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History of Comanche newspapers told by B R Russell
B R Russell recounts Geraldo Beeman as founder of the Chief in Comanche and of the Vaquero in Refugio. He details Beeman's moves, publishing ventures, early staff, and a long sequence of ownership changes from 1873 through 1925, including fires, mergers, and new papers like Town and Country and Vanguard.
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L. B. Russell
Geraldo Alonzo Beeman
Comanche
Refugio County
Old St. Mary's
Bay
Bayside
Beeman
St. Mary's
Bell County
Old Moffat
Comanche County
Oliver Twist
Beadle
Oliver
Secur
Tom Estis
Georgetown
Here
Rockport
Western Union Telegraph Office
Towit
Charles Ernest Russell
West Point
Philippine Islands
Fields
Hill
Capt
William A. Fields
Hillsboro
Joseph W. Hill
Capt. Fields
Texas
R. G. Armstrong
Armstrong
Joe Hill
Joe
Robert T. Hill
Colorado
Mitchell County
Tex
Texas Pacific Railroad
Robert
Yeorgin
Sam Vernon
Sidney Thomas
Thomas
McDonald
Switger
Farmersville
Times
John Switzer
Sam
Frank Vernon
Sipe Springs
Tom
Ferguson
George Boynton
Hamilton Herald
Oscar Callaway
J. R. Eanes
Buness
The
Vanguard
8. C. Findley
Enterprise
J. C. Wilkerson