Illinois newspaper directory. History of the Illinois press association

Illinois Newspaper Directory and Historyreminiscences that might be interesting, but time will not let me go into them.I recollect one that concerns one of the men that Snively spoke of. He is nowdead. He got in on Saturday night, tired and dusty. Of course, the first thingwas to get a bath and the next thing with a good many was to get a drink, andthe bar-room was pretty well filled with Illinois editors in a short time. This editorwent to the barkeeper and asked the price of a glass of whiskey. The barkeepersays, 'Twenty-five cents.' He says, 'I will take a glass of whiskey.' The barkeeperset out the bottle and the glass and the editor filled the glass full, clear to the brim,and took a good drink and said, 'Now you set that back there and I will comeback and drink the rest.' The barkeeper looked at him and says, 'Is that the wayyou Illinois editors drink? If it is, I guess I will close up while you are here.' Idon't know as I have anything further to say. The mention of these excursionsbrings up a host of reminiscences, some of them funny, some of them not so funny.I think I will relinquish this gavel to the President."The following papers were read: "Courtesy and Business Sense Among NewspapersNecessary to Success," by S. K. Strother, Taylorville Courier; "The Country Publisherin the Tender Hands of His Friends," by J. K. Rardin, Charleston Daily News; "ALinotype in a Country Jake Printing Office," by C. N. Wall, Taylorville Democrat;"Country Correspondence," by G. A. Burgess, Monticello Republican; "Home MerchantsBefore Foreign Advertisers," by M. G. Sisson, Greenfield Blade; "AdvertisingSpace— Its Value to the Publisher," by Eb Spink, Valley Times, Chandlerville;"The Value of Promptness in the Newspaper," by Charles F. Breen, LawrencevilleDemocrat-Herald; "Always Interested," H. J. Clark, Pontiac Sentinel; and "Idioms andSlang," by E. L. Spence, Algonquin Arrow. Slang phrases of current use mentionedincluded: "rattled, gaff, up to snuff, play the duce, playing his best card, black as theace of spades, he's a trump, mugwump, high kicker, loaded for bear and beefing." W. H.Hainline, Macomb Journal, read a paper on "What Not to Print," and T. N. Lakinof the Vandalia Union, on "The Country Newspaper in Politics."A motion was made to commend Congressman Champ Clark for his efforts to keepthe Government out of competition with its citizens in printing envelopes.A. W. Glessner, Galena Gazette, spoke on the "Benefits of an N.E.A. Trip."The officers elected for 1899-1900 were: President, M. F. Walsh, Harvard Herald;Vice Presidents, Charles C. Chain, Bushnell Democrat; W. W. Watts, Nashville Journal;A. W. Glessner, Galena Gazette; Secretary, J. M. Page, Jerseyville Democrat;Treasurer, C. B. Mead, Geneva Republican; Executive Committee, John N. Onstott,Petersburg Democrat; A. C. Bentley, Pittsfield Times; C. M. Tinney, Virginia Gazette;Auditing Committee, H. N. Wheeler, Quincy Journal; George W. Harper, RobinsonArgus; John M. Rapp, Fairfield Record.Memorial papers were read in honor of the late Charles Edgar Crandall of theChicago West End Advocate, by W. W. Lowis, Greenville Advocate; the late BalfourCowen of the Virden Reporter, by E. A. Snively, Springfield; the late John B. Hamiltonof Journal of the American Medical Association, Chicago, by Mrs. Harriet Tatham,Elgin; and the late W. F. Purtill of the Mattoon Journal, by C. W. Twichell of theMattoon Journal.1900The Thirty-Fifth Annual Session of the Illinois Press Association was held inChicago on February 7, 8 and 9, 1900. The meeting was called to order in the LexingtonHotel by the President, M. F. Walsh of the Harvard Herald.154