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MHS Centennial Business: Glenboro Gazette / Baldur Gazette / Baldur-Glenboro Gazette
The first issue of The Glenboro Gazette was published on 25 August 1892. In 1923, the name changed to Western Prairie Gazette but returned to the original name in 1949. It was designated as an MHS Centennial Business. First published on 30 June 1898, The Baldur Gazette (later the Baldur Gazette-News) newspaper has been designated as an MHS Centennial Business. In November 2003, the two papers merged to form The Baldur-Glenboro Gazette.
Publishers (Glenboro Gazette)
Period
Publisher
1892-1893
James I. Ross
1893-1897
?
1898-1905
William Thompson Shipley (1870-1922)
1905-1912
Reuben M. West (1877-1953)
1912-1924
G. J. Oleson
1924-1949
Francis C. Beech (1880-1966)
1949-1967
Franklin Stuart “Frank” Presunka (1919-1985)
Publishers (Baldur Gazette)
Period
Publisher
1898-1907
S. R. P. Cooper
1907-1909
P. F. Curtis
1909
Annie Ferguson Playfair (1871-1947)
1909-1939
Frederick Stevens (1856-1939)
1939-1948
Lorne McLeod
1948-1963
Edna Johnson
1963-?
Earl Johnson
Sources:
“Rural paper changes hands,” Winnipeg Tribune, 1 April 1924, page 5.
“Birthdays,” Winnipeg Free Press, 6 May 1966, page 9.
The Story of Manitoba’s Weekly Newspapers by Major A. M. Pratt, The Manitoba Weekly Newspapers Association, 1970.
Come Into Our Heritage: RM of Argyle, 1882-1982 by the Rural Municipality of Argyle, 1981, page 160.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 15 April 2020
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