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Darwin S. Hall, from among that num- ber, still lives in Renville county, his home is in Olivia, the county seat, where his good wife and himself are rounding out a well spent life.
In those early days when he was in self- defense exchanging "white lies" with Hon. Edmond O'Hara, he was "playing the game" as others played it. Conditions and times have changed, the heat and turmoil of pioneer days is over.
"Dar" Hall, as he is affectionately called by men, women and children alike, has lived to become the county's most promi- nent citizen, and throughout this and neighboring counties there is to be found no couple more highly esteemed than he and his wife, and no couple whom the people more delight to honor.
The third newspaper in Renville county was the Renville Times, established in August, 1872, by Darwin S. Hall. In May, 1874, he sold the paper to Henry Kelsey. This, the oldest paper in Renville county, is still in existence at Olivia, under the name of the Olivia Times.
In 1881 there were four papers in Ren- ville county : The Renville Times, at Beaver Falls: the Bird Island Post, and the Bird Island Blizzard, at Bird Island; and the Renville County Union, at Hector.
In 1901 there were eleven papers: The Morton Enterprise, of Morton: the Buffalo Lake News of Buffalo Lake; the Renville County Union, of Bird Island; the Hector Mirror. of Hector; the Star-Farmer, of Ren- ville: the Fairfax Standard, of Fairfax; the Franklin Tribune, of Franklin: the Olivia Times, of Olivia: the Renville Record. of Renville: the Sacred Heart Journal, of Sacred Heart, and the Olivia Press, of Olivia.
In 1911 there were mine papers: The Morton Enterprise, of Morton; the Buffalo Lake News, of Buffalo Lake; the Hector Mirror. of Hector: the Star-Farmer, of Ren- ville: the Fairfax Standard, of Fairfax; the Franklin Tribune, of Franklin; the Olivia Times, of Olivia: the Sacred Heart Journal, of Sacred Heart, and the Bird Island Union, of Bird Island.
There are now ten papers in the county: The Morton Enterprise. of Morton; the Buffalo Lake News, of Buffalo Lake; the Hector Mirror, of Hector: the Star-Farmer, of Renville; the Fairfax Standard, of Fair- fax: the Franklin Tribune, of Franklin; the Olivia Times, of Olivia; the Sacred Heart Journal, of Sacred Heart; the Bird Island Union, of Bird Island. and the Danube Review, of Danube.
The Olivia Times was established by Darwin S. Hall at Beaver Falls, as the Renville County Times, in 1872. The Times was the third paper established in the county, the first and second being short lived, and for about fifteen years was the only newspaper published in the county. In 1874 Mr. Hall sold the Times to Henry Kelsey, who guided it through many a bitter contest in pioneer days, and who continued as its editor and publisher for twenty-five years. In 1890 Mr. Kelsey moved the plant to Olivia and ten years later sold it to Wilson & Soule. who changed the name to Olivia Times. H. W. Wilson bought out his partner's interest in 1902 and continued to publish the paper alone until January 1. 1908, when he sold the plant and good will to J. R. Landy, the present publisher. Mr. Landy has equipped the office with new and improved machinery and has one of the most up-to- date offices of any country town in the state. In the great work of development in Renville county the Times has per- formed a service of incalculable value dur- ing the 43 years of its existence and is to- day numbered among the most influential country newspapers of the state.
The Fairfax Standard. The people of Fairfax and community were given their first local paper in the fall of 1889 when the Fairfax Crescent was issued by the Kane Brothers. The paper consisted of four pages, two printed at Fairfax and two of the variety termed patent. James Kane, now judge of probate of Wilkin county, and John Kane, who died in St. Mary's hospital at Rochester, December 3, 1910, were the publishers of the Arlington En- terprise, and Charles L. Kane, now a prominent attorney of Benson, Minn., was in active charge at Fairfax. The files show that the Crescent, then the only Demo- cratic paper in Renville county, passed into the hands of the Schmidt Brothers in 1891. O. H. Smith (then called O. H. Schmidt), now editor of the Lester Prairie News, had been associated with Mr. Kane as printer from the beginning of the Cres- cent. For a time after Mr. Kane retired he was sole owner of the plant and then took his brother. F. W., into partnership with him. Later O. H. disposed of his interests to F. W. and returned to his home in Wisconsin to study law. F. W. conducted the Crescent for a time at his residence.
