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ARRYING The Jour
n a 1" back in the seven
ties was about as much
like the work of the pres
ent day carrier as the old
rattle traps of printing
presses then in use are like the
huge complex devices employed by the
modern newspapeis, or as the town of
that day was like the Minneapolis of
1903. It is only twenty-five years since
The Journal was started, but even
as the town was a huge, sprawling, un
couth village, newspaper methods were
raw and crude in comparison with the
highly developed system of the pres
ent day and m the same degree the
carrier's lot was distinctly different.
Now there are carefully improved
streets, sprinkled for the dust in sum
mer and plowed for the snow in win
ter, hundreds of miles of stone side
walks, miles and miles of cycle paths,
brilliantly lighted streets, except when
the moon does not connect with the
"moonlight schedule," and bicycles
that are priceless friends of the car
rier boy.
Back in the late seventies the streets
seemed to flow with slush and mud for
much of the year and lie deeply buried
in snow all winter. Of sidewalks there
were none, except some wobbly wooden
plank affairs in the center of town,
which were laid more as an evidence
of progress than with an eye to public
convenience. The "moonlight sched-
ule," so much abused of late, was
started at that time, but the starlight
schedule was the one which really pre
vailed, for the street lights were few
in number as they were deficient in
illuminating power.
The carrier's lot was a hard one,
but strange to say he did not grumble
half as much then as he does now.
The Journal carriers of the sev
enties were a good-natured and cheer
ful set of boys, who had as much fun
out of their runs as they did out of
their boyish games. Most of the lads
carried "for fun," and to get spend
ing money, not a little of which went
to the dealers in postage stamps. But
It is dollars to doughnuts that if the
pampered and petted carrier of the
present day had to buck the weather
arid streets and conditions as they were
found when volumes I. and II. of T h e
Journal were in process of produc
tion, there would be some vociferous
clamor in The Journal alley.
It was not entirely the unlighted and
for the most part impassable streets
that made the work of the early car
rier so different from that of his suc
cessor. If the boys could have found
out when the paper was going to press
each day, all the other discomforts
and annoyances incident to life in a
new western town with metropolitan
aspirations would have been forgot
ten. The boys were used to steering
their ways thru the darkness and the
I deep mud, and even the still deeper
snows had no terrors for them but
they were poor hands at killing time,
and when they had to wait, as was
often the case, four hours or longer
for their papers, there were good rea
sons for complaint The remarks made
by the carrier boys when a careless
hand joggled the form into "pi," or
when the rickety old press balked
somewhere, were a great relief to- the
circulator, and the whole editorial
force, as well as to the typos, who
usually in those days arrogated to
themselves the right to supply the
language appropriate to such events,
As the writer understands it, the
present day carriers get their papers
at the same time every day, almost to
i the minute, and there may not be a
j variance of ten minutes from one end
| of the year to the other. In the late
seventies the boys would whoop for
Joy if there was any chance of getting
off within half an hour after their ar
rival at the office. They were due
there at 4 o'clock, and they seldom
departed before 5, while frequently it
was 8 or even later. Many of the
old timers can recall delivering pa
pers at homes after the occupants had
retired for the night.
The Journal of those days cer
tainly deserved the modern term
"dinky." It was a four-page paper,
with six short columns to the page
and when rolled up for throwing it
carried about like a feather. What per
centage ever reached their proper des
tinations could not be computed, but
the number of complaints of "didn't
get my paper last night" drove several
early circulators out of the business,
or else to the grave.
Of course, folding machines were
unknown in the west in those days,
Each carrier had to fold his own pa
pers and even help the carriers who
had the big routes, and who by virtue
of that fact were supplied with pa
pers before the others. The scenes
in the pressroom would throw a mod
ern circulator into a spasm.
The old press which banged away
in the basement of the Brackett block
is alleged to have had an accredited
speed of about a thousand papers an
hour, but no one can recall that it
ever delivered the goods when the car
riers were waiting. The cylinder
seemed to move around with the celer
ity of the hands of the clock and
periodically it would deposit a sheet
of printed paper on a table. This was
quite an event in the pressroom, and
the old machine would make as much
fuss over its feat as a young hen over
her first egg So fast did the press
sp*eed that an experienced boy could
fold the paper three times on the table
before the "fly" came down with an
other sheet.
