Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1919 — LAFAYETTE PAPERS MERGED [ARTICLE]

LAFAYETTE PAPERS MERGED

Courier and Journal to Be Issued From the Same . Plant. Tbe Lafayette Courier and Journal, the former an evening paper and the latter a morning papei, have coneolidated and will soon be issued from the plant of the Journal, the consolidation being for the purpose of cutting down expenses. Both papers are to retain their identity without change of form or piolicies, it is announced. Both these papers are more than 75 yeara old and both are Republican), but the Courier is more independent in its editorial policy. It is expected that the consolidation will greatly reduce the expense of ipublioation, which is a great item these days when the cost of everything that enters into * the making of a newspaper is double oc thrible what it was four or five years ago.