Spirit Press

Waupaca Republican

June 4, 1897

THE OLD SPIRIT PRESS

It Leaves Its Waupaca Republican Home to do Duty at Shiocton

Chas. F. Carr, of the New London Press, has bought the Washington hand press which for over forty-three years has done duty in the SPIRIT and REPUBLICAN office. It has had a rest since purchasing our Prouty Power Press in July 1892 as far as newspaper work is concerned but next week it will commence to chronicle the happening in the pretty little village of Shiocton, the home of the author of “Silver Threads Among the Gold”, the paper to be called the Shocton News. With the press goes also Mr. Frank S. Colburn, who has been the foreman and job printer of the REPUBLICAN office nearly four years, who will be local editor and manager of the paper and business for Mr. Carr. Mr. Colburn is a gentleman whom the writer can recommend to the Shioctonites as a number one printer, honest and faithful and from his experience gained by having had close contact in the various branches of the business from devil to wrier in a country print shop, we feel confident he will be right at home on the News. Success to the paper and success to another of the REPUBLICAN graduates.

In this connection we take pride in saying that we have several boys up that way. In 1893-94, Chas. F. Carr, of the New London Press, was foreman in our office, in 1895 H.J. Van Vuren, of the Seymour Press was a job printer in our office and left to buyout Mr. Hatch’s Iola Herald. Joe Gotham, of the Shawano Journal, was our right hand man in 1890, and now Frank Colburn goes over that way to engage in the newspaper business. Will hold a reunion with the boys some day, and we will enroll with the press gang Will H. Rice and Jeff Woodnorth of this city and Chas. Gilfillan of Kansas. Will was our foreman in 1888-89, leaving to engage in newspaper publishing in Dakota on the Faulkton Record, and Jeff was our foreman in 1891-92 office with Lou Stinchfield and later establish the Waupaca Record. Charley Gilfillan has been with us off and on for two years, leaving last week to help establish a daily paper at Neodesha, Kansas.

We might also add the names of Ed Van Epps, Mark Chesley, Wallace Pitcher, Charley Ogden, and others who have helped in the REPUBLICAN news and job rooms; also a bright array of lady compositors who have been faithful employees in the office at times during the past fifteen years. A list previous to the present ownership would embrace a fine galaxy of newspaper and literary talent which will be a subject for another pen sketch soon.