The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-07-18
FIFTY YEAKS OLD.

FIFTY YEAKS OLD.
The enlargement and improvement
of THE REPUBLICAN in its last issue
is in a way celebration of the paper S
semi-centennial birthday anniversary.
If we had known the exact date we
would have arranged for a special is
she and the eommemoratian would
have been worthy of the event.
II, was some time in the summer OF
1851. and probably in july that the
first printing Office in Marshall colln-
ty was set up and the first paper in
the county established This was the
Plymouth Pilot. the direct ancestor OF
THE PLYMOUTH REPUBLICAN, and
John @. Howell was the proprietor,
editor and publisher. The material
and ns,cmnery were brought up the
Michigan road by wagon from Roch-
ester and it must have been pretty
substantial press to Withstand the
rough Journey over the rough cordu-
row of those days.
Mr.. Howell secured the legalprint-
ing for the November term, 1851, OF
the circuit court, and then, March /
of the next year, sold the paper to
Richard Corbaley, then county clerk,
who changed the name to the PlyT-
outh Banner and started it as volume
i number l. He sold out to William
J. Burns, ..Uncle Billy July %,
1853. who disposed of it once and then
took it back and was the owner when,
Nov. Is. 1855, he noted as a news
item the birth of the Marshall Coun-
" Democrat.
The Tanner experienced further
yicissituies and changes Of ownership,
never l,.iss;ng an issue more than a
day or two, until Ignatius Mastingly
purchased the property and installed
himself as editor and publisher Oct.
9. 1856, when the name and number
were again changed, the Marshall
County Republican, volume l, num-
Der /. being the new christening
Later. the present title The PLYM-
orrH REPUBLICAN, was adopted
Mr.. Mattingly was the first o.'ner
who succeeded in making the paper
nav. and it was the first newspaper in
the county that Gid prosper. 1t was
the first paper to be published con-
tinuously from the start in Marshall
COUNTY. In the several changes OF
ownership since the war OF the rebel
lion the history of THE REPUBLICAN
has been a record of growth, progress
and improvement. In its full half a
century of life it has kept abreast OF
the times in this locality and its IN
fluence has always been freely given
for the good of the city and county.
Fifty years is long life fora news
paper in a part of the country that
was in its infancy half century ago,
and it is something of an achievement
to maintain an existence, even for SC
long a tine On merit alone and with
ont aid from the public treasury. To
fight the usually hopeless battles OF
an unsuccessful party without pros
pect Of the rewards that accrue to
the organ of the victorious party, is
not an encouraging outlook, but il
has been the lot of The REPUBLICAN
and with it all the paper has kept
up with the procession.
THE REPUBLICAN, is now as large
as any weekly newspaper published IL
Northern Indiana and it isthe largest
such p,s5er in the territory name
that is wholly printed in the home Of
fee. 1t covers the entire field Of
news Of local interest and the price
remains unchanged at s1.5o pei
annum in advance. Now is the tirae
to subscribe