Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1883-01-26

AINRcE amount ofinterestiag reat
ing matter will be found on our insid
pages. among other things is IN lite
es'ing description of surrender OILS,
given by an eve witness and part,c
pant. THE particulars Of the Milwa,
kee fire. some valuable remedies an
eceipNs. the news in brief and
spiended shor, story.
The pitiful courtesy OF a thirty-!iv,
or fifty cent ticket in return for fro,
one to FIVE dollars worth of advrtis
ing, does not entitle an editor to tn
name dead head" From our stand
point the dead-head is too often on tn
other side. However. we have no Oh
lection to cur lll-na'ured neighbor esti
its own value as an organ"
IT is sad commentary on the 10,
ebb OF public morality, when no proI
osition of magnitude can come befor
congress. wi,hou, a suspicion OF jot
berry b:'ing at once raised The We
low stone park proposition, is one tha
contains all the necessary element
We shall see whether our servants an,
REPRESENTATIVES dare pass it.
We said Cumback's lecture las
week was a good one because the or
gan said so. but "looker on in TIL
Democrat, who was present don'tseer
unanimous on that question. We re
spect Mr.. Cumback very highly, an
the insinuaticn Of Jealousy because HI
did not call is ali fol-de-rol. Our rl
marks were true. No mere politician
Snort of National celebrity will dra,
well on the lecture platform Nam
one.
Conducting a newspaper, one re
celves, from well meaning subscribers
much advice. but often it comes in
way to raise smile. Within the pas
week two of our readers, one womal
and the other man utterly differed ii
their suggestions. The lady though,
less stories and more Washington new
and description OF the presidents Ne'
Years reception, and the career Of Mrs
Langtry would be about the right styl
of reading matter; while strange t,
say he man, and farmer at that
toped We would stnng out our story
I'd give them lots of it. His interes
in the story was such that he coul,
scarcely wait from week to week for tn
paper. The GRAPHIC IS large enough
to give variety and to afford something
to suit all tastes. This is why the peo
pie like it so well and patronlze it S,
heartily. though it does come a ittl,
higher. We find that it is not Its pat
rons that grun,ble at the price, as a rul'
but those who have never taken it
AMONG the neatest, best edited, new
siest local papers that come to ou
table is the La Plata Home Press. |
does not get credit with the ordinar,
reader for the actual amount Of read
ing matter ii furnishes weekly, on ac'
count of fine type, but it is always
newsy and well printed. Speaking o
the subject of subscription price ths
Press gets off the following which
shows that its editor possess large
amount of good newspaper sense Th'
Press speaking ofa contemporary which
had reduced its price says: I'VE hops
our friends may realize their expecta
tions, yet We believe they have made :
IN reducing their price of sub
scription. There is no rivalry betweer
the large metropolitan journal. 1t mat
ters how much reading matter it con
talns and with whatever of ability /
may be edited, with a we'll conducted
1ewsy local paper. If there is a rival
~ recognized and admitted, the coun
ty paper cannot stand the competition
With the city paper. We recognize nc
such rivalry or competition. Hence
instead of reducing the price of
county paper, we would rather increase
t and at the same time increase It:
,alue by using smaller type, and filling
IS columns with matters of local con
,ern that the city paper cannot furnish
kirksyille IS gong to have a firs'
lass creamery. 1t will be good hing
or the farmers. but a little tough on
Is working men who have to purchase
for prices on butter generally advance
where there is good creamery estab'
ished.
THIEVES AND ROBBERS.
Under the above heading the Cent
ry Monthly for February in the Top
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