The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1912-06-07
sTANF0Rp's FIRST PAPER
ESTABLISHED IN 1880
Interesting Facts Concerning Local
Newspapers In Early DAYS
Some Old News.


paper published in Stanford, the In
terror Journal was informed this
week by Mr.. J. ID. Basin, of the
Highland section, that the progeni-
tor of the Interior Journal was the
Stanford Herald, which was estab-
lished here in the year 1860. Mr..
Bsatin says that Joe Burton brought
a printing press from Somerset,
where he had been running a paper
called the Gazette. and established
the Herald, which was the first
newspaper published in Lincoln coun-
ty. Afterward, he says, Mr.. Parker
changed its name TO the Stanford
Banner. The Banner evidently did
not last long, for soon afterward il
appeared as the Dispatch with the
late Judge NJ. c. Sauflev and w. III.
Miller as proprietors. They soon
disposed of this paper to the late
"Ceph" Campbell and ID. w. Hilton.
who changed the name to the Inter-
Tor Journal, which name it has borne
ever since. This information seems
to establish definitely that the Inter-
Tor Journal first saw the light of
day in Stanford in 1860.
The complete files of the paper
since the change of name to the In
terror Journal are in possession of
the paper, and nicely bound. Mrs.
Lizzie Dillon last week kindly pre-
scented two copies of the paper when
il was known as the Stanford Ban
ner, and Mrs. Malinda Stone gave us
copy when her brother, Hon. W. II.
Miller, was one of the proprietors
of the Dispatch, as above stated.
The oldest of these old copies is a
copy of the Banner of date March
10, 1868, that issue being No. 4 of
Volume !. The subscription price
was 80 a wear. Some interesting
facts are cleaned from its yellow
pages. Among the advertisements
are those of the following lawyers !:
Fl. T. Harris, w. II. Miller. of Stan
ford, j. A. Brents, of Albany, Me-
Dowell Fogle and Silas NJ. Adams.
of Liberty, and Frank Wolford. of
Liberty, A. F. Merriman is advertis-
ed as "surgical nd mechanical
dentist" and VIM. f. Daley and p.
W. Logan as physicians and sur
geons. S. D. Myers had about a
quarter Of a page for his undertake
ing advertisement. j. NJ. Dodge in
advertising his photograph gallery
told his patrons to ''secure the shad-
ow ere the substance fades" p. NJ.
Talbot advertised his drug store,
next door TO the Myers house; ID. W.
goods. groceries ETC., M. V. Smith
and b. Withers advertised the great
stallion Bay Dick; Capt. Thos. Rich
ards had for sale watches, clocks,
silverware, jewelry etc, in Talbot's
drug store. The trustees of Stan
ford by j. r. Afford, president of
the board were then as now adver-
Using for bids for 'curbing and
paveing sidewalks" C. H. Roches-
ter and Son, wholesale and retail
grocers and commission merchants
carried a quarter page advertisement
and quoted prices on goods, some of
which will make present day buyers
open their eyes. Wheat was quoted
at 81 to 1925 per bushel, oats at
- cents, meal 80 cents and 81, ba-
con sides 10 cents, flour So and 81
a hundred, coal oil rs cents a gal
Ion, wool 20 and rs cents. The New
York cattle market was quoting beef
cattle at II cents a pound.
The roster of the county officers
showed Jesse +. Cook, county Judge,
r. Carson, clerk, Robert Blain, coun-
ty attorney; Sidney S. McRobarts,
circuit clerk, James p. Bailey tpres-
ent county judge) sheriff, W. b.
Withers, deputy sheriff. X. M. White
jailer; David. W. Vandeveer, county
treasurer. Anong the candidates
announced for Circuit Clerk were
George ID. Wearen, w. II. Miller, S.
s. McRoberts, and John Bright.
Among the other advertisers were
Joe Severance dealer in drugs. medi-
cines, chemicals, paints, ETC., White
d WOlsey, proprietors of the bar at
the Yates House, Peter Straub tin
ware and stoves, John b. Dennis,
carriage maker and repairer, 7. t.
Davis saloon and of the Napier
House at Liberty and the Ingram
House at Somerset. The Democratic
Executive Committee of Lincoln
county is named in the news columns
as j. A. Harris, J. w. Alcorn, Girls
Engleman, Thos. Welch, Col. j. w.
Grigsby, p M. Talbot, and Col. r.
j. Breckenridge. At the mast head
Of the paper is found the name of
John w. Stevenson, of Kenton as a
candidate for governor.
The following were named as
agents of the Banner and authorized
to receive and receipt for subscrip-
ZION money u. ID. Swope, Turner's
vile, +. =. Bland, Hustonville, NJ. O.
Vandeveer, Crab Orchard, Charley
Kirtley, Mt. Vernon, J. r. Richard
son, Somerset, Charley Adams, Mon
ticello, viii +. Napier, Liberty, j. c.
sweeney, Lancaster, j. w. futile,
Waynesburg. G.. q. Fam. Middle
burg. Democratic election officers 10