That "fly," by the way, was a curi
ous arrangement. It was a device con
sisting of a number of strips of paral
lel wood, and its business was to take
the printed sheet from the press and
place it on a table. The manner in
which It performed the simple task
will be remembered by all the oldment
Journal carriers. It rose slowly, and
sedately picked up the printed sheet,
and as slowly descended until when
within a foot of the table it made a
surprising lunge downward and hit the
table with a resounding thwack. "Woe
to the knuckles of the careless carrier
whose hand was caught underneath,
for the fly could give a very painful
slap, and the clumsy-handed youth
who was learning to "fold with the
press" paid dearly for hla schooling.
It appears that Harlow H. Chamber
lain was the first carrier T he J o,u r
n a 1 had, and strange to say he is
still in the service of this paper, be
ing the only man in any department
of the paper who has remained with
It from the start. Another who car
ried No. 1, Vol. I. is Tom Lee, a lively
youth whose record of accidents would
make Willie Whalen look insignificant
by comparison. Among those who car
ried The Journal in the seventies
or up to the time of the Brackett
block fire, were William B. Turtle, now
treasurer of the Corser Investment
ompany Frank E. Holton, now asA.
sistant cashier of the Northwestern
National bank Dr. Peter M. Holl of
the East Side Charles H. Babcock,
now right of way commissioner for
the Great Northern railway Dr. Peter
Rakke of Grantsburg, Wis. Charles S.
Chamberlain, distributor for The
Journal Fred M. Iverson, now
clerk in the Security bank Louis R.
Corham, now the "grand mogul" at
the Central market, and Adolph Ed
sten, now a reporter for The Jour
na l.
The tribe has never been together
since the day of the fire, in 1880, but
whenever two or three meet by chance
reminiscences flv thick and fast, and
they recall with laughter the time
when they were dodging the vindic
tive "fly," or the irate subscriber who
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"didn't get his paper last night " the
rivalry between "Pete" Holl and "Lou"
Gorham as to which was the cham
pion folder the relative merits of
Lou Gorham's black pony, or Fred
Iverson's or "Pete" Bakke's mustangs,
or the snow ball fight on First avenue
when Swingler "soaked" a policeman
who stalked around the corner in time
to meet a fierce but misdirected ball.
This ended the snow ball fight, and
it nearly stopped The Journal.
The boys scattered over the central
portion of the city, and when they&
came back the policeman, his dig
nity very much ruffled, was sitting
doggedly in front of The Journal
office, waiting for a chance to lay hisT
hands on something in the shape of
boy, on which to wreak his vengeance.
In some Avay the papers were obtained
and the carriers got safely away.
The really gieat event was theof
"strike." It may have been on Thanks
giving Day, 1879, or on the Fourth
of July or Christmas of that yearno
one can remember exactly, but there
was a. strike, and it was on a holiday,
and it was because of the holiday that
it came.
As usual, there was a long wait for
the press to start, and the carriers had
ample chance to vent their indignation
over being deprived of their right to
celebrate a national holiday. The
more the boys talked the angrier they
became, until when some one proposed
that all go home it was seconded at
once and off the boys started. Theie
were no Journals read that night.
Everyone expected a summary dis
charge the next night, or at least a
good scolding, but W. H. "Van Norman,
as kindly a gentleman as ever undei
took to handle a crowd of boisterous
youths, didn't speak an unkind woid
about the affair. He is long since
dead, as is Jack Radcllff, the first cir
culator. The old time carriers were
a hardier breed, it seems, for, so far
as is known, every last one is alive and
kicking. People Who Have HaU The Jou r
nal From the First.
During the first year of its existence,
The Journal secured a circula
tion of about one thousand. Beyond
this, little Is known of the record of
this first year, for subscription books
were all destroyed in the fire, in 1880,
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THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNA^SILVER-A&NIVERSAKY. * EDITION. "?'' " -
OLD SUBSCRIBERS
How The Journal Was Delivered in the Early
time thought I had one of the best
jobs in the city, that of engineer in
he Journal office."
