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Organized, 1866; named for Col. William F. Cloud, Second Kansas regiment; County seat, Concordia; area, 720 square miles, 460,800 acres; population (1915), 19,316; assessed valuation (1915), $36,018,144; resources and industries—agriculture, stock raising, coal, salt springs, and building stone CONCORDIA Population (1915), 5229; elevation, 1400 feet; established, 1869; name meaning "harmony" chosen; industries—flour mill, alfalfa mill, broom factory, brick plant; telephones, electric lights, waterworks system, public library; has four lines of railway; the Union Pacific, Santa Fe, Missouri Pacific and Burlington Concordia Discontinued Concordia Short-lived--Vol. 1 Concordia Short-lived--Vol. 2 BLADE-Republican; Ray Green, editor and publisher, Concordia. Daily [evening] (2d). July 12, 1902 +-27 vols. Daily edition founded 1884 by J. M. and J. E. Hagaman; suspended in 1885; revived in 1887 by the Blade Publishing Co.; publication again suspended in 1888. The present daily was established in 1902 by George Burroughs and George A. Clark EMPIRE, Republican; Ray Green, editor and publisher, Concordia. Weekly. May 1, 1870—Nov. 23, 1872; July 17, 1874; Jan. 7, 1876 +-43 vols. This paper is a continuation of the Republican Valley Empire, Clyde, founded in 1870 by H. Buckingham; moved to Concordia same year, with H. and A. L. Buckingham, editors and publishers. Jan. 7, 1876, the name was changed to the Concordia Empire, H. E. Smith, editor and publisher; consolidated 1883 with the Concordia Republican. The Republican is a continuation of the Watchman, founded at Clyde in 1871 by Mark J. Kelley, who published it for a short time; it was revived by J. S. Paradis & Bro. and later removed to Concordia by J. S. Paradis, when the name was changed to Concordia Expositor; name again changed in 1882 to Concordia Republican, W. E. Reid, editor and publisher; consolidated in 1883 with the Empire under the name of Republican-Empire, Republican-Empire, Charles J. English, editor and publisher. In 1887 the name again became Concordia Empire, with T. A. Sawhill, editor and publisher. The Concordia Times, founded 1884, Charles J. English, editor, and Emory B. Shafer, publisher; a daily edition of the Times was started in Dec. 1884, by Mr. English, but was discontinued in Jan. l885; in 1891 the Times suspended publication and the plant was afterward absorbed by the Empire. The Concordia Democrat, founded about 1885; early history unknown, Society's first issue being May 6, 1886, vol. 1, No. 34, W. N. Dunning & Co. editors and publishers; named changed same year to Concordia Daylight, with same management; consolidated in 1900 with the Empire, and continued as the Empire-Daylight, with T. A. Sawhill and J. A. Marshall, editors and publishers. In 1901 name again became the Concordia Empire, T. A. Sawhill and A. B. Kemball, editors and publishers; 1902 consolidated with the Weekly Concordia Blade, founded 1879 as the Blade, by J. E. Hagaman. Name changed same year to the Cloud County Blade, with J. M. and J. E. Hagaman (Hagaman & Son),Son, editors and publishers; name again changed in 1882 to-the Kansas Blade, with same management in charge. Name again changed in 1889 to the Concordia Blade, by the Blade Publishing Co.; consolidated in 1902 with the Empire under the name of the Blade and Empire, with George Burroughs and George A. Clark, editors and publishers. In 1904 the name again became Concordia Empire, George Burroughs and Seward A. Jones, editors and proprietors KANSAN, Progressive, Gomer T. Davies, editor and publisher, Concordia. Weekly. Apr. 18, 1895 + 21 vols. Daily [evening]. Mar. 17, 1905 + 22 vols. This paper is a continuation of the following: Cloud County Kansan, Jamestown, founded in 1881 by F. P. Kellogg; name changed 1890 to the New Era, John W. McCoy, editor and publisher. The Quill, Jamestown, founded 1888, with Mark G. Woodruff, associate editor, and W. W. Pinkerton, proprietor; consolidated in 1890 with the Kansan, under name of New Era; name changed in 1893 to the Kansan, M. D. Sutherlin, editor and publisher; moved to Concordia in 1895, consolidated same year with the Alliant, still retaining name the Kansan, Frank Honeywell, editor and proprietor.The Alliant was founded in 1890 by Ferd Prince; suspended publication in 1894, and again resumed in 1895, Frank R. Forrest and. Frank Honeywell, editors and publishers PRESS, Democratic; W. H. Dannenbarger, editor and publisher, Concordia Semiweekly. June 22, 1901 + 15 vols. Founded 1892 as the Miltonvale Press, by H. C. Stewart and Jacob Miller; moved to Concordia in 1901, and name changed to the Press, with J. A. Marshall and L. W. Glidden, editors and publishers CLYDE Population (1915), 1211; elevation, 1300 feet; established, 1866; named for Clyde, Scotland; industries—coal mines; has telephones, electric lights and waterworks; is on the Rock Island and the M. K. & T. railways Clyde Discontinued Clyde Short-lived--Vol. 2 FARMERS VOICE, Democratic; Mabel Best Morley and G. Vernon Morley, editors and publishers, Clyde. Weekly. Jan. 22, 1881 + 25 vols. Founded 1891 by I. C. W. Hoyt REPUBLICAN, Republican; P. M. Harmon, editor and publisher, Clyde Weekly. Feb. 21, 1901 + 15 vols. Founded 1900 by W. A. Huff; consolidated 1906 with the Clyde Herald, founded 1878 by Beatty & Bachelder. The office of the Herald was destroyed by fire Jan. 31, 1881, and the following July the paper resumed publication. The issue for Jan. 5, 1882, shows W. F. Beatty as proprietor. Consolidated 1906 with the Clyde Republican. A daily edition was established in 1906 by W. A. Huff, but discontinued in 1907 GLASCO Population (1915), 860; elevation, 1318 feet; established, 1870; formerly called Dell Ray; named for Glasgow, Scotland, but spelling changed to Glasco; has telephones; is on the Missouri Pacific railway SUN, independent; Wooster & Townsend, editors and publishers, Glasco. Weekly. Jan. 20, 1883 + 33 vols. Founded 1883 by J. H. Bond and Frank L. Fisher JAMESTOWN Population (1915), 912; elevation, 1420 feet; established about 1878; named in honor of James P. Pomeroy; has telephones; is on the Missouri Pacific railway Jamestown Discontinued KANSAS OPTIMIST, independent; Fred M. Cook, editor and manager, Optimist Publishing Co., publisher, Jamestown. Weekly. May 4, 1895 + 21 vols. The Optimist was established by Mary L. Burton, May 4, 1895, taking up the old volume and number of the Kansan, vol. 13, No. 23, for the first issue MILTONVALE Population (1915), 912; established about 1878; first called Zahnsville; name changed in 1883 -'84 to Miltonvale in honor of Milton Tootle; has telephones; is on the Santa Fe and the Union Pacific railways Miltonvale Discontinued Miltonvale Short-lived--Vol. 1 Miltonvale Short-lived--Vol. 2 RECORD, Progressive; M. B. Matson, editor, Z. Matson & Son, owners, Miltonvale Weekly. Feb. 1, 1901 + 15 vols. Founded 1901 by Will De Vinny. |
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