Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-11

The Newspapers of the Ma
tional Capital.
OLDEST! CHEAPESTIi BEsTlu
THE EVENING STAR.
THE WEEKLY STAR.
WASHINGTON. ID.
The Evening Star
Ii everywhsre recognized q the leading newspaps
Of Washington. With two exceptions only, Il -
'sS largest eireSlasses Of sxy daily paper ,xslisA.s
sosta Of Ns~ York, more tia. THREE TIMES t1ss a.
Say Other ~ fss city, and EQUAL TO THAT OF ALL
The OTHER DAILY PAPERS IN WASHINGTON Appr,
TOGETHER
To advertisers therefore, # presents peculiar and
aneQuaIed advantages. in the extent and character
Of Its circulation, and in the low rates charged, con-
siderins the wide publicity IT insures.
1t h, indeed. within its scope.
THE BEST ADVERTTsING MEDIUM IN
THE UNITED STATEG.
In this connection attention is invited to the fol.
lowing article copied from "fhe Great Nevsp.per,
OF the United States series Of Historical skeeha.
published in ROweI's Centennial Newspaper TX.
hibition,' New York, 1876:
"Is create, dss-" p~Ass, fsss say ssss,s,c
~ ths country, THR WARRINGTON EVENING s1Al
is sAs szponen and representative Of the ix.syssts Of
'As city ~ raies ii is pHbshsd. Tais las been iss
character from thu besiaains, and to t6is distisc,tv.
fsdfxrs IS largely due as present. wide ei,cxafon SD
SIS AGA character Is ~ advrsisiss sssdixsu;
foE"dsd ." S2, 1t IS BY many years tie oldest, q I,
also hs NEST Popular and influential Of t6s MANY
"sS'pap1s published at tss National Capital. tn
policy Of sirns tie closest atse.tion to local sstsss
whieA was adopted BY its founders las not ssly been
sdA,sd to, but siH further derslopsd BY its ,,sss,
nandssmenf, into whose hands tie papU eous -
'~eaass, IN 1867. Not only tsis, Ao,ssvv. Is,rss.
dsatsy on assEnias control tAey darninsd TO solvs
ne problem Of publishing daily nsus and bxsi.1,,
oSrSai, strongly local IN eAa,aa so eAsa, O. 10 D.
wtfhtH the MEANS Of tAs poorest Citizen vet 30 ,sids in
as scope, so hish IN as aims, and so fs asd co.p1
90 az vs Departments as 10 Ms szaet,as demand,
S iAoss rtshins to keep posted hs daily doisss a,
~ NAoA world. To this ssd tie largest ssd beu
ssfaisaoA for0 Of editors, reporters and coyysspond.
ss's IS eonstasfIy Employed th tsss,aSA u Jyssly
ssd literally used, and tie fastest and Most poS~fsl
prisf'ns machinery Is called service Tas yssvn
IS daily paper raich literally goes into svsy Aosss
AoId - the Distrtct Of CoixnstiA. IL kas sndssd ben
soSesxstrsIy ESTABLISHED thai The STAR AAs Ssovs
tAaS tAsN times a. many sxbsytb~s Sad ssoys skas
See times as n1dsy readers as any otAr daily payW
published - Washisg,os. And not tAis sloss. IL,
'ssslas permanent sx6seriptios m is bsgisvsd 70 D.
!a's" fAds thai Of asv srssins PAPER IN tie Usissd
States, matter Wk1s Published, tvAih its eiyexls
ITO" IS, ." prororsion to the population Of ~ city,
SArs prin'sd asd circulated, tie Target ssd fslleu
'os's'ssd BY any ssvspop1 N the world IL Tollosss,
th1oe that scithis The territory cor~sd BY its ei,ev
Istios Il Aas no neal, anything approae6tss IN
sqxal, as MEANS Of ysaehiss tie public IL las, IN
feet, passed into . ssaxim tsa, "Ev~ybody u
fAs Dissrief Of CosErsbia scAo cas read, reads The
STAR, asd srry one Vho adr1tisss at az sdrotiss
50 SIS coHmHs." Yet ii b fhoxsAs tAas &c,
ei,e~Iaiion and ixsKeses are only local. Ii Aas
wide dfsribxio1 tiroxsA tie mails and in addtsso.
10 ais sr1y Issue Of tho Is Carefully ,sad byths
's'onss Of strangers eo1stos,ty cssisns tAs Nations,
Capita! on business 70, pleasure asd ssAo consist
tEfe IN rry large degree the tcealhy and pehasiss
popxIatios Of tie d1~ass States ssd Territories; %
thas whiA the EsId Of THE STAR IS in sswLsd d.
sr" local. tAs paper IS ssrntAsIsss, IN tis best ssss
sesssope!ssss sad ssesresmsstbsd 10 IL syIsvs,"