Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-06-07

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its 5Oth birthday anniversary this
week by the issue of a special edition
of 90 pages. These were packed with
local history, and short interesting
stories of the lives of the successful
basiness men of the town. illuminat-
ed with a large number of good half
tones. The edition was in every way
highly creditable to The Argus and
the city in which it is published, but
it is painful to reflect that an ami
yersary of this kind. so deserving
of the congratulations and the ease
and the gifts and other good
things with which people are wont
to honor these occasions, cannot thus
be enjoyed, but must be spent in the
worrying wearying. wearing work of
getting out a paper eight or ten
times as large as the usual issue. The
Argus had deserved to be carried
about on its 5Oth birthday on fiowery
beds of ease instead of being chain
ed TO the galley. but we must own
that the product of its slavery is adj
mirable.-Davenport Democrat.
The fiftieth annual number of the
Rock Island Argus which made its
appearance recently is but another
evidence of the ability of its man
agpment and the esteem in which it is
held in the community in which il
has lived and flourished for half a
century. Any individual or corpOr-
alton can make friends, but il takes
true worth to retain them. The Ar
que base certainly proven itself Il
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to the vicinity, We are sure that in
the future as in the past The Argus
will continue to grow and flourish,
for its management has the conf
dence of the whole COMMUNICATES
City UniOnist-
The Rock Island Argus recently is
sued a special edition in honor of the
fiftieth anniversary of the paper.
There are 60 pages and cover in the
number and every page teens with
matter of interest TO the readers and
friends of The Argus. Half tone en-
cravings are numerous and the whole
publication is a splendid bit of news
paper enterprise and furnishes sub
stantial proof that there is reason in
the claim The Argus makes. of hav-
ing one of the best equipped plants
in the state. Jacksonville Daily
journal.
On April Goth, observing its fiftieth
anniversary newspaper. The
Rock Island Argus published a jubilee
edition of sixty pages, with a hand
sOmely illuminated cover depicting
the art preventative from the days of
Gutenberg TO modern newspaper
magic. The public had been eXpec-
tant of the issue, looking forward to
1T as something that would be in
keeping with the well known reputa-
ton of the paper, but it is safe to
say that the size and excellence of
the anniversary number took the
average reader by surprise. From
cover to cover there was not a dull
page in the paper, and so judiciously
had the matter been selected. com
bining news with "reminiscences, and
biography with historical research.
that the ensemble was an epitome of
Rock Islands progress, push and per-
seyerence. On the first page APP
peared an acrostic poem. ITO My
Friend of the Hundred Eyes" writ
ten for the jubilee edition by the
editor of the Tribune. More than a
hundred engravings illustrated the
subjects treated in the edition. in adj
dition to 200 portraits of individuals,
and it took five tons of paper for the
printing. which, if spread out in a
straight path. would reach for over
twenty miles. geographically the
paper was a splendid contribution of
Ii
son, editor. j. j. LaNelle, manager,
and their efficient corps of assist
ants, we extend hearty congratula-
tions. They builded even better than
they knew.-Fraternal Tribune.
The Rock Island Argus Saturday,
April Goth. 1902, issued sixty-four
page illustrated paper in honor of it's
fi.ftieth birthday. The edition is one
of the best that ever came TO our ex-
change table, both geographically
and in a literary sense.-Cambridge
Chronicle
The fiftieth anniversary number of
The Rock Island Argus issued last
week is upon our table. 1t consists
of SO pages of interesting descriptive
matter concerning Rock Island coun-
tvs newspapers, Rock Island county's
industries, enterprises and its public
men. Nothing appears to have been
omitted or sighted. 1t is just such
a paper as the young readers should
file away for comparison with Rock
Islands progress in the next fifty
years. 1t is a model newspaper and
The Argus has just reason to be proud
of it.-Orion Times.
The Rock Island Argus issued a
special edition on Saturday in COM
memoration of the fiftieth anniver-
sary of its foundation. 1t is re-