Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-04-18
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limited anace OF his pa per ITO carry on the threed
of occurrences" abroad by reprintlng In chrome
logical order CLEANED from English newspa-
pers BY this method he was at times from nine
to thirteen months behind In publishing foreign
news His difnculties. particularly In winter. be
explained In his clumsy style thus:
Having In Numb. 207 Given you Sum-
mary OF the Publick Occurrences OF Europe for
five months tme viz. from the middle OF Aug
ust TO the middle of December: And In our nve
last and In this, particular Account OF
the most Remarkable Occurrences OF Europe
for six months and hafs time, viz. from the
middle or August to the first of March, I'M our
Numb. 208. 209.2 lo211,2lz. And In regard wa
have not Weekly and Monthly Pacquets as they
have in Europe and the West Indies whereby
to carry on the Occurrences regularly, We shall
now return back where we left on In our
Numb 207 to carry the Threed OF Occur
rences as methodicaily as 1t will admit OF
until Vessels from Great Britain or
from the West Indies do arrive In any part OF
our Continent when the Undertaken shall give
you as he usually did Summary and Abridg-
ment OF the most Remarkable Occurrences OF
Europe for the succeeding Months.
The end of the first year found this pioneer
publisher somewhat discouraged with his Job.
He took his readers into his confidence as follows:
This Publick Printed News Letter under--
taken to be Published for Publick Good. to give
a true Account OF all Foreign and Domestick Or-
currences, and to prevent a great many false re-
ports OF the same, and was propounded 10 ne
Printed for one year for Tryal viz from the
I4th OF April last to the first OF May next. to see
II the Income by the Sale thereof at a moderate
price would be sufficient encouragement to defray
the necessary Charge expended In the procuring
and Printing Of the same which Charge Is con-
siderable beyond what most people conceive II 70
be, besides the trouble and fatigue attending IT.
all which would be too long here to enumerafe
yet fer some satisfaction will venture to set
down some of the Charges and trouble that arises
thereby & leave other-some to rational persons 10
conceive Of 1. The Undertaken has several setfs
OF the several Prints from England, & sent him
In several Vessels, that being time OF War might
have one Sett II the rest Should be taken, which
.e1s
Continent where the Post Is settled almost hve
hundred miles from e. to W. from N. Hampshire
to PENNSYLVANIA g. Correspondents settled In sew
eral Ports places our Shipping goes to. for send
Ing Intelligence. 3. Waiting Masters Mer-
chants and others when Ship & Vessels arrive to
have from them what Intelligence they can give.
l. Waiting on His Excellency Secretary for
appreciation OF what 10 Collected. 8. Paper 4
Printing C. And when 30 done as we said be-
fore, we set the half Sheet at more moderate
price than II was set al IN Exeter IN England,
where they began to print much about the same
and there 1t was at I'd and that sterling money &
when sent out to any house in Town inclosed they
were to have Twenty shllings per Annum. and
1T propounded here to be sent out for Twelve
Shillngs per Annum, tho the paper and labor e.
other Charges here il four times at least dearer
than 1t is at Exeter. And tho It was proposed al
such moderate Rates for both Town Country
having had ii months experience OF the Income
Il trouble & charge In procuring & Printing 1t;
tho Undertaken lis money out OF Pocket, Il has
not sufficient to defray the necessary Charge; and
unless some better encouragement DO given for
the future, IL must drop. & therefore several be-
ing DESTROYS 1t should not drop but be continued,
we thought fit to insert this Advertisement That
either the price for the half Sheet week and
the Quarterly and Yearly Customers must DO aug
mented Or else there must be more OF them Sold.
and more Quarterly & Yearly Customers than was
last year.
Concerning this first editors troubles, Bleyer
continues as follows:
Campbell struggled along. making frequent ap-
peas for support. and twice during 1905 receiving
grants from the government Finally In March.
i709 having published the paper continuously for