The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

Il at total cost of $8,40O. With
this plan as a foundation, The
Journal Junior has grown from four
to eight pages, carries weekly a car
Il toon by Bart" and other special edl- !.
torial features calculated to interest
the young folks Miss Mae Harris An
son, the editor, receives each week {
J, from the school children Of Minneapo- (
lis and the northwest, for the depart 4
!; ment rapidly grew until it embraced
:. children everywhere in T h o u r
n rs territory, an average OF $500 :,
original papers on assigned topics dur
ing the school year, a grand total of 4
| 100000 papers for the forty weeks, :
from September to June. The average.
is somewhat smaller during the sum !
mer vacation than during the school :
: year. 6
: It would be difficult to estimate the !:
5 influence for good which this depart:
| ment has upon child life in the north !.
: west. That that influence is consid- :
cradle, and is of a very helpful char
: acter, is made evident by the way In :.
which the teachers have Endorsed The.
, Journal Junior and adopted for, Ian
5 guage lessons the weekly topics sug-
+ gested for prize contests. a.
The History of The
journal Newsboys' Band.
The Journal Newsboys' band and :
: club is another distinctive Journal fea- :
) obligation between it and the hun
: dreds of boys who make business
: of selling the paper on the streets, :
l Tn e j o urn a opened a newsboys'
f club several years ago and organized
! a newsboys' band. The annual ex-.
cursions and picnics, which have been
features for number of years, are
still continued.
The good done by the Boys Brigade
and other boys organizations led T h g
r 4 ~ 1>~ls@ u u,
boys of the streets could be helped
in many ways thru organized and sys-
tematic effort. The band was organ
lied in September, 1897, and has far
exceeded the expectations and even
hopes of it's promoters, in every par
ticular 1t is made up of fifty-f1ve
boys, and there is preparatory class
of nearly as many more, which uses the
old instruments and has regular re-
hearsals. Vacancies in the band are
filled by promoting the most promis-
ing and deserving boys in the prepara-
tory department.
The Journal Newsboys' band is
known all over the northwest and in
many of the more remote sections Of
the country. In the northwest there
is scarcely town of importance to
which it has not journeyed with it's
stirring message of music, adding to
it's reputation with each succeeding
outing. 1t visited the Buffalo exposi-
by the management of the fair TO par
5, ticipate In the musical program on
s i several occasions. 1t made a trip TO
: Winnipega Man, where it won another
triumph. TO the west, it has gone
far as Dickinson, N. D. It's trips i,
Chicago and Milwaukee will long =
~ remembered by it's members as anon
the best in its history. AS a music"l
organization, it; has come to have
fixed and very dignified place in tn,
a
aged wherever T he urnal j?
lknoWn. Of course, in the early years
of it's existence the band did not pre-
tend to musical excellence. The boy
members had not had previous must
cal experience, and much time and
thought were given to finding and Sc
Letting the best material. To-day it's
repertory covers a wide range of COM
position from the popular music of the
, day to the classics, and it plays with
a dash and precision that are the envy
of many older organizations.
Professor G. c.. Heintzeman is the
leader of the band. He knows boys,
and his work has been successful from
MUM, and is given as a reward Of
merit In age the members of the
band range from II to Is.
The entire equipment was furnished
by T e J o u r l. which also pays
the expenses of instruction and all
other incidental charges. The boys
= take their instruments home for prac-
tice, giving bond for careful use and
safe return. These bonds, in numer-
Gus instances, are signed by the best
men in the city.
Great Record of The
Journal Popular Excursions.
Since 1898 Til e Journal has
conducted ffty-two popular excur-
sions, the majority of them to points
within a days journey of Minneapolis,
with return the same evening; some
of them to remote corners of the
United States, one to old Mexico, one
to Havana and one to eastern Canada.
These excursions have aroused wide
interest, and have been literally
patronized. In fact, few special en-
terprises put on foot by Z h e u r.
- n a have been more enthusiastically
D. received by the public. In 1898 there
lg were four of these excursions; in 1897
a they were abandoned during the
r. panic years-ten; in 1898, thirteen;. in
oil 1899, eight; in 1900, five; in 1901, six;
of in 1902, two; and in 1908, four. The
er total mileage covered by these ex-
It. cursions thus far has been 2s,s5s, or
about 1000 miles more than the cir
xe cumference of the earth. Of the en-
a. tire distance, 22,619 miles were by
or rail and $40 miles by water. The total
s. number of persons carried was 20, us.
n lin keeping with T he ] our n a rs
of part, doubtless, to careful manage
he ment not a single person has ever been
injured in any way. on these excursions.
he In January and February, 1898, was
he the excursion to old Mexico and south
pc ern California, in a special train Of
n Wagner sleeping cars. In June of
he the same year the excursion to Tor
he onto, Montreal and Quebec, by water
e. and rail. In the fall of that year there
IL was an excursion to the Omaha expo
in sition. In February and March, 1899,
~ T h e J.o urn,al carried a special
as train filled with tourists to Florida
no and Cuba. In midsummer, 1901 it
-. carried a large party to the Buffalo
m exposition, by way of the Great Lakes.
o The other excursions were to points OF
IN interest local to the northwest, most
liz 1y for a single day.
r.. Until the excursion field was entered
he. by T lie Journa no attempts We're
!, a made to develop it.. The wide interest
ae that was taken from the beginning,
si1 the number of persons who patronized
"a the excursions, and the success with
81 81 which they were conducted, amply
81 81 justify the time and effort expended.
=, They filled a long-felt want" in this
ri part of the country.
of How the Circulation
C. Is Handled Every Day.