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44 Vintage Photos Of The Real-Life Newsboys Who Peddled Papers On The Streets Of America And Inspired ‘Newsies’

Beginning in the 1840s, young boys called "newsies" sold newspapers in major cities across the u.s. in order to make a living or support their struggling families — and as these photos show, the job wasn't always easy..

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Amid the chaotic muddle of turn-of-the-century American cities, commuters striding to or from work would almost certainly encounter young children selling newspapers. These newsboys, or newsies, made up an essential thread in the fabric of American urban life.

Sometimes as young as five or six, newsies emerged in the mid-19th century alongside affordable newspapers. They collected bundles from publishers and hawked the day's latest stories for a penny in hopes of making money for their families or themselves.

Though young — and, in the beginning, often homeless — newsies made up a powerful collective force. When newspaper publishers tried to raise bundle prices in 1899, newsboys in New York went on strike. They managed to wring concessions from powerful publishers, as depicted in the 1992 movie Newsies .

These 44 newsies photos capture a slice of their lives between the 19th and 20th centuries, when a young child with ambition and a loud voice could scrape together a meager wage by selling papers on the street.

The Rise Of The Newsboy

At the onset of the 19th century, newspapers were too expensive for many to afford. The New York Times reports that they cost around five cents, which was prohibitively expensive for workers who made just a dollar a day.

This changed in the 1840s. The invention of the rotary press ushered in the era of "penny papers," which the masses could afford, as well as the need for workers to sell them. Before long, the dozens of dailies in cities like New York were hawked by young children, called newsboys or "newsies."

Oscar Gustav Rejlander/Hulton Archive/Getty Images A young newsboy spreads news about the Great Chicago Fire. October 1871.

Newsboys, sometimes as young as six, were poor and often homeless. They paid for the papers that they sold and suffered when sales were bad.

"There are 10,000 children living on the streets of New York... The newsboys constitute an important division of this army of homeless children," one man wrote of newsies in 1872, according to the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History . "You see them everywhere... They rend the air and deafen you with their shrill cries. They surround you on the sidewalk and almost force you to buy their papers. They are ragged and dirty. Some have no coats, no shoes and no hat."

Though young and poor, newsies became an important part of American urban life. They came to play such a crucial role that they were able to stand up to powerful newspaper publishers at the end of the 19th century.

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The newsboy strike of 1899.

Newsies and newspaper moguls in New York City long had a symbiotic relationship. Newsboys would buy 100 papers for 50 cents and then sell them for one cent each. Though publishers raised bundle prices to 60 cents during the Spanish-American War in 1898, newsies didn't mind because everyone wanted to buy a paper and read about the conflict.

But after the war ended, moguls William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer kept charging the newsboys 60 cents for 100 papers. And the newsies started feeling the difference.

GHI/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Four newsboys in New York State, circa 1910.

Angered by the cost of newspaper bundles, newsies gathered to form a union. Though publishers initially dismissed the newsboy strike of 1899 , they soon realized that the strikers were serious.

The newsboys marched, threatened the offices of the New York World and the New York Journal with clubs, and endeared themselves to the public. The World's circulation plummeted, and the paper's managing editor, Don Seitz, wrote a number of increasingly panicked memos to Pulitzer.

"The people seem to be against us," Seitz told his boss on July 24. "They are encouraging the boys and tipping them... [and] they are refraining from buying the papers for fear of having them snatched from their hands."

In the end, the newsboys and the newspaper moguls came to an agreement. The bundles would stay at 60 cents, but newsies could sell back any unsold papers for a full refund at the end of the day. With that, the strike ended.

The End Of The Era Of 'Extra, Extra!'

Following the newsboys' strike of 1899, life for newsies largely continued as it always had. Many continued to live in poverty, though fewer were homeless.

"The newsboy of today," the superintendent of a "newsboys' lodging house," told photographer and activist Jacob Riis in 1912, per American Heritage , "is a commercial little chap who lives at home and sells papers after school hours."

As time went on, and child labor laws were put into place, newsies became all but obsolete. But they certainly captured the American imagination. In 1992, the Disney musical Newsies told the colorful story of the 1899 strike almost a century after it took place.

Above, look through 44 newsies photos that capture what life was like for newsboys — and girls — in American cities across the nation.

After looking through these newsies photos and reading about the rise and fall of the American newsboy, enjoy these images of old New York City before the age of skyscrapers. Or, see what life was like for immigrants in turn-of-the-century New York slums .

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In the movies, scrappy urban newsboys hawk papers with screaming headlines, shouting, "Extra! Extra! Read all about it!" Real late nineteenth and early twentieth century newsboys were very different than the Hollywood image of lovable street urchins singing and dancing in the streets. Newsboys first appeared on city streets in the mid-nineteenth century with the rise of mass circulation newspapers. They were often wretchedly poor homeless children who often shrieked the headlines well into the night and often slept on the street.

In 1866, a reformer named Charles Loring Brace described the condition of homeless newsboys in New York City:

I remember one cold night seeing some 10 or a dozen of the little homeless creatures piled together to keep each other warm beneath the stairway of The [New York] Sun office. There used to be a mass of them also at The Atlas office, sleeping in the lobbies, until the printers drove them away by pouring water on them. One winter, an old burnt-out safe lay all the season in Wall Street, which was used as a bedroom by two boys who managed to crawl into the hole that had been burned.

In 1872, James B. McCabe, Jr., wrote:

There are 10,000 children living on the streets of New York.... The newsboys constitute an important division of this army of homeless children. You see them everywhere.... They rend the air and deafen you with their shrill cries. They surround you on the sidewalk and almost force you to buy their papers. They are ragged and dirty. Some have no coats, no shoes and no hat.

