Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-04-10
WEEKLY C0U RIER.
MORNING, APR. 10, 1878.
gNp or VOLUME xxx.

END OF VOLUME xxx.
The present number of the WEEK.
Ly COURIER, ends the 10Th volume,
and on Wednesday, April II, the first
number of the 30th volume will be
published. The COURIER has never
missed a number since it started, ex-
cept in the first few years of its exist
ence, when paper had to be hauled
from Keokuk with teams, and some
times missed connections; then the
publishers had to pass a week without
publishing. In 1851 during the great
est flood that ever occurred here, we'll
remembered by every old settler, sew
eral weeks were missed at one time,
and as no mails We're carried for weeks,
subscribers could not have received It
had it been printed. .,,
There have been wonderful changes
since that time. Then it took three
weeks to receive news from Europe,
now we sit in our office and receive
news from there in less than three
hours. The COURIER was then a.
sheet 22x32 inches; it is now aax5O,
1t then required 1900 ems of prin-
ters' type measure composition to fin
the sheet; it now requires 1870, 600 ems
composition to fill 1t. Wapello coun-
ty then had a population of about
1900, the State about 17A,OOO; now
Wapello county has $4,000. and the
State million and a half.
The first number of the COURIER
was published August 8, ls4s, and
during all these nearly thirty years, /
has labored constantly and faithfully
to build up the best interests of the
the State, county and town; and it's
publisher and editors are proud of our
town Of 10000 people, its merchants
and manufacturers, its schools and
churches, its railroads and magnificent
water-power. It's manufacturing and
mercantile facilities are surpassed,
by no other city in the State, if indeed
equaled by any. As heretofore the
COURIER will continue to advocate all
cur public enterprises and contribute
Of its means to foster and develop our
great resources, until Ottumwa shall
become, as it is destined soon to do,
the best manufacturing town in the
West, and in every way desirable
place in which to live.
As heretofore no reasonable expense
will be spared or labor omitted in adj
vancing the COURIER still further Al
a journal worthy to represent this city
and county. Weare glad to hear from
very many of our readers words o.
encouragement; persons who take and
read such journals as the weekly In
ter-Ocean and Journal, of Chicago, thu
Globe Democrat, of st. Louis, and tn,
Cincinnati Times, say they are pleased
with their foreign papers, but then at
ter all, the COURIER is their favorit,
and the paper first sought after in tn
family.
Our subscription list is steadily in
creasing, even in these close times, an,
let all our people remember that i'm
provements will keep pace with tn
pecuniary encouragement we receive
The Weekly COURIER subscription
list must be doubled in the next thre
years and we confidently expect t
do it. Within that time, too, we ex
pect to push the Daily far out in al
directions upon our railways.
We submit that there isnothing tina
can so well advertise our city, its bust
ness of all kinds, and its business men
as its newspapers. We ask for no sup
port that does not return to the Gus
toner full compensation; in othe
words we want no custom that we d,
notpay for; but we do say that if we cal
get line of advertising support t.
justify from our citizens, there is M
reason why, at the proper time, tn,
Daily COURIER cannot follow upoI
the heels of our city's trade into al
towns of any importance. Such re
suit, wemaintain, can be made to rich
ly pay us and those who assist US
But we shall probably enlarge upol
this at q future time.
We thank our people heartily 70
the favors they have extended us, an,
may we not be allowed to hope an,
trust that we have compensated then
Therefor.