Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-12-06
The Model Newspaper
The Inter Ocean Bor 1883.


To Give all the news without INDUCING in Of
fensiye sensatonalism; to be courageous and ag
gressive in the advocacy in the Wel!establishCo
PRINCIPLES without being narrOW-n2lnded or I'M
fair; to cater to the tastes of al classes o. nteil
gent readers, without pandering to The pfelu-
direS of any: to present III the most attractive
form the greatest variety OF matter without cur
failing or lowering the standard OF any depart
ment; to grog in interest and excellence with
each succeeding year Of its existence, Is . ot
the model newspaper
From the first it has been the aim of the pub
fishers of the Inter Ocean to have the paper reach
his higb Standard and in each of the ten years
Of lis existence a notable step forward has been
taken. Aseyery change has met with Chroul-
aging response from the public IN the share OF
increased patronage, IT Is lair 10 assume tat Inc
efforts Of the publishers have been IN the right
direction, and have been Appreciated
The Inter Ocean will remain uncompfomISlng
Republican, wiliEmaintain It's present alutuoe
of protecting American industries; Will continue
to devote special attention 10 trade, utnSI0ila-
ton. and economic que tons; Will retain the &c
partments O The Curiosity Shop, "a current en-
cycIopedia of curious interesting and Valudhle
informs tiou called out by inquiries 0fSubScrIb-
ers(: The WOman's Kingdom devoted 10 the pro-
gressiye movements i'll which women are inter
eS1edc The Farm and Home covering topics o.
Snpcial interest to farmers, their wives and their
childrenl. The Veterinary containing answers
to Que Stiois as to the treatment OF horses catte
ana other animals by one OF the best veterinary
surgeons I'm the WeStlaUd Complications taxing
in puzzles enigmas. c0uundruluS, etc. all OF
which are peculiar to the paper Will give as
much space as heretofore to serial anu snort
stories original and selected sketches. poems,
and with increased taellliies tof lSNs
in the shape Of special wires to New 4ofN ana
Washington and experienced correspondent
well placed at home and abroad, VIII more thal
maintain its high standard for enterprise and
accuracy in all departments OF news.
The Inter Ocean, always closely ldeuuheA
with the interests of the West has lGd III INC
work of development of both the Northwest and
the Southwest. and it Nill continue 70 maze
prominent the Characteristic features OF the pro
greSS of the newer communities toward ota'e-
hood No paper IL the country has given 80
much attention to immigration movements,
railway and canal enterprise, race and economic
problems aud other tropics relating TO the pros
perity u the Older states ana the deVelopmeh's
of the newer sections as The inter ocean. .
Because it is constantly charging the held OF
newspaper discussion, and graphing ahhg Slit
n@ly with alluew questions uat come bel9it
inc people, II has increased fapldis IL u
ton, among all classes OF tTadesmen and iafm-
erS. Because Gifts enterprise IN leading sPeGHl
telegraph wires o the great news centeiS, y mas
grown i'm fayorWith all VINO like completeness
aud ACCURACY III dispatches Because 81 us
steadtast Republicani>m and its close sympathy
with tie best clements of the Republican part
il has grown steadily in favor with partEhen.
Because OF the high character and wide range OF
irs literary and special departments, 1t has be-
come 3 greater favorite in the home than any
other distinctively political paper IN the couh-
try.
The aim has been to make it the best paper for
civ suburban or country readeTsthe bestpapcr
for the business man and his family; the best
paper for the strong partisan aS well as the gen
eral reader: and as the circulation has increased
more rapidly the past year than II any previous
year and as il is now larger than that OF any
other paper west of New York City, the publish
erS feeling that they have fair measure OF pOpu-
lar approval, viii continue i'll the course mark
ed out making such Improvements as Will Keep
The Inter Ocean at the head of the list OF Ameri-
can journals as the model new Spaper
The circulation is best shown by the amount
Of postage paid on the papers sent to actual sub
scribers, Judged by this standard, The Inter
Ocean is far ahead of all OF its Chicago contem-
poraries, as IS shown by the table below. This
table gives the amountof postage paid on circu-
lation by each newspaper named (all of Chicago
for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1882
The Inter Ocean. y, oU9.3o
he NcWS....-..-, ',doo.1
Tho o,64434
The Herald. l,4to'oo
This statement needs no comment It speaks
for itself
The subscription price of The Inter Ocean is
as follows:
Weekly edition. postage raid, is.,.-.S1.t5 per ".
Selni-Weekly edition, postage paid. $50 per yr
Daily edition. postage paid....,....,..l90o per VI,
Sample copies OF The Inter Ocean will be sent
on application.
Send money in Registered Letter, Money Order
Bank Daft or Express, at risk, and be sure
and write the name and address OF each sub
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