In 1899, several thousand newsboys, who made about 30 cents a day, called a strike, refusing to handle the newspapers of William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer. Competing papers lavished coverage on the strikers, who were depicted as colorful characters who spoke in an oddly rendered Irish-immigrant dialect and had names like Race Track Higgens and Kid Fish. The news accounts gave much attention to the exhortations of a pint-sized newsboy and strike leader named Kid Blink (because he was blind in one eye). The New York Tribune quoted Kid Blink's speech to 2,000 strikers:

Friens and feller workers. Dis is a time which tries de hearts of men. Dis is de time when we'se got to stick together like glue.... We know wot we wants and we'll git it even if we is blind.

The lot of newsboys began to improve as urban child-welfare practices took root and publishers began competing for newsies by giving them prizes and trips.

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Today in media history: Newsies start delivering papers in 1833

On September 4, 1833, 10-year-old Barney Flaherty answers an ad in the New York Sun and becomes one of the first newsies, or newsboys to distribute newspapers.

“The first unemployed person to apply for a job selling Suns in the streets was a ten-year-old boy, Bernard Flaherty, born in Cork. Years afterward two continents knew him as Barney Williams, Irish comedian, hero of ‘The Emerald Ring,’ and ‘The Connie Soogah,’ and one time manger of Wallack’s old Broadway Theatre.” — “ The Story of the Sun (1833-1918) .” By Frank Michael O’Brien, 1918.

“In the movies, scrappy, urban newsboys hawk papers with screaming headlines, shouting, ‘Extra! Extra! Read all about it!’ Real newsboys in the late 19th and early 20th century, however, were very different from the Hollywood image of lovable street urchins singing and dancing in the streets. Newsboys first appeared on city streets in the mid-19th century with the rise of mass circulation newspapers. They were often wretchedly poor, homeless children who often shrieked the headlines well into the night and often slept on the street. ….In 1899, several thousand newsboys — who made about 30 cents a day — called a strike, refusing to handle the newspapers of William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer. Competing papers lavished coverage on the strikers, who were depicted as colorful characters who spoke in an oddly rendered Irish-immigrant dialect and had names like Race Track Higgens and Kid Fish.” — “ Newsies .” Digital History.

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“The old newsies were tough kids, hollering and fighting their way to dominate a street corner. They worked long hours and strayed far from their neighborhoods. But the new paperboys were businessmen, establishing relationships in their own communities and working fixed routes with regular hours. This was all under the guidance of circulation managers, who looked after them — and kept after them. The new management system worked so well in the Depression that it went largely unchanged for half a century.” — “ The Invention of the Paperboy .” By Richard Armstrong.

“The paperboy has been subject to two distinct forces. The first is the newspaper business: Not just circulation — which peaked in 2000 and has been dropping since — but when papers were delivered. 2000 marked the first time there were more morning than evening papers. This helped accelerate a shift begun a decade previously, when from 1980 to 1990, the number of adult carriers had risen by 112 percent, while youth carriers had dropped by 60. Most children either could not or were not willing to get up and deliver papers by 6 a.m. ….Ask a former paperboy about the job and you’re likely to summon a misty-eyed recollection of predawn bundling and knee-high snow. ‘Today it’s basically something that doesn’t exist,’ said Today host Matt Lauer. ‘It’s a bit of innocence lost — and it meant a lot to me as a kid.'” — “ The Rise and Fall of the American Paperboy ,” By Tom Vanderbilt, 2011

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—      An important story . . . (about) the heart and mind of one conscientious newspaper boy . . . how social and individual change can and does occur . . . how casual, quiet, rational conversation counts enormously . . .how reading and working can open the world for us. — Novelist Sena Jeter Naslund

The Newspaper Boy is a remarkable collection of memories and personal reflections of the deep emotional conflicts a young newspaper delivery boy, Chervis Isom, encountered while growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, in a time of racial strife and discord in the 1950s and early ’60s. A quiet and shy boy, the young Isom was a reader, and it would be the written word he would turn to as he tried to make sense of his world.

Many of Isom’s stories are tied to the “Southern Way of Life,” a culture in which he grew up that assumed an inflexible white superiority represented by Jim Crow laws, laws that his father, a Greyhound Bus driver, was obligated to enforce in the face of a rising reaction by his African American riders that he neither understood nor tolerated. Isom’s early adolescent views, shaped by his father’s frustrations, are thrown into stark contrast as he is drawn to the positive influence of Helen and Vern Miller, a young couple from the Far North who moved onto his paper route, bringing with them alien ideas completely out of step with his own culture and teachings. Even though the Millers’ views would clash with his own, they quickly became his favorite customers. Each Saturday they opened their door to him at collection time, inviting him in to politely discuss and debate the day’s issues.

Through the Millers’ progressive approach to the growing racial unrest in Birmingham in the mid-to late-1950s, the young Isom gradually learned, in a series of fits and starts, advances and setbacks, to question the prevailing cultural attitudes and biases towards the African American community. In the end, he would come to understand the simple truth, as expressed by Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., that people must be judged not “by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”

Isom’s narrative tells the story of good, church-going Southern people bound up in the Jim Crow culture of their time, completely ignorant of the African American experience. It tells of the value of hard work and education and the importance of the written word to change us for the better. His story is replete with his gratitude to the Millers, who took the time and effort to lead him to a better place, to Abe Berkowitz, who saw in Isom something he had not seen in himself and the man who would one day become his law partner, and finally to his father, as he belatedly came to recognize the importance of his father’s role in making him into the man he turned out to be.

This book shows how a single person (or a couple in the case of the Millers) might, in a quiet and unobtrusive manner, set a young person’s life on a higher arc; how it falls to each of us to use our own talents to lead young people to embrace the “better angels of our nature.”

Isom’s story is set in Birmingham, in an urban neighborhood known as Norwood, and stresses the vital role that “community” plays in our human development, and our need to continually rebuild and revitalize our communities.

And finally, while this is the story of a young man coming of age in a difficult time and place, the author is now seventy-four years of age. His story has been written from the perspective of a man who now appreciates the journey that brought him to this time and place, and who eagerly anticipates the life that yet lies before him and the mission he has carved out for his own future.

