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The first meeting of the town council was held January 21, 1841, at which the burgess and councilmen were " sworn into office," as required by law.
After being organized a resolution was adopted as follows: Resolved, That Robert Wallace be appointed clerk for the current year, at a compensation of five dollars.
The next meeting was held pursuant to adjournment, Friday, February 5, at early candle light, at the office of Robert Wallace. The following offi- cers were elected by ballot: Street commissioners, John R. Bloom and William Irvin ; treasurer, Thomas Hemphill; collector, Josiah W. Smith.
Civil List of Clearfield Borough .- 1842. Burgess, Dr. Henry Lorain ; council, George B. Dale, James Thompson, William L. Moore, Lewis W. Smith, Robert Wallace; clerk, Robert Wallace; treasurer, James T. Leonard.
1843. Burgess, Dr. Henry Lorain ; council, William L. Moore, Robert Wallace, Josiah W. Smith, George B. Dale, Constance C. Hemphill ; clerk, Robert Wallace ; treasurer, Henry S. Bamford.
1844. Burgess, Josiah W. Smith ; council, Robert Wallace, James T. Leon- ard, Ellis Irwin, Samuel Elliott, Christian Pottarf; clerk, Robert Wallace ; treasurer, Hugh Leavy.
1845. Burgess, William Merrill ; council, C. Kratzer, Robert Wallace, Isaac G. Gordon, Isaac Southard, Robert F. Ward ; clerk, Robert Wallace ; treas- urer, William Powell.
1846. Burgess, Josiah W. Smith ; council, James Wrigley, David Litz, James McIntosh, William Jones, Robert Wallace; clerk, Robert Wallace ; treasurer, Ellis Irwin.
1847. For the office of burgess James T. Leonard and Ellis Irwin had an equal number of votes, whereupon a new election was ordered (both former candidates having refused to serve), and Henry S. Bamford was elected. Council, Henry B. Beisall, George Newson, William Powell, Hugh Leavy, Josiah W. Smith ; clerk, Josiah W. Smith ; treasurer, William Welch.
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1848. Burgess, William C. Welch ; council, Isaac Southard, William Rade- baugh, Richard Mossop, Charles Miller, D. W. Moore; clerk, D. W. Moore ; treasurer, H. P. Thompson.
1849. Burgess, John L. Cuttle ; council, W. L. Moore, G. R. Barrett, David Sackett, John Boynton, James Alexander ; clerk, Jonathan Boynton ; treasurer, Charles D. Watson.
1850. Burgess, James Wrigley ; council, William Merrill, J. W. Shugart, Thomas Mills, James Hollenbeck, W. A. Wallace ; clerk, W. A. Wallace ; treasurer, Charles D. Watson.
1851. Burgess, William Powell; council, C. Kratzer, A. K. Wright, Rich- ard Mossop, Thomas Mills, W. A. Wallace ; clerk, W. A. Wallace.
1852. Burgess, D. W. Moore ; council, James Alexander, W. M. Dugan, George W. Orr, W. A. Wallace, Isaiah Fullerton ; clerk, W. A. Wallace ; treasurer, A. M. Hills.
. 1853. Burgess, M. A. Frank; council, John F. Weaver, David Sackett, Isaac Johnston, William Porter, A. K. Wright ; clerk, William Porter ; treas- urer, James Wrigley.
1854. Burgess, Christain Pottarf; council, J. F. Weaver, Isaac Johnson, J. W. Shugart, A. M. Hills, William Powell ; clerk, William Porter.
1855. Burgess, William Irwin ; council, A. M. Hills, George W. Rheam, C. Pottarf, H. B. Smith, W. M. Dugan ; clerk, William Porter ; treasurer, A. H. Shaw.
1856. Burgess, George D. Lanich ; council, James Alexander, I. W. Baird, W. L Bradley, H. W. Park, W. A. Wallace ; clerk, W. A. Wallace.
1857. Burgess, George D. Lanich ; council, W. F. Irwin, John Troutman, O. B. Merrill, W. A. Wallace, D. F. Etzwiler ; clerk, W. A. Wallace ; treas- urer, William Porter.