In April of 1892 M. D. Brown, now post- master of Fairfax, became editor of the
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Crescent, the paper under his regime be- ing issued in the frame building now occu- pied by Knudson's restaurant. Being a staunch Democrat, and the paper the only Democratic paper in the county, Mr. Brown was much in the limelight in Renville county and state politics.
During the year 1895 F. M. Rea became editor of the Crescent, continuing at its helm alone through warm political times, and otherwise. Work became strenuous for Mr. Rea, especially so after he was made postmaster in 1897, and W. F. Mahler, now editor of the Springfield Ad- vance, was taken in as partner in issuing the Crescent, then a four page at home and four page patent.
With the Crescent still existing and ex. pounding things to its liking, Fairfax busi- ness and professional men of the Repub- lican type got together and organized the Fairfax Standard Printing Co., and on July 14, 1898, the first issue of the Standard was sent broadcast over this section. A. E. Verity was placed in editorial charge of the Standard and for several weeks the various exchanges of Renville county and immediate section came out with edi- torials, some expressing sympathy in be- half of Fairfax' newborn paper, while still others expressed regrets for the Crescent. It was very evident that two papers in a place of but 500 population. Fairfax' num. ber in those days could not exist long without one giving way to the other.
On June 8, 1899, the Fairfax Crescent was absorbed by the Standard. A. E. Verity continuing as editor of the Standard and W. F. Mahler, who had been asso- ciated with the Crescent, was made local editor of what was then Fairfax' only newspaper. Practically the entire prop- erty of the Fairfax Standard Printing Co. was owned by Attorney A. V. Rieke and a few others at that time. On April 25. 1901. A. E. Verity, who had edited the Standard since its birth, bade goodbye to lis readers as editor.
The issue of May 2, 1901, shows W. A. Miller at the editorial head. What hap- pened to Miller in that one week certainly must have been enough, for the next issue found Paul F. Dehnel as its editor. Times must have been strenuous ones in the Standard office, for Dehnel remained as editor for only two issues and on May 23, 1901, James S. Mills tried his skill as pilot. He, too, lasted but a short while; it was during his regime as editor that it was demonstrated that John Barleycorn would prevent even a bright and well educated man from publishing a readable paper.
Angus Hay took charge of the Standard on September 12, 1901, and on April 10, 1902, made his first valedictory remarks. For several months the paper was issued without any particular man at its editorial head, but on November 13, 1912, Mr. Hay again took charge, only to make his second and final valedictory on January 1. 1903.
Editor Asa M. Wallace, of Grand Meadow, Minn., but formerly editor of papers at Wykoff, Preston and Chatfield, Minn., took charge of the Standard on January 8, 1903. The plant at that time was housed in a frame building, now re- modeled and occupied by A. S. Black's jewelry store. For several years the Standard was published in the building mentioned above and on more than one occasion the force had to brace up the sides and front door to keep the place from collapsing whenever a heavy wind came along.
As time progressed Mr. Wallace added to the equipment of the Standard office, especially so after moving the plant to the frame building now owned and occu- pied by Will Lenz' bowling alley. Here the wind did not cause the force nor editor much alarm. During cold weather, how- ever, the "devil" found it a difficult task to get things comfortable, and on many a press day lamps had to be lighted and set under the bed and disk preparatory to printing the Standard's four home pages, so cold was the building. The large rollers often had to be thawed out before they could be used, and on several occasions when the foreman went to adjust them to the press, a substance resembling mo- lasses presented itself-the rollers had melted and ran together.
Along in 190S Mr. Wallace became owner of the plant and in October of 1910 he rented the very spacious and convenient quarters over the First National Bank building. which the paper is still housed in. At the time of moving into new quarters over the bank a large two revolution Camp- bell printing press was installed and on this the paper-"eiglit pages home print," is run off. In February of 1911 a Junior Linotype was installed, together with sev- eral other improvements in keeping with the village-electric motors taking the place of the troublesome gasoline engine, and electric lights doing away with kero- sene and gas lights.
Mr. Wallace, through his efforts in Gov- ernor Eberhart's behalf in the campaign ot 1910, landed the office of Assistant Fire Marshal of Minnesota, and in early Janu- ary of 1911 he took Phillip Ploof and 1. J. Zettel in as associate editors. The young men, in conjunction with Mr. Wallace, edited the Standard for two years, and in January of 1913 they leased same and operated the plant until December 31, 1914.
