Sentence:  These narratives of coarse action and crude language appeared first in local <WSD>newspapers</WSD> , as a rule , and later found their way between book covers , though rarely into the planters ' libraries beside the morocco bound volumes of Horace , Mr. Addison , Mr. Pope , and Sir Walter Scott . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements