NEWSPAPER ON CALICO

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19001, 25 October 1923, Page 5

NEWSPAPER ON CALICO

SOME PRESS CURIOSITIES. The biggest newspaper ever published was the Illuminated Quadruple Constellation, issued in New York in 1859. The paper measured Sift in height and 6ft in width, and consisted of eight pages, each containing 13 columns. A ream of the strong paper on which it was printed weighed 3cwt. Forty people were occupied continually for eight weeks in order to bring out this oddity, which its designers proposed should be issued once every century! In' the Caucasus before the war a postcard newspaper was issued, the print of which was so small that a magnifying glass had to bo used to master its contents; while in 1531 appeared the first number of “Berlhold’s Political Handkerchief,” a newspaper printed on calico to evade the stomp dut}’. This news-sheet measured 18in by llin, and sold for 4d. A similar sheet was started in Greenock in 1849. It was known as the Greenock Nows Clout, and the editor advised his readers to use it as a pocket-handkerchief when read !

Some years before the war the Journal cies Jambos appeared in Paris. Its prospectus declared that it filled a “long-felt want,” and that it wou!d_ be “a friend and counsellor to all who wish to keep their legs fit. and to all who, weary, impotent, or worn out, wrongly believe that they have lost the use of theirs beyond recovery.” It went on to say: "This journal will deal with all the medical, surgical, chorographio, sporting, or other questions relating to the human log of either sex.”