Froid editor A R Butler's career spans several states
A R Butler editor publisher of the Froid Tribune born March 4 1876 in Chippewa County Wisconsin. He began printing at Detroit Minn and worked at Climax Bemidji Bagley and the Bagley Independent before buying the Tribune at Froid Montana. Now four to five pages with Montana patent printing. population 600, 62 miles east of Williston. Butler is a U S commissioner, married with three daughters.
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Butler
Chippewa County
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Detroit
Minn
Climax
Bemidji
Pioneer
Bagley
Bagley Independent
Montana
Froid
Tribune
Roosevelt County
United States
Williston
The Times Journal’s Fifty Year History
The Forsyth Times Journal editor E J Fleming recounts the paper’s 25 year existence from 1894 birth to 1915 takeover. He details reorganization, new equipment, and a shift to strictly home news plus a growing feature service. Fleming notes Republican, conservative alignment and his Montana ties.
Townsend Star announces ownership and staff
The Townsend Star, published weekly in Townsend Montana, is operated by Mrs T N Averill who has led the paper since her husband’s death on April 8 1921. The office lists Grace Averill Hollaway Rose mary Averill and Mildred Hale among staff. it is Broadwater county’s official paper with a well equipped shop and multiple presses.
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Townsend Star
Townsend, Mont
T. N. Averill
Averill
Grace Averill Hollaway
Rosemary Averill
Town newspaper’s history tied to Averill family
Career April 24, 1897 notes the paper’s long service in a young town. It has been led by T. N. Averill until his death and is now run by his wife and daughters. Townsend serves Broadwater county as county seat in the Missouri valley.
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T. N. Averill
Townsend
Broadwater County
Missouri Valley
Pioneer Montana editors and publishers tracing local papers
The article profiles several Montana editors and publishers including Dan B. McGovern of the Glasgow Democrat and EK. Jourdonnais of The Acantha in Chateau, noting McGovern’s North Dakota birth on July 20, 1884, his move to Montana in 1913, and Jourdonnais’ acquisition of the Acantha. It also recounts the Hardin Tribune inc. leadership under E. K. Vickers, his public service, and the recent Kremlin oil well tests with indications of potential production despite past setbacks.
Bridger Times Editor J. B. Spencer A Montana Native Leader
J B Spencer editor of the Bridger Times a Montana native from Sheboygan Wisconsin came to the state twenty years ago. He ran with the Missoulian for a period and founded the Sanders County Ledger at Thompson Falls then bought the Bridger Times in 1911 and has since remained there. He served Bridger as alderman for four two year terms and part of a mayoral term and was twice elected to the Montana House from Carbon County. The Bridger Times established 1909 by Thos R E Butler is a Republican aligned paper circulating across eastern Carbon County and housed in a modern two story brick building on Bridger’s main street.
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Helena
Ben English
Dupuyer
George W. Magee
Chateau
United States
Acantha
Linotype
Chandler & Price
Meyer- Booth
Teton County
Pioneer Days
Montana
Jefferson County Sentinel
Boulder
Monroe
Neb
Monroe Mirror
Virginia City
Madisonian
Will W. Cheely
Joseph Smith Ir
Deer Lodge Silver State
Fred L. Gibson
Livingston
Vickers
Alder Gulch Times
Gibson
A. J. Bennett
Virginia City Times
Hardin Tribune
Hardin
Hardin Tribune, Inc
Hardin Board of Education
Hardin Township
J. B. Spencer
Bridger Times
Sheboygan
Wis
Missoulian
Missoula
Sanders County Ledger
Thompson Falls
Bridger
Spencer
Carbon County
Thos. RE. Butler
Red Lodge
Clark's Fork Valley
Birth of Helena Anaconda Rivalry Named by Northern Montana Press
The Acantha, meaning spine, was first assigned to Northern Montana as a fragment from an old Washington hand press at Dupuyer, during Helena and Anaconda’s early contest for state capital status, a rivalry tied to a once thriving cow town of North Teton.
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Helena
Anaconda
Montana
Washington
Armstrong
Dupuyer
North Teton
Hardin Tribune profile of Robert A. Vickers founder editor
Robert A. Vickers editor and principal owner of the Hardin Tribune is a native Montanan born January 30, 1870 in Virginia City the former capital of Montana territory. He is the eldest son of the late Robert Vickers who ran the family mercantile business for over fifty years until his death on April 11. Vickers began printing at the Madisonian under Tom Baker and later attended the Northern Indiana Normal School at Valparaiso Indiana.
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Robert A. Vickers
Hardin Tribune
Virginia City
Montana Territory
Robert Vickers
Madisonian
Tom Baker
Montana
Helena
Young Vickers
Northern Indiana Normal School
Valparaiso
Ind
Tom Stout and a Storied Press Career in Lewistown
The Lewistown Democrat-News editor and publisher Tom Stout is profiled as a prominent Montana newspaper figure born in Missouri. He moved to Montana in 1902, reported for Fergus County Argus, started the Lewistown Democrat, then led the Chronicle era as editor of the Lewistown Democrat-News.
