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Show 'J EARLIEST NEWSPAPER IN WEST 'l ' An the Chronicle of a recent date, in ! an obituary notice of the late Henry S. Cauthom, it is suted that . "his grand- father. Elihu Stout founded the first ? newspaper published west of the Alle- IhlnT mountains. Though the date location and name of the paper are not , i given, it may with truth teMld that !' the statement is Incorrect ii burg Pa., Gazette claims to have been :.' i the'nrst newspaper published west of Se! Alleghany mountains. Its claim, however, is not correct The first news- ! ! paper west of the Alleghanles wai 1 to- ! " sued by Ma j. Marschalk. U.S. A,hen stationed at Fort Natches MIm.. .who.-f .who.-f having been a printer took this meth- . - od to while away the tedium of life at a frontier army post and the 1 Orst 1 urn-ber urn-ber of his paper antedated the Gazette ' , by from three to five years.. The , Jour- nil was conUnued. I believe as long as (- MaJ MarschaUs remained at that post M the' early o0s. : whilel en-raced en-raced in -preparing a history of Early Newspapers in Illlnols"-pubUshed by c The 'FVaiklin society in 1871. and now .. fonning the only authentic record of I early Illinois newspapers A. - Marschalk publisher "of a paper at - Af union county. HI., and a son of ' fMarschalk, wrote the above facts i V He also gave " the nsme and ttsf-.J.le ot first issue of his fath- rs'olpr;ot the. letter has long since - DBMffel I have no doubt, however, ' l!f?r!Wectness of Mr. Marschalk's tie diving perhaps they can !'i.:,':Vv:rV.Kl |