The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-10-17
IRISH NEWSPAPER CLAIMS.
Some Quaint Announcements which Are
to BE Observed In Them.

some Quaint Announcement Which Are
to BE Observed In Them.
The publishers of Irish newspa-
pers designed for homo circulation
appear to work on the theory that it
is wise for theconductors of a news.
paper to let the whole world know,
not what it contains nor how exten-
sively it circulates nor what advan.
tages of publicity it offers, but rath-
or the class of people who read it
and who and what they are. Thus
one who reads the published an
nouncements of some of these pa.
pers cannot fail to be impressed
with their recognition of social con-
ditions which get very little toler-
ance in the United States. There
is the Roscommon Constitutionalist,
for instance, which, the advertise.
ment declares, ''enjoys the patron
age OF the clergy, gentry, merchants.
shopkeepers and farmers" There
is The Northern Standard of Mona
CHAN, which declares that it has "a
very extensive and rapidly increas-
ing circulation among the Conserva-
tive lauded gentry, farmers and the
general public" The Galway OBJ
server claims a large circulation
among farmers and commercial
men. There is The Leader of Mas.
in western Ireland, which appeals
for patronage as "the recognized or
gan of clergy, professional mon,
traders, graziers and farmers" The
Irish Cyclist and Athlete, published
in Dublin every Wednesday, is sold
for a penny, and this is the appeal
it makes: Cyclists are more or less
a moneyed class, and tho journal
has an enormous circulation among
them" The Irish Educational Jour
nal, published in Belfast every Fri
day and sold for twopence, claims as
its patrons 'school managers and
inspectors, the clergy of all denomi-
nations and the general public"
The Drogheda is supported, it's bull
letin declares, "by the mercantile,
manufacturing and agricultural in
~terests, and, from the responsibility
of its subscribers, is a most desirable
medium"
The Journal of Glare is published
in Jail street, Ennis, and is 1.-THE rec
ognized organ Of the gentry, the best
class of farmers, and the wealthy
Glasses generally of Clare" 1t is
"well printed and has ably written
leading articles on local and general
topics-due attention paid to litera-
ture.' The Glare Advertiser, which
is also the Kilrush Gazette, was es-
tablished in 1856, and it's
ment of it's merits contains this SOL
emn warning: Advertisers should
see this paper before they select, as
fly sheets on tea paper are called
newspapers, being but the
of literature" The Carrickfergus
Gazette, published every Friday
morning, is sold for a penny at Cor
ner House, High street and North
street, Carrickfergus.' The indus
tries of Carrickfergus would appear
from the announcements to be some
what varied, for they include iron
and wood, shipbuilding yards, flax
spinning mills, weaving factories,
printing and bleaching works, trade
in shipping and four salt Mines
The Armagh Standard makes a few
claims to aristocratic patronage. Tt
announces that it is Extensively
read by the upper, middle and work
ing Glasses, and that it will continue
Oh its march of loyalty, independence
and progress, it's circulation being
far in advance of any newspaper that
ever was or at present is published
in Armagh Under this announce
ment is another line signed by the
proprietor, "The foregoing is a fact
which cannot be denied" The Wick
low News is published by the pro-
prietor of the Bray Herald, and it
circulates not only ''among the gen.
try, the quality, the bench and the
bar but also among "the auction
GERS, merchants and traders. New
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