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Nettie Brown keeps Pioneer Pressing in Imperial Valley
Nettie Brown also known as Mrs. Annette E. Brown built and ran three weekly papers the Imperial Valley Weekly Imperial Hometown Review and the Brawley Advertiser while serving as Imperial Valley correspondent for the Los Angeles Times. She battled poverty and a tax dispute with the county DA over advertising funds, raised eight children without aid and persisted, earning a Theta Sigma Phi award for versatility.
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