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Book Title: Historical And Descriptive Sketch Of Sonoma County, California

SONOMA DEMOCRAT.

   The first number of this paper was issued in Santa Rosa, on the 16th of
October, 1857, by A. W. Russell. August 20, 1858, Russell sold to E. R. Budd and
S. H. Fowler. November 12, 1858, Fowler retired, and was succeeded by B. F.
Pinkham. In April, 1860, the Democrat was purchased by T. L. Thompson, who
became sole proprietor. Mr. T. L. Thompson is one of the oldest, and has the
reputation of being one of the most energetic and successful publishers in the
State. The success of the Democrat entitles him to that distinction. It is a
quarto, of ten pages, containing each week not less than two hundred and thirty
thousand ems, of which one-half is miscellaneous, local and editorial matter. In
1868 Mr. Thompson disposed of the paper to Pea-body, Ferrall & Co. He
re-purchased it in the summer of 1871, since which time R. A. Thompson and F. P.
Thompson have been actively associated with him in the editorial and business
dep irtments of the paper. The Democrat has been a staunch advocate of the
interests of this portion of the State, and especially of the city of Santa
Rosa. It has received a liberal support from the generous and appreciative
people of Sonoma county. It has a large circulation in northwest California, and
sends not less than five hundred papers to subscribers in the Eastern States,
which, of itself, is equal to the average circulation of most county newspapers.
It may not be out of place here to state that the combined circulation of the
three oldest papers of Sonoma county is larger, in proportion to population,
than in any county in the United States, according to Rowell's Newspaper
Directory. The Democrat is printed on a steam-power press, and is equipped with
a job office complete in all its appointments.

   The Santa Rosa Daily Democrat was started in July, 1875, T. L. Thompson,
proprietor; R. A. and T. L. Thompson, editors. The Daily Democrat has an
increasing business, and labors zealously in the interests of Santa Rosa. It is
published every afternoon from the Democrat building, on Exchange street, and
contains the latest telegraphic reports from all parts of the world, up to the
hour of going to press.


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HISTORICAL
AND
DESCRIPTIVE SKETCH
OF
SONOMA COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA,
BY
ROBERT A. THOMPSON,
EDITOR OF "THE SONOMA DEMOCRAT."
PHILADELPHIA:
L. H. EVERTS & CO. 
1877.


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