Logan County Colorado Newspapers
1888 Sterling - at that time Sedgwick and Phillips Counties had not been created, and so Julesburg, Haxtun and Holyoke were in Logan County.
"Logan county has only two Republican papers -
the Holyoke Herald and the Logan County Advocate—while the bung-hole Democracy,
and Denver land office, are represented by five organs, namely:
The Sterling Times and Record, Calvert (now Fleming) Democrat, Julesburg Champion, and Holyoke News. One other paper , the Holyoke Critic , is wearing its trousers threadbare astride of the. independent fence , and yelling tor somebody to pull. it off. A little sorghum will probably straighten out matters.
A few more Democratic papers are needed to keep the county in good humor. Good chance here for a man who can
show a pure Democratic record. None others need apply." -- Sterling Advocate.
April 1889 Sterling "Editor Cheeley comes out this week with a new dress for this paper."
April 1890 Holyoke
" Rumor has it that a new journalistic venture is to be made at our
neighboring city of Sterling, with Mr. W. S. Jenkins as Editor and Publisher."
In March 1889 the Holyoke editor wrote of a visit to Sterling
"We went down town, dropped in at the Times office, but W. S. Jenkins was out. John Cheeley's sanctum was
then invaded and a pleasant time was enjoyed by ye scribe. Mr. Cheeley thinks there will be no change in
the Denver land office until fall, and he smokes his pipe with comfort over the thought.
The latch string on the Advocate door was hanging out, so we pulled it and walked in,
and there was John Wilson holding down the editorial chair with as much ease and comfort as
Governor Cooper does the gubernatorial chair. John was in the best of spirits, showed us
the sights of the city and finally halted at Scotty's restaurant, where John said grace while the rest
of us sniffed the savory soup. Skip McNew came in and while he feasted on the good things that
were on the table, related a bear story or two to enliven the occasion."
STERLING ADVOCATE
March 1890 Sterling "
V. I. Wilson, editor of the Denver Press, and father of the Advocate boys,
was a visitor in the city Tuesday."
September 1894 Holyoke "
W. E. Smith, editor of the Akron Republican, D. W. Irwin, editor of the
Akron Pioneer Press, Jess Wilburns,
editor of the Yuma Pioneer, J. W. Wilson, editor of the Logan County
Advocate and H. O. McNew, editor of the
Julesburg Grit were in attendance at the republican senatorial,
representative and judicial conventions at Holyoke this week."
LOGAN COUNTY DEMOCRAT
November 1887 Holyoke "
A. P. Gordon, editor of the Logan County Democrat, deserves much credit
for the manly way in which he refused to publish an article charging M. H.
Smith with dishonesty."
STERLING REPUBLICAN
November 1884 
1885 Fort Morgan "Roadmaster Spoor of Sterling, spent a day and night here this week, looking after the business of the Railroad company."
1888 Sterling 
April 1888 Fort Morgan "A. F. Spoor, of Sterling, spent several days in town last week. Mr. Spoor is a
prominent ranchman of his town, and is looking up blooded stock for farm."
June 1888 "We want to say to the people west of us, our republican brethern,
that A. F. Spoor, the old Platte Valley pioneer, is still one of our permanent fixtures;
the same out-spoken honest and responsible republican he has always been. Honest and true to his friends,
that is A. F. Spoor. He can forgive, but A. F. Spoor can never forget an insult." Sterling Record.
The Fort Morgan paper added "Mr. Spoor along with others of
Logan county's best citizens have not forgotten the 'old war horse' and his methods."
August 1890 Fort Morgan "Editor Spoor, of the Sterling Republican, was among us on Wednesday night, and we acknowledge a pleasant call."
August 1890 Fort Morgan "Editor Spoor, of the Sterling Republican, has struck a rich field for missionary
labors in his county, and there is a chance for high old times down there between now an election day."
October 1890, Cheely's Democrat, Sterling " Editor Spoor, who has been life long Republican
and is a Republican yet, and editor of the Sterling Republican, says that John Henderson, candidate for
state auditor, will get left in his own county. This sounds bad as it comes from a life-time
Republican and an old soldier. The county is Republican by a small majority and if Henderson carries it
he will do well. John Wilson, editor of the Advocate, shoulders Spoor's alegations and swears by Tobin's
saloon that he can prove an alibi."
