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December 1, 1891
The Durham Daily Globe
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina
What is this article about?
Excitement in the News and Observer office over an article criticizing the Raleigh Electric Street railway, revealed to be written by the city editor, not a correspondent, sparking debate on the paper's reluctance to own its bold content.
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GREAT EXCITEMENT.
The News and Observer, of Raleigh, in a spasm of honest truth, saw fit to attack the miserable method of the Raleigh Electric Street railway. This sudden departure from the ordinary-this approach at the extraordinary filled the editors and the cubs of the office with great fear.
The News and Observer had said it, and the question came back, who did write the truth?
All of a sudden this idea seized the office cub, and to escape the impending threat which was soon to follow the truth so long impending this item which is an idea as well had full sway:
An impression seems to exist in the minds of some people that the article in Sunday's issue of The News and Observer concerning the Electric Street railway, was written by a correspondent.
The city editor of The News and Observer was the author of the article in question.
And that left the business, like the mule, without parentage or hope of posterity.
If the paper had fathered its own offspring all would have been well and some good would have been accomplished.
But as Colonel Andrews gets a salary, as he is not, in fact, a resident of Raleigh-
Well, the attack shows that it was without weight.
Why, for heaven's sake, when the News and Observer really excites public attention, does it not father its own boom?
The News and Observer, of Raleigh, in a spasm of honest truth, saw fit to attack the miserable method of the Raleigh Electric Street railway. This sudden departure from the ordinary-this approach at the extraordinary filled the editors and the cubs of the office with great fear.
The News and Observer had said it, and the question came back, who did write the truth?
All of a sudden this idea seized the office cub, and to escape the impending threat which was soon to follow the truth so long impending this item which is an idea as well had full sway:
An impression seems to exist in the minds of some people that the article in Sunday's issue of The News and Observer concerning the Electric Street railway, was written by a correspondent.
The city editor of The News and Observer was the author of the article in question.
And that left the business, like the mule, without parentage or hope of posterity.
If the paper had fathered its own offspring all would have been well and some good would have been accomplished.
But as Colonel Andrews gets a salary, as he is not, in fact, a resident of Raleigh-
Well, the attack shows that it was without weight.
Why, for heaven's sake, when the News and Observer really excites public attention, does it not father its own boom?
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Deception Fraud
What themes does it cover?
Deception
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Newspaper Criticism
Street Railway
Authorship Impression
Office Excitement
Raleigh News
What entities or persons were involved?
City Editor Of The News And Observer
Colonel Andrews
Where did it happen?
Raleigh
Story Details
Key Persons
City Editor Of The News And Observer
Colonel Andrews
Location
Raleigh
Story Details
The News and Observer publishes a critical article on the Raleigh Electric Street railway written by its city editor, but an impression exists that it was by a correspondent, leading to office fear and calls for the paper to own its content amid questions about Colonel Andrews' role.