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Newspaper
Dundee Weekly
Location
Dundee, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1872
Page
4
A speaker urges printers to warn fellow craftsmen about schemes to swindle them. The talk claims that cheats and deadbeats operate nationwide, both in cities and small towns, consistently undermining printers to steal dues and profits.
A lament from a Dundee printer arguing the town’s reluctance to sustain a newspaper. He laments high costs and reliance on patronage, noting past failures and urging printers to move to Dundee if they can manage work and survive on goodwill while building an audience. He asks national papers to warn printers against misfortune in Dundee.
In Dundee, Kane County Illinois, several printers have tried to weather hardship and most have failed. One worker lasted eight months before leaving for Indiana to cut hoop poles. A three month trial in the town proves insufficient to sustain printing. The writer hopes a successor arrives within two weeks and urges new printers not to arrive.
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