July 1923 Sterling "Miss Jennie L. Spoor was born near Lewis, Iowa, April 28, 1860, and died
July 1923, at the Park Avenue Hospltal in Denver, Colo. She was united in mariage to Fremont J. Henderson
at her parents' home near Lewis, Iowa, March 5 1882. There was born to this union two boy babies, in Iowa,
both dying at birth; also two boys at Sterling, Colo., Paul F., now of Denver, and Frank S., now of Boulder, Colorado.
She was born of sturdy New England stock - John A. and Louisa M. Spoor, early settlers of Iowa -
and with her husband moved to Sterling, Colorado in 1887, where they have since resided and where she took
an active interest in the moral, social and religious activities of the community. She became a member of
the Congregational church at an early day at her Iowa home and joined the Presbyterian church of Sterling,
Colorado, soon after her arrival and was an earnest and consistent member until the end,
and was a charter member of the Sterling W. C. T. U.. which was the strong factor in putting the saloons
out of Sterling and Logan county long before the state and national prohibition went into effect and
also in other reforms to assist the community to raise families properly.
She was also a member of the Eastern Star.
For the past ten or twelve years she had been somewhat
of an invalid, but was ever a kind and loving wife and mother and leaves her husband and
two sons and one granddaughter, also her sister's children and families near Lewis, Iowa,
and a half sister and half brother in the east and relatives in Omaha, Nebraska, California
and New England, besides hosts of friends, as she made a fast friend of whoever
she came in touch with. The end came peacefully and she looked beautiful in the casket, without
a trace of pain and there was certainly a wonderful meeting with relatives and friends on the other
side.
Although the family residence has been in Sterling for thirty-six years, there has been no death
and it was her expressed wish in the past that the remains be cremated
and the ashes be eventually returned to the burial place of her parents near Lewis, Iowa.
It was thought best to have the services In Denver, and as her church in Sterling was temporarily
without a pastor Rev. Robert Karr of Boulder, pastor of the Presbyterian church of which
Frank is on the official board, and who is more or less acquainted with all the family,
held brief chapel services, and had given her almost constant attention during the months
past while in Denver.
The husband and the sons and Chester H. Henderson, a nephew of the husband,
acted as pall bearers and there were neighbors and friends, formerly from the old Iowa
home as well as from Sterling, present at the ceremony.
There will probably be a memorial service held later at the Sterling, Colorado, home
and at Lewis, Iowa, when the ashes are finally deposited.
The flowers were beautiful and in profusion and from many different individuals and
organizations."
STERLING NEWS
Novermber 1874 Greeley items in the Rocky Mountain News, Denver
" The Greeley Tribune was founded by the late N. C. Meeker in November 1870,
and he was assisted in its publication by his son Ralph Meeker. The latter left in 1873 for New York,
where he has held important positions for many years on the Herald and other metropolitan journals.
In 1874 K. J. Carver obtained the interest in the firm, under the name of Meeker & Carver. After Mr. Meeker's
death in September 1870, W. C. Packard purchased an interest in the business, and the firm was changed to
Carver & Packard; in 1883 Mr. Packard retired, and Ralph Meeker again came into the firm and
edited the paper for about eighteen months, when he returned to New York and W. S. Fullerton,
a son-in-law of N. C. Meeker, took an active part in the business but only remained
a few months, and was succeeded in 1885 by H. L. Dunning, the firm then being Carver & Dunning."
November 1878 Fort Collins Courior
April 1880 Fort Collins "The gloom of the Courior sanctum was dispelled for a few moments on Tuesday last
by the presence of Mr. W. C. Packard, of the Greeley Tribune. Mr. Packard is acknowledged to be the
handsonmest newspaper man in the state and is properly called the Adonis of the Colorado press.
The hearts of the fair ones of
Collins are always in a flutter of happiness whenever he makes one of his quarterly visits here."
November 1883 Fort Collins "W. C. Packard, of the Greeley Tribune, visited the city yesterday."
May 1884 Delta, Colorado (400 miles away) 
July 1884 Brush "Passing events" reminds one or other days. A roan pinto bronch which passes
around a stake at the other end of a lariat near Brush, reminds the reporter ofW. C. Packard, now of
the Sterling News, when he used to collect for the Greeley Tribune and sell sewing machines.
Ralph Masker said the horse's color called to his mind the gaudy cloaks worn by British soldiers in India.
From the brute's present appearance, it looks to the writer like a victim or all kinds of misfortunes."
September 1884 Brush Lariat "W C. Packard, of the Sterling News came
up one day this week on a business trip to Fort Morgan and Brush."