Essay On The Newspaper Boy

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Set 1: Essay On The Newspaper Boy

The newspaper boy has a hard life. Selling newspapers helps him to earn a little extra money. He usually does some other job during the day. Sometimes schoolboys sell newspapers in the morning. They do this to get money for their books and school fees.

The newspaper boy cannot enjoy a long sleep. He wakes up very early. He rushes to the newspaper office or the newsagent’s shop. He picks up his bundle of papers at five in the morning. He sorts them out and arranges them. He runs along on his daily round. He drops a newspaper at the house of each of his customers.

He sells the remaining papers at a street corner. He shouts out striking or shocking headlines. He makes people curious. They come and buy a paper. He does some other job during the day or perhaps he goes to school. Again he is busy for an hour or two in the evening. He goes about selling the evening papers.

He is bright and cheerful in spite of his hard life. He knows to face life bravely.

Set 2: Essay On The Newspaper Boy

The newspaper boy is one of the most useful workers of society. He is a familiar figure to us. Every day, early in the morning we see him going on his bicycle or walking energetically with his bundle of newspapers. While on bicycle, he ties the newspapers on the handles. This is a common site seen daily.

He has a simple look. He gets up very early in the morning, may be around five o’clock. He goes to the newspaper agent or the distributor to collect the papers. Sometimes he picks up newspapers of different languages. To deliver newspapers, he is given a particular localities, societies or lanes. It is very important to deliver papers to the customers on time. Thus, he is always in a hurry and does not waste a single minute. If he gets late, people get upset early in the morning. Many readers eagerly wait for the arrival of the newspaper boy. However, no one shows courtesy to thank him when he comes on time.

If we happen to be at railway or bus station, we will find boys carrying a bundle of newspapers under their one arm and raising another hand with another paper. They shout the headlines of the major latest news. They are all newspaper seller boys.

The newspaper boy visits the customers door to door on daily basis. His most important duty is to deliver papers on time and in good condition. When he completes his round, he returns to the distributor and clears his daily accounts. Then he becomes free until evening. In the meantime, he goes to school or college or may do some part time work to earn more money.

Such newspaper boys must be praised for their efforts. In the evening again he is out to sell the evening newspapers. However, this is limited to big cities where evening papers are published. It is hard to work as the newspaper boy. He has to work even on Sundays. He has to run here and there, sometimes shouting out loudly. Distributing newspapers is his financial need that forces him to take up this work. His worries are many and his earnings are too small to assure his family two full meals a day. Still he is always cheerful and energetic. He does his duty honestly and regularly. That is why we get our newspaper at home every day of the week.

Although he is poor, he is honest, faithful and hardworking person. We should realize this and help him in every way possible. He deserves our help, kindness and pity. We should always be thankful to him for bringing the latest local and international news on daily bases.

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Essay on Newspaper in English [100, 200, 300, 500 Words]

Essay on Newspaper in English : The newspaper is called the voice of the people. It tells us about what is going around us. It makes us aware of our society and surroundings. In this article, you are going to read a couple of essays on newspaper ( 100, 200, 200, and 500 words). These essays will be helpful for the students of all classes (class 1 to class 12). So let’s get started.

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Newspaper Essay in English: 100 Words

One of the most important organs of public opinion today is definitely the newspaper. This is, in fact, as essential to modern life as the breakfast to a man. A newspaper gives daily news. It enables a reader to know easily the events of the world. So we come to know all that happens around us.

But this is not all. The newspaper does many other useful functions. It comments on the news. It deals with social, religious, political, and economic questions. The newspaper also reviews books and periodicals. It gives valuable information about market prices and conditions. Railways and airways time-tables, weather conditions, and other daily matters are published in it. It is truly a vital limb of modern life.

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Essay on Newspaper: 200 Words

The primary object of a newspaper is to supply news. Man is basically curious by nature and wants to know what is happening around him. The newspaper is the best medium to meet this curiosity. That is why it plays such an important role in modern life. The newspaper has a great educative value.

Modern newspapers deal with a wide range of subjects – political and economical news, literary and scientific matters, games and sports, the stage and the cinema, the stock market. Thus it caters for the interests of all classes of men. The editorials and letters to the editor help the growth of public opinion and keep the government informed of it.

Newspapers keep us abreast of the current events all over the world and widen our mental horizon. It educates the people in all matters of public interest and helps mobilizing public opinions on the burning issues of the day.

By putting advertisements, businessmen bring their products and goods to the notice of a wide circle of people very quickly and cheaply. Thus newspapers serve all sections of people this way or the other.

Newspaper Essay in English: 250-300 Words

A newspaper is a paper which we read for news. So the primary object of a newspaper is to gather news about the world and reach them to us. As a window is to a house, so is a newspaper to a nation. A window lets in air. A newspaper gives out news on different subjects, about political and economical matters, sports and games, cinema and theatre and also the stock markets.

In the editorial, the editor writes what is good or bad in society or in the government. A newspaper also publishes the works on education. By reading a newspaper in a regular way we may enrich our knowledge about various things a world. When we feel tired and lonely, we read it for recreation. A newspaper has a great influence over its readers.

A newspaper is a good means of advertisement. Traders bring their goods to the notice of the buyers through advertisements in newspapers. A newspaper has a lot of good things for people. But most newspapers support party men and admire them blindly. So people cannot know correctly about them. Its influence over people is so great that it can divert people’s attention from an issue. Generally, people believe what a newspaper says. It is the craze that keeps the newspaper running. So we read it even in the days of telecommunication.

Importance of Newspaper Essay: 500 Words

Introduction:.

Newspaper is an important media. Its role in the making of the nation or the state cannot be denied. Newspaper lays emphasis on democracy by way of representing public opinions quite objectively. Its approach is certainly impersonal. Objective criticisms of state affairs lead the public to choose the right ways and to uphold the right ideas.

