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Tag: The New Moon

The Monroe New Moon Newspaper Editor

I found this in an Arkansas paper (Weekly Arkansas Gazette, May 1, 1839, Page 2) which shows the uproar over a newspaper editor in Monroe. This guy isn't the first newspaper editor to get run out of town. Back in 1824, the local sheriff did not like what the editor of the first Monroe newspaper … Continue reading The Monroe New Moon Newspaper Editor →

ouachitaparishhistory Uncategorized 2 Comments September 22, 2020September 15, 2020 3 Minutes
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