Science, a weekly, took out its measuring stick and added up the column-inches devoted by newspapers to the branch of life and learning it represents.
To fix a focal point, Science selected eight prominent journals; measured the space they gave to a recent meeting in Philadelphia of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The eight sheets consumed 1,379% column-inches, of which the Boston Transcript took 347. Last stood the Philadelphia (where the meeting met) Evening Ledger with 74% column inches. The New York Times led Manhattan journals tabulated with 175%...
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