Show one sunday newspaper the globe democrat of sunday contained 43 42 pages and columns the total number of words contained in that issue was the number of ems counting the matter as one half agate one half nonpareil was the number of separate pieces of type handled by tho the compositor in preparing that issue wag was it the columns of type composing that issue were placed end to end they would form a solid column of type 1751 yards long or laid in line would extend from tho mississippi river to seventeenth and olivo streets if the lines of type composing that issue were placed end to end the result would be a line of type typo yards long about 2 2 miles or extending from the river t to 0 venter avenue the words contained in that issue would mako make book pages of words each and 85 volumes of pages each with pages over to print the issue of that one day required pounds of specially prepared paper st louis globe democrat |