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 "The Claude News"
N 35° 06.631 W 101° 21.545
14S E 284999 N 3887844
Texas Historical Marker at the offices of The Claude News, 119 Trice St, Claude, TX, noting its history and ownership.
Waymark Code: WMPX4E
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/02/2015
Views: 2
Marker Number: 11
Marker Text:
Established as the "Argus," Jan. 1, 1890, in the new railroad town of Claude. Later it merged with "Goodnight News" to become "Claude News." First publisher, W.S. Decker, sold paper to B.F. Hines, who sold to J. H. Hamner, in 1892. His daughter Laura V., later a foremost historian of the early great ranches of Texas Panhandle, edited the paper in this period. About 1913 Hamner sold to Spurgeon and Marvin Bishop. On Jan. 1, 1916, Thos. T. Waggoner, founder of 4 Oklahoma weeklies, bought the "News." After his death, his sons Wm. J.B. and Cecil acquired ownership, in 1950. (1969)
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