Importance:

Social, political, economical, and other changes take place due to the awareness of the people of a state or a country. And newspaper enables people to be aware of all phenomena which are happening in the country and abroad. Besides, newspaper presents the past and the present days, thereby helping us draw a contrast between the past and the present world. By this way, newspaper helps people predict the future.

Thus, reading of a newspaper strengthens one’s consciousness of the world. If one negates the newspaper, there is little doubt that he or she must retard gradually. The utility of newspaper is not only informative but also constructive because it presents diverse, contradictory views to form a general and well-accepted opinion.

Newspaper is also a common medium of advertisement. Popular brands use to promote their product through newspaper advertisements.

Disadvantages:

But unfortunately, most of the newspapers have now become commercial. Advertisements have been quite oddly covering most of the pages of a newspaper. Political issues and news have been disproportionately highlighted. The news of scientific discovery and the narrations of the lives of the scientists have not been emphasized in the newspaper.

Consequently, reading of newspaper nowadays seems to be rather dull and boring. Even the reporting often misleads the public. What is most ignominious is that some of the leading newspapers are now politically biased. It causes bad effects to the mind of people. People, therefore, begin to lose faith in newspapers. A certain kind of chaos is now being created because of the subjective reporting and unjustifiable information.

Conclusion:

The most hideous consequence of this commercial attitude is that readers of newspapers are now divided. Certain newspapers uphold certain political views in order to draw the attention of certain people. None can begin to read a newspaper with the strictest sense of objectivity. But without the presence of proper media, no nation can progress well. Therefore, the editors of newspapers must be aware of the fact that they are not only doing business but also doing noble jobs in the making of the nation.

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Richard Nixon

Statement about national newspaperboy day, 1969.

AS AMERICANS commemorate National Newspaper boy Day, we give deserving recognition to a youthful occupation that, perhaps more than any other, inspires the qualities of integrity, leadership and good citizenship in all walks of life.

There is no limit to the number of successful businessmen, doctors, lawyers, government officials, and countless other citizens who began their road to achievement on a newspaper delivery route.

Their experience taught them about people. It developed their sense of responsibility. And it showed them the satisfaction that derives from serving others.

As we applaud these young men, we salute America in the making--and we anticipate the future good that will come from the dedication of newspaper boys in their line of duty.

My personal admiration for them is second to none. And my best wishes are with them as they forge the tools for their chosen careers and build a promising future for themselves and for the nation that is so proud of them.

RICHARD NIXON

Richard Nixon, Statement About National Newspaperboy Day, 1969 Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/239790

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Hunter discovers remains of missing 3-year-old Wisconsin boy

FILE - People pause for hope during a vigil held for 3-year-old Elijah Vue at Walsh Field, March 16, 2024, in Two Rivers, Wis. (Gary C. Klein/The Sheboygan Press via AP)/The Sheboygan Press via AP)

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TWO RIVERS, Wis. (AP) — A hunter in northeastern Wisconsin discovered the skeletal remains of a 3-year-old boy who vanished in February, police confirmed Friday.

Elijah Vue was last seen at the home of his mother’s boyfriend in Two Rivers, a city of 11,270 people about 30 miles (48 kilometers) southeast of Green Bay, police said during an afternoon news conference.

A hunter preparing his property in the town of Two Rivers, a rural municipality that encircles the city, for deer season discovered the skeletal remains on Sept. 7, Two Rivers Police Chief Benjamin Meinnert said. A forensic anthropologist at the state crime lab identified them as Elijah.

“This is not the outcome that we hoped for,” Meinnert said. “The family is devastated. We are devastated. The community is devasted.”

Elijah’s mother, Katrina Baur, 31, of Wisconsin Dells, was charged in February with one felony count of being a party to child neglect and two misdemeanor counts of resisting or obstructing an officer. She has pleaded not guilty. Her boyfriend, Jesse Vang, 39, of Two Rivers, was charged the same day with one felony count of being a party to child neglect. He also pleaded not guilty.

According to a criminal complaint, Bauer had left her son with Vang on Feb. 12 because she wanted Vang to teach him “to be a man.” Vang called police Feb. 20 and reported the boy missing, telling police he had taken a nap and brought the boy in the bedroom with him. When he woke up three hours later he was gone.

The boy’s remains were found about 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) from where he was last seen, Meinnert said.

The chief said the investigation into what happened to Elijah will continue.

Baur’s attorney, Amber Gratz, didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking comment. The phone at the office of Vang’s attorney, Timothy Hogan, was malfunctioning Friday afternoon and no one immediately responded to an email left in the office’s general inbox.

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Bones found in Wisconsin confirmed to be those of missing 3-year-old boy Elijah Vue

By Adam Harrington

Updated on: September 13, 2024 / 5:17 PM CDT / CBS Chicago

TWO RIVERS, Wis. (CBS) -- Authorities confirmed Friday afternoon that skeletal remains found by a deer hunter in Wisconsin this past weekend were those of a preschool-age boy named Elijah Vue, who has been missing since February.

At a news conference Friday afternoon, Two Rivers, Wisconsin police Chief Ben Meinnert confirmed that the remains had been positively identified as Elijah's. He made the announcement "with a heavy heart."

This past Saturday, Manitowoc, Wisconsin County Sheriff Daniel Hartwig contacted Two Rivers police about a report of someone who found skeletal remains in Two Rivers.

The remains were found on private property by someone getting land ready for deer hunting season. The wooded area with heavy underbrush where the remains were found was just north of Girl Scout Camp Manitou, Meinnert said.

The location was just over three miles northwest of where Elijah initially went missing, he said.

The remains—confirmed to be a skull and bones—were taken to the Wisconsin Crime Lab for DNA testing, Meinnert said. As soon as they were identified, Elijah's family was notified, Meinnert said.

