Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-19
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r., He Installation Of this superior press equip
auent for the Courier, marks an important epoch
N ITS history
1t goes to shou the great groavth of the Couier's
circulation, and 1T lsuyes the best service to the sub
sc1ibers.
It's the strongest evidence of the faith of its pub
Usher IN the future of Otnaua, and has efforts to give
the people the best service possible. The Courier
believes 1t IS good Investment for the paper and as
this paper Ottuava institution If 1t is good for
the paper it piU be good for Ottuna0a.
The Courier is noaU almost Sc gears old. For
more than half century 1t has been closely Identified
qoith Ioaoa, aoith Wapel1o county, and wit Ottasva
Its record IS good
ON December g. 1916, the state of Iowa was adj
mitted to the U4aion and a little more than a gear
later, the Courier b1aged its path into territory
Where newspapers aOere unknowm and Wkere there
were few families to read them.
The Courier is an IoaOa pioneer. 1t aUas early on
the scene. 1t did its part the Development of the
natural resources of the meaO state, and IN the framing
OF the policy of ITS government. 1t shamed
nor shirked ITS BURDEN and it 0bided By the qv Of
thema5ority 1t spoke against a0hat 1t believed to be
aoromg and urged the adoption of avat 1t believed to
be right and for the common good Of ALL
The names OF the men a01so haze published and
edited the Courier stand oat prominently II, the cou
aadscityss history and from the beginning under
the guidance of these men, the Courier has always
STOOD and stands today for LAW and order for good
government for the maintenance and upbuildpg Of
home institutions and the general progress of COM
nlaity.
During the last ten gears the growth Of the Coz
rer has been of the features of IoaOo newspaper
history
Only little over ten gears ago, the Courier acas
printed on simple old style country press, tar0uqh
Oich the paper aoas fed, single Sheets one at time,
by hand, and first side printed and then the other
The speed of this press about 1000 impressions
per hour, and every paper required ta0o Impressions
-Four printers set By hand all the type that avent into
the paper.
The circulation oattgrew the capacity of that
press, and Double Feed Dispatch press Oas secured
This press aUas also fed By ha,d and qOas capable OF
printing about $500 impressions per hour ON sipgle
Sheets and It, like the first one, required tavo impress
sions to each paper Iaoas used for about four gears
IN the meantime taOo linotype machines aUere bouqht
and each of these produced about as much type as
could be set By four men,
In 1898 the Courier bought Scott perfectind
press 0hicl prints and folds 5000 eight page papers
| per hour.
In fve gears the Courier has outgroaou the press
that Oas thought, aOhe 1t acas put IN, big enough to
oswer dA me demands OF THIS paper for at least
| tavice that time.
1
OF the office haze kept pace aOith those IN the press
room, and no'O Oith four double letter Mergemt7aze,
linotype machines IN the composing room, 1t is neces
sary that the Courier haze press that will print more
than eight pages at one impression.
Last gear, the Courier, at cost of ,,eary $4,000
built the magnificent newspaper office building 1t mow
occupies, and IN 1T installed much nev anac7i,aeru
No newspaper IN IoaUa has more complete stere
otype equipment than the Courier In addition to e
usual stereotype machinery, the Courier has nsassive
Roller Matrin machine 1t is the beaviest and mos
rigid machine OF its kind manufactured, and is made
By the Vessel Manufacturing Co., of Nes0 York City
1t not only facilitates the making Of the paper nach
MATRICES but gets better on certain, classes Of
aoork than, is possible By the usual brush process
With the installationof its magnificent Hoe Sun
pleenting press aohch will print 10000 ten or tsvelv.
page papers hour, the Courier aUiU haze an, eouip
suet not surpassed by o'sy paper IN this part of the
country.
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