The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-01-16
WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH THE
FREE PRESS?

Three years ago at the encampment
of the Michigan State Troops at Brigh
ton was first heard the high-pitched in
quiry: Whats the matter with this
one?" and then the stentorian concerted
reply, Hes all right The interroga
tory and the answer, expressive and
taking, spread over the land, being
made especially prominent by Michi-
gan men at Chicago last summer, and
as rallying cry was vociferously re-
peated all through the late political
campaign.
As The FREE PRESS comes under the
discriminating eye of readers we seem
to hear this question:
What's the matter with The FREE
PRESS"
And its vast army of readers out
shout a Peace Jubilee chorus in re-
spending:
"Oh, The FREE PRESS is All Right"
And in verify The FREE PRESS Is all
right.
What would you have, good readers,
The telegraphic news from the four
quarters Of the globe, the doings of
kings and kaisers, parliaments and PEG;
pie?
Do you wish the run of the exchange,
fluctuations of Wall street, the talk of
the Bourse, the prices of the products
of the sod, and the fabrics ofman's skill?
Do you wait for the proceedings of
the courts, the-shall we say-doings of
Congress, the news of the government,
the amazing variety of intelligence
gathered from all parts of the continent
and related at lengthg
Are you interested in Michigan news.
the movements of notable people,
picture of life in the great cities as seen
by corps of intelligent reporters and
wildly reproduced in all the varying
phases of nature?
Will editorial discussion of topics of
general interest, keenly analysed and
comprehensive, interest your
Will it please you to read of matters
pertaining to ''The Household" or "The
Farm and Garden?"
Are you entertained by discourse on
music and the drama. in discussion of
plays, in the gossip of the stage? Are
you interested in general art matters.
Do you find pleasure in reading of
what is going on in the world of ath-
letics?
Or will your fancy be stirred. your
sentiment secured, your emotion touch
ed, your humOr tIckled, your faculties
improved Dy Tile WoUutTIully interest
ing stories, poems, sketches, essays, an
ecdotes and manifold expeditions of
human nature, which are TO be found
in its columns, original all of them, con
tributed by scores of writers of intel
lect and cultivation brighter and
larger array than many magazine can
boast of and not duplicated ia any other
paper, but to be read i'm The FREE
PRESS alone?
Do you like to know what is going on
i'm the social world, and what are the
latest society 'fads?"
If these things cannot satisfy, please
interest and instruct you, then il is
hardly within the power of those who
labor solely To produce pure, refined
and high class modern newspaper to
do so.
But if you will take the trouble TO
compare the paper with any other
which may come before you, no matter
from what place, near or remote, bear
ing i'm mind that the DAILY is furnished
every day in the year for SEVEN Dol
LARS and the WEEKLY 40 to 10 pages)
each week for year for ONE DOLLAR.
your unbiased judgment in response To
whats the matter with The FREE
PRESS" cannot be other than this.
The FREE PRESS is one of the best and
cheapest family newspapers i'm the
world, therefore,
"THE FREE PRESS is ALL RIGHT"