Newspapers

Newspapers are read everyday online and in print. During the Renaissance period, merchants wrote their informative newsletters and circulated them to each other merchants in the area. The handwritten newsletters contained all of the information about current events and interesting gossip that was happening at the moment. In the late 1400s, in Germany, the dramatized news was printed on pamphlets or a large single, sheet of paper. The beginning of the rumor that turned into legend - Count Dracula was created in the newspapers in early Germany, around that time.http://www.historicpages.com/nprhist.htm

Worldwide events were the only news printed in the English-speaking countries around the world, during that time. These undersized pamphlets were then distributed to the people in the regions. The Weekly News was first published in 1622 and in the 1640s and the 1650s, there were newspapers of different styles and subjects all over the English countries. The London Gazette is considered the first official newspaper.http://www.historicpages.com/nprhist.htm

The first newspaper in the United States was the Publick Occurrence, in 1690 and because it was published without permission - the paper was shut down, the publisher was arrested and all evidence of the newspaper was destroyed by the authorities. The Boston News-Letter began their publication in 1704 and it was very successful. The owner, was a postmaster named John Campbell, who made the paper succeed despite censorship and other restrictions by the colonial government.http://www.historicpages.com/nprhist.htm

1. Wall Street Journal
2. USA Today
3. The New York Times
4. The Los Angeles Times
5. Daily News
6. New York Post
7. Chicago Tribune
8. Houston Chronicle
9. Philadelphia Inquirer
10. Newsday

The engagement wording for newspaper ads should be straight to the point, without unnecessary rambling.

(Mr. and Mrs. Johnson E. Hightower) of (New Town, Connecticut) announce the engagement of their daughter, (Mary Elizabeth Hightower) of (New Town, Connecticut) to (Ian B. Worthington, III) of (Rome, Connecticut), son of (Mr. and Mrs. Ian B. Worthington, II) of (Rome, Connecticut.)

If parents are divorced, include both mother and father. For a new spouse to the mother or father, write Mr. and Mrs. John Smith or Mr. and Mrs. John (Linda) Smith.

When you write an ad, you have to make sure the title will grab the attention of the reader. You ad should be to the point without being too wordy. There are several helpful tips that you may find helpful on How To Write An Effective Personal Ad. you can take the same principles and apply them to your creative ad.

You can add a bit of humor to the ad to make the reader smile and think favorably of the writer/advertiser. When you get ready to write, make sure you paint a lively picture of the event along with the time and date clearly visible. Remember, the reader of the ad will take only a few seconds to scan your words, you have to make them want to read more. http://www.mahalo.com/how-to-write-an-effective-personal-ad