The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, February 05, 1920, Page 6, Image 6
BOTH CLAIM HONOR i
Dispute Over Location of First i
Press in Northwest.
Minnesota and South Dakota Each '
Firm in the Belief That They Are
In Possession of Historio
Old Relic.
The location of the first printing
press in the Northwest is being disputed
by two states, Minnesota and
South Dakota, says a dispatch to the
Minneapolis Journal.
The historic printing press, an old |
Washington hand-press, which, it is
claimed, printed the first newspaper In
the Northwest, is now in the hands of
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the -Minnesota Historical suoeij. xnc
Minnesota contention as to the history
of the press is substantially as follows
:
"Its active career began back in 1836,
when John King of Dubuque purchased
it in Cincinnati. He arrived in
Dubuque with the new press on May
1, 1S36. after a tedious trip on a river
} .steamboat. The first issue of this paper,
the Dubuque Visitor, appeared on
May 11. It is said that the Visitor was
the only paper north of St. Louis and
west of the Mississippi river at that
time.
"The press, in 1843, for some reason
or other, was sold to three representatives
of a stock concern, J. Allen Barber,
Daniel Benfill and Nelson Derby,
who latter was to become Wisconsin's
first governor. These men took the
press across the river to Lancaster,
Wis., to print the Grant County- Herald,
of which L. O. Schrader was the
z first edifpr.
"The* Herald passed finally into the
hands of James M. Goodhue, a lawyer
by profession and a fighting editor of
the old school. Goodhue in the spring
of 1849 shipped his press up the river
to St. Paul, Minn., where he founded
the Pioneer, which years afterward became
the Pioneer Press.
"In IS.")") < the press passed into the
hands of Jeremiah Russell, who took It
, to Sauk Rapids to use in printing another
pioneer venture, the Frontiersman.
After that it changed hands frequently.
It printed among other publications!
the Sauk Valley Press conducted
by Herman Muhlenberg, state
adjutant general. The material of this
publication was later sold to the Lindstroin
Citizen, a Swedish newspaper.
Shortly after this old press found its
last home in the state museum in St.
Paul.
"Gov. Samuel J. Albright, associate
editor of the St. Paul paper, purchased
the press in 185S. carried it 400 miles
across the prairies to Sioux Falls. Dakota
Territory, where. July 3. ISoO, he
established and printed the Dakota
Democrat.
"During the Indian hostilities of
1862. Sioux Falls was abandoned ana
the Indians took possession of the
place. They found the old press and
broke It to pieces. The settlers found
the fragments but could not put it together
again. Senator R. F. Pettigrew
of Sioux Falls is understood to have
secured the plate and made from It a
doorstep.
"The South Dakota story has been
verified satisfactorily so far as the
South Dakota department is concerned,
by Governor Albright, who
wrote in regard to it that 'it was so
stated, so understood and, I believe, so
published upon its removal to Dakota.'
"But, on the other hand, in the Minnesota
museum stands a press which
IS claimed to be the one in dispute.
This one is simply constructed and
from its appearance might have printed
every pioneer newspaper in the
Northwest. Whatever the true story
of the identity of the press may be, It
is well worth contention."
The Right Man.
One day as Dan Beard was going up
the elevator in the high Flatiron building
in New York city at the rear of
the car was a messenger boy with his
arms filled with a score of bundles all
of the same size.
Peering over the top of the ambuscade,
he fixed his eyes steadily upon
Mr. Beard. The national scout commissioner
of the 400.000 and more Boy
\ Scouts of America knew the signs well
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passing through the hoy's mind. He
asked the lad what he was thinking
about.
Th^ boy replied: "I was just
thinkin' that you look like a friend
o' mine."
"What's your friend's name?" asked !
the man who Is the friend of all
boys.
"Dan Beard," said the messenger.
"I am Dan Beard," replied the commissioner
with a smile.
"Gosh!" was the only reply of the
astonished boy. who dumped his bundles
under the feet of the amused passengers
and brought his right hand
up' to a stiff salute.
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migration of capital from Germany,
In addition to fighting against criminals
generally. A landing place for
police airplanes is already being laid
out on the Swiss frontier. Similar establishments
are planned for Hamburg,
Breslau and other towns.
Supply and Demand.
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'We've got more questions on hand
just now th?n we really need," Intel*
ruptfd Senator Sorghum. "Come
around with an answer once In a
while."
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