1858. Burgess, William Radebaugh ; council, W. L. Moore, W. H. Rob- ertson, R. V. Wilson, Joseph Goon, Thomas Mills ; clerk, L. J. Krans ; treas- urer, William Porter.
1859. Burgess, Jonathan Boynton ; council, Robert Mitchell, Richard Mossop, J. C. Whitehill, George W. Rheem, Robert Wrigley; clerk, L. J. Krans ; treasurer, James Wrigley.
1860. Burgess, H. B. Swoope ; council, James Wrigley, Richard Mossop, T. J. Mccullough, O. B. Merrill, George W. Rheem ; clerk, L. J. Krans ; treasurer, Robert Mitchell.
1861. Burgess, Henry Stone ; council, James B. Graham, William Porter, Francis Short, James L. Leavy, W. A. Wallace, James T. Leonard ; clerk, L. J. Krans ; treasurer, Robert Mitchell. Six councilmen were chosen in 1861, after which two were elected annually under the provisions of the act of 1860, the other four holding over.
1862. Burgess, George Latimer Reed ; councilmen elected, J. C. White- hill, John McPherson ; clerk, John G. Hall.
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1863. Burgess, George L. Reed ; councilmen, Thomas J. Mccullough, Henry Parks ; clerk, John G. Hall ; treasurer, Charles D. Watson.
1864. Burgess, A. M. Hills; councilmen elected, W. W. Betts, Joseph Shaw ; clerks, J. G. Hall and W. D. Bigler.
1865. Burgess, John W. Shugart; councilmen, William Porter, D. F. Etzwiler ; clerk, W. D. Bigler ; treasurer, James Wrigley.
1866. Burgess, James Wrigley ; councilmen, C. D. Watson, A. S. Good- rich ; clerk, W. D. Bigler ; treasurer, William Porter.
1867. Burgess, W. W. Betts; councilmen, L. R. Merrell, J. G. Barger ; clerk, L. G. Morgan ; treasurer, William Porter.
1868. Burgess, W. W. Betts ; councilmen, J. Blake Walters, A. K. Wright, W. W. Shaw, clerk, L. J. Morgan ; treasurer, J. Blake Walters.
1869. Burgess, James B. Graham ; councilmen, H. W. Smith, James L. Leavy ; clerk, A. W. Lee.
1870. Burgess, Jonathan Boynton ; councilmen, David Connelly, Reuben McPherson ; clerk and treasurer, A. W. Lee.
1871. Burgess, J. B. Walters ; councilmen, W. C. Foley, J. P. Burchfield : clerk, A. W. Lee ; treasurer, H. W. Smith.
1872. Burgess, G. L. Reed ; councilmen, W. C. Foley, A. I. Shaw, I. L. Reizenstein, John M. Adams, Walter Barrett, T. Dougherty ; secretary and treasurer, A. W. Lee.
1873. Burgess, A. C. Tate ; councilmen, W. M. Mccullough, Jacob A. Faust, W. R. McPherson; secretaries, A. W. Lee and Clayton C. Johnson.
1874. Burgess, A. C. Tate; council, J. F. Weaver, C. D. Goodfellow, L. R. Merrill, John McGaughey, J. G. Hartswick, George Thorn ; secretaries, John Howe and Cyrus Gordon.
1875. Burgess, Israel Test ; councilmen, J. G. Hartswick, James Kerr, M. G. Brown ; secretary, Cyrus Gordon.
1876. Burgess, A. F. Boynton ; councilmen, J. F. Weaver, George W. Rheem ; secretary, Cyrus Gordon.
1877. Burgess, J. L. Leavy ; councilmen, Brown, Scheurer, Hartswick, Shaw ; secretary, Cyrus Gordon.
1878. Burgess, James Wrigley ; councilmen, James McLaughlin, G. W. Rheem, George Thorn ; secretary, Cyrus Gordon.
1879. Burgess, A. B. Shaw ; councilmen, Dr. T. J. Boyer, Dr. H. B. Van Valzah, Thomas Reilly ; clerk, J. F. Powell.
1880. Burgess, William Powell; councilmen, Jonathan Boynton, W. M. Shaw, Frank B. Reed, S. B. Row ; clerk, J. F. Snyder.
1881. Burgess, Samuel I. Snyder; councilmen, F. M. Cardon, E. W. Brown, Frank G. Harris ; clerk, J. F. Snyder.
1882. Burgess, Eli Bloom; councilmen, A. F. Boynton, H. T. King, George Weaver ; clerk, J. M. Bloom.
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1883. Burgess, E. A. Bigler ; councilmen, Frederick Sackett, M. G. Rook, F. G. Harris ; clerk, Frank G. Harris.