On December 14, 1911, a 16-page edition was printed, the young men, Ploof & Zet- tel, pulling off this stunt withont the old man knowing about it until after the issue was out. On August 15. 1912, the Standard office performed a feat that caused thie plant and force to be recognized all over Minnesota. in that a 32-page Souvenir Edi- tion commemorating the Fiftieth Anni- versary of the Battle of Fort Ridgely, was printed and circulated broadcast.
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Mr. Wallace was not only a valuable man as editor of the Standard, but was a valnable addition to Fairfax, being at the head of many movements of development whereby the village and its people were benefited. He worked for what he thought was for the best interests of Fairfax and community, and though he was hanged in effigy and on a couple occasions had his office windows besmirched with dirt by those who did not agree with him on cer- tain movements of reform, he made the most of his journalistic career here connt. and is entitled to great credit for the splen- did office which Fairfax and community enjoys today. Mr. Wallace at the present time is owner of the Sauk Centre Herald also, and is giving the people of that sec- tion an ideal newspaper.
When Mr. Wallace came to Fairfax in 1903 he employed as his foreman Phillip V. Ploof, of Wykoff, Minn. The young man worked on the Standard practically all of the years that have passed since then, with the exception of one year when be edited the Gibbon Gazette. In January of 1915 Mr. Ploof leased the Standard plant for a terni of five years, and that he is making good can best be judged by the splendid support accorded him. On Octo- ber 14, 1915, he issued a 20-page "Minne- sota Booster Edition" that would do credit to a place several times the size of Fair- fax. The issue puts Fairfax in the metro- politan class, so far as small villages go.
During the existence of the Standard the paper has been ably edited and today it ranks as one of the leading country papers of Minnesota. As to equipment, few offices in conntry towns excel, while the force which consists of Carl K. Vincent, fore- man, and John Ploof, linotype operator, is one which makes work easier and en- ables the publisher to give his readers a better paper than would otherwise be the case. The Standard office of today enjoys a splendid business and is endeavoring by fair and courteous treatment to merit the substantial and united support of the busi- ness and social interests of Fairfax and community.
The Hector Mirror is nearly a quarter of a century old, and though not the very oldest in the county, it is one of the oldest and one of the best. Much of its early history is lost, as no files were preserved by the publishers previous to 1901.
The first issue of the llector Mirror ap- peared on June 15, 1889, and was started by Chas. Corson and Frank Dean, of Owa- tonna. Since that time the paper has changed hands and editors many times. It was disposed of by Mr .- Corson and Mr. Dean to a man by the name of E. E. Cook, now deceased. He was followed by M. B. Childs, and next by Chas. B. Dean. Mr. Dean sold the paper in March, 1904, to The Mirror Printing Co .. and moved to Leeds, North Dakota, where he still owns and publishes a paper.
The Mirror Printing Co. remained the owner of the Mirror until three years ago, when they sold ont to the present owner and publisher. Ralph Prescott, now editor and postmaster at LeRoy, Minn., ran the Mirror for the Mirror Printing Co. until February 7. 1908. He was followed by A. H. Freeman, now of New York City, who was editor until October 8, 1909. Un- der the management of Mr. Freeman the Mirror was enlarged, a new press pur- chased, and a number of improvements made.
From October 8. 1909, to November 8, 1912, the paper was leased by different persons for periods varying from two months to a year and a half. These edi- tors were Dahlstrom and Norin, A. J. Norin, Norin and Darling, H. W. Darling and R. R. Strom.
The present editor. Ernest W. Nobbs. has been at the helm since November 8, 1912, and expects to remain for many years to come. The people of Hector have proven, by their loyal support and patron- age, that they are entitled to the best paper that it is possible to publish in a town of this size, and it is the editor's intention to improve the make-up and plant as the years go by.
The Danube Review, published in the thriving and enterprising village of Dan- ube, sometimes called the Baby Village of Renville county, was launched by Wallner Bros. on November 4, 1911. Two years later the senior member. E. C. Wallner, who edited and managed the Review, as- sumed full proprietorship. Charles A. Heilig leased the Review in June, 1915, and is the present editor.
The Review is a five-column, four-page paper, widely circulated throughout the county, and well patronized by local adver- tisers. It is independent in politics and published on Thursday of each week.
