Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 221, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1912 — NEW DEPARTURE BY REPUBLICAN [ARTICLE]

NEW DEPARTURE BY REPUBLICAN

Larger Headlines Will Be Used Experimentally to See Haw PabHe Takes to Them. * The Republican has for a number of years confined its headings to very modest type, except on occasions when the importance of items seemed especially to warrant larger beads. For the most part the headings in The Republican have been all machine set and the linotype can not set anything larger than we have been using. Large hearings have no especial meaning except to improve the typographical appearance of the paper or to add to its sensational tendencies. There has been considerable tendency during recent years to sensationalize newspapers and many of the conservative papers that frowned on the system were forced to adopt it because the public wanted it This tendency has run to mad extremes in some newspapers and the “yellow” sheets are often largely headlines. The Republican is not adopting larger heads because of any local demand. Neither Js it doing so with a view to sensationalizing the paper. The large majority of our exchanges, however, are using large headlines and some of the papers sre models typographically. We beleve that we can improve the appearance of the paper and possibly win the greater favor of our readers by so doing. We again wish to impress upon our friends and patrons the hope that they will realize bow anxious we are to print all the news and that to do this requires the cooperation of our readers. If they will call us by telephone, drop us a line by mall or call at the office and tell us of happenings we shall be very grateful and The Republican will be vastly better. Correspondents are needed all over the county. We

will gladly furnish stationary and stamped envelopes to all who wish to become contributors. There are several neighborhoods unrepresented at this time. Any one wishing to write can send in a budget of news the coming week and ask for stamped envelopes. Start now. News for the Friday Semi-Weekly should reach us Wednesday or Thursday morning. News for the Evening Republican can be sent in at any time, the earlier in the day the better.