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The
Lewistown
Democrat-News
Tom Stout
Stout
Missouri
Montana
Dad Morris
Old
Kremlin Chancellor first issue noted in Hill County town
The Kremlin Chancellor, Kremlin Mont, first appeared June 20, 1913 with M H Casey as editor and publisher. The paper has continued under the same guidance for ten years. Kremlin lies 20 miles west of Havre on the High Line in Hill County, a growing Northern Montana town.
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Kremlin
Mont
M. H. Casey
Havre
Hill County
Montana
The Madisonian and Ekalaka Eagle Leaders in Montana Press
The Madisonian, Montana’s oldest weekly, is led by T E Castle with 47 years in print. The Denton Recorder, founded 1913, prides in uninterrupted editions. Ekalaka Eagle, under Editor Dahl, merged with Beaver Valley Press and grows as Carter county’s official paper. Dahl, active in town leadership, is likened to Harding in ambition and public service.
Young Norse Reporter Opens Ekalaka Print Shop 1908
Oscar A. Dahl, 18, arrives from Camp Crook with little money and proves a bold newspaperman in Ekalaka. He secures funds from local businessmen to start a shop after working in Black Hills and Camp Crook papers. Dahl claims Yankton as birthplace and shares ancestry with Knute Nelson and Magnus Johnson.
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Cowtown
Ekalaka
Oscar A. Dahl
Crook
Overland
Black Hills
Camp Crook
Yankton
Knute Nelson
Magnus Johnson
America
Ingomar Editor-Publisher Fred M Armstrong a Montana journalist
Fred M Armstrong of Ingomar Mont publisher and editor of the Ingomar Independent and Garfield County Journal of Edwards came from Ohio where he was city editor of the Delaware Journal-Herald and the Delaware Daily Gazette He later edited the Marion Mirror then worked with the J Clarke Publishing Co before homesteading in Garfield County and buying the Ingomar Independent
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Fred M. Armstrong
Ingomar
Mont
Ingomar Independent
Garfield County Journal
Edwards
Montana
Ohio
Delaware Journal-Herald
Delaware Daily Gazette
Marion Mirror
Warren G. Harding
Daily Star
8. J. Clarke Publishing Company
Chicago
Armstrong
Call of the West
Garfield County
Bill Sprivens
Box Elder Valley Press History and Editor Biography
The Box Elder Valley Press began in 1911 as a four page five column weekly and now operates a six column twelve page issue. Editor P. H. Hersey was born in Salem Massachusetts and started as a printer at sixteen. He moved to Montana in 1910 to homestead and continued work in printing across its branches.
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Box Elder
From Farm Roots to Press Emprire in Havre
The narrative follows a man who, inspired by founders of the nation from farming, moved to Salt Lake to scout opportunities and launched a newspaper with five dollars. He started in an 8 by 12 foot room with a Washington hand press a job press and a few type fonts. Over time the Press bought its own building and a fully equipped plant.
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Havre Plain Dealer
Salt Lake
Washington
Pioneer editor F C Fessenden’s long Montana journalism career
Fred C. Fessenden born September 12 1875 in Vernon Springs Iowa built a career from printer to editor. He worked in Fort Wayne Sharon Champaign and Whitehall and bought The Jefferson Valley News in 1915. After health issues he returned to publishing 1921 and by 1926 had modernized the paper with Linograph and Linotype. employs three people and his wife assists.
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Fred C. Fessenden
Jefferson Valley News
Vernon Springs
Iowa
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Champaign
Sharon Reporter
Whitehall
Jefferson Valley
J. R. Blair
Powell, Wyo
Madison
Blair
Montana
Fessenden
Ravalli Republic: Longstanding Montana Paper's Early History
The Ravalli Republican of Hamilton traces its origins to Stevensville with J E Stevens moving the plant when the county seat shifted. It joined with the Ravalli County Democrat about 1902, then editor B A Sherman took over, followed by J C Conkey in 1904, shaping the paper under a veteran editor and proprietor.
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Ravalli Republican of
Hamilton
Montana
Stevensville
Ravalli
James E. Stevens
Ravalli County Democrat
B. A. Sherman
Sherman
J. €. Conkey
Conkey
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Butte
State Press Association
T. B. Castle
G. A. Williams CO. Loe
Plains Plainsman
Shields
Valley Record
Wilsall
P. H. Hersey
H. Starley Thurston
Teetieat Valley News
Box Elder Valley Press
Judith Basin County Press
Ehall
Co. L. Marshall
Wolf Point Herald
W. C. Kester
Gildford Tribune
Oscar Dahl A. A. Kranzkie
A. H. Eiselein
Ekalaka Eagle
Fergus County Argus
Boulder Monitor
Forest Haines
Richey Pilot
Georgia B. True
Rosebud Record
Co. H. Polk
Lima Ledger
the Froid Independent
A. R. Butler
Forsyth Times-Journal
E. J. Fleming
Times-Journal
Fleming
Illinois
Glasgow Democrat
Dan B. McGovern
North Dakota
Bright
J. T. Spencer
the Hardin Tribune
Matt H. Casey
the Madisonian
T. FE. Castle
T. £. Castle
Madison County
Denton Recorder
J. W. Altizer
Denton
Milwaukee Townsite Company
Recorder
Butte Tipton
Eagle Publishing Company
Dahl
Beaver Valley Press
Carter County
Eagle
Ekala
the Eagle
Senator Harding
F. C. Fessenden
J. C. Conkey
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