More from the Trans-Miss

I have now typed out two articles from the old Trans-Mississippian and a few things have become clear.

One is that what I have is not really in very good shape, so it's now or never. Can I give it, as is, to someone who will type it or scan it better than I can? It strikes me as being almost unable to survive another move. It crinkles when I touch it. another is that the print is so small that i am becoming unable to read it without visual help, i.e. a magnifying glass or something. it is not easy to type it out on paper.

I have three full volumes of it, but recently founnd two more and there is a chance I have more that I don't know about. The Council Bluffs Public Library has not answered my query. I have two copies of the first issue, Feb. 1897, both crinkly. In Dec. 1897 he seems to have gone to a smaller format, half-size, or a single sheet of 8 1/2 by 11 rather than being the whole cover, now folded over sideways. So I have Dec. 1897, the first of the small ones, then found two other small ones from August 1898, both August but different.

It seems, though I'm not sure, that one of those is a special edition created just for the peak of the exhibition season. This might explain then how they seem to have the same date and everything yet be entirely different; I haven't fully examined them yet. Both are crinkly. I'm not sure if I have any more anywhere but will keep looking.

there are places i have yet to look.