reading notice

American  

noun

1. a short advertisement placed at the bottom of a column, as on the front page of a newspaper, and often set in the same print as other matter.

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Etymology

Origin of reading notice

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

Example Sentences

It is proper, however, to insert a reading notice in the newspapers announcing the selection of the Demonstration Home and giving the name of the owner or builder.

From Better Homes in America Plan Book for Demonstration Week October 9 to 14, 1922 by Meloney, Mrs W.B.

When you are reading, notice such facts, and remember such narratives, as you can turn to good account, in this way.

From The Teacher Or, Moral Influences Employed in the Instruction and Government of the Young by Abbott, Jacob

A. In your reading, notice how often the effects are indicated by the use of some one of the following expressions: as a result, accordingly, consequently, for, hence, so, so that, thus.

From Composition-Rhetoric by Brooks, Stratton D.

How many thus caricatured and vivisected, could command this free reading notice from a casual American, dictating against time and space to a red-haired stenographer, three thousand and five hundred miles away?

From Europe After 8:15 by Benton, Thomas H.

"Where's that reading notice about the electric light company?" he demanded.

From Hempfield A Novel by Grayson, David