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A HISTORY OF THE PRESS OF MICHIGAN PREPARED FOR THE CENTENNIAL BY ORDER OF GOV. JOHN J. BAGLEY
TOM S. APPLEGATE, COMPILER
Section II
VAN BUREN COUNTY
Van Buren county has 29, 156 population and nine papers, one of which is a monthly literary publication, the others being of weekly issue.
The first paper printed in the county was started January 1, 1842, was called The Paw Paw Democrat, was democratic in politics, and H. B. Miller was the projector. It lived less than a year.
In 1844, The Paw Paw Free Press was started by Gieger & Gantt. John McKinney, afterward Secretary of State and State Treasurer, was subsequently a proprietor. In 1855. S. T. Conway, now of The True Northerner, was proprietor, and he sold to a stock company, and the company disposed of it to I. W. Van Fossen, who published it for about a year, and then discontinued it and established The Van Buren County Press, which he still continues to issue. It is democratic in politics.
In March, 1855, J. B. Butler started The True Northerner, at Paw Paw. It is republican in politics, and S. T. Conway is the present proprietor.
The Van Buren County Republican was started at Decatur, in June, 1867, by Blackman & Bellows. It is independent in politics, and E. A. Blackman is the present proprietor.
June 18, 1867, D. M. Phillips started The Sentinel at South Haven. It is republican in politics, and Wm. E. Stewart is the present proprietor.
The Day Spring, Hartford, was established in 1871, by its present proprietor, O. D. Hadsell. It is democratic in politics.
The Courier, Paw Paw, was established by Matthews & Lamphere, January
1, 1873. Irvin A. Lamphere is the present proprietor. It is republican in politics.
January 1, 1874, Wm. W. Secord established The Reflector, at Bangor. It is republican in politics, and C. C. Phillips is the present proprietor.
The Advertiser, Lawrence, was established February 10, 1875, by Theodore L. Reynolds. It is independent in polities, and is published by its projector.
Pro Bono Publico, is the name of a monthly literary paper, published at Paw Paw, by George W. Matthews, who established it January 1, 1874:
THE PRESS OF MICHIGAN
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