The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-09-25
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BACKWARDS.

BACKWARDS.
With this issue OF the PLAIN DEAL
ER is completed the thirty-first year
OF its publication, and all that time
under its present management.
At the time its first Issue was sent
out to the people Of Howard County,
its entire population was just about
what the present population Of Ores.
co is. The people, almost without
exception, We're poor, very few OF its
farmers owning more personal prop
erty than team OF horses or oxen, q
wagon, and few of them more than
one COW, and a few had one or two
shoats. OF sheep, not more than
twenty were owned in the county.
The publishers were accustomed to
receive for one year Of the paper two
bushels OF wheat, which they sold in
McGregor. paying II cents q bushel
for hauling it there. The wheat sold
at an average Of "a cents bushel. de-
Quoting the price Of hauling, it left
the publishers "A cents u year for the
paper. The print paper then cost
90 a bundle, or about Is cents a
pound. Now its cost is for larger
and heavier paper 1890 to $4.25 q
bundle or about 81 cents q pound.
We name at random q few of its
early friends and patrons who began
with its first issue in 1859, and
who have remained its friends and
patrons ever since.
James Hall, g. w. Ostrander, Pat
rick McGrane, Michael Forester, Aug.
Beadle, Rev. C. A. Marshall, Worden
St-other, T. ). Gibbons. ]. G. Cham.
berlain, 8. L. Cary, Philip Howe,
Rev. A. Craig, JOS. Cray, jas. Nc
Oregon, 8. NJ. Cole, j. |. Sturgis, TIP.
Davies, Edward Ryan, Jas. H. Brown
L. F. Emmons, DIR. Clelnmer, N. n
Cushing, Joseph Walton, Alfred J.
Mintey, w. H. Powell, G. 8. Bly,, +
Gillett, c. Strawn, A. J. Warrington
b. d. Everingham, NJ. NJ. Moon, Lev
Bulls, Patrick Riley, John Black
burn, w. H. Patterson, John Henly
j. Monroe Phillips, James Oakley
John T Stonelnan, John Healey
| Anthony Granahan. Bradley Chaplin
Thos. McCook, j. G. Fellows, J. &
Upton, Truman Robson, Nicholas
Lydon, Ben Often, Thos. Sullivan
NJ. N. Holcomb, Jas. Brophy, Jas
Carroll. Michael Flaherty, and prob
ably others in every town, but whos'
names do not now occur to US.
In every town we recall the name
OF men who started with the first is
sue OF the paper and continued ten
fifteen, twenty, andeven thirty years
and closed their account with it onl.
at deaths call. To recall their name
is like a long funeral march. Blesse'
be their names and their memory
The PLAIN DEALER was the frs
Howard County paper coming t
their homes, and in hundreds Of in
stances where the father has beel
taken away by death, the childre1
who have survived are its friends an
patrons.
1t has been the fortune of tn
PLAIN DEALER to have made man
steadfast and reliable friends, men Q
every shade of politics, creed and W
cation. They are men who dar
stand by paper which has the cou1
age to tell the truth, and we ar
proud of them and Of their indepent
J ence. 1t has also been its fortune t
have made some bitter enemies, e.
pecially of men who had some axe I
! grind, some personal motive to sui
serve, some private end to gain, an
J to attain which the service of plan
purchasable newspaper, was requ
site. But as the schemes Of persons
, ACKNOWLEDGMENT or political prefe
ment to which they aspired were Il
work OF themselves and not the d
: mand of the people, its course n
s been generally approved in the
r matters.
t IN LOOKING AT THE FUTURE.
e The PLAIN DEALER will be conti
0 ued to subscribers within the count
s and state upon the same terms
n heretofore. To parties out of Il
!. county and state it will aim at an q
!, solute cash basis, and it also aims
I establish the same rule within Il
3 county.