UNIVERSITY OF IOWA EXTENSION
BULLETIN
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EDWARD H. LAUER, Ph.D., EDITOR
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NUMBER
175
JULY 1, 1927
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NOTES ON THE HISTORY OF IOWA
NEWSPAPERS, 1836-1870
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by
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KATHERINE YOUNG MACY
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PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY,
IOWA CITY
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WAYNE COUNTY
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South Tier Democrat was
established at Corydon in 1858 by D. S. Butler
and A. O. Binckley. In 1861, the firm
became Binckley and Estes, and later Binckley
and Morrett. The last named partners were
said not to agree very well, and during one
quarrel, Binckley hid a part of the press to
prevent publication of the next issue.
Binckley finally secured possession and moved
the press to Missouri in 1864.
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Corydon Monitor was begun
by a Republican stock company organized at
Corydon. The members obtained the material
from an impoverished Chariton paper and from the
same town they imported Charles H. Austin,
printer. With William Hartshorn in charge,
publication was begun in 1863. Hartshorn
died in 1867, and the paper was owned for some
time by his widow, who employed George Albertson
through 1870 as editor.
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Lineville Index was
established early in 1870 by H. M. Bevel.
He moved the office to Corydon and published the
Index there as a Republican paper through
that year.
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transcribed from The National
Archives
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