E. W. Rossman, now living at Chat
field, Minn., was one of the original
subscribe! s. In a letter toThe Jour
n a 1 he says that Frank Curtis, one
the founders of the paper, bi ought
him the fourth copy from the pi ess.
This makes Mr. Rossman about the
oldest original subsenber of whom any
recoi d has been preserved. No doubt
the first three copies were looked over
by the new propnetors and the edi-commission,
tois, and did not go to the public. Mr.
Rossman, therefore, is deserving of
special mention in an edition such as
this one. He says that he has taken
the paper regularly since the first Is
sue.
C. M. Matthews of 1803 Clinton ave
nue, connected with the fire depart
ment for a good many years, is an
other original subscilber. He was liv
ing in Minneapolis at the time. "I
have taken the paper ever since, with
lapses on one or two occasions of two
weeks or a month each. Canvassers
for some other Minneapolis paper
came to my house and induced us to
drop The Journal. But it never
was for vciy long at a time. At the
expiration of the two weeks or the
month for which we had agreed to
take the other paper, we weie glad
enough to quit it and go back to T h e
Journal. Now we have nothing to
do with other newspaper canvasseis.
We like The Journal and couldn't
get along without it."
Loren Fletcher, ex-congressman, has
taken the paper commencing with the
first issue, and he thinks he couldn't
get along in his home without it.
Another original subscriber is
George W. Marchant, at present the
custodian of the Minneapolis federal
building. When The Journal was
founded, Mr. Marchant was living out
Adolph Edsten,
Reporter, TheJournal.
Louis R. Gorham,
Secretary, Minneapolis Central Market.
and, of course, could not be replaced.
It is known, however, that for several
weeks prior to the publication of the
first issue The Journal manage
sent a number of canvassers thru
the residence sections of town, and
that these canvassers were quite suc
cessful. Several of them are still liv
ing in Minneapolis, and they think that
the first issue of the paper numbered
several hundred copies to regular sub
scribers, possibly as many as 400, but,
of course, this is largely guess work.
Who these early subscribers were,
nobody will ever know. Many of them
are dead, of course many others have
gone away from the city a number of
others still remain. Thru a request
which was published at the head of the
editorial page of The Journal for
several weeks prior to this anniversary
issue, the names of several score of
these original subscribers have been
secured. No doubt there ar*e many
more who have failed to respond to
the request to send in their names.
As long as this issue is in honor of
The Journal's silver anniversary,
it is perhaps appropriate to head the
list of original subscribers with the
names of the men who had something
to do with getting out the first issue.
H. Runge, twenty-five years ago,
was employed as engineer for The
Journal, and he got up steam and
had charge of the engine which fur
nished power for the press which ran
off the first issue and many subse
quent ones. Mr. Runge has lived in
Minneapolis for a great many years,
but to the younger generation and the
later comers he Is best known as a
former chief of the fire department
and as a captain of police under the
administration of Dr. Ames.
"I have been a subscriber of T h e
Journal since the first issue," says
Mr. Runge, "and the paper will come
to my house six times each week as
long as I am alive. The first press
The Journal had was a Taylor
double cylinder, and I remember that
a good many of my friends of that
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Fred M. Iveraon,
Clerk, Security Bank.
Harlow H. Chamberlain,
President, Boyd Transfer Company.
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DaysSubscribers Who Have Received
the Paper from the First.
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and a third to R. D. Ayers, in Des
Moipes. "God bless The Journal,
is my prayei," is the way his letter
closes
Mis. A. C. Matthews, 1531 E Twen
ty-fourth street, has lived for thirty
years at that address, and taken The
Journal thei e f oi twenty-five
years. "We take The J o u r n a 1,"
she says, "because we think it is the
best paper in the city."
Phil S. Reed, now secretaiy of the
Way-Johnson-Lee company, giain
was "Slug One" in The
Journal composing-room twenty
five yeais ago to-day, and, of couise,
took the paper from the fiist issue.
Afterwards he was foreman of the
composing-room for a time following
the fire in the Harwood building.
Mis. H. N. Leighton. 1509 Fiemont
avenue N, has taken The Journal
from the first issue, and w l ites that
she wouldn't know how to keep house
without it.
B. F. Nelson was an alderman fiom
the East Side in 1878, and, of course,
took Th| Journal commencing
with the fit st issue, and has taken
it ever since.
