The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-04-14
GIRLS RUN A DAILY.
FAIR EDITORS PUBLISH ENvI-
ABLE MORNING PAPER.
Greensburg, Ind, Graphic r Ground
Upon Which the Matdens labor,
STAFF Covers Night Police
Stories Like Veterans.

Greensburg, Ind.-Seven young wOm-
en-, toilers of the white night, get out
the only morning newspaper In Indiana
that is written, made up and taken from
the press without the aid Of man. In
the editorial rooms, in the composing
rooms and in the pressroom the man
as a factor in the making of the paper is
practically banished. The Greensburg
Morning Graphic is owned and managed
by J. w. Rucker, but he confines his at
tentions largely to the business end OF
the paper and the real work Of printing
a morning paper for the newspaper read
er of this county is left to seven young
women.
Every one of the newspaper; workers
is intensely interested In her work and,
although the Graphic is not the Oldest
newspapss u the town. "bsats have
been few since the entire paperhasbeen
in the charge Of young women, and typo
graphically it bears comparison with
newspapers in other cities the size OF
Greensburg. 49,, fSIs&ss.ll n"
Miss Daisy Mclaughlin, the city
editor, and Miss Edna Taylor, her star
reporter, enter into the spirit Of work
ing up a good story with the ingenuity
of veterans. Miss Mclaughlin has had
experience on all the newspapers In the
city, and the assistant has pro1ted by
the city editors training until the news
gathering force of the Graphic Is able to
cope with any situation that may arise.
The workers on the local force OF the
morning paper are confronted with
more difficulties than their rivals OF the
evening papers encounter, but neither
dark nights nor winter storms have pre-
vented Miss Mclaughlin and her staff
from covering the news. No matter
what sort of police story breaks loose
at midnight, the Graphic next morning
always has told about the light the fire,
the accident, or whateyer the ,stoFt may
have been. x3ssffi
In addition to covering the localnews
Miss Mclaughlin and Miss Taylor han
die the telegraph news for the daily pa
per and prepare the COPY forthe Week
" Graphic. Sometimes when they are
up against" it tho foreman" bf, the
composing room is called to their assist
ance, but neither the city editor nor the
foreman" has yet condescended to call
on the "big boss" Mr.. Rucker, for help.
Miss Lizzie Shafer. the foreman" of
the composing room, Is always % busy
as any one Of the seven. She hascharge
of the "ad" omposition-thatis IS, she
sets most Of the type for the display adj
vertisements in tho paper, she makes up
the paper, has charge of the presses; and
does large part Of the job work com
position. Miss shafer has the reputation
of being the equal of many man who are
regarded as frst-class printers; Miss
Bertha Eberhart and Miss Carlisle are
the typesetters, and they set most OF the
type for. tho daily paper. &
Miss Lillion Snider sets type for the
weekly edition. The young women In
the composing room often have a half
page or full-page ad. with which to
contend when 1t is nearing time for the
paper to 60 to press, but they never have
faced situation when the paper has,
been "stuck'' because of hitch in the
composing room. 5S