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Show FIND HIEST GIRL PUBLISHER MBERAU Kan. Feb. 2. Liberal 'Maims the smallest newspaper and the youngest publisher in the T nit ed States. Alice ( .Nichols, now 1; ears old. is owner, editor, business busi-ness manager, typesetter and nreis man of the Nichols Journal. It is a weekly paper of from four to eight pares wirh iwo columns with two column six inches In length. Miss Alice first became an editor siz years ago While ber father. Dr. I.'oscoe T Nichols, was college surgeon sur-geon at ihe Kansas Slate Acriciil iur.il college. Manhattan. K.m Alice, her brother Billy" ami niher yourfg fulks built a play iown which the Called Tiny Town A newspaper was degired; so Alice was designated to handle this phase of the play towns RCtlvlUea l nder her charge a paper Called Ibe "Tiuy Town News" appeared ap-peared li related the doings of Tiny Town citizens. Alite. who has, i ears old at that lime printed tho: psp-?i with a lead pencil. Alice s father enlisted in the medical' medi-cal' brand; of the array at the out-breall out-breall nj tl.e w.Kr. When he went toll camp ihe Fire I issue or the Nichols j" Journal appeared to keep him in- : iormed as to family news. This wns ' In August 1917. 1 The paper was originally pi luted '' nn a typewriter and the first edition1 consisted of thrert copies. When the ' paper became known, subscribers came fast. It soon became too great 1 a task to pet out the paper by type- U writer, even with carbon paper. A.' mimeograph was installed in the L'd'tortal sanctum This equipment also soon became inadequate and Alice purchased two cutes of tyne She soon became adept at tpe composition When the forms are set the papers are printed on a job p:ess in the office ol Ihe Liberal Democrat, which has girn the young journalist full lange in ibe shop. She does her own presswork. The circulation of the Nichola Journal now exceeds l2." and is growing grow-ing rapidly It is published as an "Independent newspaper." The paper has considerable advertising from locd 'merchants The dlslsy advertising adver-tising rate is ten cents an luch Miss 1 Nichola declares advertising in her paper brings results Each Issue of her paper contains and editorial which nhe thinks out on her way to and from school As an example of tbe BSTioua effort which she puts into her work is the following editorial urging generosity in relief work, from a recent Issue. "With America's prosperity ll seems inconceL able that there are eople not far away from enlight-ned enlight-ned happiness who ait- in the dark . pys.s of Ignorance. Ignorance is tbe j jase of constant war. starvation and i lomelessness. Ignorance throws j Christian and happy people into dark- less of horrible ch ath. It is up to lappy American dtisens to do awa with these conditions. The cry , ives of many human being hang on ! .ho thread of our country's gener- ! OSity, tur own hapiuess should make US want to do our part. Share , your Joys"" oo ' |