Cynthiana Democrat, Harrison Co, Ky Newspaper, June 1896, Page 14 From: Edie Suttle "jsattle9@idt.net" Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 12:48:48 -0700 This one file contains all of the eight e-mail submissions of page 14. ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, 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. ************************************************************************ Cynthiana Democrat, June 1896, Page 14, Part 1 THE PRESS GANG Cynthiana enjoys the distinction of four separate and distinct newspapers that compare favorably with any county publications in the State. A distinction especially notable is that one of them, The Harrison Courier, is edited and managed by a woman. In the presence of ladies, gentlemen are expected to be on their very best behavior, and, therefore, in the presence of the female member of the city's newspaper force, the male occupants of the tripods never descend to personalities and seldom to journalistic combat. All being of about a size physically a bout, once started, might prove hard to control. Consequently, we all dwell together in peace and harmony and each fellow may borrow from one another whatsoever there is to lend. The Cynthiana newspapers are devoted principally to local and county affairs. Neighborhood news is made a feature. They are well patronized by the progressive merchants of the city, and all are as prosperous as the crowded condition of the market will allow. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Cynthiana Democrat, June 1896, Page 14, Part 2 THE HARRISON COURIER The Harrison Courier was established by E.D. Veach in 1887 as the Town Talk, a democratic weekly. The name was afterwards changed to the Harrison County Courier. The word county was subsequently dropped. In 1892, the present editor and publisher, Mrs. M.M. Givens, purchased the Courier from Mr. Veach. Early in life Mrs. Givens had been a teacher, but for many years prior to taking charge of the Courier, had been a housekeeper, with only an ambition to be such an one as to sustain the reputation of Kentucky in that line. Never having been engaged in any business enterprice, knowing nothing of business methods, being by nature timid, her temerity in venturing into a wholly unknown field of labor surprised herself even more than those who knew her best. Her husband had failed in business, yet she believed in the integrity of men and their gallantry toward women, "thrown on their own resources," and undertook the newspaper work in full assurance of success from a financial standpoint. Realizing the value of a good family newspaper, "a woman without politics" or a vote, her object was to keep the Harrison Courier with its pages unsullied by matter of a questionable nature; to make it an acceptable local newspaper, adapted for the busy men and women, who have an abundance of reading matter in this day of newspapers and magazines. She increased her subscription list and has receivced a large share of patronage while competing with young men, vigilant, active, alert and having many advantages over her in securing business. Mr. Givens knew as little of business as his wife and has applied the straight lines of his daily life to business methods. He was walked before men an honest, upright citizen. Quiet, unobtrusive, deliberate in conviction, immovable when once determined, he never made a friend by a personal effort not an enemy by an intentional offense. He was reared in this county and pursued farm life until a few years since, when he engaged in the stove and hardware business. He read law when a young man and has been a voracious reader all his life and consequently has enjoyed the abundance of reading furnished by the many excellent papers on the Courier's exchange list. Mrs. Givens is not a native of Harrison county, but of Fayette; was graduated from Sayre Institute, and became identified with Harrison people and interests by her marriage to Mr. Givens about 25 years ago. While emoluments may not have been gratifying above their highest expectations, together they have enjoyed the newspaper work. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Cynthiana Democrat, June 1896, Page 14, Part 3 THE CYNTHIANA TIMES The Cynthiana Times was established in 1883 by Frank W. Norris, who has been its editor continuously with the exception of a few weeks last fall. >From an amateur sheet issued by a boy it grew in importance and influence until it became recognized as a bright and newsy sheet and received a liberal patronage. The Times office is admirably equipped and its work is executed in the best style. Mr. Norris, the editor and owner, is about thiry-five years old. He has been married for ten years and is the possessor of a home on Wilson avenue. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Cynthiana Democrat, June 1896, Page 14, Part 4 THE LOG CABIN The Log Cabin, the only republican newspaper in the city, was established in January, 1896, by Capt. J.M. Wilson, Jr., who removed from Falmouth. The paper has grown rapidly to public favor, has attained a remarkable circulation for its age and is edited in brilliant style. Capt. Wilson has been in the newspaper business since 1871, when as a boy, he began work on the Falmouth Independent, then edited by J.K. Wandelhor, the present Circuit Clerk of Pendleton county. He has been identified as special reporter with the Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette, Cincinnati Times-Star, the Chicago Tribune, etc. etc.., at different times, and has been in the harness continuously with the exception of three years spent in Georgia and North Carolina as special collector for the Wheeler and Wilson Manufacturing Co. Capt. Wilson is thirty-eight years old and is the happy possessor of a wife and two children. