. The first one hundred years of McKeesport. An historical and statistical description of the city from its inception until its centennial in 1894. the United States government. The twoestablishments furnish employment to several hundred men. .« w. McKeesports NetDspapers. HS earl} as 1854 it was thouglit tliat McKeesport could sup-port a newspaper, and John Y. Collins tempted fame andfortune with the McKeesport Standard, the first number of whichappeared on December i6th of that year. He broke the jour-nalistic ice by establishing his plant in a small, one-story framebuilding on the corner of
. The first one hundred years of McKeesport. An historical and statistical description of the city from its inception until its centennial in 1894. the United States government. The twoestablishments furnish employment to several hundred men. .« w. McKeesports NetDspapers. HS earl} as 1854 it was thouglit tliat McKeesport could sup-port a newspaper, and John Y. Collins tempted fame andfortune with the McKeesport Standard, the first number of whichappeared on December i6th of that year. He broke the jour-nalistic ice by establishing his plant in a small, one-story framebuilding on the corner of Walnut street and Church alley. Thepublic did not seem to be waiting with bated breath when thismaiden effort made its appearance, and, for the lack of patronagethe paper, after passing through the hands of several personswho thought a newspaper was a gold mine, died a naturaldeath for the want of breath in 1861. It was an unequalstruggle for seven long, weary years. John W. Pritchard, a Pittsburgh printer, came here someyears afterward and believing that conditions were favorable, heissued, on June iSth, 1870, the first number of the Paragon. Itwas a weekly paper and started off well, but circumstancessoon afterward compelled its suspensi
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