The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-08-23
NUMBER 5
4 BUNCH Of BOUQUETS.
Kind Words Galore Spoken Of The
Chief Anent Its Forty-seconsa
Birthday Anniversary-A Parcel
of Pleasant Paragraphs.

A good many Of our esteemed con-
temporaries of the Louisiana press,
and not a few friends outside the
charmed circle OF the fourth estate.
nave favored The Chief with birth
DAY gifts in the shape of congratula-
tons and expressions Of goodwill
which will always be treasured in
memory's storehouse as among its
most valued possessions. A bunch of
the bouquets handed lis is herewith
reproduced.
Albert L. Donnaud of the advertis-
Ing department of the New Orleans
I1mes-Democrat, who stuck type in
The Chief office for some months In
the early seventies, when the paper
was in its infancy, writes as fol-
lows:
Accept my heartiest and most sim
eere congratulations on the birth
day and new dress of the dear old
Chief. May time sustain its we'll
earned prestige and popularity, and
increased circulation with each sue
ceeding issue attest its deserved re-.
cognition as a live newspaper and the
profitable publicity of its advertising
columns
Assumption Pioneer: Our good
leighhor, The DonaldsonYille Chief.
celebrated it's forty-secend birthday
last week. The Chief has been for
years.: and is today, one of the lead
Ing weekly newspapers Of the state.
Our popular and exceedingly genial
brothers, Donnaud Bentley and James
Won Lotten, form a team for success
ful newspaper-making that is mighty
hard to find anywhere, and it gives
us great pleasure to wish them many
more birthdays and an abundance of
success for .*The Chief. .
Thibodaux Commercial Journals,
With its last issue The Donaldson
vile Chief started its forty-third vol.
ume, with improvement in its make
up and forms. This journal has al
ways flourished and prospered, think
ing and acting according to its OWN
dictates. To Donnaud and Jimmy
we wish all the success they desire
and deserve shall continue to be
theirs. Here's to you, boys.
Lake Charles Times: Congratula-
tons and best wishes to The Don
aldsonville Chief. It is now entering
the forty-third year of it's existence.
The Chief is one of the best papers
in Louisiana, and it is always .
pleasure to pick it up on our exs
change table. May The Chief and
its owners and editors, continue 10
#enjoy the prosperity the paper is
L. fAsx &sr.csss a q ID
Lake Charles America ~ -press: The
DonaldsonVil1e Chief completed Its
forty-second and passed into It's for
ty-third year this week. The Chief
is one of the best, most aggressive
and most ciever1y edited newspapers
il Louisiana. It deserves to live till
Gabriel plays his trombone solo.
Natchitoches Enterprise: The DOM
aldsonViile Chief; one of the best pa
pers published in the state, has start
ed in on the forty-thifd year of its
brilliant career, and the Enterprise
hopes it will continue to flourish for
as many more again, and then some.
Monroe News Star: The esteemed
ponaldsonvillc Chief has passed its
forty-second birthday The CHIEF mas
lived an exemplary life fer all these
years, in spite of it's politics, an3
promises and deserves to keep on liv-
irg and expanding it's usefulness.
Shreveport Journal: The Donald
sonvilIe Chief, which occupies an in-
fIuential position in its territory is
extended our congratulations, for we
understand it is just commencing
another year of usefulness, being for
ty-tWo summers old.
Mer Rouge Democrat: The Don-
aldsonyilIe Chief, one OF the really
good papers of the state, has just
passed its forty-second birthday.
Well, it is getting old enough TO be
good. Long may she flourish.
Lake Providence Banner-Democrat:
The Dona1dsonville Chief, second to
no paper in the states began its forty
third volume with its last issue. May
lit continue to live and prosper. as It
should
st. Bernard Voice: The Donald
sonvilIe Chief completed its forty Sec
ond year with its issue of the 9th
inst. This splendid paper was found
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