1884. Burgess, R. H. Shaw; councilmen, A. W. Lee, W. E. Wallace, P. A. Gaulin ; clerk, Frank G. Harris.
1885. Burgess, H. F. Bigler ; councilmen, Paul F. Weaver, Frank B. Reed, Frank G. Harris ; clerk, William V. Wright.
1886. Burgess, H. F. Bigler ; councilmen, Warren Thorn, A. W. Lee, E. M. Scheurer ; clerk, Singleton Bell.
The present officers of the borough are as follows : Burgess, H. F. Bigler ; members of council, A. W. Lee, Frank G. Harris, Frank B. Reed, Paul F. Weaver, Warren Thorn, and E. M. Scheurer; clerk of council, Singleton Bell ; justices of the peace, Levis K. Mccullough, Cyrenius Howe ; high constable, W. Dorvitt ; constable, John F. Kramer ; assessor, Joseph Shaw ; judge of election, Harry F. Wallace ; inspectors of election, J. M. Bloom, A. H. Wood- ward; overseers of the poor, W. J. Hoeffer, H. W. Park; auditors, J. F. Snyder, W. A. Hagerty, Ed. Kauffman ; collector, William Tucker ; school directors, Henry Bridge, James L. Leavy, Oscar Mitchell, Henry Snyder, George L. Reed, Arnold B. Shaw ; street commissioner, James Behan.
BUSINESS BLOCKS, MERCANTILE INTERESTS, ETC.
There are but few, if any, of the recognized branches of mercantile trade and business that are not, in some manner, represented in Clearfield ; in fact, there are evidences apparent to an observer that in many respects the trade is decidedly over-represented. Some truthful writer has well said that " compe- tition is the life of trade;" yet, if carried to an extreme it is an equally well established fact that competition may be the death of trade. There are but few well appointed business blocks in Clearfield, and this may, in a great measure, be accounted for by reason of the fact that where the business is so widely scattered that the prudent merchants cannot afford a considerable in- vestment of capital in store buildings ; nor can they afford to pay the increased rental values incident to the occupation of an expensive building. Notwith- standing this, there are some business blocks in the borough that would be a credit and an ornament to any place. A large majority of the buildings in the business center of the town are wooden structures that have been standing many years. Others are of more recent erection, and in keeping with the growth of the place, and a few are substantial brick blocks, calculated to stand good service for many years to come. Some of these it is proposed to men- tion.
The Opera House Block is the most imposing business structure of the town. It is centrally located, on Market street, adjoining the court-house, and connected therewith by an iron bridge reaching from the second story across the alley. The block was built by Justin J. Pie about the year 1873-4. It
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has a front of ninety-seven feet and a depth of one hundred feet. The upper floor is reached by a wide stairway leading from the street. The opera-house, from which the building derives its name, is on the second floor in the rear, and has a seating capacity of about seven hundred and fifty. The third floor is occupied as a printing-office of the Clearfield Republican and the lodge-room of the O. U. A. M. The ground floor is used entirely for business purposes. From Mr. Pie the ownership of the block passed to Messrs. A. W. Lee, James L. Leavy, E. A. Leavy, George M. Ferguson, John W. Wrigley, and Harry F. Wallace. Ferguson's interest was recently sold to the others.
The Masonic Building is the property of W. A. Wallace and the estate of William Bigler. It derives its name from the occupancy of the third floor by the Masonic order of the borough. The building was erected in 1871. The first floor is used in part as a clothing store and the Clearfield County Bank.
Kratzer's building was erected recently by Harry A. Kratzer, and is a two- story mansard-roofed structure, presenting an attractive appearance, on the south side of Market street. The lower floor is occupied by H. A. Kratzer & Co. as a dry goods, carpet, and boot and shoe store, in the east half, and by Lytle Brother, grocers, on the west.
