In Chicago last week the National Amateur Press Association held its annual convention. At the same time in San Francisco the United Amateur Press Association held its convention. The two have nothing in common except birthplace rivalry and a few joint members. Both are organizations of youngsters and oldsters who have fun printing small periodicals on their own presses. They call themselves "a. j.'s" (amateur journalists). The N. A. P. A. was formed in Philadelphia in 1876. Nineteen years later, also in Philadelphia, the upstart Amateur Press Association of America was founded. Later...
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