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well as the B. R. &. P. Railroad, no schedule of trains in the early
inception of these roads can be found.
Two optimistic young men in 1879 conceived the idea of
starting a weekly newspaper and they called it the "DuBois City
Courier." The firm was Butler and Horton. Mr. B. H. Butler, of
Southern Pines, was the senior member, and a Mr. Horton the other.
This paper was finally purchased by the late J. A. Johnston, who in
June, 1882, inserted the word "weekly" in the heading of the paper,
thus making it the "DuBois Weekly Courier."
The first issue of the "DuBois Morning Courier" as a
daily paper was made on the first of January, 1888.
Some time after that E. S. Gray and E. W. Gray
purchased all the outstanding interest and organized a corporation
called the Gray Printing Company, which has continued the
publication of the DuBois Morning Courier.
On the 12th of August, 1883, another firm by the name
of Hoag, Wilson & Co., started a weekly paper called the "DuBois
Express." Hoag retired from the firm and the paper was published by
H. C. Wilson and Frank McMichael. These two persons subsequently
went to Clearfield and established a new weekly newspaper called
"The Public Spirit." These parties sold the Public Spirit and
returned to DuBois and organized a corporation entitled "Express
Publishing Company" and added to their firm, John P. Wilson and C.
A. Reed. After a time the Express was changed to the "Evening
Express." The property became vested in David Reams, who finally
sold it to D. C. Whitehill, and Whitehill disposed of it to E. A.
Hasbrook, who continued to publish the paper until May 16, 1927,
when it was taken over by the Gray Printing Company and is now
published as an evening paper and still continues as the "Daily
Express."
One Charles J. Bangert became ambitious and published a
little gossip sheet called "The Minute." He had learned to set type
and being averse to working in his mother's store as a boy amused
himself with "The Minute." Finally, he went to the town of Falls
Creek in its more prosperous days, and published what was known as
the "Falls Creek Herald." Subsequently, Bangert concluded that he
was entitled to a wider field and he associated with him V. King
Pifer. They moved their plant to DuBois and published a paper called
"The Morning Herald." Mr. Pifer sought a wider field and this paper
died.
Subsequently, W. J. Hines, who had published a
newspaper in Corry, Pa., moved a part of his outfit to DuBois and
opened up a job printing office. He, too, became ambitious to
educate the public and securing some backing from some persons who
seemed to have more money than judgment he was able to launch what
was known as the "Morning Journal," in opposition to the Morning
Courier. Fortunately for posterity the files of this paper burned in
a fire in
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