Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-06-06
PRESS COMMENT ON
TELLER SUSPENSION

The Lancaster Teller established III
1888 has been discontinued. Under
the management of the late Edward
Pollock it was recogl lied as one of
the leading weeklies of the state. It's
editorials were strong and fearless
Platteyille News.
The issue Of the Lancaster Teller
for the week ending May 10Th, was the
last for the weekly paper of that
name, according to Burne Pollock, of
Milwaukee, owner of the plant. Mr..
Pollock is a newspaper service writer,
and has been a nonresident owner of
charge of the plant at Lancaster. The
plant is for sale.-Richland Rustic.
The Lancaster Teller which was
established in Grant county in the
year 1888 suspended publication with
last weeks issue. This leaves the
Herald with clear field at the county
seat.-Dodgeville Chronicle.
The Lancaster, CWis.) Teller, which
was established in 1888, has discon-
tinued publication. The paper has
been operating at loss for some
time and at the present high price of
material required to run newspaper,
it was deemed best to discontinue.
There are any number of newspapers
today which are not making expenses
and unless they receive better support
from their home merchants, will lie
obliged to look elsewhere for patron
age or suspend. Gazette.
We regret the passing of the Lam
caster Teller, which event is noted in
our county seat correspondence this
week. 1t is one of the pioneer papers
of the county and at one time was
certainly the most influential paper
in this part of the state. Loss of
prestige, however, is a difficult mat
ter to overcome except over a period
of years, and the decision of the
owners to sell the equipment is prob
ably wise Editor Ahern has done
nicelv with The Teller in the short
time he has been in charge of its af-
fairs, and it may be found that the
equipment can be sold to some party
who will resume publication of the
paper in Lancaster and make sue
cess of Bloomington Record.
Stalwart Paper Quits.
The Lancaster Teller" an old and
formerly prominent paper of Grant
county, has suspended publication for
lack of patronage. We are not famil-
lar with its earlier history, but of late
it has had decided leaning toward
the element which was so overwhelm-
ingly repudiated by the people of the
state at the polls last fall.
This leaves Lancaster with only one
paper, the Herald, which is independ-
ent in politics and under the owner
ship of A. L. Sherman has become in
the last few years, one Of the strong
est papers in the Dodgeville
Sun.
you never will be missed" is the
commonly accepted adage when we
leave this mundane sphere. And yet
that is not true. Neither is the state
n Fat that when we pass hence every
thing will go on as before. Each in
dividual possesses peculiar identity
and individuality, so that when he is
called hence there is no one that can
really take his place in all particu-
lars. A striking example of this is
presented in the recent suspension of
publication of the Teller. The paper
had been struggling along under man
agement of various kinds since Ed
ward Pollock's death, but none had
much success. When Edward Pollock
died, there was absolutely nobody to
take his place.-Fennimore Times.