"This is not the outcome that we hoped for," Meinnert said. "The family is devastated. We're devastated. Our community's devastated."

Elijah went missing on Feb. 20. He was 3 at the time.

An AMBER Alert was issued.

In March, his blanket was found about 3.7 miles from where he was last seen.

Law enforcement, private teams, and other various search and rescue operations had searched the area several times—and had kept on searching despite turning up nothing throughout different seasons and in different conditions, Meinnert said. But all this time later, a hunter found the remains.

Elijah's mother Katrina Baur and another man, Jesse Vang, were arrested and charged with child neglect on Feb. 21.

CBS affiliate WDJT-TV in Milwaukee reported that local authorities said that Baur handed Elijah over to Vang for "discipline." The Vue family told the station that they don't know how Baur knew Vang, who served six years in prison for the distribution of methamphetamine. WDJT later described Vang as Baur's boyfriend. 

It was Vang's apartment from which Elijah disappeared, police said, and Vang who reported him missing. 

Both Baur and Vang maintain that they had nothing to do with Elijah's disappearance.

A few weeks ago , community members held at fourth birthday party for Elijah at Kiwanis Park in Appleton, Wisconsin—while expressing hope that he would still be found.

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Vincent Vollmer is very excited to be taking over his best friend Rat 's paper route whilst Rat is away in the country visiting family; the only thing about the route that Vincent is most certainly not excited about is having to knock on the doors of the homes on his route every week and ask for the money for the bill, not because he is shy, or socially awkward, but because of the stammer that he has that makes it hard for people to understand him, and therefore hard for him to express himself without feeling like he is being judged to be stupid or unintelligent in some way. Nonetheless, he decides to take on the route and very soon is enjoying seeing the neighborhood and meeting some of the people to whom he is delivering papers. He strikes up an early friendship with a man named Mr Spiro , who seems not to care about his speech impediment, and who encourages him to love words and to learn new ones. He also meets Mrs Faye Worthington, a lady upon whom he develops his first real crush.

In an effort to become a more efficient paper deliverer, VIncent decides to ask Ara T , a semi-itinerant man who is a constant presence in the neighborhood, to sharpen his yellow-handled knife for him so that he can cut the string around the newspaper bundles more quickly. Ara-T is the best at this around and promises to have the sharpened knife back to Vincent by the next day. However, when the next few days go by and the knife has still not been returned, Vincent realizes that he has been robbed and that Ara T has no intention of returning it to him. He tells Mam , the colored lady who is both housekeeper and childminder, what has happened. SHe tries to put things right by going to Ara T and demanding the return of the knife but all that this achieves is to get her beaten up by the itinerant and so badly that she is unabl to come to work for a few days.

Vincent decides to go to Ara T's hideout and try to reclaim the knife for himself. Until this incident he was unaware that Ara T actually stole from people in the neighborhood, believeing that all the man did was take whatever he felt he could use from people's trash cans. When Vincent goes into the hideout, he is stunned to find billfolds, purses, wallets and all manner of things that Ara T has taken from the people of the neighborhood, and alongside these things he finds can after can of Vienna sausages, with the tins sliced open with newly-sharpened knives much like Vince's own. Ara T returns and sees Vincent but he is able to make his escape.

That evening, Vincent is practicing throwing a baseball with his father and loses a ball up on the roof. He gets out the ladder to retrieve it but forgets to put the ladder away afterwards. He returns home the next day to find that his desk drawer has been rifled and his treasured possessions taken; his new leather billfold that his Dad bought him, containing money, and a photograph of Mam and himself at the zoo, as well as the dollar bills that Mr Spiro was giving him complete with new words on them to learn and piece together. HE realizes that Ara T has burgled him as payback for trying to retrieve his own knife.

Again, he tells Mam about what has happened. Mam khows Ara T of old and in fact believes that he was guilty of the murder of her brother a long time ago. She shared this belief with Ara T which is what got her the beating. Together they go to the other side of town where Mam knows she will find Ara T. ALthough she tells Vincent to wait outside the bar for her he does not, and follows her inside. There is a fight, and during the altercation it seems as if Ara T is actually going to kill Mam, but she manages to slash him with the yellow-handled knife that belongs to Vincent. He takes his knife back. The two agree never to speak of the incident again.

A combination of standing up to a bully, defending Mam and actually speaking to people despite his stammer is giving Vincent more confidence. Although he was unable to make his last meeting with Mr Spiro, his new friend has left him a note, cancelling his paper for the summer whilst he is out of town but expressing a hope that they can resume meeting and philosophising together on his return. The Worthingtons, seemingly so miserable in their marriage when Vincent first took over the paper route, seem to be making a new start, and there is no longer the sound of angry voices when he goes up the path. TV boy, the kid he sees staring transfixed at the television when he delivers the paper becomes one of his best friends, as he is actually in his own way impaired regarding communication just like Vincent - he is deaf, and he stares so transfixedly at the television screen because he is using it to teach himself to lip read. When Rat returns he invites Vincent to accompany him on the paper route.

Newly confident in himself, and in his validity as a communicator despite his impediment, Vincent stands up on the first day of the new school year and announces to the class that he has a stammer, but despite this, he loves writing poetry, and he also loves words.

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Introduction

Associated Press style provides guidelines for news writing. Many newspapers, magazines and public relations offices across the United States use AP style. Although some publications such as the New York Times have developed their own style guidelines, a basic knowledge of AP style is considered essential to those who want to work in print journalism.

This Web page is intended to provide an introduction to AP style and a summary of some AP style rules; however, the Associated Press Stylebook includes more than 5,000 entries – far more than can be covered here. For a complete guide to AP style, writers should consult the most recent edition of the Associated Press Stylebook or visit the AP Stylebook website .

The content of newspapers and other mass media is typically the result of many different writers and editors working together. AP style provides consistent guidelines for such publications in terms of grammar, spelling, punctuation and language usage. Some guiding principles behind AP style are:

• Consistency

AP style also aims to avoid stereotypes and unintentionally offensive language.

