an historical Danny Boy

This is an historical newspaper. I found it in a book that I bought years ago when I lived in London, to write a research paper about the Irish Revolution: Ireland: A History (new edition), by Robert Kee. I saved this scan larger than I normally would for the web, so that you can click on it and see the details.

There is more going on that just the type, but my focus was  of course the typography in the newspaper clipping in the top right of the image. This is a London paper from 1916. They have a logotype as what I believe is called a "mastheading" on newspapers. They have used both serif and san-serif. I have to say, compared to the types of contemporary typography designs I've seen, even on newspapers, I think this looks kind of sloppy. The headlines look oddly justified on the left. On the right, the bigger column that says "Sir Roger..." just looks like a big old mess to me. I definitely think newspapers are design much better these days, both in the layout and the typography. Granted, we have years of technology helping us along now...