The Holt County sentinel., 1915-04-30

weekly production % THE SENT.
MEL for these 80 years were placed
end 20 end the string Of paper would
reach from New York 10 San Fran.
cisco and back 20 Kansas City.
IN all It's long career. THE SEN.
TlSEL appreciates the loyalty OF
those business men who appreciate
the need o. a local newspaper. but
II u with keen regre, that We must
acknowledge the fact that We have
some who DO not seem 10 know that
they have a local printing office foi
We have not "a yet printed an en-.
yelope. a note head or statement
for them.
The Missouri Valley Times was es.
tablishcd here by kaucher and Has.
ness IN 1874 a. u Republican paper.
Captain kaucher disposed Of hi in.
;eres, 90 Henry shuts IN 1875 and
the politics and the name wa
char ged and The Holt County
Pre.s. "a "a straight Democratic sheet
was launched forth. IN June the
following year. 1877. Shuts sold his
interest 20 Clarke Irvine. In Sep.
tember' 1881, Leigh Irvine took his
f.;her's intercs, and he and Hasness
conducted the paper until issi,
when llasress retired and IN iss5.
Glare Irvine became the owner. and
CO.. Quoted the paper until December.
issT: he sold 20 a temperance syn.
dicate composed Of y. q. Cowan.
Vine H0yey. james Scott. :. T. l.u.
ca. and Neil Hoblitzell. who secured
X, \, Grimes. of Kansas City, a. ed.
itor, and they changed the name TO
The Advocate. Messrs. Kaucher and
Rieff then came along and purchased
the out'it early In the spring Of IS
AMI after brief time Frank Evans
purchased J. ". Keiff's interest He
ard Captain kaucher conducted the
Advocate until the fall Of lsss. when
Evans became the sole owner. and in
September Of that year changed the
title Of the paper back To The Holt
County Press. Mr.. Evans conduct.
ed The Press until May, 1890. when
IL suspended and the material was
sold 10 n Platte county enterprise.
IN 1892, II. II. Hoskins, then pub.
fishing The Sun, ut Forest City,
moved his plant 10 this city and es-
tablished the Holt County Republi-
can, and a few who had received
favor upon favor from the old SEN
TINEL, left Us and looked onto the
new venture. IL only lasted a bare
twelve month. and in the latter part
Of 1892 IL suspended. proving the
old saw, cold friends always the
best"
The Democrat-A short time aft.
err the suspension Of the Republican
In 1892, j. s. Rigdon, an all round
II
printer, was induced by a number OF
leading Democrats here to engage in
the business, and he bought the Re.
publican plant from Mr.. Hoskins and
established the Holt County Demo-
crat, and after conducting the pa
per well into 1898, II suspended, and
remained so until the fall of 1894.
when Ed. S. Hayes, who was then
conducting a paper at Forest City was
induced to move his plant here, and
on securing r. c. Benton, then coun-
" clerk, as q partner, revived the
Holt County Democrat. Mr.. Benton
remained with the paper only few
months, when he retired and Mr..
Hayes and Elder J. T. Craig as as
sociate, conducted the paper until
October 1896, when he disposed of
the plant to John NJ. Hasness, who
had but q few weeks previous sold
his interest in the Mound City News.
Hasness took immediate charge and
sold a half interest to w. S. Dray,
his foreman. In April, 1897, Has
ness sold to Mr.. Dray who became
the sole owner, and he moved the
plant to Mound City, where on May
4th, The Holt County Democrat was
issued.
Employees.
II may, perhaps be said with safety,
that fully 100 different employees
have bssn sngagsa Y; the ,produc-
tion Of THE SENTINEL from time