E. C. Wallner, formerly editor of the Danube Review, has resided in Renville county since early childhood. He first saw the light of day September 25, 18SS, in Faribault county, Minnesota. At the age of thirteen he entered the Buffalo Lake News office, where he learned the art of printing and also earned his living. Be- fore locating at Danube he was employed in various newspaper offices in Minnesota.
The Morton Enterprise was established by O. A. Hogue in April, 1886, and con- ducted by him until April, 1890. It then passed into the hands of Leroy Stegner, who conducted same until October of the same year. when he sold it to Geo. W. Lutz. During the year 1890 the only daily paper in this section of the state was is- sued at Morton. O. A. Hogue establishing it and publishing a few issues of a small four-page sheet about the size of a small poster. The daily was a failure financially, even with the large force at that time en- gaged at the quarries for patrons. The field was not large enough and it died a
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premature death for lack of support. The Enterprise remained the property of Mr. Lutz until November, 1892, when he sold it to A. E. Hill and a Mr. Treadway under the firm name of Hill & Treadway. In January, 1893, this firm was dissolved and the paper continued by Mr. Hill until April, 1897, when Andy H. Keefe came into pos- session of it and made of it a successful newspaper and one which ranked among the strongest politically in this section of the state. Under his able management the plant also grew financially and became a money-maker instead of a losing game. In 1901 he sold the plant to R. M. Bottomley, a teacher, who lasted only a few months and landed on the sharp rocks of financial failure. The Enterprise was then revived again by Mr. Keefe, who conducted the same until May. 1902, when he again sold out, this time to Clark E. Gleason, who managed to remain in possession of the editorial chair for four months, and he. too, gave up the unequal struggle to issue a newspaper ou faith alone. Hal. E. Rogers was the next victim of the newspaper bug. and from September, 1902, to February, 1903, was the editor of the Enterprise, selling it to A. B. Allen, whose editorial page, "The Growler." gained considerable notoriety and the Enterprise again became a recognized medium of news. In Deceni- ber, 1904, he disposed of his interests therein to Smith & Hill, who continued its publication for a period of one year, when O. W. Smith became sole owner. Mr. Smith continued at the helm for almost seven uneventful years and finally sold it to H. F. Rubey, the present owner, after having managed to publish the paper for a longer period than any other one man since its establishment in 1886. September 1, 1912. was the beginning of a new life for the Enterprise. The old job press which for so many years had ground out its work of one page of a newspaper at a time, and on which so many of the youth of the village had taken their first lessons in the life of a printer, was replaced by a modern high speed cylinder printing press. A machine which at that time was the fastest and finest in the three adjoining counties. The old gasoline engine which had seen such rough usage and received so many cussings on account of its balky habits, was replaced by an electric motor. Other new and modern equipment was added and the plant is being brought up to a first-class condition to meet the grow- ing demand of a continually growing patronage of a better class.
The Bird Island Union. Wesley Moran. practical printer and editor of Kilbourn ('ity. Wis., came to Bird Island in July, 1879. and established the Bird Island Post. the first newspaper published in Bird Island and the fourth in Renville county. It had a promising field and received a good support.
Bird Island was the largest village in
the county, the end of a railroad division. centrally located and bade fair to become the county seat if it could have the loyal and harmonious support of its citizens. But factional feeling crept in and became intensified by the Post siding with one faction instead of trying to harmonize their differences. So with the view of freezing Moran out, another paper, the Bird Island Blizzard, edited by J. M. Bowler. was launched by some public- spirited citizens of the village, the first number appearing April 21, 1881. Among those interested were Joseph Ladd and Geo. H. Magquier. The contest waxed warm for some time and then Moran hoisted the white flag and both papers were sold to B. B. Herbert, an enterprising newspaper publisher of Red Wing, who merged them under the name of the Ren- ville County Union, edited by a practical printer named Edward D. Morris, from Herbert's home office; and thereupon peace was declared.
October 10, 1882, Herbert sold the plant. to C. L. Lorraine, an experienced news- paper man from Dodge county, who ran it successfully until February 1, 1891, when he sold it to Cyrus R. Sheppard, a man of sterling character, an early pioneer and prominent educator of Renville county. He was an able supporter of the Farmers' Alliance movement and the People's party.