Andiew C. Weir 1928 Portland ave
nue, began to take The Journal
during the fiist month of its publica
tion, and has not taken' any other
Minneapolis paper since He thmks
he gets all the news in The Jour
nal and gets most of it quickest.
J. A. Johnson, for seveial yeais
mayor of Fargo, N. D , was sheriff
of Washington county, Minnesota, in
1878, and subscribed for The Jour
nal from the first issue. It is un
necessary to say that he has taken it
ever since.
Dr. A. L. Bausman, one of the
pioneer dentists of Minneapolis, now
retired, has taken The Journal
from the beginning. He was also one
of the very early advertisers m it.
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Charles T . Chamberlain,
Vice President, Boyd Transfer Company.
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A GROUP OF ORIGINAL JOURNAL CARRIERS
on Oak Grove street, and he had only
two or three neighbors, for the town
hardly extended that far. He would
walk home across the open country
from Nicollet avenue and Grant street
every evening and find The Jour
nal on his front porch waiting for
his coming. Mr. Marchant has noth
ing against the other newspapers of
the city, but The Journal is his
first love.
Dr. W. H. Leonard, who not many
months ago celebrated the fiftieth an
niversary of his medical practice in
Minneapolis, and is to-day one of the
oldest and best known of northwest
ern homeopathic physicians, began to
take The Journal with its first
issue* and the habit h?s become so
firmly fixed that he can't break it, and
wouldn't if he could.
A. T. Ankeny, for years president
of the Minneapolis board of education,
and one of the best known attorneys
in the city, has taken TheJournal
from the beginning, and proposes to
continue taking it.
C. M. Loring, the father of the Min
neapolis park system, and a man to
whom the city will always be under
the strongest obligations for services
rendered in connection with the estab
lishment of the parks, has known The
Journal in his home since its first
issue.
T. E. Hughes, assistant postmaster
for more than a quarter of a cen
tury, is another prominent name on
the list of original subscribers.
Major W. D. Hale, present postmas
ter of Minneapolis, is on T he J o u r
nal honor roll as an original sub
scriber.
A. E. Ayers, now sick unto death in
the Soldiers' Home at Bath, N. T.,
in a letter to the editor, says that he
began taking The Journal with
its first issue, and has not missed
more than three copies in twenty-five
years. For most of the quarter of a~ -
century three copies have been going
to his family, one copy to himself,
another to a daughter in Minneapolis,
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twenty-five years ago to-day, and
bought one of the first issues fiom a
newsboy. He bought it regularly in
this way for a year, and then had it
delivered by cairier.
I. L. Penny, now living at Los An
geles, Cal.
Mis Cio, 1901 Lyndale avenue N.
E Odegard, 2106 Twenty-seventh
avenue S.
Albin Kuehn, 4119 Emerson ave
nue N.
A. Thrall, then lwmg at Twelfth
avenue S and Third stieet, subscribed
thru a canvasser before the first is
sue had appealed. He now lives at
Randall, Minn., where he is in busi
ness and a constant Journal reader.
C. S. Bagley, Robblnsdale, paid 25
cents for the first three months of
The Journal, and liked it so well
that he has been a subscriber ever
since.
R. N. Buttain, Excelsior.
D W. Ham, 3047 Harriet avenue, in
addition to being an original sub
scubei, was a veiy early advertiser.
Mrs Chailes Allen, 1107 Lyndale
avenue N.
John Rourke, 419 Fouith street NE.
Charles Allen, 3024 Humboldt ave
nue N.
Mis. A. Sahsbuiy, 721 Eighth ave
nue S.
E. D. Fuller, 3417 Longfellow ave
nue S.
G. F. Mitchell, now living in Brain
erd, Minn. ,
Edward S. Stebbins, 614 Masonic
Temple.
W. A. George, 83 Lyndale avenueN.
. A J. Palmes, 2438 Seventeenth ave
nue S.
E. C. Tortey, 1812 Bryant avenueN.
C. L. Simons, 110 Seventh street S.
William D. Mitchell, 4000 E Fiftieth
street.
P. H. Dorsey, 642 Madison street
NE.
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Right of Way Commissioner, G. N. Ry.
