"Our county and its people" : A history of Hampden County, Massachusetts. . wles, who came to Spring-field from Hartford, proved to be a very active competitor of theJournal, that outgrowth of a long line of worthy journals gonebefore, and eventually, after losing its hold on the field so longenjoyed the Journal was bought by Mr. Bowles, and merged \y\\ Republican, the combined issue being styled the Repuhlican<tnd Journal. ( 425 ) OVB COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE The mechanical equipment of the printing offices of thecounty, about this time, began to be improved. The inkingroller, that very
"Our county and its people" : A history of Hampden County, Massachusetts. . wles, who came to Spring-field from Hartford, proved to be a very active competitor of theJournal, that outgrowth of a long line of worthy journals gonebefore, and eventually, after losing its hold on the field so longenjoyed the Journal was bought by Mr. Bowles, and merged \y\\ Republican, the combined issue being styled the Repuhlican<tnd Journal. ( 425 ) OVB COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE The mechanical equipment of the printing offices of thecounty, about this time, began to be improved. The inkingroller, that very simple device, which alone revolutionized the artof printing, and made machine presses possible, was introduced,it is said, by Mr. BoAvles, and the cumbersome and filthy ink balls,relics of the very days of Gutenberg, the father of printing, werelaid aside. On the 24th of February, 1830, John B. Eldridge, com-menced the publication of the Hampden ^Vhig, a paper whichsupported the administration of General Jackson. Fiveyears later Mr. Eldridge sold his establishment to The first home of the Springfield Republican D. Beach, a lawyer, who became editor as well as pro-prietor. Some time after, David F. Ashley, a printer connectedwith the office, became a partner, and the name of the paper hav-ing been changed to the Hampden Post, the firm was known asD. F. Ashley & Co., until July 1, 1843, when the establishmentwas purchased by Alanson HaAvley. On the 26th of May, 1841, Apollos Munn, a printer reared inthe offices of Springfield, and a man of much ability and activity,commenced the publication of the Independent Democrat. The ( 426 ) THE PBESS paper had its headquarters on the Hill, away from the acceptedcenter of pi-intino-, about Court square, but about two years laterhaving been sold to a Dr. , the establishment was moveddown to Elm street, under the hospitable shade of the Courtsquare elms, where about a year later it was merged in the Hamp-den Post. jNIr. ]\Iunn, th
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