MILLER CO, AR - W. J. ALLEN - Bio From _The Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern Arkansas_, Published 1890 by Goodspeed. Chicago, Nashville, and St. Louis: The Goodspeed Publishing Co. 1890 Submitted by: Becky Hargett ====================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing Free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ====================================================================== W. J. ALLEN. The oldest newspaper in the Texas side of Texarkana is the Inter-State News, which was established in January, 1874, a few months after the location of the town site. It issues a daily and weekly edition and has been owned and edited by Maj. W. J. ALLEN since the spring of 1876. He has been in continuous service about three times as long as any of the other newspaper men here. ======================================================================