The mirror., 1923-07-05

QUERIES
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NOTICE TO INMATES
For the benefit Of any inmates who appre.
cciato and see the opportunity that their spare
through correspondence school courses study Of
good literature, acquiring an education in our
1!ig Night Schools, or who need helpful informa-
ious departments, will herewith be privileged
to use the Query" column. You are welcome
70 ssnd IN any queries o serious interest to
ton OF Miss Miriam e. Carey, Supervisor Of
Institutional Libraries, will gladly endeavor to
supply HGTfh@ the requested information.
N0TlOE-1n order to regulate the conduct
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submitted for publication. Inmates names, Of
c9fusss seh will na1;s not be published only the initials
Q:-G) Will you please tell me if the
Nashville Banner Publishing Company of
Nashville, Tenn. publishes a weekly pa
per! ~ What paper is published in
NR. k9s1yi'lfi u f. Tenn that is permitted hsrs'
A:-(1) The Banner is a dailv. NOT
permitted (2) Indebendent, weekly. sub
s,ription $1.OO; Plaindealer, weekly, sub
seription $1.5O.
Q:-1s there paper published in Mon
ticello, MINI. that is permitted here p
J. M. B.
A:-The Independent, Monticello, week
ly, subscription $1.0O, is permitted here.
O:-What states have only one repre-
sentative in congress ?-W. H.
A-Arizona, Delaware, New Mexico
and Wyoming
Q:EWhen was the first newspaper pub
lished ?-P. I.
A-The Chinese claim that the oldest
newspaper in the world is the Pekin "Ga-
zette," which has appeared regularly
since about the 18th century B. c. This,
however, contains official news only. such
as any country would issue to make known
Its edicts and laws. The earliest approach
to real newspaper was the "Acta Diurna"
OF ancient Rome. AT first bare account
OF the daily happenings in the army which
the Roman generals were required to send
to those under their command, they grad
ually came to include accounts of political
events, trials, punishments, etc. The
modern newspaper had its origin about the
time that printing was introduced into
western Europe and was represented in the
latter half of the 10Th century by small
news sheets in the form of letters Cologne
claims to have had newspaper as early
as 1499. In 1862 the Venetian government
issued an official news sheet which was
read in public places on the payment of a
coin, called "gazetta"-whence ourIname
gazette. The first newspaper of modern
type was the "Frankfurter Journal" in
German, issued about 1915, and the oldest
English journal, as far as can be ascer-
tained, was the "News Out of Holland"
published in 1919. These newspapers ap-
peared at occasional and irregular inter-
walls and were pamphlets rather than news
papers. The first actual English daily
newspaper was the "Daily Courant,"
printed in 1902. Advertisements appeared
as early as 1852. "Publick Occurances,"
issued in Massachusetts, in 1890, was the
first newspaper published this side of the
Atlantic. 1t was however, suppressed by
the British authorities after only a few
issues had been made. AS a consequence
the Boston "News Letter." printed in 1904,
is usually regarded as the first American
Newspaper.
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their queries are invited to use the splendid
reference books in our library to be had on
especially complete in their information on
technical subjects. Consult the Reference, Use
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science divisions OF our library catalogue for