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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1899
Page
4
In a lengthy critique the Weiser Signal denounces the South African war and slavery while urging municipal control of utilities. It rails against city government corruption and supports private capital only if needed, arguing for a water works and electric plant as a future reality. It links wartime policy to liberty, equality, and the nation’s duty to curb monopolies and plutocrats.
The Sugar King Havemeyer seeks to broaden control of refineries and markets, aiming to corral competition and raise prices as he expands the sugar empire. Astho appears to oppose the move, resisting consolidation efforts within the sugar trade.
Judge C C Gondwin portrays journalism as a public duty shaping youth and community values. He urges editors to avoid sensationalism and stresses the unconscious influence of a well run paper, urging honesty, restraint, and dedication to public good.
The author urges editors and publishers to uphold human merit and public trust. They warn against dissolute behavior and private-interest influenced journalism. Readers deserve journals their families can trust, backed by responsible, stable leadership and local public-spirited effort.
The Weiser Leader and later Waiser SiGNAL bid farewell under the imprint since 1892. The November 23, 1899 issue marks the end of a seventeen year term recording Washington County events, including marriages births and necrology. It notes honest advancement versus dishonest methods and reflects on pioneer laws and a changing era.
The article recalls a planned railway up the Weiser river as a connecting link to a grand transcontinental line, aiming to bring Weiser as close to San Francisco as Portland is to Spokane. It criticizes past subsidies and calls for continued support, foreseeing daily newspapers serving thousands of readers from Weiser to Camas Prairie.
In the October 28 issue of the Record, prominent citizens urged continuing support for a daily paper. The writer argues against a daily venture, claiming it would fail financially and harm contributors, criticizing the Wreckard and named figures like Shoup and Pinkham, and warning of “money power” efforts and deception.
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