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Weiser City Leader

The first paper of Weiser was published Thursday, August 31, 1882, by Stine & Mitchell. It was called The Weiser Leader, in November, 1882 J.W. Haworth took charge of the paper; January, 1883. Dr. S.M.C. Reynolds became editor; then Henry D. Street took his turn for a short time. Wm. P. Glenn succeeding him. Thus the Leader changed hands four times in a little over two years of its infancy.

From Lois Hill Titus

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At some point, Robert E. Lockwood went to work at the Leader for awhile. He then took a job in Caldwell for three months before returning to Weiser to begin publication of the Signal on December 18, 1890.

The newspaper did very well and in September 1891, Lockwood bought the Leader and combined it with the Signal.

Although Lockwood did not retain the Leader name, the purchase established a publishing lineage back to Weiser’s earliest days. The Illustrated History considered the Signal to be “one of the best [newspapers] in southwestern Idaho.” For several years after 1893, Lockwood also served as an officer of the Idaho Press Association.

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On Aug. 31, 1882, the first issue of the Weiser City Leader newspaper was published. Stories printed in that issue included: “The school house is being furnished with new desks and otherwise improved” and “Bill Allison is the happiest man in Washington County. It’s a boy.”

Publishers Stine & Mitchell noted in that first issue of their newspaper, “We have pledged ourselves to publish a politically neutral paper.”

From Idaho Stateman – June 20, 2020

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