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VOLUME 11 —No. 82
WE CELEBRATE THE
BIRTHDAY OP OIIR PAPER
Our First Year Has Closed,
and We Start a New
One Today
OUR FIRST BIRTHDAY
This is our birthday! The
Patriot is one year old today.
A year ago today The Pat
riot made its initial bow to
the public, and was well re
ceived by some and kind of
poo-pooed at by others, who
said it would not last two 1
weeks. It has been a strug
gle, as is the first year of
any newspaper, but we are
glad to say the clouds arej
breaking and the way seems
cleared, and we can see a lit-;
tie streak of sunlight peep
ing over the-horizon. A year
ago today the Patriot was
not the newspaper it is to
day. it was just as large,!
and to all appearances the,
same, but the mode of pro
ducing it has changed. Aj
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Entrance. 15 Carpenter Way
year ago today we bad a lit
tle type, 110 presses, the
work being done by a eon
temporary and the heavy
"forms" carted bark and
forth from the two offices.
No work other than the com
piling of the paper was at
tempted. First a small press
was added for the printing
of job work, new type was
added and in the early sum
"The Patriot" Press and Composing room j
THE PATRIOT IS ONE YEAR OLD TODAY!
BY J. S. LYON
iiner a large five-toil cylinder
! newspaper press was placed
j on the floor, which is one of
the best in the town, and this
week's edition of sixteen
pages was printed on it, and
we are not-one hit ashamed
the results obtained. A
| year ago today the circula
tion was complimentary of
about 700 copies. Today the
I sworn regular circulation is
nearly 1500 copies a week,
and this edition consists of
4200 papers. This growth is
little short of marvelous, and
any one who has had exper
ience in the newspaper game
will agree with us without
[any attempt at an argument.
| This circulation is PAID.
The paper covers the foreign
oomdation like a blanket.
not only in this county, but
adjacent ones as well, espec
ially the north and western
land the central eastern part
of the state.
We are preparing a legi
ble circulation book so that
| advertisers may know just
what they are getting. We
guarantee the second larg
-9 o
est circulation in the town,
and our LISTS ARE OPEN.
THE PA TRIOT
Oltice and Wdivorial Room Oirizione del ••Patriota* 4
For a paper just a year
old this is doing pretty well,
and we want to thank the
different offices in the town
for the kind help they have
extended us in time of need,
and realize they have been a
factor in the success of the
paper. Also to thank all of
our friends who have had
faith in the paper and have
by a kind, word of encour
agement when every thin g
looked blue, given us the
fortitude to advance.
For the enlightment of
the friends of the Patriot,
who have never had the op
portunity to visit 11s, we are
today publishing photo
graphs of the exterior of the
office, an interior view of the
mechanical department, and
one of the office and editor
ial rooms. These are recent
photographs and are accu
rate, being taken by Mr. Eb
ey only last month.
The Patriot was started a 1
year ago today by Mr. Frank
Biamonte, a young and ag
gressive son of Italy, who
has spent most of his life in
America, and while some
laughed at the idea of a bi
lingual paper lie evidently
knew what lie was doing.
The field is new, and
there are few outside the
larger cities that are print
ed in the Italian language.
He attended the State
INDIANA, PA. FRIDAY, AUGUST T>, LAIF>
Normal school at this place
lor several years, speaks the
English language fhientlv,
and is well fitted lor the
chair of managing editor, lie
is also the official court in :
terpreter of Indiana count v.
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FRANK BIAMONTE
Direttore e Proprietario
His office is constantly the
mecca ot his native citizens,
some in trouble, some in
sickness, some in fear of a
new law that takes awavj
their dogs; always is lie
sought, and a kind word and
careful explanation is al
ways their portion.
Associated with Mr. Bia
monte is his brother, Jos
eph, or just Joe", who has I
been in this country a num
ber of years, and who is,
without a doubt the most
popular and best known It-
Han in this part of the |
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Tailors of the FINEST Men's Clothes
haberdashers f-Ftt^rs
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I county. He numbers his
| friends as lie counts the
stars and justly deserves the
popularity, not only among
bis own countrymen, but the
native Americans also. lie
is a member of the local
lodge of Elks, "a hail fellow
well met."
Mr. Vincent Aceti, prac
tically a new arrival in Am
erica, a highly educated
young man of ability and no
bility, is the Italian editor
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| and by' the way he goes af
ter some of the contributed
copy with a blue pencil is
proof of his ability. He says
some people who endeavor
to write the Italian language
only succeed in placing a
cord about it and gradually
choke it to death. He is grad
ually mastering the lan
guage ot Ins chosen country
and with 1 is natural editor
ial ability, will make the
Patriot worth reading by his
iellow countrymen.
Hie editor of the English
department is the writer of
this article, who makes no
boast as an editor and who
has filled this least import
ant part 011 the paper but a
short time, when not busy
with the duties of tlie me
chanical department.
And so the little paper is
turning its face toward the
rising sun of a new year. We
realize the way is not clear
ed, but the trail is blazed*
the stakes are driven and as
the second year advances we
hope we will be able to profit
by the mistakes of the year
gone by and give to our pat
rons a better and newsier
newspaper.
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