Commentary on the news coverage in Becker, published in the Sherburne County Star News, 6 August
1896:
Miss Grace, looking over our shoulder, remarked, “I know why all your
items don’t appear. The editor can’t
read your writing.”
An interesting explanation in the columns of the Sherburne County Times 23 March,
1899. I am not sure if this is the
writing of a frustrated editor, or a need to fill space.
Newspaper men are blamed for a lot of things they can’t help, such as
partiality in mentioning visitors, giving news about some folks and leaving
others out, etc. The newspaper man
cannot help this. He simple prints the
news he can find. Some people inform him
about such things and others do not.—Ed.
An interesting perspective to contemplate as we search for
news of our ancestors in the newspapers.
Maybe our kin are simply not that informative.
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