History of Montgomery County : embracing early discoveries, the advance of civilization, the labors and triumphs of Sir William Johnson, the inception and development of manufactures, with town and local records, also military achievements of Montgomery patriots . eEvening Times of that city, over the name of Joe Gibbons, asignature that was afterward made famous in the Mohawk Valley whileMr. Loadwick was the correspondent of the Albany Argus. The pub-lishing company desired him to go to San Francisco to establishanother branch of their business on the Pacific coast, but interests in theeast i
History of Montgomery County : embracing early discoveries, the advance of civilization, the labors and triumphs of Sir William Johnson, the inception and development of manufactures, with town and local records, also military achievements of Montgomery patriots . eEvening Times of that city, over the name of Joe Gibbons, asignature that was afterward made famous in the Mohawk Valley whileMr. Loadwick was the correspondent of the Albany Argus. The pub-lishing company desired him to go to San Francisco to establishanother branch of their business on the Pacific coast, but interests in theeast impelled him to decline the commission, and he returned to thevalley of the Mohawk. Soon afterward he purchased an interest in the Mohaivk ValleyDemocrat, published at Fonda. Mr. Loadwick assumed editorial man-agement of the paper, remaining one year, severing his connection withthe Democrat to become the Mohawk Valley correspondent of theAlbany Argus. He held this position for about six years. Duringthis time he became a familiar figure in the valley villages, and thewritings of Joe Gibbons were copied very extensively from thecolumns of the Argus. Leaving the Argus he became city editor ofthe Utica Observer. On the 1st of January, 1878, he succeeded ^^^^/r/^ BIOGRAPHICAL, 43r, P. Winegar as editor of the Amsterdam Recorder, and remained \\\Xhthe paper until February i8, 1882. At this time he purchased an in-terest in the Amsterdam Sentinel, assuming the editorial and business-management of the paper. About eight years ago he bought the inter-est of his partners and became sole owner of The Seutinel. On October4, 1884, The Sentinel was changed from a weekly to a daily paper, andon May 28, 1888, the paper was first issued as a morning paper, theonly morning paper issued between Albany and Utica. It is the policy of the paper to treat all people alike, the rich and thepoor receive the same attention. It is aggressively progressive, speak-ing of men and measures as it finds
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