The store of P. A. Gaulin, the second east from Kratzer's, was built in 1871. It is a plain but substantial brick building, three stories in height, occupied by the owner as a stationery and musical instrument store. Hills block, so called for its owner, Dr. Ashley P. Hills, was built about a quarter of a century ago. It was built by James B. Graham, but passed through other owners before coming to Dr. Hills. The ground floor is occupied for mercantile purposes, the second as the Raftsman's Journal office, and the third by the Odd Fellows. society. Mossop's building, a two-story, double' brick store, was built by Richard Mossop in the year 1885, and is entirely occupied on the ground floor by the owner as a general store. Powell's brick building was erected in the year 1886, by William Powell, on Second street. The mercantile business of the place is well centered on two streets, Market between First and Third, and Second between Cherry and Locust, and may be classified with reference to the streets on which they are situate, rather than a classification of each special branch grouped together. Within these limits the chief business of the town is transacted by the merchants noted, whose business was established about the time indicated, some original, and others succeeding older houses.
Market Street, South Side .- H. B. Fulford, successor to Clearfield Furni- ture Co., furniture ; Watson & Kennard, (1884), druggists ; Peter A. Gaulin, (1886), books, stationery and musical instruments ; Mrs. T. E. Watson, (1869), millinery ; H. A. Kratzer & Co., successors to H. A. Kratzer, (1882), dry goods, carpets, boots and shoes; Lytle Bros. (1875), grocers; M. G. Rook (1876), clothing ; J. P. Staver (1886), grocer ; Fred. Johnson and Bro. (1883), general hardware and tinsmiths ; Samuel I. Snyder (1870), jeweler ; Biddle &
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Helmbold, (1882), fire, life and accident insurance ; John Schafer, (1882), cigar manufacturer and dealer, capacity 160,000 per annum ; A. J. Hagerty, (1884,) dry goods, notions and millinery; W. R. Higgins, (1886), canned goods and confections ; James N. Burchfield, (1886), jeweler ; J. E. Hess, (1886), grocer ; Richard Mossop, (1842), general merchandise.
Market Street, North Side .- A. F. Martin, (1880), merchant tailor; Fred- erick G. Miller, (1884), restaurater ; Albert Thanhauser, (1880), clothing and merchant tailor ; W. J. Hoeffer, (1878), general store ; Shaw & Gaulin, tobacco and cigars, pool room ; Moore Bros. (1877), boots, shoes, hats, caps and fur- nishings ; Henry Bridge, (1864), merchant tailor ; J. K. Johnston, (1885), va- riety store ; John A. Stock, cigar manufacturer and dealer ; Irwin & Lawhead, (1885), millinery; J. E. Toot, (1876), merchant tailor ; Andrew Harwick, (1876), harness shop; Lenich & Cleaver, (1887), meat market ; M. A. Faust, (1885), carpet weaver ; Hills & Heichhold, dentists, established by A. M. Hills in 1845, and now conducted by Dr. Heichhold.
Second Street, East Side .- J. M. Stewart, (1876), surgeon dentist ; J. E. Harder, (1878), hardware, guns, &c .; Isaac Johnson, (1843), boots and shoes ; James A. Moore, feed store.
Second Street, West Side .- Powell Bros. & Powell, (1886), hardware; Syl- vester Evans, saloon ; W. L. Mitchell, (1886), grocer ; Mitchell & Martin, (1881), boots, shoes and furnishings; E. W. Graham, druggist, succeeding himself as general store merchant ; Adolph Guinzburg, (1873), clothing ; G. A. Veil, (1884), meat market ; Frederick Sackett, (1871), hardware, tinsmith and plumber ; S. J. Row, (1886), glass and queens-ware ; Hartswick & Irwin, (1865), successors to Hartswick & Huston, druggists ; A. B. & P. F. Weaver, (1886), grocers, queens-ware and crockery, successors to George and P. F. Weaver ; Cuetara & McGoey, (1886), cigar manufacturers and dealers ; A. B. Alleman, (1873), cigars, tobacco and gunsmith ; Walter Hoover & Bro. (1885), harness maker.
Third Street .- J. H. Hagerty, bakery ; J. F. Finkbiner, baker ; R. R. Canfield, furniture.
HOTELS.
