Condon Globe (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919
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988 issues from 1892 to 1918, published in Condon, Oregon, digitised for Chronicling America.
The town of Condon, Oregon, began in 1879, when a homestead was settled amid hills of waist-high grass and fertile soil near Summit Springs, a clear spring known among Native Americans traveling between the Columbia River and Blue Mountains. Located some 40 miles south of the Columbia, in what was to become Gilliam County, Condon was officially incorporated in 1893. By 1920, it had developed into a wheat and livestock-producing region.
Condon’s first paper was the Condon Globe, which was established in March 1891 by Sloan P. Shutt. Published every Friday, the Globe was touted as the “Official and Leading Paper of Gilliam County.” Its four pages featured state, national, and international news. Local news snippets were referred to as “Globosities,” while news from neighboring towns was called “Arlington Antonations,” “Mayville Mutterings,” and “Fossil Flashes.”
In February 1898, Shutt retired from the Globe because of health issues. The paper was purchased by Samuel A. Pattison, former publisher of the Emmett (Idaho) Index. Under Pattison’s leadership, the Globe switched to Thursday publication. By late 1904, it had a five-column, eight-page folio. Its front page included more news of city improvements as Condon and Gilliam County continued to develop and expand.
In 1906, the Globe resumed Friday publication. By then, William H. Hornibrook was the publisher and editor. The following spring, Horace A. Hartshorn took over. Between 1907 and 1911, Hartshorn was consistently…
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- News
- Published in
- Condon, Oregon, United States
- Language
- English
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- Chronicling America
- Licence or status
- None stated by the archive
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- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities
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- Teens profiles and older (placed by Invisible Network from what the archive says; archives give no ratings)
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