The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-02
PARDON US, BUT

PARDON Us, BUT
Several well known Topekans. reaC
ers of the State Journal and valuab
citizens of the city, have been kin
enough to express themselves in r'
gard to the enlargement, December
of this newspaper from seven to elgf
columns. With no little pride "
quote them below:
The eight column page is the ideal
paper. both from appearance and re-
turns on paper space. The big papers
are all coming to it. some of them
with the longer columns, and it looks
good.-Governor Arthur Capper.
1t is a step forward in the line of
modern Journalism. shows aggressive
ness, and stamps the Journal as the
a. p. McKown. manager of the Mills
Stores company.
I like it, It's fine, It certainly
suits NEE. II. Crosby, of the Crosby
Bros. company.
great improvement-Ilef Felix. of
the Felix Clothing company
think k it is great The paper Looks
paper.-Capt- A B. Deutsch.
Anything that is progressive is a
good thing The enlarglng or the
forward. c. Emahizer, of the
Emahizer and Spielman company.
The enlarging of the State Journal
shows that Mr.. MacLennan has conf
dence enough in the city to put more
money into his business. Topeka is
gradually but surely coming to the
front in business matters If the pa
pers here get much better I don't know
what I'll do because L spend too much
time reading them now = Elliott,
president of the Topeka Commercial
club.
It's big league stuff, fine.-Roy
Crawford, manager of the Crawford
theaters.
Great. Right in line with Mr.. Mac
Lennan's progressive policy. That
doesn't mean the kind of progressive
you spell with a capital z, either.-A-
NJ. Patten, general manager of the To-
peka Railway company.
1t is just my kind of a Newspaper
now. Really metrOpolitan.-Fred Vol
land, of the Voiland Clothing company.
A decided advantage to the reader.
Gives him more news without addition
al effort. A good thing for the ad-
yertiser.-H. p NachtiSal, manager of
Berkson Brothers company.
Looks prosperous. A great thing for
Topeka.-W. W. Whitney, of the War
Ftu NJ (IOsDy company
Right up to the minute in the news
paper business and makes better
looking paper.-Herman Greenbaum. of
the Greenbaum Ladies Furnishing com
pany-
1t puts us in the big league class
Holmes Meade, of Hail Lithographing
company
From an advertising standpoint it is
great Improvement. 1t gives the ai-
vertiser an added advantage.-H How
land. OF the advertising department of
the Santa Ee.
1t puts us right up with the best of
them.-Charles Mitchell, of Crane and
company.
I like the square" page idea 1t
gives a L etropolitan look TO the paper.
live one.-J. F. farrell. publicftz agent
of the Santa Fe.
Fine idea, looks metropolitan and
progressive.-Judge A. W. Dana. Shaw
nee district court, first division.
George H. Whifcomb. shawnee district
court, second division
Great-Hugh Larimer, undersheriff
Graham. clerk court of Topeka
fine looking sheet.-CharIes
Bowers. clerk district court.
want to congratulate the State
Journal on its eight column paper. 1t
looks good and Wednesdays issue was
filled with live news.-F. c. Fox. of
Amarillo, Texas. general manager of
the Santa Fe western lines, who is in
Topeka today.
The eight column State Journal
makes a fine looking paper. The
extra space filled with Interesting read
ing matter adds much to the value
of an already valuable publication
J. NJ Connell A T. & S. T. general
passenger agent
Returning from a trip and seeing the
eight-column u Journal on my desk l
thought IL was a New York paper. The
idea is good one.-H. c. PribbIe. A
T. s. F. general freight agent.
Reminds me of New York newspa-
pers.-Harry Endlich. of The Outlook
company.
All the newspapers are coming to it
looks fine.-J. Z. Griest of Capper
Publications.
l wanted to call up the journal office
to tell them that they are doing the
right thing in getting out the eight
column paper And they are com
mencing at the right time before the
beginning of the campaign that will
require lot of space That will
mean that the political news will not
need to crowd out the articles that
the paper is running of special in
terest to women--Mrs. Lila Day Mon
roe, club woman and welfare worker.
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