Richburg’s Newspapers

learay — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:52:59 +0000

Two newspapers were printed in Richburg during the oil excitement days, The Evening Era and the Oil Echo, the latter being the more popular daily paper, which appeared January 18, 1882. It was printed from new hand set type on a three-revolution hoe press, at a cost of

$4000. It carried at least seventeen columns of advertising. At four o’clock in the morning the press began to roar and an hour later boys were on the street delivering still moist papers brimful of well edited news, sparkling local items and the latest market reports. The subscription rate was $10.00 per year, 5¢ per copy.

(Information from “A History of the Town of Wirt”)

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Richburg’s Newspapers