Star Clipper saga marks six decades in Traer press
Detailed reminiscence chronicles E E Taylor and wife Ella C Taylor building the Star Clipper into a thriving Tama county weekly. From founding days in 1874 through mergers, staff, farm news, and community leadership, highlighting long-tenured workers and the paper’s growth to two dozen pages.
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Star
Clipper
W. I. Endicott
Ohio
Endicott
Star-Clipper
Tama County
Otterman
Waterloo
Ster
Grapper
E. E. Taylor
Iowa
Star-Diover
Tanvi Jim’ Wilson
Cliaper
Taylor
Wilson
Ella Canfield
Traer
Kyle's Academy
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Elmer E. Taylor
Star-Cliaper
Taylors
The
Star- Clipper
Alpha Club
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs
Federation
State
Tracr Business and Professional Women's Club
Town
B.P.W. State Magazine
Ripley Congregational Church
Town and
National Press Women’s
Republican Women's Club
Third District Federation of Republican Women
Iowa Third District
Republican Party
G.O.P
Phoenix
Glenn Clark Taylor
Daily
Phoenix Evening Gazette
Harry
Unci
John Felts
Anamosa
Elmer Taylor Jr
Gilbert Sorre
Donald R. McDevitt
E. E. Taylor Sr
Buckingham Cemetery
Galen Canfields
Giles Taylorg
Giles Taylor
North Tama County
Elmer
Melville Tipton
Tipton
Tip
Zoe
L. J. Kynett
Hamburg
Addie Taylor Porterfield
David A. Porterfield
Albuquerque
N. M
Web's Dates to Boettcher's Firm
Webster Latting led the floor covering counter top and wall covering department under Boettcher ownership. After 1960 he bought the Traer store department, continued the business, and in 1965 relocated to his own Web's Floor Covering offering carpeting and a full tile and linoleum service assisted by his wife after 25 years in the business.
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Webster Latting
Boettcher
Boettcher’s
Traer
Latting
Web
Star-Clipper office fire and Globe continuation
Fire on March 30, 1894 destroyed the Star-Clipper office post office and Canfield grocery. Publishers bought the Traer Globe Plant to continue the Globe as Star-Clipper subscribers were mailed the change. Civil War Tama county notably enlisted 600 men with over 100 deaths or wounds.
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Star-Clipper
Canfield
Traer
Traer Globe
Globe
The
Taylor
Schults & Mann
Tama County
Lincoln
Co. C
Tenth Infantry
Toledo
Tama
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the Clipper
Bernard Murphy
Murphy
H. R. Allaben
Tracy
Chicago
B. Congdon
Ir. Congdon
Cedar Falls
Russell
Congdon
Congdan
Mary Caslavka
Lydia Otterman
Ella C. Taylor
Arlington
Vermont
Galen and
Maria Hyatt Canfield
Wes
Canfield Brothers
Nathan Canfield
Old Buckingham
Galen
Tracer
Mittee
Herbert Hoover
Tama County Defense Council
Republican Central Committee
R. H. Moore
Traer Opera House
Taylor Park
Tracr
Canada
Terris
Dickinson County
First National Bank of Tracr
United States
National Editorial Association
Omaha
Neb
John H. Casey
School of Journalism
University of Oklahoma
Iowa Press Association
Elmer Jr
Lp.a
Cecil P. Martin
Mr. Taylor
Harry E. Taylor
Elmer EB. Taylor Jr
Traer Star
Elmer Taylor
Harry Taylor
Frome
Chi Chen
Ourapacity
Cole Slaw
John and
Marty
Vesely
Denve
North Main Street
Golden Door
First Street
Tracr's
Dell
Betty Boldt
Golden Door Motel