Daily News and Index Merge

The Evanston Index, the oldest and probably the best known weekly newspaper published on the north shore, announced in its issue of last Saturday that it had merged with The Evanston Daily News, and would hereafter be known as The Evanston News Index.
Mr. James R. Paul, for many years editor of The Index, has become a stockholder and director of The Bowman Publishing Company, publisher of The Evanston Daily News, and will be [unclear] associate editor of the News-Index of which Mr. Albert N. Bowman will be the editor-in-chief.
The paper was founded nearly forty three years ago, and has borne a very important part in the upbuilding of this community. It was started June [?], 1873, by Alfred L. Sewell and was, in the beginning, a small sheet, [unclear] inches, four pages, three columns to the page, its size reflecting in some degree the size of Evanston at that time.
The editorial announcement said that it twas a weekly newspaper, issued Saturday afternoon for the convenience of the citizens of Evanston. It is noticed that advertising rates of those days, even in a very small and modest newspaper were somewhat larger than most papers are able to command now. They got 72 [?] cents a half inch for the first insertion, with 50 cents a half inch [unclear] continuation of the advertising without change; and a three [unclear] small ad cost 50 cents.

[unclear] in Business Here
It is interesting to note that there are in business in Evanston today, some gentlemen who advertised in [unclear]. Among them was John Colver in the real estate business then and now. Mr. William T. Shepard, now a dealer in objects of art, at that time advertised a geenhouse. Another of the advertisers was Joseph Hobbs who died recently, and whose business is still being conducted by his sons. Mr. T. C. Hoag, who started the State Bank, then conducted a grocery and advertised schol books for sale as well. One of the merchants was S. V. [unclear] Wightman, the father of Mr. Charles A. Wightman, and Dr. Charles A. P. Gurnesy [unclear] was a dentist then and now. N. F. Inglehart, father of Nicholas G., advertised real estate and J. J. Power that he would move houses, the same as his son is doing now. Powers' livery was established then in the Sherman avenue barn, now acquired by Charlie Terry. George [unclear] advertised his furniture astore, and the Webster of Goebel & Webster advertising then was Mr. [unclear] K. Webster.
In 1875 the paper was sold in [illegible] and John A. Childs. Its [illegible] increased to something like the standard, and from that time to the present day it became an established, instituted in the life of the north shore.
January 18, 1878, Mr. [unclear] retired and Mr. John A. Childs acquired the sole interest and was officially known as editor and publisher. October 16, 1878, they moved form "Powers' store front" to "Over the postoffice, Davis Street," according to the official advertisement. The postoffice then stood where the new Hoyburn building is located.
January 2, [unclear], The Index company was organized with John A. Childs as president, and the business was conducted under that name for many years. January 4, 1980, the number of pages was increased to eight, six columns instead of seven, and the column length a little shorter. Advertising, which had been run on both sides of the first [unclear] page, was afterwards limited to one side, a special charge made for it and some years later no advertising was permitted on the first page.
September 6, 1903, the name of Mr. A. H. Bowman appeared as editor and publisher below that of Mr. Childs as president, and an announcement that the entire management of the affairs of The INdex company and the newspaper had been placed in th hands of Mr. Bowman, who had been editor of the paper since May of that year, and Mr. Childs relinquished the active management. Soon after that time, Mr. Bowman purchased the building and entire plant and some time later Mr. Childs withdrew and started another newspaper plant in the old Iredale warehouse in the rear of the City [unclear] bank.
It was in 1904 the paper first began [unclear] anything larger than a one [illegible] pepr. A year ago the newspaper was sold to the James R. Paul Publsher Incorporation and moved back to its old location in the Bowman company office.
Rumor of another change in north shore newspaperdom has recently been heard. The Chicago papers heralded the fact last Saturday that the North Shore Review, a weekly paper published in Evanston, claimed to be the only newspaper in existance managed exclusively by women, is about to retire from the field. It is said that Mr. John C. Shaffer, founder and owner of The Review, has issued orders to suspend publication. Carroll Shaffer, son of the owner, is quoted as saying, "Nothing definite has been decided, but I think that the fate of the Review will be known within a week. There will be a conference on the [illegible]. That is all I can say."
The women who have directed the Review are: Lillian Hartman Johnson, managing editory; Gladys Rhaskelford [unclear], City editor, and Mabel Mason, business manager.
The women all disown knowledge of an impending disbandment, although they admit that the rumor has been current for some weeks past.