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A man named IREDALE came to Glasgow about 1818 of whom not
much is not. He was not here on the 1810 census, nor the
1820. He published an unknown paper, apparently for just a
year or so.
William Blackstone KILGORE was the next to try his hand,
and in 1828 give or take he published a small little paper.
No copies remain of this. He was considered a
"card" in his day, prudent, a good business man,
he acquired money easily. He had a mulatto slave named
Adaline who was reputed to be an excellent cook and laundry
lady. Several stories are repeated
about her with great humor.
About 1846, James VIRDEN came to Glasgow and brought with
him and up-to-date printing outfit. He published only one
year and pulled the plug. His wife and sister supposedly
introduced hoop skirts to the ladies of Glasgow. He must
have moved before the 1850 census.
ATKINSON and WATSON were the next to try their hand; they
were in business for about a year publishing the Kentucky
Reveille. (There were two Atkinson families on the 1850
census, however, both are shown as shoemakers.
They soon sold out to L P CRENSHAW who continued for about
another year. L P was also a lawyer in town per the 1850
census, and had three printers working for him - John C
Noble, Andrew J Harbison and Wm. Smith.
He sold to John NOBLE who was a "cross-eyed Canadian
Irishman" This is the Noble shown above, he
was 27 years old on the 1870 census. CRENSHAW moved to
Louisville where he was a hotel keeper and in the real
estate business - then abandoned those careers and became a
circuit riding Methodist minister. NOBLE hired James
W(ilson) GORIN to be the editor but he found it a boring job
and not a job that would make him much money and he quit.
In 1854, Col W F EVANS and Dr W J DICKEY began the Glasgow
Journal. Dickey withdrew - then Evans. They were succeeded
by SMITH and PARKER and their paper was named the Journal in
1859. Smith published as "The Free Press" until
the Civil War began - he took off for the north ("north
of the Ohio River" from when he came.") I don't
know yet which Smith he was. Parker went to Elizabethtown,
his home territory.
In 1865, Dr. FORBES joined with W L PORTER. Porter was the
"carrier and devil". They began the Glasgow Times
which was named by Bruce EVANS. They were succeeded by GEERS
& MUNFORD, then by E Y KILGORE who employed Lewis
McQUOWN and S E JONES and others as editors. Kilgore sold
out to John D WOODS, who sold to James M RICHARDSON who was
editor in 1906. This paper is still in publication as our
Glasgow Daily Times.
There have been other papers: The Glasgow Republican (still
in print as a weekly, published by the Times), The Glasgow
News.
No newspapers exist before the Civil War. Many of the
Glasgow Times and Republican's were burned in a devastating
fire on the court house square when they were located there.
Most actual papers are gone before 1949, however, many exist
on microfilm at the public library. Some are fragments of
the paper, but many, dating back to the 1870's exist.
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