The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-12-30
Papers and Periodicals.

"aii subscribers at 81 a year, and it ia one
OF the cheapest and best of Maine dailies. It.
IS clean and able paper,
The issue of The New York Journal for
SATURDAY Dec. 18th, consisted of 80 pages,
including IL pages in coors. piece of music
with Autographed title page, etc. The whole
paper was profusely illustrated. The only
criticism we feel inclined to make is that if
Is too much of good thing
man came into this Office one dav and
saio ne wished to subscribe for paper that
would keep him posted on protection, for he
mad neighbor who was all the while
"cussin' it" although it had brought him
prosperity, and our friend wanted points"
TO meet him with. We recommended the
Home Market Bulletin, which is in our club
list, for that just bristles with points.
The New York Weekly Tribune with its
issue OF Dec. 22nd gave a M-page supple
ment entitled Fifty Years Improvement in
Farming" 1t comprises more than thirty
articles on various departments of agricul-
tural industry, all written by experts Of the
highest authority, and fully illustrated in
the best possible manner. We have few
sample copies in the office for distribution,
We have received the December number
OF The Recuit journal devoted to the in
terests of Sons of Veterans and published
monthly at Belfast by Orrin ]. Dickey &
Co., Orrin j. Dickey, editor. 1t is neatly
printed, and filled with matter of interest to
the Order. On the LIST page is a fine half
tone portrait of Frank P. Merrill, Past Com
mander-in Chief and on the 9th page a por-
trait and sketch of Err. st L. Bartlett who
was recently elected captain of Capt. A. D.
Bean Camp of Brooks to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Capt. N. R.
Cook
The Journal recently gave some records
of passages by the old-time clipper ships,
which had been preserved in scrap book
and are not readily obtained elsewhere. The
article was copied into several exchanges
without credit and then credit was given to
one of the papers that appropriated it, We
have often seen from half column to a
column of local items from The journal in a
daily paper without credit for any of them,
but in the particular case now referred to
we think protest is justifabe. One of the
features which made the New York Sun a
great paper was that it always gave credit
where credit was due But Charles A.
Danas are not numerous.
When l own a great metropolitan news
paper [ will see to it that half-dozen 'front.'
page stories are not continued on IA other
| pages. My readers must not be driven
crazy trying to disentangle the intricacism
| OF modern makeup. 1t is a mighty good
| story which is worth more than a column
| and there are not more than two or three OF
| this kind going each day. These should &c
| on the first page and be continued on the
| second page-the only combinations in the
| paper, all other stories being kept inside a
column. VIM Hopkins in Christmast Jour
| nalist.
This is horse sense and common sense, and
if there is no prospect of Mr.. Hopkins own
ing great metropolitan newspaper in the
very near future we hope some one " ill take
the hint and give US daily newspaper or
| the lines indicated. New York already has
such newspaper in the New York Herald
and in other respects than the makeup i,
easily surpasses the great majority of its
contemporaries. If newspaper managers
think they can fool their readers into believ.
ing that padding half column story into
two or three columns and scattering it over
three or four pages is an indication of enter.
prise they are nightly mistaken. Some
papers that are not and probably never will
| be great newspapers would have much
greater appreciation and more readers il
| they adopted sensible makeup
| The newspaper men of Maine will be glad
| to know that the Lewiston Sun is to continue
| to shine under the direction of practical and
| experienced men. The Sun is paper with
a future. Bangor News.
| Glad to hear it. While the politics of the
| Sun are Objectionable from our standpoint
it has earned the good will of its contempora
ries by its fairness and courtesy, and certain
| ly has our best wishes for its success. The
| new proprietor is Mr.. Isaac N. Cox Bates
man. who has had valuable experience in
the advertising department of newspaper
work, and the editorial management has
been offered to Mr.. Holman f. Day, who is
| now the Boston Herald's representative in
will be strong team. and the Lewiston Sun
VIII Shlne very DTghtly. The Sun OF Mon
| day last makes this announcement:
With this issue The Lewiston Sun passes
into the hands of a new proprietor. Mr.
Isaac n. Cox, formerly of Lewiston, more
| lately of Manchester n. H., is now sole
| owner of the plant. the franchise and the
subscription lists of The Sun and will from
this time on publish the paper. Associated
with him as manager of the editorial de-
| partment is Mr.. Holman F. Day. The bust
ness manager is to be Mr.. E. v Manson Of
the Manchester Union. The intelligent
reader will not require the assurance that
radical changes are to be made in every de.
partment of the paper. Experienced, prac-
tical and industrious newspaper people will
| be engaged in making it,
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