Frank E
Assistant Cashier, N
Holton,
W. National Bank
J. W. Doherty, 112 Tenth street N,
subscribed for The Journal be
fore it had been running two months,
and has read it regularly ever since.
On the old subscription books he says
his name was at the head of the "D"Excelsior.
list.
S. S. Trevett, 1712 E Twenty-fourth
street, has been a subscriber from the
beginning, "when TheJournal of
fice was on Washington avenue N,
where J. Mendenhall used to be,
and aVR. m good for twenty-five years
more."
Other members of The Journal
roll of honor are:
Henry Taylor, now a business man
at Jardone, Mont., was boarding at
the Wilbur house, in Minneapolis,
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One of The Journal Newsboys
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Peter M. Hon,
Physician.
C. J. Holcomb, 1809 Fifth avenue S.
J. L. Spink, 240 First avenue S.
Miss Carrie V. Stratton, 917 Fifth
avenue S, took T h.e Journal twen
ty-five years when she was living at
Charles K. Levy, 2726 Stevens ave
nue.
Benjamin H. Gilbert, 2820 Garfield
avenue.
Morris Pflaum, 321 First avenue S.
Edgar B. Savage, 123 Nicollet ave*
nue, including three years spent in the
Black Hills, where The Journal
followed him.
Mrs. G. P. Stearns, 3014 Pleasant
avenue.
F. W. Bullard, 2433 Portland ave
nue. .
Mrs. R. C. Stanley, 1050 Fourteenth
avenue SE.
Mrs. Lardner Bostwick, 917 Hifth
avenue S.
W. A. Thieselle, 85 Lyndale ave
nue N.
A. Soberg, 3043 Bloommgton ave
nue.
A. W. Griswold, 2704 Harriet ave
nue.
J. M. Brown, then living at 619 First
street N.
James R. Boyd, now- living in St.
Cloud, Minn.
H. M. Burgess, 620 Fourth street S.
Mrs. Annie E. Nash, who in 1878
took the paper at 24 High street, the
house being torn down later to make
room for the union depot. For twenty
years she has taken it at 8 2 5*- Sixth
street't S.
E. Thompson, '2123 Lyndale ave
nue N.
I. W. Cone, 701 Sixth street SE.
W. H. Haskins, now living at Elsi
nore, Riverside county, California.
A. Z. Colles, 3300 Park avenue.
Mrs. J. D. Whiting, born and
brought up In Minneapolis, where she
lived until twelve years ago. From
Minneapolis she went to California,
and in recent years she has gone to
Joliet, Mont. "But no matter where
we go," she says, ,/'The Journal
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follows us. We could not get along
without it. It is the connecting link
between us and our former home."
Fred B. Snyder, former alderman
and state senator.
George W. Libbey, 244 Second ave
nue S.
Calvin R. Fix, 908 Eighth avenue S.
Daniel A. Studebaker, 2913 Twenty
seventh avenue S, writes that he has
taken The Journal from the be
ginning, and feels that his family could
not do without it. "I am pleased,"
$h adds, "to have the opportunity to
express our appreciation of what The
Journal has been to us during all
these years."
John R. Hofflin, Hopkins, Minn.,
writes that he was a subscriber and
an advertiser with the first issue of
The Journal.
J. H. Heisser, 228 Boston block.
Fred A. Gilbejt, 2550 Bloommgton
avenue, has not only been a sub
scriber from the beginning, but has
seveial copies of The Journal of
1878 and 1879 at his home. Mr. Gil
beit is now an engineer for the Mil
waukee road, but as a boy he sold pa
pers on the streets of Minneapolis.
He began with selling the Pioneer
Press thirty-three years ago.
R. B. Roche, 625 Harrison street.
L. D. Smith, Grand Forks, N. D.,
was a business man m Minneapolis
when The Journal first appeared,
and he began reading it then and has
not stopped.
Mrs. M S. DeMille, 2320 Colfax avjs
nue S, says she has read The Jour
nal beginning with the first issue,
and regards it as the best daily in the
city. "I shall always have a good
word to say for it," she writes.
~C. T. Evans, 2523 Bloommgton ave
nue.
Robert L Towle, 2523 Bloommgton
avenue.
