Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1885 — Country Newipupers. [ARTICLE]

Country Newipupers.

The country hew*p:i| er •is ihol •roost useinl of ail the . jrg»*i)ou-s’j which ?.* syrup the impress of progrp-ss ! uppn villages nmliirlaml i"m. With i out t ie aid of local newsptpu.s, town*' arc. as a rule, .ilirifUcss arid dead,. - it is common for smu.il great rooi i t speak with contempt ol the local newspapers,' but the vilisgm newspaper makes moro great men out of less •«*■?.- terialf—more bricks ..withoutstraw—than any other factor in politics, and it is the one ladder on wldeh men climb to local distinction as the beginning of wider fame. Tltd advent of local newspaper has always dated the increased thrift of the community. The newspaper is the life of the locality, and the tneasui e of its support, as a rule, measures the advancement of the people.— Philadelphia Hmc*.