He sold the paper to George T. Castle in June, 1897. July 1, 1900. M. B. Childs and H. C. Sherwood purchased the paper from Mr. Castle and in July, 1901, Mr. Childs bought ont Mr. Sherwood's interest. In November, 1903. the newspaper prop- erty was purchased by C. H. Sherwood and the business conducted until January 1, 1911, under the firm name of Sherwood Publishing Co., with H. C. Sherwood as editor and manager. At this time H. C. Sherwood purchased the property from his father, C. H. Sherwood, and now owns the paper. At the time the paper was taken over by (. H. Sherwood the name was changed to Bird Island Union. The plant is now housed in a modernly equipped building and is made up of two cylinder presses, two platen jobbers with individual motors, Junior linotype and other equip- ment necessary in a first-class newspaper and job office. From a two-page seven- column newspaper the Union has grown to an eight-page all-home print edition. liberally patronized by the business men of the thriving little village in which it was born and in which it has prospered.
The Franklin Tribune, a weekly paper which appears in Franklin every Friday, was established ·as a legal newspaper April 24, 1899, by A. E. Hill, who published the first issue, April 22, 1898. April 1, 1901, Mr. Hill retired and C. Foley and Daniel Whetstone became the publishers, under the firm name of Foley & Whetstone. Mr. Foley retired February 13, 1902, and Mr. Whetstone became sole owner, publishing
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the Tribune until May 14, 1909, when he sold out to the present publisher and edi- tor. Julius L. Jacobs, and went to Cut Bank, Montana, where he established the Cut Bank Pioneer Press.
The village of Franklin prior to Mr. Hill's establishment of the Tribune was served by the Franklin News, which was published for only a short period.
The Renville Star-Farmer. The Renville Star was established in 1888 by M. J. Dowling. In 1891 a rival paper, the Ren- ville Farmer. was started by Welch & Childs. It was short lived and in 1892 M. J. Dowling merged the papers into one. as the Star-Farnier. In 1894 the Star- Farmer Company, a corporation, was or- ganized. Mr. Dowling retaining some of the stock. In 1897 W. A. and Nina Reid, two of the incorporators, purchased all ont- standing stock and became owners of the plant. Mr. Reid has been connected with the paper in an editorial capacity for twenty-one years and during that time the plant has been improved from year to year and within the past year a new press has been installed, and cabinets and a Mergenthaler linotype machine have been added to the equipment, thus making it one of the best equipped offices in this part of the state. The paper has the confi- denee of the community and has a large rural circulation thoroughly covering the field. It is issued every Friday.
The People's Watchman, a Populist paper, was established about 1895 by Cap- tain John R. Lowe, now of Canada, then from South Dakota. The principal backer of the venture was O. T. Ramsland. After Captain Lowe left. O. T. Ramsland and Edward O'Connor secured a controlling interest for a while, with Mr. Ramsland as manager and R. J. Steele as editor. The next editor was Herbert C. Sherwood, who remained some nine months. The paper was then moved to Renville and published for a number of years by H. B. Brooks under the caption: The Renville Record, a continuation of the People's Watchman of Sacred Heart.
The Sacred Heart Journal. When W. B. Strom purchased the Hector Sentinel in 1899, he moved it to Sacred Heart and changed the name to the Sacred Heart Journal. At that time he took Guy H. Small as a partner. The next editor was Harry T. Marsh. Marsh sold the subserip- tion list to the newspaper at Renville, and the presses to people in St. Paul. How- ever, the public-spirited citizens of Sacred Heart raised some money, secured the sub- scription list and the good will, and put Emanuel Nyman in charge. He was fol- lowed by John Cumford, James Fahey, Mabel Sortungstad and the present editor. H. L. Quist.
The Buffalo Lake News was established May 24, 1893, by a Mr. Vanee, a Methodist minister. who published the paper one year, selling it to John C. Riebe and Frank
Warner, Jr., in 1894. Two years later, in August. 1896, it passed into the ownership of G. W. Small, who published the paper until September, 1899, when he sold it to J. R. Landy. Mr. Landy published the paper for eight years, selling it in Novem- ber, 1907, to E. C. Clausen. Four years later, November 1, 1911, the paper was sold by Mr. Clausen to Thomas I. and Robert . M. Foster, the present editors.
The Renville County Independent will issue its first publication March 30. 1916. Carl Carlson and Warren Brandt are the editors.
DISCONTINUED PAPERS.
The Fairfax Crescent was established in 1889 at Fairfax, and merged in the Fairfax Standard June 8, 1898. Its history is found elsewhere under the head of the Fairfax Standard.
