The End of the News-Recorder
Publisher B.M. Price closes the Eltopia newspaper, turning his focus from the press to farming near Olympia.
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The News-Recorder, published by Mr. B. M. Price at Eltopia, will suspend publication tomorrow, says the Statesman. The outfit will be stored temporarily at that place pending its disposal by the owner. Mr. Price has purchased a 120-acre farm near Olympia where he expects to engage in the livestock and fancy poultry business. He has long been recognized as one of the ablest newspaper men in the state, but ill health and unfavorable conditions now compel him to seek pursuits not so exacting. The subscription accounts, county official printing, good will and all other business held by the News-Recorder have been acquired by The Statesman. Owing to the nature of some of this work it will be necessary to incorporate the name also. Those who have paid their subscriptions to the News-Recorder will receive this paper.
“He has long been recognized as one of the ablest newspaper men in the state, but ill health and unfavorable conditions now compel him to seek pursuits not so exacting.”
The consolidation of local media—where one paper swallows the subscription lists and assets of another—has been a defining feature of the Washington newspaper landscape for over a century.
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