1889

Jacksonville Banner,  Dodson & McFarland, owners

 

June 21, 1889

The last issue of the "Boomer" appeared last week.  Since the name of that paper has been changed to Jacksonville Banner and has moved into the upper story of the Devereux building. J.A. Padon formerly editor of this paper is at Rusk and will publish "The Cherokeean Herald."

 

June 28, 1889

The Editor, McFarland is only 17 years old.

 

August 30, 1889

Mel Kirkpatrick will be in charge of the Rusk Herald.

 

January 9, 1890

The Cherokee Herald of Rusk, formerly run by J. A. Padon, has been sold to W.M. Imboden, of the Tyler Record. The  name will be changed to "Cherokee Sentinel."

 

January 23, 1890

Messers C. A. Edwards and Dick Collier, of the New Birmingham Times, with Sheriff John B. Reagan and District Atty, James T. Polley visited Capt. W. H. Lovelady.

 

January 30, 1890

J. P. Waites, of the New Birmingham Times has been in town.

 

March 30, 1890

W. F. Black of the Cherokee Herald's force, visiting.

 

March 30, 1890

J. A. Kirgan and son, Lee, of the Cotton Belt, published in Dawson, were in town last Saturday.  Mr. Kirgan is claimed to be the oldest native newspaper man in Texas, having begun his trade in 1842 at Clarksville, Texas under Maj. Chas. DeMorse. Mr. Kirgan was on the first newspaper ever printed in Cherokee County, at Rusk also printed at Tyler.  He lived in the county several years and says it is the best part of East Texas.

 

 

June 26, 1890

On June 28,1889 The "Boomer" was changed to "The Jacksonville Banner."

 

June 18, 1891

The Banner is two years old.

 

March 17, 1894

A Rusk paper was called the "Cherokee Blade."

 

November 18, 1896

The Jacksonville Banner and the Cherokee Blade joined together and changed the name to Cherokee County Banner.

 

May 14, 1897

W. H. Deason of the Industrial Press at Rusk.

 

November 29, 1901

John B. Long of the Industrial Press of Rusk, has bought the Alto Herald and is looking after the paper.

 

February 9, 1906

Standard Herald was a paper at Rusk in 1896.

 

Information from The Saga of Cherokee County, Texas 1889-1908 Book 1

 

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