THE PRESS

The Monmouth Atlas is the oldest newspaper published in this section of the country. It was started in the year 1845 by C. K. Smith. E. S. Byron and F. K. Smith were for a short time associated with him m its management, but through his labor and perseverance the paper became a valuable contributor to the development of the country and its steady and prosperous growth. The present senior proprietor, Jno. S. Clark, purchased the establishment of Mr. Smith in 1857. In the fall of 1865 he sold an inter est to J. H. Reed, who assisted in its management until May, 1869, when Mr. R. was succeeded by Samuel S. Clark, and with an unimportant exception, the business has since been conducted by Jno. S. Clark & Son. In their hands the establishment has increased to several times its dimensions when purchased by Mr. Clark, more than twenty years ago, and the circulation of the paper has kept pace with the increase of population. Mr. Geo. Rankin is now connected with the paper. The Atlas is recognized as one of the leading and most prosperous Republican newspapers of the State.

The Review was established in 1855 by the present editor and proprietor, Mr. A. H. Swain, who has been a practical printer since 1845, learning his trade in Pennsylvania. He commenced the publication of the Review, bringing his material with him, in an old brick building on Main street, where he remained one year. At the expiration of that time he removed his presses to Patterson's block on East street, where he published the paper four years. He then returned to Main street to a room in Carr's block, where he published the paper until 1876, when he removed the office to its present location in Ivingsbury's block on Broadway. Mr. Swain publishes the official Democratic paper of the county, and since its commencement has never missed a number.

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