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Book Title: A History Of Atlanta

THE PRESS

    The first individual to attempt to publish a newspaper in Logan County, was
S. B. Dugger, and he selected Atlanta as the scene of his journalistic venture.
The paper was known as the Logan County Forum, and its first issue appeared in
August, 1855.

    S. B. Dugger and his brother, Jefferson L. Dugger, had been associated in
the publication of the Macoupin Statesman at Carlinville. Both came to Atlanta
in 1855, S. B. Dugger going into the newspaper business and launching the Forum,
and Jefferson Dugger becoming a member of the mercantile firm of Gill & Co.

    When the Atlanta boom subsided in 1858, Mr. Dugger discontinued the Forum
and moved west.

    Afterwards one or two other newspapers were started, among them the Logan
County Journal in 1865, conducted by P. Casserly, but none continued
successfully save the Atlanta Argus, which was established in May, 1869, by
Albion Smith.

    At the end of the year, Mr. Smith admitted F. B. Mills as a partner. After a
time, Smith & Mills sold to A. W. Briggs, of Rhode Island, and he in August,
1874, sold to George L. Shoals.

    It was during the Shoals ownership that the Crihfield family became
identified with the Argus. H. Crihfield started in as "devil" March 25, 1875
since which time he had continuous active connection with the paper until his
death in July 1935.

    Mr. Crihfield purchased the plant from George L. Shoals in November, 1881,
and in 1885 Robert C. Crihfield, a younger brother, was admitted as a partner.
In 1908 the business was incorporated under the corporate name of Crihfield
Bros. Inc., and H. Crihfield's two sons, Philip A. and Robert Eugene, were
admitted to part ownership and active management in the business.

    Robert C. Crihfield died in 1920; Robert Eugene Crihfield in 1925, and
Horace Crihfield in 1935, after which the business was operated by Philip A.
Crihfield until 1951, when it passed out of ownership in the Crihfield family
after a span of seventy years, with the sale of the business to Sherman S.
Stewart, of Mackinaw.

    The issue of June 19, 1856 of the Logan County Forum; the issue of September
3, 1857 of the Atlanta Weekly Forum; and an issue of the Logan County Journal of
December 15, 1865 are in the possession of Philip A. Crihfield.



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A HISTORY OF ATLANTA 1853-1953

Prepared by Citizens of Atlanta
As a Part of the Observance of the
Centennial, June 11,12 and 13,1953

THE PUBLICATION IS SPONSORED BY THE ATLANTA WOMAN'S CLUB

Atlanta, Illinois 1953

Published By
The Stewart - Pinks Publishing Co.
Atlanta, Illinois


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