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In this article, the author talks about the rising demand of online comic strip. Topics discussed include the author's experiences of delivering several newspapers including Bulletin, Daily News and Inquirer in his suburban neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; various varieties of comic strip including humor, adventure and romance and specific references of comic strips including Doonesbury, Calvin & Hobbes and Bloom County.

Presents an article on relating the story of a daughter who started her own newspaper. Materials used for the newspaper, including carbon paper; Overview of several articles in the newspaper; Subscription of a neighbor for the newspaper; Decision on the publication of the newspaper.

The article focuses on the two devices developed by newsboy Claude Erisman to improve his newspaper-dropping accuracy when delivery. One is an arrangement of steel rods, operated by a foot pedal, on which the newspapers can be tightly and uniformly rolled. Next, is a tubelike arrangement which Erisman fitted into the bottom of his plane.

Presents news briefs featured in various newspapers in the U.S. and other countries. Offering of meals at a danceteria in New York; Storage of a British luxury train in Baltimore, Maryland; Arrival of a ferry in Rio de Janeiro following a voyage in Virginia.

Presents information on several comic strips. Comments on the comic strips Blondie, Peanuts and Gasoline Alley; Presence of humor in the comic strips; Role of comic strips in lightening up the mood after reading a newspaper full of world crisis.

Focuses on the strategy used by publisher Manchester Boddy to revive the newspaper "Illustrated Daily News" in Los Angeles, California in 1926. Improvements made by Boddy to the editorship of the newspaper; Actions taken by Boddy to obtain control of the paper; Career background of Boddy.

Reflects on being the owner of a struggling country weekly newspaper called "The Archive" in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. Ability to build up its circulation amid the death of 60 of its subscribers and declining newsstand sales; Incorporation as the Chester Valley Press Inc.; Production of the paper's largest edition in its seventy-five-year history.

The article discusses the production of "Painted Desert Post," a newspaper written, illustrated, printed and distributed by Cecil Richardson in Arizona. With the circulation of the paper, Richardson aims to promote a better understanding of the Navajos and to give him an outlet from working as a trader. The Post is considered the country's most isolated and exclusive journal of opinion, entertainment and fine art.

The article presents a discussion about a dog that delivers papers. The dog's name is Rex, and is owned by a farmer named J. R. Myers. However, in a larger sense, since the dog delivers papers and goes to different places, he is virtually owned by a lot of people, which includes those he serves, the flagmen, conductors, brakemen and engineers.

The article presents views of the author on chair awareness among teachers. In my childhood I did not notice what teachers sat on. I was unaware of chair discrimination. No one spoke of it in my presence and local papers said nothing against it. My mother was a teacher, but, brought up in a different era, she never question it. When I began teaching in a junior high school, I accepted the plain, straight-back wooden chair at the desk in my classroom as my lot in life. I regretted its tendency to snag my nylons, but, in a cheerful spirit of resignation, I covered chair's splinters with masking tape and taught English and history from it every day.

The author comments on several newspapers published in the U.S. She says that "The Wall Street Journal" speaks directly. The "Free Press" of Los Angeles, California, the "East Village Other," the "Berkeley Barb" and all other tabloid-sized papers that show the interest of the young have a particular virtue that is to be devoid of traditional press postures. The "The New York Times" brings out the only negative agrarian assaults.

Presents an article about a newspaper written by a daughter in which the subscribers are her family members. Materials used in printing the newspaper; Reaction of a journalist neighbor to the paper; Story published which made a family member angry.

The article focuses on the history of the newspaper "The Weekly News" in the U.S. The paper was founded in 1927 by Francis B. Ierardi after he discovered that there was a need for a Braille newspaper during the first World War. He observed that the blind were relying on sighted persons for national and world news. The publication was distributed and mailed without postage costs to 3800 persons throughout the world.

Focuses on the newspaper air delivery service offered by the newspaper "Fort Myers News-Press" in the Mangrove Coast in Florida spearheaded by circulation manager Whit Ansley. Role of the inaccessibility of hotels and private estates in the decision of Ansley and his friend Carl Dunn to establish the service; Recommencement of the paper delivery by the Royal Palm Flying Service; Plan of Carl Hanton to open a second air route for "Fort Myers News-Press."

The article profiles science writer Steven M. Spencer. He worked on the "Philadelphia Bulletin" where his co-employees approach him for advice related to medicine. As a science writer, Spencer has talked to several physicians and has begun to look like one. He had studied a total of 35 technical papers and interviewed at least ten physicians in the U.S.

The article comments on an advertisement in the New York Times that appeared on November 31, 1938 for the newspaper The Daily Worker. The ad announced the coverage of a French workers' strike by Daily Worker reporter Harold R. Jefferson, and the best understanding of the strike will be in his columns. The editors remark that this was the only time they agreed with the Communist paper.

The article presents a humorous story about the obsolete equipment and facilities used by the reporters of a venerable newspaper. The management were satisfied in making use of the old typewriters however, the reporters struggled to accomplished their work despite the condition of the equipment. They have feared that one day the situation will get even worse which will lead them to write their copy in a longhand.