W. H. Haight, 323 First avenue S.
J. H. Giddings.
H. M. Davis, 306 Sixth street S.
Stephen A. Balles, Grey Eagle,
Minn.
O. M. Russel, 2608 Pleasant avenue.
John A. Schlenei, 32 Grove street.
O L. Dudley, Buffalo, Minn.
H. B. Barker, 820 Sixteenth ave
nue S.
Thomas Milner, 2301 Washington
avenue N.
George M. Vodd, Buffalo, Minn.
W. H. Manley, 2504 Fourth ave
nue S.
G. Countiyman, 1239 Oak street SE.
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D. C. Johnson,
Princeton.
William B.. Tuttie,
Treasurer, Corser Investment Company.
Mrs. Spiegel, 1610 Tenth avenue S.
C. H. Freeman, 1715 Fifth street N.
John Mittwer, 1508 Lyndale avenue.
H. C. Hartson, 3021 Irving ave
nue S.
E. P. Johnson, 1905 Fifth avenue S.
Otto E. Greely, 208 Phoenix build
ing.
John Martin, 1504 Fifth avenue S.
Mrs. Mary Cramsie, 341 Quincy
street NE.
C. W. Patterson, 3116 James ave
nue N.
Mrs. A. H. Kruger, 1710 Ninth ave
nue S.
R. J. Mendenhall, 1800 Stevens ave
nue.
R. Althouse, 2806 Seventeenth ave
nue S.
John Easthagen, 2423 Chicago ave
nue.
Hans A. Aim, Hankinson, N. D.
George A. Du Toit, Chaska, Minn,
Mrs. George Zeller, 2909 Twenty
seventh avenue S.
Lewis Marsh, Stillwater, Minn.
Mrs. E. Munnich, 419 Third ave
nue N.
John E. Howde, 1100 E ^Twenty
eighth street.
Adelia E. Lownez, 631 E Fifteenth
Henry H. Wharton, 2938 Fifteenth
avenue S.
E. von Kuster, 635 Marshall street
NE.
C. A. Draper, 403 Central avenue.
A. H. Sherman, Hotel Berkeley, Min
neapolis.
Edwin Clark, 12 E Twenty-fourth
Fred H. Reed, 636 Sixth avenue N.
Mrs. Daniel McCarthy, 647 Jeffer
son street NE.
W. G. Holhs, flat 2, 1776 Humboldt
avenue S.
Eustis Brothers, 712 Nicollet ave
nue.
G. Vincent,
street S.
Dr. N. S. Tefft, Plamview, Minn.
D. A. McCloud, Valley City, N. D.
P. C. Kenney, 1913 Sixth street S.a
A. R. Hodgeman, 114 Sixth street S|
H. E. Ladd.
L. A. Condit, 4904 Thirty-fourtl
avenue S., .
F. A. B." Patterson, Fairmont, Minn.'
Mrs. M. E. Sayse, 1128 Sixth*
street S.
J. E. Gurnee, 508 Oak street SE.
Ralph Rees, 1225 Chestnut avenue,
Mrs. F. H. Ring, 2614 Jackson,
street NE. - *
Julius Rees, 124 Laurel avenue. "*
F. O. McClain, 2120 Fourth streets.'
William Kinkle, 2534 Grand street
NE.
J. W. Sedinger, 414 Main street,
Crookston, Minn. " *
J. Jaax, 803 Spring street NE.
M. P. Satterlee, Annandale, Minn.
H. M. Burgess, 720 Fouith street S.t'
George B. Bradbury, Minneapolis.
Will Davidson, Kimball & Storer.
A M. Maxwell, Kimball & Storer/
Minneapolis.
A. A. Daily, 2526 Second avenue S
(compositor).
Mrs. E. P. Millar, 1729 Knox ave
nue S.
J. B. Kenney, Seattle, Wash.
Wyman Kastigan, 316 Fourth street
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Henry R. Chase, 200 Fourth street
SE.
J. W. Clarke, 1020 Hawthorn ave
nue.
E. D. Gray, 3124 James avenue S.*
L. W. Gerrish, 17 E Twenty-eighth
street. ,
E. M. Hulett, West Concord.
M. Coot, 447 Fillmore street SE.
P. V. Fraser, 83 Western avenue. ~
C. H. Hanson, Lake City, Minn.
Dr. Metzger.
