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Syndicated articles		28
Changes in character of the press		28
Undue emphasis on abnormal events		28
Mr. Dooley on the news		29
Personal journalism		30
The yellow press		30
Changes in relative importance of various parts of press		31
Connection of the newspaper with the past		32
Changes important for historian		32
The newspaper and expansion of interests		32
Party journalism		33
Appearance of the Times		33
The independent press		34
Effect of education on the press		34
Function of newspaper changing		34
Newspaper repeats experience of museum of natural science		35
And of public library		35
And of method of writing history		35
Newspaper records its own times		36
Historian must examine sources of news		36
Press in part records these sources		36
Records imperfectly governmental control		36
Increasing complexity of the press		37
Historian must consider these transformations		37
Different tests for authoritativeness for different classes		38
Difference between the press and journalism		38
Changing tendencies in the press do not lessen its value for the historian		39
Chapter II
The Newspaper as a Personality
Personality eludes definition		40
Elements contributing to personality		40
External features of the newspaper		40
Beliefs and opinions of the newspaper		41
Business habits of the newspaper		42
Ideals expressed in mottoes adopted		43
Appeals made to readers		44
Daily observations		45
Creeds		46
Names of newspapers		47
Names indicating functions		48
Changes in name		49
Favorite names in different countries		50