Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 235, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1912 — Oldest Newspaper. [ARTICLE]

Oldest Newspaper.

The “Tching Pao,” which is the official gazette of Peking, and has just celebrated its thousandth anniversary, is the oldest newspaper in the world. Ever since its inception, a copy of each issue has been carefully preserved in the archives of the Peking palace. Accuracy has always been the keynote of his papet. and, In sevder to maintain its high standard, several journalists on its staff in the past paid the penalty of mistakes with their lives. Dismissal, and, at the worst, imprisonment, is the punishment meted out at present