September 1884 
October 1884 Brush "Among the passengers on Tuesday's noon train was County
Superintendent Packard on his way to Brush via Snyder and the new bridge."
March 1885 Brush, Colorado 
October 1885 "W. C. Packard, of the Sterling News, says that eleven papers have been started in the section
of country east and west of Sterling, since he bought the News."
September 1886 Greeley " W. C. Packard and family came to Greeley on Friday. Mr. Packard returned to Sterling on Sunday, but Mrs. Packard will stay sometime. "
November 1886 "The Sterling News has changed hands, Mr. W. C. Packard having sold it to A. A. Krauss
and A. L. Smith, who took possession last week. The News will be democratic under the new management."
Denver Facts states that Editor VanDeventer of the News was in the metropolis last week
purchasing material for his new daily. Yes, Van bought a head for the new Newslet and also
two head rules and that is all he did buy.
Facts told the facts that time."
September 1900 "The Sterling News is no more. The plant has been absorbed by the Democrat,
thus uniting the two offices under control of the latter. Success to you, Bros. Price, in
your greater obligations."
MERINO BREEZE
July 1917
"G. R. Bay, new editor of the Merino Breeze, has made arrangements to publish a newspaper at Snyder, Colo.
Snyder is thirty miles up the river from Sterling on the Union Pacific railroad and is said to have the prettiest location for a town in the South Platte valley."
PLATTE VALLEY RECORD
March 1888 "The Gordon Brothers have sold the Platte Valley Record to John
Cheeley, of Evans."
HOLYOKE CRITIC
March 1888 Sterling " Col. Robert Hetrick, the presiding genius of the mechanical
department of the Holyoke Critic, made the Advocate boys a welcome call last evening.
The Colonel is a pleasant, agreeable gentleman, and always takes the fat in preference
to the lean. - Sterling Advocate
Yes , yes, You can't always tell what a boy will make.
The Colonel used to wash rollers in the Herald.
June 1888 Sterling " The Holyoke Critic, since receiving land office printing,
is bellowing for Cleveland. It don't require much grease to buy some chaps.
The democrats are welcome to the cheap rustler. -Sterling Advocate"
That's right, brother Wilson, but there is one more paper, the Haxtun Herald, which you forgot to mention. Next fall when the political machine reverses its backward notion and starts upon the republican track, you will see those little democratic final
proof notice sheets slide over the fence like a turtle off a log into the water. Then they will be ashamed to acknowledge they ever wore a democratic shirt."
JULESBURG CHAMPION
February 1888 Denver " A creamery, cheese factory, electric light plant,
planing mill, plaster mill, woolen mill, canning factory, packing house and a
building and loan association are among the industries that will open up in
Julesburg the coming year. -Julesburg Champion. "
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July 1888 Holyoke "The editor of the Julesburg Champion howls till he is black in the face
because we happened to make a few cormments on the disgraceful scene that took
place in the Denver Land office sometime ago. We are not surprised at such outbursts ,
for he thinks that they are necessary in order to hold his job.
It is altogether probable that the gentleman is slightly mistaken in
some statemeats he makes but we are willing to give him the benefit of the doubt and say
that his false statements were made through ignorance rather than malice.
We advise him in the future to read a daily paper occasionally
and it may save him from making such sad mistakes as the scene referred to in our article
was described in nearly all of the leading western dailies.
It does not look very consistent in the Champion to use such rot and mud slinging
toward the republican party and at the same time try to defeat its own
party by spreading tbe strong republican sentiment of the Kansas City Journal."
October 1888 Fort Morgan "The Julesburg Champion has changed hands and also politics.
It is now a Republican journal."
January 1889 Fort Morgan "The editor of the Julesburg Champion offers that paper for sale."
March 1889 Holyoke "A. Johnson, of Julesburg, came down yesterday to the Herald
office for some job work. He says
Skip McNew has sold the Julesburg Champion to Fred Thompson, formerly of the Holyoke Sun."
JULESBURG ADVOCATE
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March 1888
" Sterling is a low, alkali bottom, but her three newspapers, backed by three or four
enterprising citizens comprising her board of trade, have made the town known far and near.
The newspapers of a town are the legitimate mediums through which to advertise its advantages. Julesburg,
next to Atwood, is the best town site on the Julesburg line, but the town will not again come to the
front unless her people wake up and advertise their locality vigorously. The Tribune has struck the keynote
to success - can it persuade its leading
men to respond by joining the procession? Bro. McNew, we wish you success." - Longmont Press
April 1889 Sterling 
November 1899 Sterling "
Skip McNew was elected county clerk of Sedgwick county Tuesday and has sold his paper, Grit,
to Editor Braxton of the Julesburg Advocate."