The Renville Station Weekly News was established in 1879. D. C. Wadsworth was the publisher, and the paper was printed by C. A. Bennett at the office of the Granite Falls Journal in Granite Falls, Minnesota. J. T. Brooks took charge of the paper in 1880. After he relinquished it Mr. Bennett continued to get out the sheet for a while with such local items as were gathered by W. D. Spaulding. It was discontinued in 1881.
The Renville Weekly News was estab- lished at Renville in 1887. It was pub- lished by C. L. Lorraine and edited by Dr. Ed. M. Clay. It suspended publication in 1888.
The Renville Star was established in ISSS at Renville by M. J. Dowling, editor and publisher. J. C. Spencer was the printer. About 1890, Mr. Dowling sold out to Mr. Spencer. He repurchased it in 1892 when the publication of the Farmer had practically bankrupted both papers. It is now consolidated in the Star-Farmer.
The Renville Farmer was started at Ren- ville by Welch & Childs in 1891. H. B. Brooks was the editor. In 1892 it was purchased by M. J. Dowling, who consoli- dated it with the Renville Star in the Ren- ville Star-Farmer.
The Franklin News was established in June, 1893, by the Rev. William Wigham, a Methodist Episcopal clergyman who preached in Franklin at irregular intervals. He resurrected the old Farmers' Alliance paper, engaged George E. Johnson to reset an entirely new paper, and conducted it as a Prohibition sheet. George E. Johnson, now of the Atwater Republican-Press, con- tinued to manage the paper for the editor as printer. Mr. Johnson left that fall to work for the Morton Enterprise. The paper did not long continue. The reverend gen- tleman was not a good business man, and the Prohibition cause was not so popular then as now.
The Farmers' Alliance was established at Franklin by John O'Shea and William Henry. It was discontinued in about a
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year. It was later resurrected as the Franklin News.
The Bird Island Advance was established in 1904 and discontinued before 1907 with W. H. McMahon as publisher and Simon Finley as editor.
The Danube Herald made its appearance in 1904. It was printed at Buffalo Lake by J. R. Landy, and mailed to its sub- scribers at Danube. Later a priuting plant was established at Danube in charge of A. E. Hill, of Morton. The paper con- tinued in existence for several years. Its editors were Alfred Eiselem, F. A. Schroe- der and James Moughan.
The Olivia Review was established in 1904 and discontinued in March, 1909. Among its editors were B. Barnes, W. H. McMahon, Finley Bros., M. B. Childs and Paul F. Dehnil.
The Bird Island Post was established by Wesley Moran in August, 1879, and was published weekly; a general job office was iun in connection.
The Bird Island Blizzard was established in April, 1881, and was published weekly by James M. Bowler.
The Sacred Heart Republican was estab- lished at Sacred Heart before 1897 with Knute H. Holien as editor, and discon- tinued before 1901.
The Olivia Weekly was established be- fore 1897 at Olivia and discontinued before 1901. Its editors were Henry Kelsey and E. H. Mcleod.
The Olivia Times-Press was established before 1903 at Olivia, with H. W. Wilson
as editor, and discontinued before 1905.
The Olivia Press was established in 1901 with Lewis F. George as editor and sold to H. W. Wilson, who discontinued it in 1903.
The Hector Union was started at Hector about June 1, 1881. by Edward D. Morris, as agent of S. P. Jennison and B. B. Her- bert, of Red Wing. It was discontinued after a short time.
The Hector Sentinel was started in the early eighties by Attorney D. H. Sage. It was sold to W. P. Strom, who moved it to Sacred Heart and published it as the Sacred Heart Journal with G. H. Small as partner.
The Renville Record, a continuation of the People's Watchman, of Sacred Heart, was conducted at Renville for about four years, being discontinued about 1905. H. B. Brooks was the editor and publisher.
The Sacred Heart Bladet was a Nor- wegian paper which flourished for a while. Hans Ristvedt, who had been a newspaper man in Norway. was the principal insti- gator. Edward O'Connor and O. T. Rams- land owned the paper for a while. Thomas Sharp was one of the editors. Andrew Bromstad was editor and publisher of the publication from 1891 to 1895.
The Sacred Heart Posten was estab- lished by Knute Holien. It was printed in Norwegian and English, the "patent in- sides" being in English. After some two years, Mr. Holien sold out to Edward John- son, who kept it alive for about two years, after which it was discontinued.
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