Frank and Arthur Manning came west to teach in 1900.
Frank taught at Swan Lake and Roland, and Arthur at Cypress River.
Frank left teaching and founded the first newspaper in Roland, called
the "Roland News". In 1905 the two brothers moved to Reston to start up
a newspaper here, called the "Reston Recorder". That same year Arthur
was hired to teach in Reston. and Frank stayed with the paper until his
death in 1945.
The Recorder itself is the source of the information of how this all
came about and its progress through the years. The Mannings were
looking for a place to establish a newspaper. E. A. McBain, manager of
the local hardware heard from his bookkeeper about the Manning quest
and he contacted them.
At Eastertime, the Mannings made a visit to Reston and within
twenty-four hours, property was purchased and plans made to erect an
office and home. J. B. Stallwood was given the carpenter contract and
by early July the building was ready for
occupation.
On July 13, the printing plant was unpacked and work was started on
getting out the first edition. The first issue was dated July 25, 1905,
and it was in the post office the next day. It was an eight page
edition with four pages of home print and
four pages of boiler plate.
Adapted from Trails Along the Pipestone, page 582
The Reston Recorder
The Recorder, always a sounding board for Reston and district, has
always been the piece of mail most eagerly awaited during the week and
the most thoroughly read.
The home print was done on a Washington hand press with a hand set
type, which meant that every letter was picked individually from a case
and, following the printing, redistributed back into the case for
further use.
Later the diamond press was in turn replaced by a heavier Wharfdale and
this in turn was replaced by a Cottrel. These were cylinder type
presses, which speeded up the operation. A linotype was purchased in
1916 and did away with most of the hand setting of the type. This hand
setting had mostly been done by older boys who came in after school.
A Heidelberg for job printing was purchased about 1945 and a newspaper
folder was installed where previously the papers had been folded by
hand.
Adapted from Trails Along the Pipestone,
page 428
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