Mansion House .- This well known hostelry was built by Richard Shaw in 1841, on the site formerly occupied by Collins Hotel on the corner of Market and Second streets. It subsequently became the property of W. M. Shaw, and was by him sold to W. C. Cardon, the present owner, in 1876. Mr. Car- don managed[the house about seven years, after which it was leased to S. B. Row. He stayed about a year and a half when it went to F. M. Cardon and brother, lessees, the present proprietors. This is a substantial and well ar- ranged hotel, three stories high, and will accommodate eighty people.
Leonard House, built about fifteen years ago, and named in honor of James
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T. Leonard, situate on Read street near the Tyrone and Clearfield depot. A substantial three-story frame building with modern conveniences and large enough to provide for sixty guests. R. Newton Shaw, proprietor.
St. Charles Hotel .- This was built in 1870 and occupied by William S. Bradley. It is located at the corner of Reed and Third streets. In 1872 it was purchased by James McLaughlin, who refitted the same throughout and built an additional story, making now three. The name was changed to St. Charles by Mr. Mclaughlin. This is a well kept house, convenient to the de- pot and not far from the business center. It has accommodations for sixty guests.
Allegheny House .- This hotel was built about nineteen years ago by Cas- per Leipold, on Market street near Fourth, and by him was managed about ten years, after which it was leased to various parties. The present proprie- tors are sons of Casper Leipold, who are partners under the style of D. Leipold & Co. The building is a frame structure, two stories in height with an attic, and has a room capacity for fifty persons.
Hotel Windsor .- The only brick hotel building in the borough of Clearfield is the Windsor, a substantial, complete and elegant house built by ex-Sheriff James Mahaffey during the summer of 1884. It is located on the southwest corner of Market and Third streets, near the business center, and has all the modern improvements found in first-class hotels. An excellent water supply, gas, and steam heat extend throughout the house. The Windsor is the largest of the hotels in the borough and would do honor to a place of much greater population. Accommodation can be found therein for one hundred and fifty persons.
BANKING HOUSES OF CLEARFIELD.
The first banking house in Clearfield borough was established about the year 1857, under the name of Leonard, Finney & Co. They did business about seven or eight years and then went into liquidation. Their place of business was on Second street, near the site of the present Masonic building. Among the several persons interested in the firm were James T. Leonard, Asa- hel T. Finney and William A. Wallace. Judge Leonard was the leading man in the concern and transacted most of the business, and wound up its affairs when the firm ceased.
The Clearfield County Bank was organized as a State bank under the free banking laws passed in 1860. The first board of directors comprised the fol- lowing named persons : James T. Leonard, James B. Graham, Richard Shaw, William A. Wallace, William Porter, Abram K. Wright, Jonathan Boynton and George L. Reed. Richard Shaw was chosen president, and James B. Graham cashier, and John M. Adams, teller. The capital stock was fixed at $50,000, in shares of $50 each, but was not all paid during the first year.
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Business was commenced November 26, 1860. In the year 1865, the bank surrendered its charter on account of a ten per cent. tax on circulation, but was immediately reorganized as a private bank. Richard Shaw was made president, James B. Graham, vice-president and John M. Adams, cashier. During the panic in the money market in the year 1873, the capital stock was somewhat impaired but made good by the stockholders. The present officers are William A. Wallace, president ; John M. Adams, cashier.
The First National Bank of Clearfield was incorporated on the 14th day of December, 1864, with an authorized capital stock of $100,000, in one thousand shares of $100 each. The first board of directors were Jonathan Boynton, Asahel C. Finney, Samuel Mitchell, J. B. McEnally, Richard Mossop, David G. Nevling and H. Bucher Swoope. Officers: Jonathan Boynton, president ; A. C. Finney, cashier. In January, 1866, the board of directors was increased to nine, but reduced to seven in 1874. The annual meetings are held on the second Tuesday of January. The present directors are Richard Mossop, Rob- ert Mitchell, James Nevling, A. F. Boynton, William H. Dill, Jonathan Boyn- ton and Alexander Murray. Officers : Jonathan Boynton, president ; A. F. Boynton, vice-president ; William H. Dill, cashier, and J. Boynton Nevling, teller. The present surplus of the bank is $30,000. The banking house is on Second street south of Market street.
