January 16, 1905 Vindicator -- WE LOST THE COUNTY PRINTING. The result of the count at Mt. Ayr Tuesday was in favor of the Mt. Ayr Journal by about 180, they swearing to a list of 840 while the Vindicator's list was but 660. If we had resorted to the practices of the Journal and given away subscriptions where we could not secure a legitimate subscriber, perhaps we might have won, but we prefer to go down in defeat rather than to resort to questionable means to secure the printing.

The Vindicator existed for 19 years without the printing and we can get along another 19 years if necessary. We want to thank every subscriber in this public manner for their loyalty to us in our work to secure the county printing.

  The Vindicator Office was moved to the Kate Peckham building September, 1908 (where present-day [1983] Garden Club Park is located). Above is, Ed Burleigh in front of the Vindicator building about 1926. The Vindicator remained at this location until it was destroyed by fire in October 1933. It was then moved to the north end of the present-day post office building.

Established in 1903, The Tingley Vindicator was a weekly paper that was published in Thursdays and ran until 1948. It succeeded The Tingley News. W. E. "Ed" Burleigh was the editor and publisher. The paper had a Republican affliation.

 Excerpt from Diagonal Centennial boo, 1983
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, September of 2017