" The many Sterling friends of H. C. McNew, of Julesburg, will be pained to learn of the death of his only son, Albert H. McNew. He died at Green River, Wyoming, after an illness of only a few hours on Wednesday, Nov, 6th, 1907."
CALVERT DEMOCRAT
February 17 1888 Holyoke
"Twenty-Nine Mile Siding is no more. The place heretofore known by that name will henceforth be called Calvert - the name of the postoffice . The postoffice in. charge of Postmaster , McDonald is in running order, the mail being brought out from Sterling Tuesdays and - Fridays of each week .
February 1888
"Calvert (29 Mile Siding) Democrat is the name of the new paper on the west of us.
J. C. Gordon is editor.
There will be three more papers in the county soon. Let her slide. Logan county’s homesteaders are millionaires
and they will support them."
January 19, 1889 Sterling "We sympathize with our brother editor R. F. Addis,
of the Calvert Democrat, in the loss of his good wife, whose death occurred last week,
of consumption. Mrs. Addis was a most estimable lady, and will be greayly missed by a
wide circle of friends."
Robert's mother Lucy had claimed land in Logan County, and Robert went to Weld County, then Elbert County, then Denver, then Utah, dying 1937 in Lehi, Utah.
HOLYOKE SUN
February 1889 Sterling "Mr. Frank Thompson, editor of the Holyoke Sun, pulled the Advocate
latch string this week. He thinks Sterling as far ahead of Holyoke as Denver is of Julesburg
- and the Advocate on top of em all. Call again."
HOLYOKE HERALD
A July 1908 article said "
The first newspaper published at Holyoke was the Logan County News, the first
number of which was issued August 9th 1887 in a little sod shanty near the
Gordon house with B. F. Williams as editor.
The State Herald was founded September 10, 1887 in a little shack southwest
of the stock yards, with C. W. Painter and W. N. Jordan as editors.
Afterwards the State Herald and the News were combined with J. H. Painter as
editor and proprietor."
May 1888 Holyoke "
At the residence of the bride's parents at Neponset, Ill., Wednesday, May 16,
Miss Mary H. Russell was united in the bonds of matrimony to Wm. N. Jordan,
junior editor of the State Herald. We extend hearty congratulations to Mr.
and Mrs. Jordan."
February 1889 Holyoke "
Frank Pearson and Jas. Henderson, of Elsie, Neb., were visiting their
cousins, J.R. Painter and the editor Tuesday night."
May 1890 Sterling
"Mr. J. H. Painter is now editor of the Holyoke Herald, 'bum' Davis having fled.
The Advocate is pleased to note that the Herald is again under the management of a
reputable man."
January 1890 Holyoke "
The Herald is soon to change hands. Major Davis will be the editor, he comes well recommended.
Major Davis has gone to Lincoln to attend the Nebraska Horticultural and Agricultural convention."
Perhaps T.J. McDonald worked at the Herald
August 1891 "
T. J. McDonald has been suffering from a very sore eye, probably the result of reading too many democratic exchanges.
May 1893 "
T. J. McDonald left Holyoke yesterday for Canon City, where he goes to take a position us prison guard. Mac will be missed In Holyoke, but we shall expect to see him on the streets of Holyoke again occasionally as he has become so attached to the place that he cannot stay away very long at a time.
July 1900 "
T. J. McDonald, formerly of this county but for some time a resident of Round Head Ohio, in a recent letter to us
says: "We like your consistent stand so finances and say, go on." He is still a reader of the Herald. "
HOLYOKE TRIBUNE
August 1890 Sterling
"This office acknowledges a friendly visit from H. J. Porter, editor of the Holyoke
Tribune last Monday. Mr. Porter is giving Phillips county a rattling good newspaper and
deserves to be congratulated. Call again Mr. Porter, our Iatch string is always on the outside
"
STERLING INDEPENDENT
September 1891 "Sterling has a new paper. It is called the Independent and will be
conducted in the interests of the Alliance. R. P. Addis is publisher and
J. W. Rolandis manager. Its editorial staff is not given but we suppose the bright lights
of the party will be regular contributors. With the grangers behind the new venture its
advertising columns should pay. We should even expect to see Jud Brush advertising his
steers upon its pages. Nothing like keeping solid with the farmers."
