Prints From Paper Rolls Four Miles Long
A Detroit newspaper describes a new Twentieth Century Angle Bar Perfecting Press made by Duplex Press Co. of Battle Creek Michigan installed to speed production for the Daily and Weekly Messenger. The machine prints 6000 papers per hour and can produce 4,6 or 8 page editions from a four mile roll, with automated cutting folding and packing.
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Messenger
Duplex Press Company
Battle Creek
Michigan
Messenger staff and correspondents listed for county news
The Messenger discloses its personnel in lieu of a home photo. Fred W. Bush edits, Charles H. Harris is city editor, Ralph P. Jennings reports and mail clerks. Others include Horn as ad man, Hooper bookkeeper, Snyder foreman, Shelby and Deissle linotype staff, Smallwood team, Mellor pressman, Bougher assistant, and Snyder the "devil." About 40 county correspondents supply neighborhood news by mail and phone.
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C. M. Smallwood
Goldie Smallwood
Clarence Mellor
Vance Bougher
Louis Snyder
Success Dated Carrier Boys in Athens Daily Messenger
The Daily Messenger credits its success to Athens carrier boys who deliver on time in all weather and collect weekly. New carriers join the National Newsboys Association and wear a badge with a lifetime membership and a code of conduct. Names listed include Fred Ulmer and Carl Bell among others.
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Daily Messenger
Athens
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National Newsboys’ Association
J. B. Gud
W. H. Schaepfer
Fred Ulmer
Carl Bell
Virgil Mansfield
John Price
Edwin Finsterwald
Russell Finsterwald
Charles Watkins
Dale Jones
Louis Snyder
Pearl Croz
Jerry Fowler
Isaiah Flory
Duplex press on the Messenger shows high speed production
The Messenger unveils a flat bed perfecting duplex press capable of printing 80 papers a minute weighing over 11 tons. It delivers four to eight pages per run with rapid folding and silent operation, inviting readers to view the machinery in action and promising up-to-date editions.
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Hearst Press
the Messenger
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Fred W. Bush
Charles H. Harris
Ralph P. Jennings
B.L. Horn
Advertising Solicitor
Thomas L. Snyder
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London
West Point
War Department
West Point Military Academy
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