The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-12-27
ILLUSTRATED JOURNALISM FIFTY
YEARS.


YEARS.
Lesfie's weekly the pioneer illustrated
NEWSPAPER of the United States, ccle-
brates.,in the current issue, which is also
ITS Christmas number. the completion Ct
,ae tfIieti1 year OF its establishments In
iourIlalIsm of all sorts, and in the great
world at large of which journalism is an
EXPRESSION, this has been the most event.
full half. century which the world has
seen, says the Globe-Democrat. Tn FAC
simiIe Of the first number OF Leslie 5
eekiy, which is presented with the
se,,1t-ceurennia isue, witt snow, in a few
important respects, how far the worIu,
ana especially tine United states, has
trayeied since December 10, 1850, the das
when tranA Leslie brought out the mrs.
issue OF nj siiiusrrated
Inc leading article in eslie's WEEKLY
OF december 10, looo. is on "oJnn Bun ,
LasI 1asconaoe, wnicn refers to some
LOUD laiA by the ondon Times and olnel
BRUSH newspapers ABOUT an alleged vio-
latlon OF neutrality by an American yes
sci, England, france, Sar~.nia ana Iur
key Uelng at wal at rnat time Win hus
STA. Inere IS a shetc.. OF Or. hane All
his party OF Arcuc explorers, mace o.
tue spot. kane laled a large place IN the
papers OF half a century ago and carrier,
but ne is not even a name now. Pro-.
Longfeliow mas been detected in a rather
bare-taced plagiarism" VIZ are told in all
eoi,orlai paragraph. his new Indial.
poem OF hia watna turns out to be notil
ing more tnan an ingenious ~parapnrase
OF the halaweia. or great national eple
OF the rims. In the news columns there
are count of scenes in the Crimean
war;: Of the contest for Speaker of tins
House, in winch Banks. after a two
ontns' fight, the longest IN the Annals
of that office, carries On the prize AM
gives the Republican party It's first ma
uonai victory; and o. one of the con
sululionaf conventions in Kansas IerI.
tory in the early part of that COM
munity's long fight for Statehood, IL.
WHICH, tnO AAQAAh aAAA "a
pants, ana which was the prelude to the
war OF the Rebellion. There is a MAJ
OF the proposed Pacific railway routes,
although the first of the transcontlnenla4
roads val not TO be completed till four
teen years afterward.
A striKing contrast IS shown in inns
facsimile OF pictorial work of half a CEN
fury ago between the crude wood cu.s
OF those times and the illustrated %journa.
ism of today! Fol a decade or two past
the leading newspapers OF America ave
been in b illust rated field. one of the
earliest to make the new departure was
sonases and describing events pictures
are brought IN to re-enforce the written
word. A few weeks ago ongman's Mag
azine. Of London's long established
and best known periodicals. suspended
for lack Of adequate patronage. and tn.
announced cause was the destructive
competition OF the illustrated ag~azines.
FOR books, periodicals and the daily press
the picture il a conspicuous and essential
feature today. Through this medium we
are enabled to annihilate time and dis
lance: to meet Kaisers, Cars, Kings,
statesmen. scientists. literateurs. and the
other notaDles Of the earth. face to face;
to witness great events without the ex-
pense and Inconvenience OF travelling hun
dreds or thousands of miles. and to have
q panorama constantly before US of the
worlds achievements while they are TAX
ing place. In every one Of it's many as
poets and activities the business OF print
in ghas been transformed in the half a
century which has passed since Frank
Leslie blazed the pathway for the illus
tratsA nswspaesr.