- Weld County Democrat.
1902 Elbert County "Mrs. Lucy S. Addis of Denver is visiting her son, R. F. Addis, three miles east of town."
Lucile Addis Bliss
BIRTH 31 Aug 1872
Illinois,
DEATH 11 Mar 1941 (aged 68)
Napa County, California,
BURIAL
San Francisco National Cemetery
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California,
PLOT PPNAW, 417
MEMORIAL ID 3521045
January 1903 Elbert County Banner "R.F. Addis is again assisting in this office."
January 1904 Elbert County "Mrs. M. Christensen came out from Denver Tuesday
evening to spend a few days with her sister, Mrs. R. F. Addis."
WEMPLE OPTIC
January 1890 Sterling
"The Wemple Optic is a new paper published on the southeast quarter of section 10, town 6,
range 50, where a town will soon be platted to be called Wemple. In politics it will be independent.
The advocate wishes the new venture success."
"W. N. Thumwent to Denver Wednesday to buy a printing office for LeRoy.
The Wemple Optic is but several miles from that place. If this thing continues
ere long every well regulated family in the county will have a newspaper of its own. There’s
big money in country newspapers. Only ten or twelve have turned up their toes to the daisies
in Logan county in the past few years."
STERLING TIMES
May 1888 Holyoke "F. A. Cheeley, of the Piatte Valley Record, and M. A. McGinnis of the Sterling City Times, called at this office during our absence last week."
November 1888 Holyoke 
November 1888 Holyoke "We are informed that M. A. McGinnis has sold the Sterling Times
to E. E. Armour and W. S. Jenkins. These gentlemen will change the politics of the
paper and make it republican. The consideration we are told, was $1,000."
1889 Sterling 
May 1906 Sterling "M. A. McGinnis who is mentioned in press dlspatches as having been convicted
in Kansas City, for forgery was well known here. He was a resident here for about a year and came to this
city from Julesburg in 1887. For one year he served as deputy county clerk. His reputation here was not of
the best and while no charges were ever brought against him he was mistrusted."
December 1888 Holyoke "We received the Sterling Times last week under the management
of the new editor, W. S. Jenkins. It is now republican in politics,
much improved typographically and locally, and, in fact every way."
May 1889 Holyoke State Herald "Jenkins, of the Sterling Times, is badly mistaken in stating that he
has the largest job press outside of Denver. The Herald job press is 11 x 17 inches inside
chase, while the Times press is only 10 x 15 inches."
May 1889 Holyoke "We rise to remark and notify mourners that the Sterling
Times newspaper is no more. It expired from patronage limitation, and has
been quietly and peacefully absorbed by the old reliable Logan County Advocate -
printing material, subscription list and all. In the newspaper, as well as in other avocations,
it is the survival of the fittest and the fellows who attempt to fill tho imaginary
;kibg felt wants; generally come out of the spout of the tureen a little the worse for wear.
— Sterling Advocate.
We suspected that this result would be brought ahout some time ago. Sterling,
like Holyoke, has been unfortunate, by being over crowded with newspapers.
Two good local newspapers is enough
for Sterling, and Holyoke would fare much better had she but two papers."
September 1889 Sterling Advocate "Geo. Addis, who formerly held cases on this paper, was in the
city Friday, and of course
paid his respects to this office. George says he is holding down a claim up near Raymer.
Success to you, George."
September 1890 " Geo. Addis is working in Holyoke, holding cases on the News."
RAYMER (Weld County" HERALD
November 1889 Holyoke
"S.H. Shoemaker, of Raymer, one of the editors of the Raymer Herald, was in
Holyoke over Sunday, the guest of Mr. Frailer of the Gordon House. He
reports the little burg on the boom."
CURTIS (Washington County) Record
June 1888 Holyoke
"The editor of the Curtis Record stopped over a train Wednesday night . We
like his appearance and will exchange with him."
CURTIS COURIER
May 1888 Holyoke
"A. G. Harlan, formerly editor of the Curtis Courier, was in town this
week."
CHASE (Chase County, Nebraska) REPUBLICAN
November 1887 Holyoke
"Capt. J. C. Hayes, Geo. Lindsey and J. S. Shoemaker, formerly editor
of the Chase Republican, were in the city on Tuesday taking in the sights.
They were highly pleased with the monstrous growth of our town and possibly
one or more of them may locate here in the future.
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