Telegram-herald., 1889-04-21
OUR ANNIVERSARY
A. Outline Of The Progress Made
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ohaae.s Ine history OF t4e great
journals ol the country j. cine story 0f
aard eolk and ol pauenl el-aeasol
upon lhe galt Of tao,e who nave made
tasla great. and All too often tAe history
ot financial run or despair % many
Rh0 nave been connected altA the pa
Per Tie cause TOR ali. =, frequently
found la the Tact that your true news
paper man i- too eulerpr.-.ng Tor n.,
surrouud lngs- lnis II les, often tiie
case n large cities than IA smaller
places. where the euterpT-ug pub
i.sher eldtav0Fs. a. the prints. ar
wont % express e. TO Fun a nonparei
paper % a small pea town" The re-
salt IS any amount of hard work Will
pcor returns. and frequently the neccs-
,lty " letting so just before the boom
in nus.ue. q, reached.
The b tory ot the iELEGRAM- -UERALn
tron ~ inception ss a four page daily -.x
days .u tle weeA nearly live year, ago.
= pr-nabiy familiar to neaciy all of
olr readers Ihe paper has passed
through IT. share of perpleXng vicls
atudes, and Tie different publisher.
ald managers have nad thpis share ~
obstinate difficulties % -urmOunt.
AZ stated above. the paper was first
e-ttnll l-lrd al, morning daily without
. sunday ISSUE. and sd continued unit.
tlzee years ago. when tine nr,t >UNDAl-
IELEoRAM-HtKAL was published Apr
T. $50. Prey.ou. t0 that time mer.
chants had placed very httle extra val,.
on sunday advertising, lu facf no efiOl.
az that time WAS made hy the publisher,
t04make better paper, Tor sunday read
lng, as had been done iu other cities for
some time previous. IL seemed % b.
the mission 0f tine 1EIEoRAM-HERALp
% open this teld and educate or cal
tine attention of the advertisers 20 the
special advantages ot sunday paper
his Wa. done with Al.. and appeared
q De- so profitable tnat tile other sun
day morning paper, increased It's size
and added special features An even
ing paper, not wanting % be % Tar IN
the rear IN tais march OF progress
over year aga started "a sunday morn
.ng paper. and have evidently found
that 10 adds 20 their revenue, for the
publication sill continues.
10 81, 90 fttngly mark the third ami
vcrsary Ot the founding OF the Sun
pNy lELEGRAM-tIERALp that on this
Easter sunday the editors have put
forth extra efforts % make good pa
per.
The New Paper.
Readers of the TELEGRAM-HERALD
were no doubt considerably surprised
last Monday morning % hud AZ their
doors an cght instead OF teur-page
paper II has already been stated that
tui> increase lu SIZE was found neccs-
sarv t0 accommodate the increasing de-
nand ou our advertising space. This
loura. has in times past been very
poorly printed. on very poor paper.
winch gave bad IMPRESSION To the per
SON who saw the paper for the first
time. The type. too. was old and, the
face blurred, winch caused much dis
satisfaction. All these q lfhcultIes the
present management has aimed 20 re-
move. ald We think we have IN a good
measure succeeded. On January
ia-t we placed ia our press
room our now Web pcrfectug
rrrs-. the only Gue IN Michigan outside
t... city of /. 1ro.t. AND SINCE that time
There has been little or no complaint.
AZ that time. however. orr readers were
prom -ed % new ires. ct type. and that
promise was fulfilled one week ago to
Cav "A ltw Easter Dress the Detroit
Nor. calls IT, although pat on Little
before Easter
Our Promises.
Frfrrr prom So was Cver made by
tMe rre-- mauI-sm. and that
gron. -t 0l, tren made good. But We
nr. uoV Fr pared % lu mofe tA5u We
ever prom -sd. An c.gntpage issue
eFrrv dav IS already au aecompl she'd
flct. eud ALI our fuenI, seem pleased
aui cove encouraging words "Ihc
c.e1ue-t aud most p.aaly printed paper
iu Grand Rapids. IS a common vfri.c-.
aut wr propose from tins time forth go
take that sor olr motto. Not only wiI
10 be clean Typographical appear
anre. .ur every effort w.l hc made %
mike 8 rs c,eau lu other WAYS rs . IS
po-s bic % psske q daily paper and give
tar news rs lt occurs.
Present Prosperity.
Every Indication points to a bright
a.3 prosperous future for Grand Rap
its srd there IS no apparent reason
WHY tne TETFgRt,t-HER,Ip sh0uid not
share n tls general prosperity. II IS
now only tyo years ago that th.s paper
printed. 40 tne close ~ every article m
ONE s-ue the chem sf8rtl nI announce
meut -Crlrd Rapids wN have lto.go0
inhabitants in SD. The tfa that-Ucu
a growth n population. and Incidental
prosperity. should come f0 MS was pooh
uooned bv tine old "resid outCr- and
conservative business mon with A
great deal ~ energy. and an effort vas
weie ro make lsuCiuUg-~t1CS Of the
paper tn1t should allow - IMAGINATION
g. play such freaks q ta reason. and
fner have tle audactv to put such a
rr.rt.E~V I'M fTUf Two wears n.l l-G