is not
now on our books; and II it Is there
aud you have not paid further than
to the beginning Of this volume, (2l)
we should be pleased to send you a
receipt for renewal. Have the kind
ness to show the paper to your neigh.
Dor, and induce him to take the Jour-
NAL. Assure him that be ought to do
80. that he cannot afford to do without
the home paper which il larger. and
gives more home news than any other
n the county. We shall faithfully
'ndssvor to make II - good Ia every
particular IS any county paper In the
state and indulge the belief that we
AN and will succeed.