The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-12-12
ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC
SUSPENDS BUSINESS
Globe Democrat Absorbs
Oldest Paper West Of
Mississippi.

The ST. Louis Republic has been
purchased by the Globc-Democrat,
and with the issue Of Thursday morn
ing the Republic passes out of exist
ence.
The Globe-Democrat has taken ov-
err the subscription lists of the Re
public for both the daily, Sunday and
weekly editions. Subscribers to the
Republic weekly will next week re-
ccive the Globe-Democrat weekly.
Republic First Newspaper Published
West of Mississippi
The Republic was first published
on July -, 1905, and with its final
Issue this morning it has covered Ill
yearc, months and 20 days.
1t vas the fiss. newspaper publish
ed west OF tiis Mississippi River and
was established by Joseph Charles,
who came to the then small frontier
trading-post town of st. Louis in the
spring of 1SOS by keelboat from
Louisville. Ky, down the Ohio and
up the MISSISSIPPI.
Upla arrival lie announced that a
printing press had been shipped by
him from Pennsylvania via Louis
willie. and that when 1t arrived he
would begin publishing a newspaper.
This announcement was circulated in
the form of sheet printed in both
English ard French with space at tho
bottom for the sigma ures of those
who would subscribe for the new
paper.
The first issue was published on a
sheet II inches long and inches
wide and called 1.-The Missouri Ga
zette." 1t had 10 subscribers who
had promised to pay IS in advance,
or 81 in country produce.
The third issue of the Gazette an
nounced the result of the first st.
Louis election after the incorpora-
ton of the town. Five trustees were
elected after the incorporation of the
town. Five trustees were elected in
the old Courthouse. The town then
had 100 inhabitants and 200 houses
Charles was an Irishman who left
his native country because OF parti-
cipation in the revolution of 1895,
After coming to this country he set
type in Philadelphia on the first
quarto edition of the Bible issued In
the United States, and later worked
on nespapers in Lexington and Louis
vile, Ky.
After twelve strenuous years, as
/. owner, editor. compositor. pressman
and business manager OF the Missouri
Gazette, Charles sold the paper to
lanes G.. Cummins, who came TO 81
Louis from Pittsburg, Pa. In tn
twelve years of his ownership
Charless had built the circulation
up to 1000.
Eighteen months later Cummins
sold the paper to Edward Charless
a son OF the publications founder
who changed its name to THE Mis-
souri, Republican" and engaged 10
siah Spauldng, a graduate OF fale
as editor.
In 1925 Nathaniel Paschall became
the partner of Edward Charles ano
editor OF the paper. He came TO thf
old Gazette in 1912 as a bound boy
10 the elder Charles. About the
time that Paschall became partner IL
the ownership OF the paper boy
that was designed to maintain Ions
and important connection with the pa
ner. entered its service as an appren
tice. He was George Knapp, VINO re
manned with the paper until 1883,
total service of fifty-six years. Hc
died at sea in 1888 on his way home
from Europe His nephew, CharieS
w Knapp was connected with the
Republic forty-nine years, and was IL
control of the paper from 1898 to
1916, when he went to New YORK to
assume the treasurership of the New
York Times, and died almost as soon
as he had assumed the duties OF MS
new position.
Paper Changed from Weekly to Da'is
The present name of the paper was
adopted in 1883, when 1t became
1.-THE Republic" thereby lessenine
the confusion of strangers VINO dlo
NOT understar d how THE Repubii'
can" could be a Democratic organ
The change from weekly TO
daily was made September 20, 1886
and in 1S4s the first Sunday paper
was published.