Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-07-25
From the Daily Of the e0il inst.
The Courier in New Quarters.


its new and commodious quarters on
the corner of Main and Court streets.
to the building erected by Thomas
Neville, and heretofore known as the
Neville building. Consequently our
readers have missed two numbers of
the daily issue, which will be proper
ly made up to them.
The Weekly COURIER was estab-
lished Aug. s, 1913, by J. II. d. Street,
now dead, and II. ii. Warden, still
OF the paper, and it will therefore he
twenty-nine years old on its anniver-
sary, the sth proximo. The Daily
was first issued April 9Th, 1865, and il
will be thirteen years ofage at its next
birthday.
When the Weekly was started, OF
tumwa was a small, struggling ham
let, and it was the nearest paper then
published toward shutdown. Des
Moines being then military post
called Fort Des Moincs or Raccoon
Forks; st. Paul, Omaha, San Francis
co, Salt Lake, Sacramento and Den
yer being yet hidden in the womb
of time. The COURIER was then the
official paper for all Iowa west of
here and for the entire "New pur-
chase, and published legal notices for
people as far, ont TO the frontier as
as Kanesville, now Council Bluffs,
and Raccoon Forks, now the elegant
capital of Iowa.
1t first occupied a small frame on
Main street where Crowlcy's grocery
now stands, twelve by twenty feet
with ten foot addition thereto. 1t
was next moved into what was then
considered capaclous quarters, few
doors west Of its starting place, into
a new frame house specially built for
itby DIR. G. G. Warden, l6x32.
Then it came up Main street nearly
opposite the present location and was
published some time in Washburn's
franc building which then stood on
the site of Smiths Second Hand
store. Then it skipped down to Mill
Square and was issued under Odd
Fellows Hall in frame building
which several years ago was purchas-
cd by J. M. Hcdrick, and turned
around to front Samantha street, and
is now owned by Mrs. Mary Neville
and occupied by her as residence.
Again, after tarrying in the Mill
Square property some two or three
years, it itinerated back to Main street
and occupied the second story of A.
l.. Graves brick, which was on the
lot directly east of our new location
where it remained five years, during
; which time it was purchased by Mr.
: j. w. Norris and was then taken dowr
) to Main street and into what wa.
r then known as McFarlin's Hall, on,
c Of the pioneer brick business houses
: of the city, which was subsequently
occupied by w. B. Bonnifield's banl
: and which recently fell down. Mr.
' Norris then moved it into his owl
e building on the corner of Market ant
+ Second streets, now occupied by Wal
:. ter Green as q barber shop, where i
:, remained until it was purchased b,
1 Musselman, Caldwell Il Holden, b,
: whom it was removed into fran,
!, building, second story, corner o
}. Market and Second streets, erected
4 specially for it by James Hawley, ST.
From there it was removed to tn,
three storyLewis building, second alto
ry, corner of Green and Main streets
known as Moore's drug store build
> ing, opposite the Ballingall House,
From there it went into the SECOND
story Of Dixon's hotel building OF
Second street, remaining there unit
about 1870, when it was taken u
Parks new building, corner Of Mar
. ket and Second streets, by the presen
proprietors, Hamilton u Hedrick
where it has been published unit
Tuesday, the 18th instant, our last is
sue, when its engines, presses ant
other property were dismantled and
now are in process of re-arrangement
in what we think is one of the largest
: and best arranged printing Offices in
Iowa.
The main building is large three
story and basement brick, 25xl00 feet
with n two-story and basement addi-
ton in the rear, 25x40 feet in the
clear.
The first floor in this addition,
25x40, constructed specially for our
purposes, will contain the boiler, en-
CINE and large Potter Power Press.
Immediately over this room will be
the job room, run by the steam power
from below. The whole of the Sec
ond story of the MAIN build
ing % x 100 feet in the clear,
will be occupied as COURIER editorial
and composition rooms-.the front on
Main containing the Office and edito-
rial rooms. The main entrance TO
the COURIER Office proper will be
from the west side of the building
on Court street. Besides this there is
also an entrance from the rear to each
story of the building, which is reach
ed from the sidewalk on Court street.
The COURIER has been growing
paper in circulation, financially and
in influence from its initial number
to the present. 1t is now the largest
weekly paper in the State, with q
constantly increasing patronage and
circulation for both its issues. 1t is
the intention of the proprietors to
make the COURIER hereafter as here
tofore, an indispensable newspaper.
With an abundance of room exact
ly suited to our purposes in a CEN
trail and convenient locality with all
the latest and best styles of type and
other material, it shall be our aim to
make our printing Office, our paper,
and our job Office, as nearly model
affairs as possible, and such an outfit
as we hope will continue to be profit
able TO lis, and credit to our city
and county.
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