Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1858-06-10
End Of Volume Eighteen of the Tri-
bune G. Telegraph. a brief His
tory of its establishment.

The present number of our paper closes the
eighteenth year since its establishment This is
now the Oldest paper published in the State
The first number of the Telegraph was publish.
ed on the l6 of june l940 and since that time
a period of eighteen years the paper has never
failed a single week to make its appearance
A like promptitude in this respect we think
can be said Of but few. if any newspaper es.
Establishments during such length Of time. Dur.
ing the number of years here referred to, there
were times when 1t might have been expected
the publication of the paper would have been
suspended, at least for week or two One ill.,
stance may be MISUNDERSTANDING FIRE which
occurred in the spring Of 1916, at which time
several buildings on main street were destroyed
the building in which the Telegraph was pub
lished was torn down, for the purpose of arrest
ing the progress "a the fire. The press, type
and fixtures of the office, which had been con-
fusedly piled up in the street were collected
together the next day, conveyed to a vacant
room and the Telegraph came ont on the pub
LEGATION day as usual, although considerably
curtaiIed of its ordinary amount of reading
matter. The credit for the remarkable prompt
ness and regularity with which the paper has
been issued is greatly duo to Hon. C. LATHAM
SHoLEs, who during much the greater portion
of time since its establishment, controlled its
publication.
The subject Of establishing newspaper press
in this place, began st to be agitated in the
fall of 1889 An euun alton OF the inhabitants
ut that period showed the population to be 246
In the winter following the subject of a press
was canvassed with great earnestness; the chief
difficulty in the way of arriving at any defnit.
conclusion was its location; the jealousy exist
ing between the inhabitants on the north side
and the south side of the creek was such, that
both claimed it. The north side had much the
most wealth; the south side the greatest number
of inhabitants. gentleman Of public spirit
and influence on the north side of the creek Of
fered to guarantee five hundred subscribers if
the press were located on that side. This was
certainly liberal offer considering the sparse
ness of the population in the country back from
the Lake at that time. No permanent arrange
ment however was made for the establishment
of paper until the spring of 1870, when c. L.
Sholes, then of Green Bay, undertook the en-
terprise, and began the publication Of the Tel
egraph in June of that year. The Office was
first located in the building now occupied by H.
Lines Esq. which building is the Oldest one now
standing on Main street. BY the census in June
l34G the population of the place was 337 A
few weeks after the commencement Of the paper
NJ Frank was associated with Mr.. ShOles in its
publication Subsequently other individuals
were associated with Mr.. Sholes for limited pc
RODS. In February 1914 a daily paper was is
sued from the office and continued to be publish
ed about ono year; it dl not prove sufficiently
remunerntive TO justify its longer continuance
Some Of our contemporaries have denied the
claim Of the Tribune Il Telegraph of being the
oldest paper in the State, because little over
three years ago the Telegraph and the TribaHe-
then two distinct establishments, were united
into one, and called the "TriJune Il Tde-
graph" This consolidation does not at all i'm
pair the claim of the Telegraph, to a regular
continuance Of eighteen years. At the time the
two offices were united, the Telegraph was much
the larger establishment of the two; had nearly
twice rs many subscribers as the Tribune, and
nearly double the. amount of patronage. Be
sides, under the arrangement for uniting the
two papers, the press, printing materials and
and subscription list of the Tribune office were
transferred to the Telegraph Office. Still furth-
er:-the same editorial control; the same princi-
pies and policy, were continued in the Tribune
" Telegraph, precisely as in the Telegraph be
fore the consolidation. The Tribune it will be
recollectsd was established distinctively as
wing paper and maintained its distinctive char
acter as such SO long as that party kept up a.
separate organization. These facts are sufi-
Gent to end all csvil, as to the right Of this
paper 20 claim = regular succession during the
past eighteen years; the union of the original
Tribune with the Telegraph, was simply an
absorbing of the former in the latter
We hope by unremitted attention to maintain
the character of the establishment for prompt
itude and regularity, and intend to spare
no effort to make it newspaper. worthy the
patronage of the city AND country. We hope
that such Of our subscribers, whose subscr; p:ion
expire at the close of the present volume, will
find it convenient to promptly renew them.