E. F. Melony, 1800 First street N."1
A. H. Peppard, 2814 Pleasant ave
nue.
Mrs. Helen E. Donnelly, 807 B ave
nue. *
George H. Cross, 2003 Bank street!
Superior, Wis.
Mrs. James Langan, 102 Nineteenth
avenue S.
Edward Downs, Graceville, Minn. ,*
William H. Stickney, 1510 Fourth
avenue S.
Frank Schatz, 661 Ontario street SE
D. W. Rhodes, 1207 Ninth streets*
J. Johnson, 1126 Fifth street S."
W. J. Newton, 605 Oak street SE. s
D. G. Sullivan, 712 Seventh streefc
SE.
J. McFetters, 1125 Lyndale ave
nue N.
William Addison, 757 Adams street
NE.
R. F. Whidden, Anoka, Minn.
W. H. Lannas, 1909 Aldrich ave
nue S.
* J. H. Smith, 226 Ridgewood avenue.
J. W. Clark, 3322 Nicollet avenue:
Dr. R. S. McMurdy, 1617 Third ave-~
nue S. -
A. R. Riebeth, 1033 Morgan ave-*
nue N.
E. D. Kirst, 1412 Fifth street N,
W. W. Rand, 2204 Aldrich avenue S*
W. C. Corbett, 623 E Fifteenth
Mrs. L. W. Merntt, 1924 Newtoif
avenue N.
James Noiling, 523 Fourth ave
nue S.
James A. Tyler, 717 Sixth a\e-
nue N.
Mrs. G. A. Clement, 3208 Ninth
avenue S.
Mrs. E. D. Blodget, 1507 Hawthorn
avenue.
C. W. Shatto, 2612 Cedai a\enue
M. Coot, 447 Fillmore street NE.
C. N. Warner, 169% Linden a\enue
F. L. Bank, Boone, Iowa
A. T. ANKENY'S
REMINISCENCES
"I congratulate The J o u 1 n dsl
upon its reaching the age of twenty
five years," said A. T. Ankeny on
of the papei's oiigmal &ubbcnbeis.
"What a span is thus covered in the
life and development of Minneapolis!
Then our population was about 4 5,000,
now it is fully five times as much.
"Doubtless, even such a growth, is
a disappointment to many an enthus
iastic citizen of the earlier days. By
the uneirmg law of compensation,
however, it was nevei intended that
growth should be continuous, for did
not the pendulum swing to the other
side, the fair equilibrium would not
be preserved. That awful avalanehei
which came down upon us in 1893
sadly crushed our material interests,
as well as extinguished our fondest
hopes, but the result was to place the
foundation upon a more secure basis,
and thus give assurance of a future
greattand piosperous city. Thus, after
it is all over, we may say, 'swr
ee t are
the uses of adversity.'
"I well remember the establishing
of The Journal, and have ever
since read it with increasing "interest.
It in the development of a country,
or even a city, the railway is the first
of civilizers, the daily newspaper may
safely claim to be the second. It
chronicles the daily life, it interprets
the living present, it inspires the ar^-
dent hope for the future success, with
out which success can never be atJ
tamed. There must ever be a stim^
ulus to moral action to work out any
&oi t of destiny. That this has been
the aim as well as the result of T he
Journal's woik in all these years
is only to repeat history.
"When I fiist became a resident of
Minneapolis, in 1872, and on Third
street, near Second avenue N, there
was not a sidewalk along the entire
street, nor was it even graded. But
every citizen was then a speculator, no
matter m what other business he was
engaged. The depression caused by
the Jay Cooke failure was but tem
porary, and from 1878 on, and well
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A. T . Ankeny. ' ,
into the eighties, the city was in its
'boom period.* It was then that OUT
city limits were extravagantly extend
ed, that the prairies were dotted alt
over with superfluous homes, that th^ft
mortgage man looked upon all the
scene with complacent satisfaction.
But it was also then that our state
university began to take on new life,
that our public library and park sys
tern came, and that our public school
sjstem grew into the best in all the
countiy. Business in every line was
expanded, and the real impetus was
then born that
great tit.vJJ^
has made Minneapolis
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