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Sert auethe communities of Nevada City, Grass alley, ved Doz. Town if
San Juan, North Bloomfield. Humbuz, Relief Hill, Washington, Blac Tent. fabarr
Hill, Vibectv Will, Sailor Flu, Lake City, S
B ittow Vallov. Newtoun Tndian Flat, Bric
VOLUME 49.
alk. Glenbrook. Little York. Cherokee. Mooney Flat Sweetland. Alpha, Omeza, French tiorral,-Rough and Ready. Granitetille. ‘ orth
Meadows. Cedar Rider. Union Hill. Peardule. Summit City Walloupa. Gouge Eve. Lime Kiln. Chicago Park, Wolt, Christina.
elby: Flat. Grizely Hille Gold Flat, Sozgsville, Gold Bur, bancell Hill, Bosirhon Hill. Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebustapol. Quaker Hill.
dueport, Birchrille, Moore's Flu, Orleans Flat. Remington Hall, Anthony House, Delirium Lremens.
10 Cents A Copy
Nevada county. _
_ Newspapers in our past ©
"By PHYLLIS L: SMITH
This is the concluding installment of the story of Nevada
the changes that they sustained
in their usually rather brief
spans of existence.
1872: The “‘North San Juan
War Club” was a one-season,
the following year O.-P. Stidger .
became part owner and its
editor, Three years later, in
March of 1877, Patrick pulled
out of the partnership and Judge
er became sole owner and
editor until March of 1878, when
he discontinued its publication.
1874: (Grass Valley) “The
Foothill Weekly Tidings” was an
independent family paper,
“i
Le
. owners were
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published by S: G, Lewis, owner
and editor, starting April-1, 1874.
It a every Saturday
until late 1880, when it became a
daily. In 1881 the ‘‘Daily
Tidings” passed into the hands
of James C. Tyrell and A. B.
Champion, and then in the
following year to H. G. Parsons.Parsons held onto it until 1899
when it was consolidated with
the Evening Telegraph and was
thereafter known. as the.
“Tidings-Telegraph”’. The sey
Robinson, James Tyrell and
Thomas Ingram who, in turn, a
few years later, the
paper to the Calkins Newspaper
Syndicate.
1878: (Nevada .City) Gray,
Davis & Co., composed of J. B.
Gray, E: A. Davis and H. L.
age began publication of:
the ‘Tri-Weekly _ Herald”. in
1878. It-was successively edited
by R. E..Robinson, G. E.
Robinson and D, Selim. In 1895
the paper was listed as ‘‘The
Daily Evening Herald” and
CEREMONIES FOLLOWING the Constitution Day :
Parade included the signing of the constitution. This
signer wi: Charles White who re-enacted the part of
George Washington.
“Telegraph”
‘management of Ingram, James
Wednesday. Sept. 18,1974
a
named as its owners. were Frank
E. Wadsworth anda Mr. Waugh,
and that’s as far as research
could take us at this time.
1878: ‘The North San Juan
Independent” was published
beginning in April 1878 by A. O.
Porter and J. R. Robinson. It
was a. weekly and was apparently devoted exclusively to
home interests. In April of the -%
next year, Mr. Porter became
the sole. owner and the
publication ceased at. the end of
U ~
its second volume in April of %
1880.
1889: (Grass Valley) In this
year the name Evening Daily
was well. known and as well
received in the area as the .
revival. of Grass Valley’s
pioneer newspaper. Owners
William F, Prisk and Rufus
Shoemaker did, however, split.
up with the former selling his
interest to Thomas Ingram.
Within the year that followed,
the firm name was changed to
“The Telegraph Publishing
Company”. And in 1899 the
under ‘the
C. Tyrrell and W. F. Robinson.
They, in turn, a few years later
relinquished this valuable
property to the
Newspaper Syndicate.
1903: (Nevada City) On April
11, Leonard S. Calkins returned
to Nevada City with the Syndicate and started the “‘Morning
Miner” with himself as editormanager. The next year saw
this young publication merge
with the Transcript to become
“The Daily Miner-Transcript”’
in 1904.
On July 17, 1904, Nat P.
Brown, original author in 1860 of
£ the ‘‘Transcript’’ and its owner
and publisher for 44 years,
retired and sold the paper to the
Calkins Syndicate. Leonard
Calkins as editor saw it thru the
following three years when it
was forced to go out of business
by the collapse of the Syndicate
that had once been so mighty.
The last issue off the presses
was dated December 31, 1907.
mS And, with that sad‘account, we
draw the curtain on the early
days of newspaper founding,
Calkins —
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THE FAMOUS SCENE. of raising the American Flag atIwo Jima during World War ll was captured in the ©
Constitution Day Parade. The crowd showed its appreciation for the float with applause throughout
the parade route. The Nevada City Volunteer Fire
Department sponsored the entry which wor first
. prize and the sweepstakes award. Elza Kilroy was in
charge of the makeup. On the float were Melo Pello,
Bill and Douglas Hoskin, Tim Buffington, David Ray
and John Jeffries.
publishing, management and-or knows what the next hundred or
mis-management as the case so years will mean to the Fourth
might be in Nevada County. Who Estate in these parts?
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