The County National Bank of Clearfield was organized under the national banking laws on the fifth of February, 1865. Capital stock, $100,000, in one thousand shares of $100 each. First board of directors, James T. Leonard, William A. Wallace, Richard Shaw, George Latimer Reed, Abram K. Wright, James B. Graham and William Porter. Officers : James T. Leonard, president ; Thomas H. Forcey, vice-president ; William V. Wright, cashier. Judge Leonard died in August, 1882, and Mr. Forcey became acting president and so continued until January, 1883, when he was elected president. In 1867 Cashier Wright was succeeded by D. W. Moore, and he in turn was succeeded by William M. Shaw in January, 1871. The present board of directors are Thomas H. Forcey, president ; Arnold Bishop Shaw, vice-president ; John F . Weaver, William Porter, Harry A. Kratzer, John W. Potter, Grier Bell, jr. ; cashier, W. M. Shaw. In 1869 the bank safe was broken open and money to the amount of about $20,000 taken therefrom. That the bank is now in a healthful condition is evidenced by the fact that the present surplus is about $65,000. The banking house is on Market street west of Second.
THE PRESS.
The chapter devoted to a review of the press of the county will be found so full, thorough and exhaustive, that there need be said under this heading but sufficient to furnish a record of the several publications of the present day, and to allot a space to the recognized medium of communication between occurring events and the reading people of the county. 46
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The Clearfield Republican, the descendant from the oldest newspaper of the county, became the property of George B. Goodlander by purchase from D. W. Moore, on the Ist of July, 1865, and from that to the present day Mr. Good- lander has occupied the editorial chair, as well as the position of manager and publisher. When he assumed the position referred to, the paper was a four page, six column paper in size, and had a circulation of about eleven hundred. On three several occasions has its size been enlarged, one column being added each time, and its length proportionately increased. The most substantial evidence of Mr. Goodlander's success as a journalist, is shown by these addi- tions, and the further fact that the present circulation of the Republican reaches nineteen hundred. While the paper is the recognized organ of the Democratic party of Clearfield county, its editorial and local columns are devoted to every interest of benefit to the community at large.
The Raftsman's Journal was founded in the year 1854, by a party of well known residents of the county, and placed under the able management of that brilliant scholar, politician and editor, H. Bucher Swoope. In 1856, the office and paper were sold to S. B. Row, who occupied its editorial chair until 1861, when it was passed to S. J. Row. The latter conducted the paper personally up to about 1875, when his son, Albert M. Row, took an active interest in its management, Mr. Row, the senior, still occupying the editorial chair. In 1882 Albert M. assumed its entire management, his father having retired to assume the office of postmaster of the borough, to which he had recently been ap- pointed. His connection with the paper was not severed by this appointment, as he still owned it, and so continues to the present time, although Albert M. Row is its editor and manager.
At the time the paper was started, lumbering was the chief industry of the whole county, and its columns were devoted largely to the lumbering interests. Mr. Swoope had used it as a political organ during the days of Know Noth- ingism, and under his management it was a powerful auxiliary in that cam- paign. Under the Messrs. Row it has been and is now the recognized organ of the Republican party, and has acquired a large circulation in the county, attesting its popularity and usefulness. It has been twice increased in size, first in 1868, and again in 1883, making now an eight column, four page paper, neat and attractive in its present dress.
The Clearfield Democrat was established in 1878, under the name of the Clearfield Citizen, by John Ray Bixler, as the organ of the Greenback party in this vicinity, but like that party, it was not destined long to live. In 1874 J. F. McKenrick became a half owner with Mr. Bixler, but owing to differences in opinion between the proprietors, Mr. McKenrick sold his interest back to the former owner. In May, 1885, the name was changed to the Clearfield Democrat, and the paper and its editors became regular supporters of Demo- cratic doctrines, which cause it had previously espoused upon the decline of
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Greenbackism. At this time Allison O. Smith became a partner in its man - agement, and so continued until March, 1886, when the paper was sold to J. F. and W. A. Short. The latter sold his interest in June following, to his part- ner, who became sole editor and publisher. The Democrat is an eight page paper, with "patent inside," and has a circulation of about fourteen hundred .
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