Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-02-15
The Weekly Newspaper and Town
News"

sire to know what is going on in tneii
old home town or the place where they
used to live, or where n relative ol
friend has moved, they can dc no
better than iurn 10 the Weekly Ken
nebec
In our issue of Wednesday, Feb.
IA, moro than 100 towns. villages and
neighborhoods were represented by
patches of news running from a few
personal items to letters of one and
q half columns And these town news
letters did not include the special dis
patches. the Maine Gossip" the
Sparks from Maine Wires. the
Grange reports Schools and colleges.
and like items. Almost every town
and crossroad in Central Maine is
represented.
1t is unlikely that any Maine paper
ever enrolled SO large and intelligent
corps Of town correspondents as
that connected with the keHnebec
Journal at the present time. It mas
been a labor Of years and large eN-
pense on the part Of the journal pub
fishers to enlist these valuable and
ioyal reporters. on al sides they are
constantly watching for those items of
general and personal interest 10 those
who know their particular town or
ant events are promptly telephoned
for the next daily issue, hut the
"chat" and gossip are saved for
the weekly or semi-weekly letters.
The journal is deeply indebted To
the patience and generosity of the
village members of it's staff. They are
long suffering, for makeup men on
daily newspaper are born With a
determination to lift" an item from
the first town news type at hand in
order to squeeze in a murder or an
elopement. or the like, in Patagonia
or the Fiji Islands. Gradually with
the raising of the grade of tie town
news items, and constant alertness Oh
the part of the editorial staff, the
mechanical department is learning To
respect the country news. Eventually
it is to hold the seat of honor, only
important telegraphic news wing with
il for first place.
In this weeks Weekly Journal, in
addition TO The latest and nest i'm
portant news dispatches from ell over
the world, are given several columns
of Condensed Dispatches Foreign
Notes. New England Briefs.
sparks from Maine Wires" etc,
and giving in substance
all the worlds activities for seven
days, up TO the hour of going To press.
Then there are the courts of the vari-
Gus counties. the Schools and Colleges
department, the state House depart
ment Ca feature which no other Maine
paper has), the Grange department,
I'm Woman,s Realm markets, sports,
SiuQy IuNslipilS dN itii tiiiN4't' tt'4'
scores of features peculiarly of Maine
interest.
Every week the Weekly Kennebec
Journal is a mine of information and
wholesome pleasure, 1t is a Letter
from Home" to the Maine man OF
woman beyond the State border, and
a thousand and one other things, as
we'll 1t is always clean and safe for
old and Young. The aim of the Jour
nal editors is to get away from SEN
sationahsm and literary dry rot. They
are striving 10 make a paper that may
always be welcomed to the family cir
Gle, not only as news budget but
as educator and friend. Every re-
porter and member of the staff from
the smallest village TO the editor-in-
chief has these points always in view
cleanliness, fairness, kindlness;
good news, good grammar. no guess
work.
The work is beginning to tell. We
have demonstrated that it is possible
to run a weekly paper successfully,
even in these days of dailies. But the
best field for a weekly, carrying SO
many pages of town news items from
hundreds of towns and neighborhoods
scattered all over Maine, seems TO be
among Maine people in other states.
those who are longing to hear from
home. If YOU have dear friends in
other parts of the world, to whom you
ought TO write. send them the Weekly
Kennebec Journal and rest assured
that the town news items viii ne first
read.