Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-09-16
Newspaper History.

| The first paper was published in
Tama county, at Toledo, in the spring
Of 1856, and was called the toledo
Tribune Its editor and publisher was
NJ. v b. Kenton. The Tribune was
a six column sheet, and neutral in pol
itics. Mr. Kenton sold the otlicain the
fall to II. 7. Badly, we believe, who pub
hshcd it short time and sold ont to
Bo!cns & Sewers This firm publish
cd the Tribune until the fall OF 1858.
when N. G. Wicting bought the Of
flee and changed the name Of the paper
to the high-tlown title of ''The Iowa
Transcript" The Transcript contin-
ued under control Of Mr. Weitiny an
til the fail OF 1866, when the Office
was moved to Belle Plaine. The
press Of that Office is one Of the first
that was brought to the State. The
Iowa State Reporter was printed on
it, in the early days of Iowa City, and
until the Office was destroyed by the
falling of Clark's stone building. The
| press was taken out and somewhat
reconstructed, when Mr.. kenton pur-
chased it to print the Toledo Tribune
with. 1t is of the Wells pattern, AMI
was made at Hartford, Conn
The whereabouts Of these publisher.
will be interesting to the early settler
of this county. kenton was publish
ing newspaper in Minnesota at last
accounts. Dir. II. I. Badly is, or was
a practicing physician at Toledo; Bo
lens is publishing the GAINESVILLE wis.
democrat; Sewers is one of the pub
fishers of the Marshall Times. and
Wietiny is in the dry goods bushes,
in Toledo. The typos connected with
the Office are also deserving of men
ton. J. +. Farley is now in Cali
fornia publishing the Lakeport Cour-
rier, democratic journal. b. Frank
| Staley is suposedto have been killed BY
guerillas during the late war Il. Ira
cy Rust afterwards an engineer on the
Pittsburg, IT. w, & c. Railroad, en-
listed and was killed at one of the
| Winchester, Virginia, battles. w. Ii.
Hughes died in 1861 VIM. Nixon is
in an office in Huntinton, Ind, and the
| writer hereof may be found conduct
ing the Leader Office.
The "Tama County Farmer" a sew
en- column sheet, OF Democratic pro
clivities, was published at Toledo, dur
ing the political campaign of 1860, by
4. J. Kinney. After the campaign
was over the office busted and ''slid
OUT to Marshalltown. The Tama
| County Union commenced pubica.
tion at Tama City (then 1uka,) in the
spring of 1866, and during last winter
was bought BY Wm G. Cambridge
who is now giving the Tama City
people good local Journal under the
title of "The Tama Citizen"
| After the removal of the 'Tran.
script to Belle Plaine, the "Tama
County Republican was established
at Toledo, by J. I. Rice, whom a year
AMI half afterwards sold out tc
NJ. B. c. True, the present proprietor
As to the history OF the Leader es
tabiishment, we shall defer it unit
somo othor time -Hana Count,
Leader.
! REMARKS:
/ LII respect to the :" toledo Tribune,
we are authorized, by those WHOSE
knowledge OF the matter is more &C
curate than ours, 20 make more ful
and explicit statement. NJ. Y. B. Ken
ton sold to Ii. I. Baldy AMI I. w
Jackson, about August, 1856. Thes,
two men run the Tribune as partner.
tor about two months, when Jackson
interest came into the possession O
Joshua Burley. The paper was pub
lishel by Badly & Buriey some two
or three months-say until January o.
February OF 1857, when Burles' inter
est, on which I. l.. Allen had a mort
/ gage, was sold to Allen, who wa
about to sell ont the Barley lnteres
at Sheri:fss sale. The paper was rul
by Badly q Allen only five or 81,
weeks, when Badly sold his interest t,
George Sewers, and in two or thre.
weeks thereafter, Allen sold his inter
est to Bolens. Badly. however, dit
not lose editorial control of the Trib
une until after Bolens bought Allen!
interest, and took possession-the Val
cdictory of Bald, and the Sa.utator,
OF Bolens appearing IN the same issue
of the Tribune.
L. Walter Jackson, the first partnc,
Of II. L. Badly, as mentioned above
is now in West Troy, prcaticing law
and is said to be successful lawyer
and rising daily in the confidence
and esteem Of his ncighbors.
In regard to the ''Repablican.' the
facts are that, ''in year and 4 half
after J. L. Rice established the pape,
he sold oashaf his interest to the pres.
ent proprietor, and in November fol
lowing he soil the remainder to the
same party.
These corrections are intinitesimal
but, As facts, they deserve to be record
ed aud are hereby put on record
1869 is not only the centenary oi
| Napoleon and Iumbollt, but OF hos,
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