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Cynthiana Democrat, June 1896, Page 14, Part 5 THE CYNTHIANA DEMOCRAT The DEMOCRAT was established so many years ago and has been consolidated with so many different publications and been under the control of so many different parties that it scarcely recognizes itself. Hanson Penn Diltz was at one time editor, Green Keller ran it awhile, W.J. and H.C. Kehoe tried their skill at different times, James A. Brown and Son were proprietors for four years and sold out to J. M. Allen in July 1892. The present editor is a native Kentuckian, having been born at Paris "durin de wah." He graduated from Washington & Lee University, Virginia, and taugh in Chamberlan-Hunt Academy, Port Gibson, Mississippi, for several years. He bought a half interest in the Port Gibson Reveille and was one of the editors of that sheet for several years. From Port Gibson he came to Cynthiana. He has tried to make an interesting and progressive sheet of the DEMOCRAT, but how far he has succeeded remains for others to decide. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Cynthiana Democrat, June 1896, Page 14, Part 6 W.J. LAUGHLIN A good portrait of Mr. W. J. Laughlin is presented. He is well-known over the county as the agent for W.A. Hill's Monumental Works and does a large business. His friends have confidence in his fairness and honesty, and consequently reserve their orders for him. Many of the grandest marble works in Battle Grove cemetery were placed through Mr. Laughlin. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Cynthiana Democrat, June 1896, Page 14, Part 7 Belmont and Baltzelle Town lie across the new bridge, west of Cynthiana, running from the edge of the river to Hon. W.A. Webber's place on the top of the hill. The two suburbs contain serveral hundred inhabitants and enjoy all the privileges of city life. They too will be "taken in" at the proper time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The residence of the late T.J. Mcgibben, a magnificent place, crowns a hill in the south eastern part of the city and has for a background a splendid grove. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On the Highlands, affording a glorious view of the South Licking valley in a cluster of new places, where J.W. Musslman and sons-in-law, Gano Ammerman and W.L. Northcut, Jr. reside. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Abdallah Park, once the pride of W. H. Wilson's heart and over whose mile track the fastest trotters of bygone years have ______ the hearts of thousands, is now owned by Benj. Hey, of Cincinnati. The beautiful ____ has been plowed up and cultivated. But the old grand stand is left, the residence is the same and numerous stables have been added. It is now used for training purposes only. In the decadence of Kentucky fairs it was one of the first to fall. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ East Pleasant Street, form the railroad to Miller, contains a number of beautiful places. One the south side beginning with Mr. Land's residence which sits back in a large yard, the handsomest places are owned by: J.K. Northcutt, J.I. Blanton, R.V. Bishop, James T. Hedges, N.B. Wilson, John M. Cromwell, Mrs. K.W. Williams, Otweil Frazer and sisters. On the north, T.M. Magee, Paul Douglas, H.C. Eals, Mrs. Maude Throckmorton, Grundy Veach, H.F. Cromwell, Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. Mary Davis. The street is well shaded and paved and most of the residences have large yards. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Cynthiana Democrat, June 1896, Page 14, Part 8 THE CENTRAL KENTUCKY CO. Mr. R.V. Bishop is proprietor of The Central Kentucky Co., distillers and wholesale liquor dealers, with office at No. 111 South Main Street, Cynthiana, Ky. He is thirty-nine years of age. His birth place was Clemont county, O. His father died soon after his boy's birth, and the son was raised in the family of the late T.J. Megibben, one of Cynthiana's most distinguished citizens and one of the oldest and best known distillers in Kentucky. He served for a number of years as book-keeper for Mr. Megibben and afterwards became book-keeper manager for Wyatt & Hinkson, distillers and wholesale dealers. For many years he was secretary of the Harrison County Fair and Racing Association. He was mayor of Cynthiana in 1894 when the water works were contracted for. He is now Secretary and Treasurer of the Cynthiana Telephone Co. In 1887 the Central Kentucky Co. was organized with J.W. Megibben and R.V. Bishop proprietors. At the expiration of a year, Mr. Bishop bought his partner's interest in the business, but The Central Kentucky Co. remained as the firm name. It handles all the best brands of whiskey in central Kentucky and makes a specialty of such brands as; Vanhook, Edgewater, Sharpe, Excelsior, C.B.Cook Co., Redmon. It handles nothing in the whiskey line except straight Kentucky, and puts up a very fine article of bottled goods. It distributes about $100,000 worth of Kentucky whiskies each year to the trade, principally through Ohio, Indiana, West Virgina, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Georgia. The salesmen on the road are Mr. E.B. Gross, who has Indiana and Illinois as his territory; Mr. J. Henry Hankla, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and a part of North Carolina; Mr. L.C. Pope, Ohio and West Virginia; Mr. S.T. Dolan, Cincinnati and vicinity. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cynthiana Democrat, June 1896, Page 14 ------------------------------