Common Style Guidelines

The Associated Press Stylebook provides an A-Z guide to issues such as capitalization, abbreviation, punctuation, spelling, numerals and many other questions of language usage. What follows are summaries of some of the most common style rules.

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Some widely known abbreviations are required in certain situations, while others are acceptable but not required in some contexts. For example, Dr., Gov., Lt. Gov., Rep., the Rev. and Sen. are required before a person’s full name when they occur outside a direct quotation. Please note, that medical and political titles only need to be used on first reference when they appear outside of a direct quote. For courtesy titles, use these on second reference or when specifically requested. Other acronyms and abbreviations are acceptable but not required (i.e. FBI, CIA, GOP). The context should govern such decisions.

As a general rule, though, you should avoid what the Associated Press Stylebook calls “alphabet soup.” Consult the Associated Press Stylebook for specific cases.

For numbered addresses, always use figures. Abbreviate Ave., Blvd., and St. and directional cues when used with a numbered address. Always spell out other words such as alley, drive and road . If the street name or directional cue is used without a numbered address, it should be capitalized and spelled out. If a street name is a number, spell out First through Ninth and use figures for 10th and higher. Here are some examples of correctly formatted addresses: 101 N. Grant St., Northwestern Avenue, South Ninth Street, 102 S. 10th St., 605 Woodside Drive.

For ages, always use figures. If the age is used as an adjective or as a substitute for a noun, then it should be hyphenated. Don’t use apostrophes when describing an age range. Examples: A 21-year-old student. The student is 21 years old. The girl, 8, has a brother, 11. The contest is for 18-year-olds. He is in his 20s.

Books, Periodicals, Reference Works, and Other Types of Compositions

Use quotation marks around the titles of books, songs, television shows, computer games, poems, lectures, speeches and works of art. Examples: Author Porter Shreve read from his new book, “When the White House Was Ours.” They sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” before the game.

Do not use quotations around the names of magazine, newspapers, the Bible or books that are catalogues of reference materials. Examples: The Washington Post first reported the story. He reads the Bible every morning.

Do not underline or italicize any of the above.

Dates, Months, Years, Days of the Week

For dates and years, use figures. Do not use st, nd, rd, or th with dates, and use Arabic figures. Always capitalize months. Spell out the month unless it is used with a date. When used with a date, abbreviate only the following months: Jan., Feb., Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov. and Dec.

Commas are not necessary if only a year and month are given, but commas should be used to set off a year if the date, month and year are given. Use the letter s but not an apostrophe after the figures when expressing decades or centuries. Do, however, use an apostrophe before figures expressing a decade if numerals are left out. Examples: Classes begin Aug. 25. Purdue University was founded May 6, 1869. The semester begins in January. The 1800s. The ’90s.

If you refer to an event that occurred the day prior to when the article will appear, do not use the word yesterday. Instead, use the day of the week. Capitalize days of the week, but do not abbreviate. If an event occurs more than seven days before or after the current date, use the month and a figure.

Newspapers use datelines when the information for a story is obtained outside the paper’s hometown or general area of service. Datelines appear at the beginning of stories and include the name of the city in all capital letters, usually followed the state or territory in which the city is located. The Associated Press Stylebook lists 30 U.S. cities that do not need to be followed by the name of a state. See states and cities below. Examples:

• DENVER – The Democratic National Convention began...
• ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Republican National Convention began...
• YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – President Bush spoke to a group...

When writing about height, weight or other dimensions, use figures and spell out words such as feet, miles, etc. Examples: She is 5-foot-3. He wrote with a 2-inch pencil.

Use figures for any distances over 10. For any distances below 10, spell out the distance. Examples: My flight covered 1,113 miles. The airport runway is three miles long.

Always use a person’s first and last name the first time they are mentioned in a story. Only use last names on second reference. Do not use courtesy titles such as Mr., Mrs., Miss or Ms. unless they are part of a direct quotation or are needed to differentiate between people who have the same last name.

Never begin a sentence with a figure, except for sentences that begin with a year. Examples: Two hundred freshmen attended. Five actors took the stage. 1776 was an important year.

Use roman numerals to describe wars and to show sequences for people. Examples: World War II, Pope John Paul II, Elizabeth II.

For ordinal numbers, spell out first through ninth and use figures for 10th and above when describing order in time or location. Examples: second base, 10th in a row. Some ordinal numbers, such as those indicating political or geographic order, should use figures in all cases. Examples: 3rd District Court, 9th ward.

For cardinal numbers, consult individual entries in the Associated Press Stylebook. If no usage is specified, spell out numbers below 10 and use figures for numbers 10 and above. Example: The man had five children and 11 grandchildren.

When referring to money, use numerals. For cents or amounts of $1 million or more, spell the words cents, million, billion, trillion etc. Examples: $26.52, $100,200, $8 million, 6 cents.

Punctuation

Use a single space after a period.

Do not use commas before a conjunction in a simple series. Example: In art class, they learned that red, yellow and blue are primary colors. His brothers are Tom, Joe, Frank and Pete. However, a comma should be used before the terminal conjunction in a complex series, if part of that series also contains a conjunction. Example: Purdue University's English Department offers doctoral majors in Literature, Second Language Studies, English Language and Linguistics, and Rhetoric and Composition.

Commas and periods go within quotation marks. Example: “I did nothing wrong,” he said. She said, “Let’s go to the Purdue game.”

States and Cities

When the name of a state name appears in the body of a text, spell it out. State abbreviations should also be avoided in headlines where possible. States should be abbreviated when used as part of a short-form political affiliation. Examples: He was travelling to Nashville, Tenn. The peace accord was signed in Dayton, Ohio. The storm began in Indiana and moved west toward Peoria, Ill. Updated guidance to AP style notes that state names can also be abbreviated for the following purposes:

• Naming states in dateline text
• Naming states in photo captions
• Naming states in lists or tables
• Naming states in in editor's notes and credit lines

Here is how each state is abbreviated in AP style (with the postal code abbreviations in parentheses):

You will notice that eight states are missing from this list. That is because Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Ohio, Texas and Utah are never abbreviated.

