Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-30
New York Times.

buildings. miles of splendidly pavel
streets. acres of beautiful parks, but
1t is never a city, until it has great
newspapers. Many such can be pointed
out-large towns, but never cities, be
cause they have no great newspapers
blu. to instance two Will be enough
for my argument, and l will nominate
Allegheny, Pa, and Cambridge Mass.
Among the newspapers that were as
2iring to greatness in Squando was the
Squawk. established forty years before.
1t had lived an eventless life as 81 lady
like weekly until Sauando began to arr
rive at a city's estate, when under a
new management, it bloomed out into
daily morning paper. with managing.
political. sporting and city editors, and
business manager who kept notary
public Of his own before whom to
swear to Ns circulation. The manng-
ing editor was really able newspaper
man. and as he was the principal own
err as WE'LL what he said went. The
stan was mostly In the callow stage.
for the Squawk was as yet unable To-
pay salaries of newspaper men of repu-
tation. and it had to be content With
Journalists, from whom, indeed, many
Of our ablest newspaper men graduate
eventually.
The composing room was under the
soren1anship of cold blooded specimen
who had never known the joyous free
dom and gnawing hunger of tour
lists" life, and when "Peory Pete" wos
zephyred in one raw evening. and threw
out suggestions indicating appetite 70,
e1a MT n Sido.taSne de-.
sire for work, with which to make good.
he was cold-shouldered toward the
stairway
He would have gone into the blustery
weather to renew his search had nos
big Mike Cosi.gan. the pressman, wit
messed the ice carnival and followed
him down stairs.
"Come into the pressroom. me laddi-
buck" he said, land yez can kape war
rum at Taste. and maybe can find yez
something to ate"
"Peory'' was not stranger to press
rooms as places OF repose. and afte-
wolfing up the contents OF Mikes iuncn
nail and a smoke out OF Mixes pipA
he went to sleep on pile Of paper rolls,
for which operation his days tramp
had we'll fitted him. He did not awak-
en- until the hustle of putting the paper
to press awakened him. by which time
he was well rested. The roar OF the
press was hardly begun before IL was
drowned by the clatter and clamor OF
fire engines for Squando boosted nre
department that was the equal OF that
of any city OF its class. In few mo-
mants the carrier boys began to come
In.
aGee. hut there's big fire down the
street" said one.
.Ranper & Hardnox's stores all
afarc." said another
"so,s Souills & Tablets drug store
said third.
.An' Gin & Bitter's wholesale bug
1uice Joint said a fourth. I'D a notion
TO stay and let my route cool awniie.
"Ill bet there's not dommed ray
norter or a p-r-enter in the place, ay-
ther," said big Mike. who had had the
metropolitan training and had IDEAS OF
what a newspaper should be-
az you'll lift the first page and seno
n unstatrs, I'll get some kind OF a
story about It," said "Peory.
,syyiu yez:" said Mike Kin yez 90
thot. now, and yez stranger TO the
plaace?" % :
sure! I'd be funny printer If
couldn't All printing offices are alike,
enough for me. Just send up the form.
"Mr. Brayton will be thot PLACED II we
ret the fire." said Mike. Brayton wa
the managing editor.
"Peory" went upstairs got stick ana
and ad rule, for want of better. found
the display cases, and intwenty minutes
had up a scare head and about ten
or twelve lines about the fire. followed
by the legend, Further particulars IN
q later edition." with q view to making
more work for himself. The SquawR
had sored an unqualified scoop.
The newsboys were on the street In
what seemed an incredibly brief time,