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Devils in the Dallas print shop memories of W. S. Adair
George Myers recalls early Dallas journalism from 1878 onward. He details his start as a Telegraph messenger, rise in the Herald, forced paydays, near-misses with the law, and key figures like Jim Dorsey and A. D. Aldridge. He describes rival papers, landmark moves, and his later role with The News and The Evening Times. He later sold for Miehle and Dexter, with Mexico connections.
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W. S. Adair
Dallas News
George) Myers
Dallas
Baraboo
Wis
Mr. Myers
Barahoo
Gruber’s Bank
Main Street
Lamar and
Poydras
Western Union Telegraph Office
Telegraph
St. George Hotel
Joe Bloementhal
Joe
Morning Herald
Sanger
Herald
Jim
Henry Dorsey
The
Bill) Hall
Frank Shanks
Frank
Texas & Pacific
Sam Bass
Eagle Ford
Marshall
A. D. Aldridge
Devil
Ed Burke
Burke
Frontier
Daily Commercial
J. C. McNealus
L. P.myers
Jim Smith
Commerce Street
Nussbaumer
Pat Sheehan
McNealus
W. L. Hall
Commercial
Paris
S. Prouts
John F. Elliott
Hall
Prouts, Elliott & Hall
Field Opera House
John Moninger
Mr. Moninger
Opera House
John McCullough
Edwin Booth
Joe Jefferson
Lotta Patti
D. P. Bowers
Blind Tom
Barlow
Wilson
Primroe
West
Auxiliary Publishing Company
H. C. Jones
Main
Market Streets
Western Newspaper Union
Sterett
Evening Times
Col
W. G. Sterett
Main and
Akard Streets
Times
J. W. Crowdus
Heaven and Earth
Count Iy
Galveston News
News
Morning News
Charles Schuyler
R. G. Lowe
John Hand
Frank Doremus
George B. Dealey
William M. O’leary
the Times
W. M. C. Hill
Colonel Sterett
Myers
Miehle Printing Press Company
Dexter Folder Company
Mexico
Mexico City
Texas