The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-11-20
NOBLE COUNTY IN REVIEW

4NOD1l1I OOO1N u -
For many years previous to the
year 1917 half century ago, Cald-
well was blessed" with four week
ly newspaperS-The Caldwell Jour
NAL, the Noble County Republican,
the Caldwell Press, and the Noble
County Democrat. Today there are
only two - The Journal and the
Noble County Leader-the passing
of time having reduced the number
by one-half.
But today the two are far in ad-
vance of the four of the long ago.
The type in use in printing in all
four was "hand-set" a very, very
slow operation in comparison to the
''machine-set" method of today,
while display advertisements at the
present time are far more attractive
and WELD a much greater influence
than those of the days of yore. In
passing, it may be truthfully stated
| that the Journal is the only one of
the famous four" still in existence.
Here is brief resume of the four.
The Caldwell Journal
The Caldwell Journal was estab-
lished in the early 1905 by Frank
M Martin, and associated with him
in it's publication for several years
was Jonathan F. Knoff. The COM
positors (type setters) in the begin
ming were Carl o Martini brother
of the publisher). Reuben P. Sum-
| mers, Joseph Wehr and Publisher
Martin. Several years later the
Journal was sold to Eastman w.
Archer, of East Union, who later
sold it to the Journal Publishing
Co., afterwards it passed into the
ownership of the Ohio News Co.,
and for several years was edited and
managed in turn by H. E. Danford,
W. E Danford, Arthur N. Bowling,
Richard Ames and James F. Hovey,
Finally the Journal was sold to the
present owners, John d. Wheeler
and Clarence (Bober) Estadt, two
fine and very promising young men,
who have completely overhauled
and greatly improved the condition
of the mechanical department of the
plant as we'll as enlarging the build
ing in which it is now located.
The Noble County Republican
The Noble County Republican
was established and published at
SarahSville, when that village was
the seat of Noble county govern
ment, and after the county seat was
moved to Caldwell the Republican
was also moved to this place, where
it was edited and published by John
| Civil War, the Republican was pur-
chased by Wallace H. Cooley, who
continued its publication until he
sold the paper, equipment and good
will to Frank M Martin, in July of
1898, and the two newspapers, the
Journal and the Republican, were
consolidated and issued as one-the
Journal. In the fall of 1890, JeS S.
Harris became employed as fore
man, editor and manager of the
Republican, and continued so to be
until the paper passed into the
hands of Mr.. Martin in 1898 En-
ployed as compositors on the Repub-
lican were Misses Dora Weems,
Lille Lovet and Lille Harris, Jes,
S. Harris, Harry Stats, Arthur L.
Shaw and Frank Winder-with
Dunlap Wiley as chief engineer"
in turning out the papers, week
after week, from the power press
The Caldwell Press
In the year 1884, the Citizens
Press was sold by John NJ. Amos to
Judge Asberry P. Jennings and his
son, David Alozo Jennings, and the
name of the paper was Immediately
changed to that of THE Caldwell
Press. Employed as compOsitors
during the Jennings ownership
were Charles Wesley Evans, fore
man, Cyrus McGlashan, Ned Way
Oscar Brown, Reuben Summers
Finley Boggs, Albert r. Jennings
and Jes. S. Harris, together with
| OrOSOn Wheeler as steam engineer
on press days. After several Years
ownership the MeSSrS Jennings sold
the Press to Levi H. Finley and his
son, William L. Finley. Later they
sold the paper to w. c. Harper and
Jefferson w. Bigley, and after some
years ownership, the paper then
passed to the ownership of the
Press Publishing Co. and later to
James r. keenan,, who continued its
publication until his death, follow
ing which the mechanical equip
ment was sold to the Ohio News Co.
and consolidated with the Caldwell
Journal.
The Noble County Democrat
The Noble County Democrat was
established during the year 1888 by
Charles Wesley Evans, but after a
few years publication the paper was
sold to Messrs. Finley and son and
the equipment consolidated with
that of the Caldwell Press. EN-
ployed as compositors on the Dem
OCrat were Mrs. c. w. Evans, Miss
Lizzie Semon, Jes. S. Harris and
! Publisher Evans.
The Noble County Leader
In passing, and in closing, it
might not be out of place to say
that the Noble County Leader was
established in May of 1899 by Jes
S. Harris, who for one year there
after had as his associate publish
er, his father-in-law, Peter F.
YohO, a Caldwell retired mer-
chant, and this publication was
continued, with the aid of his son,
! Clyde Y. Harris who was so seri-
ously injured in the Iwo-Jima in