AP style does not require the name of a state to accompany the names of the following 30 cities:

The exact time when an event has occurred or will occur is unnecessary for most stories. Of course, there are occasions when the time of day is important. In such cases, use figures, but spell out noon and midnight . Use a colon to separate hours from minutes, but do not use :00 . Examples: 1 p.m., 3:30 a.m.

Generally, capitalize formal titles when they appear before a person’s name, but lowercase titles if they are informal, appear without a person’s name, follow a person’s name or are set off before a name by commas. Also, lowercase adjectives that designate the status of a title. If a title is long, place it after the person’s name, or set it off with commas before the person’s name. Examples: President Bush; President-elect Obama; Sen. Harry Reid; Evan Bayh, a senator from Indiana; the senior senator from Indiana, Dick Lugar; former President George H.W. Bush; Paul Schneider, deputy secretary of homeland security.

Technological Terms

Here are the correct spelling and capitalization rules for some common technological terms:

• BlackBerry, BlackBerrys
• eBay Inc. (use EBay Inc. when the word begins a sentence)
• e-book reader
• Google, Googling, Googled
• IM ( IMed, IMing ; for first reference, use instant messenger )
• iPad, iPhone, iPod (use IPad, IPhone, or IPod when the word begins a sentence)
• social media
• Twitter, tweet, tweeted, retweet
• World Wide Web, website (see the AP's tweet about the change) , Web page

• Essay On Newspaper

Essay on Newspaper

500+ words essay on newspaper.

The newspaper is one of the oldest means of communication, which provides information from all around the world. It contains news, editorials, features, articles on a variety of current topics and other information of public interest. Sometimes the word NEWS is interpreted as North, East, West and South. It means that the newspapers provide information from everywhere. The newspaper covers topics related to health, war, politics, climate forecast, economy, environment, agriculture, education, business, government policies, fashion, sports entertainment, etc. It covers regional, national and international news.

Here, we have provided an essay on ‘Newspaper’, which will help students to improve their writing section. So, students must try to write a ‘Newspaper Essay’ in English after going through this sample essay . This essay on ‘Newspaper’ will give them ideas on how to organise their thoughts in a structured format to frame a good essay.

The newspaper is the most authentic and reliable source of information as it only prints the news after proper investigation. Newspapers are delivered to our doorstep early in the morning. We can read the news by having a cup of tea and get to know what is going on around the world. Newspapers are economical as we get information at a very low cost. They are easily available and are also printed in different languages. Thus, newspapers make it easier for people to read news in their native language.

Newspapers cover different columns, and each column is reserved for a particular topic. The employment column provides information related to jobs. This column is very useful for youth who are searching for suitable jobs. Similarly, there are other columns, such as the matrimonial column for finding the perfect match for marriages, a political column for news related to politics, a sports column for analysis and opinion on sports updates, etc. Other than this, there are editorials, readers, and critics’ reviews that provide a wide variety of information.

History of Newspapers in India

The first newspaper to be printed in India was called Gazette Bengal. It was published by an Englishman, James Augustus Hicky in 1780. This newspaper was followed by the publication of other newspapers like the Indian Gazette, Calcutta Gazette, Madras Gazette Courier and Bombay Herald in the coming years. After the first freedom struggle of 1857, the number of newspapers appearing in different languages of India continued to grow. At the time of this freedom struggle, media expansion in India was not large. However, after India became independent, the expansion of newspapers continued.

Importance of Newspaper

A newspaper is an important prerequisite for democracy. It helps in the proper functioning of government bodies by making citizens informed about government work. Newspapers act as powerful public opinion changes. In the absence of a newspaper, we cannot have a true picture of our surroundings. It makes us realise that we are living in a dynamic world of knowledge and learning. Daily reading of the newspaper will help improve English grammar and vocabulary, which is especially helpful for students. It also improves reading skills along with learning skills. Thus, it enhances our knowledge and broadens our vision.

Newspapers contain advertisements which are essential to run a paper. So, along with news, newspapers are also a medium of advertising. Advertisements related to goods, services and recruitment are broadcast. There are also missing, lost-found, and government-release ads. Though these advertisements are useful most of the time, sometimes they result in misleading people. Many big companies and firms also advertise through newspapers to enhance their brand value in the market.

Disadvantages of Newspaper

There are numerous advantages of the newspaper, but on the other side, there are some drawbacks too. Newspapers are a source of exchanging diverse views. So, they can mould the opinion of people in positive and negative ways. Biased articles can cause riots, hatred and disunity. Sometimes immoral advertisements and vulgar pictures printed in the newspaper can severely damage society’s moral values.

Deletion of the vulgar ads and controversial articles removes the above-mentioned demerits of the newspaper to a great extent. Thus, an active reader cannot be misled and deceived by journalism.

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Is the newspaper still in use as much as in the earlier days.

Although news feeds and news channels instantly update us on the happenings around us, daily newspapers are very much still in use. Many people still refer to and wait for the news to be updated in these newspapers, even today.

What are the 5 main sections of a newspaper?

The five main sections of a newspaper are national/international news, sports, entertainment/amusement, classified advertisements, and neighbourhood news.

Who invented the newspaper?

Johann Carolus invented the first newspaper in Strasbourg, Germany.

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Importance of Newspaper Essay for Students and Children

500+ words essay on importance of newspaper.

Newspaper is quite a powerful tool that circulates information to people. It is one of the greatest means of communication between people and the world. In addition, they are also a great medium of knowledge . We get our daily dose of news from newspapers early in the morning. It is quite a reliable source which gives us information only after thoroughly investigating the information.

