The Portland daily press., 1891-12-18
COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON.
What our Contemporaries Say of the
Press New Clothes.
Bangor News1

Bangor Newsl
In the Portland PRESS. eight PACED, neat
clean and metropolitan, the people of Port
land aud of Maine have paper that is a
credit to the State and an honnr to its man.
agement The Portland PRESS of today is
an ably conducted, conservati. Republi-
can paper, furnishing its readers with the
cream of Associated Press news and spend
ing much time and money upon special
features that add greatly to Its value. The
editorials of the'P PREss are models OF style
and argument. and while partisan, are fair
and manly. All that was needed to make
1t as good as the best was char ga In the
form, and now that Ia made 1t Is an ideal
paper May the PRESS increase In circu-
lation and wealth aud popularity as the
years pass, and may 1t date new birth
from the time 1t changed from the antlque
TO the modern style nf journalism.
Fairfield JournaL1
Tie Portland PRESS comes out in quarto
form printed from stereotype plates on
their uew Scott perfecting press. OF course
the paper looks strangely In its new form
but We like the change much. In short
time new dress of type will be put on and
we expect to see the PRESS easily lead the
list OF handsome Maine dailies.
[Auhurn Gazetie.J
The Portland PRESS is the latest to dis
card the blanket Sheet for an eight page
form, In which 1t appeared before its many
readers ON Saturday. 1t has just put in a
Web-perfecttDg press with printii ca
pacity of 10000 papers an hour, ana
equipped with all the latest improvements.
We congratulate our Portland contempor-
ary on these evidences of prosperity fol-
lowing an honorable and enterprising Ca
reer which has brought 1t into the front
rank of New England urnalism.
Bangor Whig.J
The Portland PRESS has changed its
form and Is now printed as an eight page
paper on new fast perfecting press. Our
Poit tland contemporary is a wide awake
newspaper and we congratulate it upon It's
well deserved prosperity.
IKennebec Journal
The Portland PRAss SUI prised its read
ers on Saturday by appearing In the eight
page form, and giving evidence of other
metropolitan ways In the arrangement of
its matt r and general make up. 1t is
quite change ano one which its read-i s
will need considerable time to become
familiar with, but when they do we think
they will be pleased with tile transition. It
woul0 be hard to make any change for the
better In It's able editorials or the general
manner In which its columns are conducted
but II these features can be improved. we
are sure they Will be under the present
vigorous management of this leading Maine
daily.
Sunday Telegram.l
In its new quaItu form the PRESS is a
daisy. and gives promises of being one of
the hands0mest papers In Maine when it's
new press gets down to business.
portland Advertiser.l
The Daily PRESS appeared this morning
Ia an eight page form, printed on the new
Scott webb press, which has been put In
during the past fortnight. The paper is
considerably enlarged and has a modern
look, In keeping with the latest improve
ments In the making of newspapers. A
new dress of type will shortly be added
and then then the PRESS will be one of the
best and most neatly printed journals in
New England.
[sunday Times.J
The Portland PRE- comes to us this
morning In the form uf eight pages, seven
columns TO page. 1t is printed on stere.
otype, web perfecting press of high speed
ana the latest improvements. We are GLAD
to see this Improvement in the PRESS, for
1t speaks we'll for the prosperity uI the
State TO have its papers enlarge and i'm.
prove.