Juniata Sentinel and Republican (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.)
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1,347 issues from 1873 to 1900, published in Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, digitised for Chronicling America.
Mifflintown’s early turmoil belied its bucolic setting in central Pennsylvania. When Mifflin County was formed in 1789, the embryonic Mifflintown was designated the county seat. Governmental second thoughts led the title of county seat to be transferred to Lewistown, earning the wrath of Mifflintown residents, who fought the decision unappeased until 1831, when legislation created a new county called Juniata. The new county was named after its river, Juniata being a variant of the Iroquois word Oneida, meaning blue waters. Mifflintown duly became the county seat, and sparsely populated Juniata settled into a quiet agricultural life.
When the Juniata Sentinel began on December 9, 1846, founder Alexander K. McClure was 18 years old. While learning the printing trade at a Whig (Republican Party forerunner) newspaper in Perry County, McClure heard that the Juniata County Whigs wanted a newspaper. His father supplied $500 for secondhand type and a used hand-press. McClure sold the Sentinel in 1852 to John J. Patterson. Subsequent editor/proprietors were Adam J. Greer and Ephraim B. McCrum (1853); John M. Laird, William J. Campbell, and John H. Bentley (1857); Abraham L. Guss (1862); John L. Patterson again, with Henry H. Wilson, and then Wilson alone (1865); Martin L. Littlefield (1869); and Benjamin F. Schweier (1870).
William M. Allison launched the Juniata Republican in Mifflintown in April 1866, with William W. Davis as publisher. After Davis died, Allison published the…
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- Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, United States
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- English
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- Chronicling America
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