Newspapers are easily available in the most remote regions as well. They are also very economical which gives an abundance of information at really low cost. Most importantly, newspapers are published in various languages that make it easier for people of all regions to get news in their local language . Thus, we see how newspapers have numerous advantages that help the common man stay informed of the worldly issues.

Significance of Newspaper

The newspaper has created a positive impact on society. It helps people become aware of current affairs and stay curious about them. When the public will question, it means they are aware. This is exactly what a newspaper does. It is also the finest link you can find between the government and its people. Newspapers provide people with every detail no matter how small.

Furthermore, it helps us become informed citizens. Whenever there are any changes in the rules and regulations of the country, newspapers make us aware of them. Moreover, they are very informative for students. A student can learn all about general knowledge and current affairs from here. We stay updated with the technological advancements, government policies, research studies and more.

Other than that, newspapers also have incredible articles that tackle social issues, cultures, arts, and more. It conveys the public opinion to the people on important issues. This will, in turn, help people review the government and ministers well. Similarly, people get great employment opportunities from newspapers. Those seeking jobs look through newspapers to get reliable job opportunities.

In short, the newspaper carries a lot of significance for humans. If we read the newspaper daily, it can develop our reading habit and make us more fluent. It also has mind-brain exercise games like puzzles, Sudoku and more to sharpen people’s brains. Furthermore, you can also go through the comic strips and cartoons to keep yourself entertained.

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A World Without Newspapers

As the world is advancing rapidly, everything is becoming digital. From our shopping to news, we can easily do it on our smartphones or computers . This digitization has also affected the newspaper scenario. As people are getting instant updates on their phones about the latest news, the sales of newspapers have gone down massively.

Does this mean the digital era will wipe out the newspapers? Looking at the present scenario, this possibility might soon become a reality. However, are we ready to have a world without newspapers? A world without newspapers is like having a home without mirrors. This means we won’t be able to see our own reflection.

Now, compare this situation to that of the world and newspaper. Imagine the world has lost its national mirror, resulting in you not being able to get an honest reflection of what is happening around. What’s even worse is the fact that instead of the national mirror we are getting a fun-house mirror which is distorting the information and making you see what’s not real.

In short, the world will become a free rein for politicians to propagate their advertising and agendas to the public. The information won’t be reliable and won’t even be scrutinized. We won’t have any journalists to decipher the PR spin of the governments and corporate firms robbing the common man of their money.

FAQs on Newspaper

Q.1 What is the significance of the newspaper?

A.1 Newspapers are very important in giving us information about the world. They make us aware and increase our knowledge about current affairs. They also give us job opportunities.

Q.2 Why are newspaper sales declining?

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Missing 12-year-old boy spent the night in an Ohio Target

A 12-year-old boy reported missing over the weekend was discovered Monday morning at an Ohio Target store, where he'd apparently spent the night, authorities said.

Scott Varner, the spokesperson for Franklin County Children Services, said the child’s parents reported him missing Sunday. It’s believed he spent the night at the location, police told NBC affiliate WCMH of Columbus .

Varner said by email, "This was a runaway situation."

There were no reports the boy was harmed, the station said.

Police spokesperson Jennifer Watson said by email Monday, “The child’s parents are happy that he is safe and that he will be returning home shortly.”

Staff members at the store, which is on the east side of Columbus, on the border with Reynoldsburg, "immediately contacted law enforcement upon finding this child and cared for him until authorities arrived," Target said in a statement.

"The well-being of our guests is our top priority," it said.

Columbus police logged the store's call about 6:15 a.m., Watson said.

Officers unsuccessfully searched the area, which includes a number of retailers, for the boy's parents before they handed him off to Franklin County Children Services, she said.

He was reunited with his parents at a children's services facility Monday afternoon, Varner said.

Dennis Romero is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.

Marlene Lenthang is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.

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Missing Boy Caught Playing Hooky from School by News Helicopter: 'First Time We've Seen Something Like This'

"It was a really gratifying experience," said reporter Dan Rice after finding the missing New York City boy

A child who was reported missing in New York City was caught playing hooky by none other than a local news helicopter.

The 9-year-old was reported missing around 9:45 a.m. local time after he did not show up to school at 7 a.m. on Aug. 22, the New York Police Department (NYPD) told CBS affiliate WCBS-TV , Fox News and the New York Post . 

The NYPD did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment. 

Following the report, a news helicopter was sent to the area where the boy was reported missing. 

Inside the chopper, WCBS and WNYW aerial reporter Dan Rice said he and his pilot Eric Ross were “circling around” his Brooklyn apartment building when they came across someone that “fit the description of the missing child” sitting on a chair on the rooftop," according to WCBS-TV.

An NYPD alert had noted that the child had been wearing an orange tie when he had gone off to school in the morning — a detail that tipped off Rice.

“I looked down at my notes. I see what the assignment desk had sent me, and I see what the child was wearing. I look back at the child, and that child was wearing everything that's in the description. He looked to be about 9 years old," Rice told the station.

Rice then called the NYPD, who eventually made their way up on the roof and confirmed that it was indeed the child reported missing earlier in the day.

"He just packs up his computer and his book bag and goes off with the police officers,” Rice recalled to WCBS-TV. “They look back at our helicopter, gave us a big thumbs up and took [the] child down to his parents.”

Police confirmed to the outlets that the boy was eventually reunited with his mother. 

Rice noted that the incident was “the first time we've seen something like this happen,” adding that he was glad "to be able to find that child for the parents down in that building. It was a really gratifying experience.”

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Another neighbor told WCBS-TV that they had gone up to the rooftop to have a “cup of coffee” around 8 a.m. and noticed the child as well, but didn’t think anything of it at the time.  

“There's a swinging bench up there, sort of. The kid was sitting on the bench playing on his iPad," the neighbor said. "I thought his parents gave him permission to go up there. I didn't even think, 'Why would the kid be up there?' It's a community place.”

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