The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-01-12
THE MODEL NEWSPAPER
THE INTER OCEAN FOR 1883.

| To give all the news without indulging in Offer
sye sensationalism; 20 be courageous and aggress-
i've in the advocacy of wellesablished nciples,
| without being naTIow-minded or unfair; TO cater to
the tastes of all classes OF intelligent readers, with
out panderng TO the preudices OF any, to present in
most attractive form the greatest variety of matter
without curtaing lowering the stanC ard of any
department to grow in interest and excellence with
each succeeding year of its existence, is to be the
model newspaper.
THE INTER OCEAN will remain unconpromisngly
Republican, will maintain its present attitude Of
protecting American industries will continue to de-
vote special attention to trade, transportation and
economic questions; Will retain the departments of
The Curiosity Shop ca current encyclopedia of curl
Gus, interesting, and valuable information, called
out by inquiries of subscribers); The woman's
Kingdom devoted TO the progressive movements in
which women are interested); The Farm and Home
covering topics of special interest to farmers, their
wives and their children; The Veterinary contain
ing answers to questions az to the treatment of
horses, cattle, and other animals by of the best
veterinary surgeons in the West and Complications
taking in puzzles, enigmas, conundrums etc., all
Of which peculiar to the paper; will give
much space hitherto to serial and short stories,
original and selected sketches, and poems, and with
increased facilities for news-gatherng in the shape
of special wires to New York and Washington, aud
experienced correspondents well placed at home
and abroad, will than maintain its high stand
ard for enterprise and accuracy in all departments
of news.
THE INTER OCEAN, always closely identified with
the interests of the West has led in the work of de-
velopment of both the Northwest and the Southwest,
and it will continue 70 make prominent the char
munities toward Statehood. No paper i'm the coun-
try has given much attention to immigration
movements, railway and canal enterprises, race and
economic problems and other topics relating to the
prosperity of the older States and the development
OF the newer sections THE INTER OCEAN.
Because 1t is constantly enlarging the field OF
newspaper discussion, and graphing uDhesitatingy
with all new questions that come before the people,
II has increased rapidly in circulation among ali
classes of tradesmen and farmers. Because of it's
enterprise in leasing special telegraph wires to the
great news centers, 1t has grown in favor with all
who like completeness and accuracy in dispatches.
Because of its steadfast Republcansm and it's close
sympathy with the best elements of the Republican
party, II has grown steadily in favor with party
Because of the high character and wide range of its
literary and special departments, IL has become a
greater fayorite in the home than any other dis
tlnctively political paper in the country.
The aim has been TO make 1t the best paper for
city, suburban, OF country reader the best paper
for the business man and his family the best paper
for the strong partisan well the general reader;
and the circulation of the several editions has
increased more rapidly the past year than in any
previous year, and 1t Is now larger than that of
any other paper west of New York City, the publish
ers, feeling that they have fair measure of popular
approval, will continue in the course marked out,
making such improvements as will keep THE INTER
OCEAN ut the head of the list Of American journals
the model newspaper.
The circulation is best shown by the amount OF
postage paid the papers sent TO actual subscribers
Judged by this standard THE INTER OCEAN il far
ahead Of all of its Chicago contemporaries, IL
shown by the table below. This table gives the
amount OF postage paid circulation by each news
paper named Gall of Chicago) for the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1892:
The Inter Ocean .......................$ ZOO 80
The News .......... ..................... 1883 II
The Times OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 65Si 10
The Tribune OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 5644 %
Inc Iicraiu' $50 %
This statement need no comment. IL speaks for
itself.
The subscription price of TIE INTER OCEAN ia as
follows:
Weekly edition, postage paid, ia 49,. sl,Is per year
semi-weeky edition, postage paid ESQ per year
Daily edition, postage paid. ...... 1000 per year
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on application.
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