AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 15788, 9 April 1919, Page 6

AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS.

FLUCTUATIONS DURING WAR, During the war period the number of the daily newspapers in the United States and outlying territories remained practically the same. At the beginning of 1914 2483 daily papers were published. That year saw an increase which brought the total up to 2502. In 1916 the number was 249-1. Then an increase of 20, at the beginning of 1917, which made the high water mark of 2514. The records for 1918 show the effect of the country being at war, the number of dailies decreasing first to 2455 and then to 2428, the present number. The total for all publications for the United States and its territories, 22,977 in 1914, moved up to 23,387 in 1917, and down to 21.664 this year. Weekly papers show a decrease from 16,266 of 2000, but the monthlies, 2879 in 1914, remained the same for a year, and then climbed until last year there were 3261, The past year saw 200 taken from that figure. In 1914 there were 163 dailies in Canada and Newfoundland. The total became smaller each year. Now only 134 are published there. liiipimt i»iii mi i I hi inTiwniiiiiiiMin iiiminui min innirnnwinri'miiiyiiiHi nn

Wellington, April 3, 1919. Dear Edith, — I wonder what you think about this Prohibition question? I wish I could have a chat with you. I really think Harry will vote for Prohibition this time, although he never did be-: fore. He says that the more he thinks about it the more uneasy he is about the boy, • for you remember his own father was ruined by drink. He was troubled at first about the epidemic, and alcohol as medicine, but since the Government has guaranteed a full supply without any cost for doctors’ certificates he says there’s no need whatever to keep the hotels open for that, and in any case they would be closed if the epidemic returned. Do send me a line and tell me how Jim is going to vote. Hiss the baby for me. Yours, RATH. * FOR YOU—FREE BEE OINTMENT! Convinced that once you use Be® Ointment, you will realise its superiority, we make you a free offer. Merely drop a line, and we will forward you a generous-sized free sample of this grand old remedy for cuts, sores, bums, skin eruptions and abrasions of all sorts. Write to-day. Box 388, Wellington.