Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-04-01
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| ABOUT IOWA PAPERs-SO |.
WASHINGTON, D. e, March 8, 1863.
The enterprising and thriving village
of Bedford in Taylor County is favor.
ed with sterling little sheet called
"7Ae Iosca South Wsst, and is edited by
Messrs. Lucas and Patrick. 1t is ar.
IDENTIFY Republican in politics, and pre-
sents fine appearance. Its local col.
umns are pregnant with home news,
and the editorials evince much ability
Harry" Patrick I knew in Fairfield
twelve years age. ! am reminded OF
a "goak' he once played on "the sub
scriber," in the Ledger Office. "Poto-
mac" was in the office one day, and the
aforesaid Patrick filed a huge pipe
with tobacco, not forgetting to ''histe'
in capacious amount of powder. The
immortal ''su ubscriber' seized the charge
with avidlty, cooked both leet upon
the table editorial" and was soon
buried in thought over one OF John
Brown" Junkins editorials. Present
ly he heard . noise. He is willing to
swear he did. An explosion took place,
which, he thought, far exceeded the
famous explode" at the Petersburg
mine during the late rebellion. The
undersigned called tor the benefit OF a
clergyman, so teartully was he scared,
and Patrick was making Rome howl
80 overcome was he with laughter.
Messrs. Patrick and Lucas have tor
the motto:-"Progress is onward, and
none more eager to urge it than we" !"
They believe Eternal Vigilance is the
Price of Liberty, and am told that
81 per year is the price ot-The Ioua
.Sou.A Vest.
The Cass County 'Nssssayer" is pub
lished at Lewis, Cass county, by Mr..
H. Clay Johnson, the motto being that
Of good old Davy Crockett. BE sure
you are Right-then go Ahead l
think Johnson is Right aud will take
the liberty OF advising h,m to "go
Ahead His neat little paper is 80.
X The FIRST paper published i'll Lew
is, was published by J c. Brown who
run the machine about two years,
commencing about the year 1860. Mr..
+. A. Whitney bought the press and
sat in the chair Editorial about one
year and then another change took
place. Mr.. J. N. Holladay became
proprietor and remained in that ca
pacity about one year, when he lett in
disgust. No paper was published
until sometime III 1864, when Mr. John
son and Mr.. Whitney went into part
nership and run the concern about one
year. In April, 1866, Mr.. Johnson
bought new office and has been pub
fishing a twenty-four column paper
regularly ever since The paper prior
to Mr.. Johnson's sale administration
was called the Cass County Gasette.
The "Iowa Falls Sentinel is pablish-
ed at Iowa Falls by Mr.. n. c. Wood
ruff and was first established in 1856,
At Eldora, with one Haicomb and J.
D. Thompson as Editors. During the
year 1856 Mr.. Thompson withdrew
his connection. In 1853 it was bought
by James Spears by whom it was ed
t d nearly two years when It passed
into the hands OF Mr.. J. D. Hunter as
its owner aud editor. In November,
1853, Mr.. Woodruff became its pos.
sessor, which relation he sustains to
the present. It was, during its infancy
a neutral paper but after it knew bet
te- BY force OF years aud experience,
it became republican in polltlcs. In
November, 1865, Mr.. Woodruff moved
the paper to Iowa Fa!ls-sixtssu miles
distant, but in the same county-Har
din. Up to the removal to Iowa Falls
1t was called the Hardin SeAt.nsl'-
since the year 1865 it has sailed under
It's pressst title. Its circulation is now
larger than ever before; Is on the
soundest financial legs has the repu-
tation Of being one OF the best printed
local journals has twenty-eight col
umns; is the acknowledged political
authority in its little, bailiwick. Its
radicalism takes deep root in the sub
soil OF Human Equality, and believing
i'll the essential inlquity Of modern De
mocracy, it hits : democratic head
wherever it sees it. IT ,srsr hits am.ss:
believes in God, Grant, Colfax, Man
hood, Impartial Suffrage, General Am
nesty, Charles Pomeroy OF the 9th
District, an in itself. Its career com
menced twelve years aga and its editor
is ambitious of five times that number
IN the future. Success to Woodruff,
al Il long may he wave.
The Copper He'd is printed at OF
tumwa by Messrs. McCully ind Evans
and as the name indicates is aud advo.
cate of copperhead principles, though
in Justice to those gentlemen it is meet
to say they publish more re. p ,ctable
sheet than Brick Pomeroy does. TIL, Y
are not quite so bitter. On the frs,
rage Of the paper is an intended tac
.iDsilc ofa copper cent, though the God
dess of Liberty has one eye teartully
bunged and seems to suffer from the
effects of the suns rays which are rep
: scented as pouring ticrcely upon her
devot ID head. The first number was
issued at Pella, Jan. sth, 1868. by
Msssrs. Bennett, McCully anl Gamble.
in April the paper was renoy. d to
Ottumwa. Mr.. G:mbl retired ard was
succee lei by Mr. 5. B. Ev ns, who
within II. V. B. B>nncts. Esq, edited