The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-25
ENGLISH RURAL JOURNALS.
Newspapers with Very Long Names
Intended for Local Circulation.


Intended for Local Circulation.
From the New York Sun.
In some Of the agricultural districts Of
England there are maintained Journals
which claim no more than a limited local
circulation ana adhere strictly to the re-
quirements of their constituencies. The
announcements of such papers seem quaint
III the United States The Leek Times OF
the town of Leek, England, is a typical
British journal. 1t is published weekly.
and claims Ito posses the advantage OF
having no opponent within ten smiles" Its
strict neutrality In politics, the central sit
uation of its office and the close attentions
paid to announcements have caused IL tn
achieve large and ever-increasing cir
culation. rival is the Leek and Cheadle
Post, published every Saturday. price one
penny. and forwarded by post 80 as to
De ON the breakfast tables Of country SUBJ
scribers early on Saturday morning with
out extra charge. Then there is the
Leighton-Buzzard Observer and Llnslade
Gazette, which cirCulates almost exclus-
lively in the following towns. so the an
nouncement declares: Beds, Bucks, Herts.
northumberland, Tring Hemel Hemp-
stead Ant Hills, Fenny, Great and Little
Brick Hills and Stony Stratford 1t. too
mas a rival published every Saturday and
called the Leighton- Buzzard Reporte,. ANA
South Beds Advertiser
BreVlty in newspaper nomenclature IA
not the general rule In English journal-
ism, as such titles as these show: The
bennington, Warwick, Rugby and County
Chronicle, the bennington Advertiser and
tecks Weekly List of Visitors, and the
Lincolnshire. Boston and Spauidines Free.
Press and South Holland and Eastern
County Advertiser, this last a rural paper
with ofilces in the town of Spauldlng. es-
tablshed more than half a century. In
striking contrast to the long names OF
newspapers published In England. in the
rurai districts. Is the title Of a journal
published every Saturday in the region
made familiar to all readers OF Han
canes The Manxman.' IL Ia the Manx
sun, established in 1921 and its business
announcement is as follows:
Inc longest established and most re-
spectacle, as well as extensively circulate
ed, newspaper in the Isle of Man IT'S cir
culatlon comprises all the insular authori-
ties, clergy, and almost every respectable
iamily in the island, besides an extensive
circulation In the counties on the oDno-
site sides OF the channel and among Manx-
men In all parts of the world The Manx
Sun was enlarged on the 21st Of .Julv
1881 by one-third its former size, and
again in July, 1853, and July, 1873, by eight
addltonal columns on each occasion, to
meet the wants Of advertisers. on the
lst of July, 1870, the price was reduced
from 3D.. to I'd, thus increasing its value
as an advertising medium. Eight pages.
Flfty-six columns
II may not be unreasonable to conclude
from this announcement that July Is =
sort OF red-letter month in the affairs OF
the Manx Sun. Some other titles of Eng
fish rural Journals are worth reproducing.
Ihe Market Rasen Mail and Lincolnshire
Advertiser, the Maryport News and Cock
ermouth Chronicle, the Chichester Adj
vertiser and West Sussex Reporter. ana
the Matlock Register Of Visitors and Ef-
fectlye Advertiser, published IN the town
OF Cromford, near Derby, and sold al a
penny copy. 1t contains local news
lists Of visitors, serial tales, Anglo-IsraeI
column, and all the general news, togetber
wlth detective stories, the household lin.
erary extracts. legends and superstitlons
and the doings of the week-local and yen.
eraL' Necessarily, OF course. there IL
only limited space reserved for adver,
tlsements."