Consolidated Statesments of Comprehensive Income (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
Revenues
Advertising	$ 14,472,000	$ 19,221,000
Circulation	6,346,000	6,530,000
Advertising service fees and other	3,012,000	3,205,000
Information systems and services	13,846,000	2,918,000
	37,676,000	31,874,000
Costs and expenses
Salaries and employee benefits	19,236,000	13,592,000
Outside services	3,086,000	2,956,000
Postage and delivery expenses	1,328,000	1,375,000
Newsprint and printing expenses	1,307,000	1,321,000
Depreciation and amortization	2,441,000	503,000
Other general and administrative expenses	6,435,000	3,445,000
	33,833,000	23,192,000
Income from operations	3,843,000	8,682,000
Other income and (expenses)
Dividends and interest income	2,541,000	1,967,000
Interest (expense) expense reversal	(97,000)	100,000
Gains on sales of capital assets	1,000	7,000
Other-than-temporary impairment losses on investments	(1,719,000)	(2,855,000)
Income before taxes	4,569,000	7,901,000
Provision for income taxes	(790,000)	(2,360,000)
Net income	3,779,000	5,541,000
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding – basic and diluted (in Shares)	1,380,746	1,380,746
Basic and diluted net income per share (in Dollars per share)	$ 2.74	$ 4.01
Comprehensive income (loss)
Net income	3,779,000	5,541,000
Net change in unrealized appreciation of investments (net of taxes of $13,544,000 and $9,991,000, respectively)	21,292,000	15,085,000
Reclassification adjustment of other-than-temporary impairment losses recognized in net income (net of taxes of $668,000 and $1,135,000, respectively)	1,051,000	1,720,000
Comprehensive income	$ 26,122,000	$ 22,346,000