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The Kincardine News
Rich
,The purchase of the Kincar-
dine News from R.G. (Goldie)
Buckingham in October of 1969
by Signal -Star Publishing Ltd.
was just another chapter „in
Kincardine's rich history of
ro newspaper transfers and
amalgamations.
Thea Western Canadian Com-
monwealth was the name of the
first paper published in Kincar-
dine when it was known as the
village of Penetangore. It made
its first' appearance in August
of 1857 and was published by
John McLav of Glasgow,
Scotland.
This papef• wasblater•sold to
:Kincardine
editor
Eric IIoU'(1Id
in histor
'Joseph Lang who renamed it
the Bruce Review. The printing
office, located at the site of the
present post, office, burned to
the ground on October 9, 1870.
Both of the above papers
were published in the interest
of the Liberal Party but
Charles Cliffe came to Kincar-
dine from Sault St. . Marie to
establish the Bruce Review as a
Conservat've paper. .It was
later solFo T.C. Bartholmess
who changed the name vof the
-paper to the Kincardine :Stan-
dard.
In 1882 the paper was sold to
Andrew Denholm who turned
around and sold it four years
later to Joseph Lang., It:, was
sold to Col. Hugh Clark in
1890.
Col. Clark operated Ole
paper until May 7, 1925 when
it amalgamated with the, Kin-
cardine Reporter 'under the
ownership of J.J. Hunter.
Kincardine's second paper
had been started in 1866 'by
Albert Andrews and was
known as the Bruce Reporter.
It was sold in the 1870's to T.
Crahbe and •1,I-1. Brownell, sold
again, in 1879 .to W.M. Dac•k
and later to a .S., Gadd before
it wt•J
as finally purchased by .J..J,
Hunter in 1905, '
After amalgamating the
Review or Standard with the
Reporter in 192.5, Mr. Hunter a
short tirne later purchased the
Ripley Express from George --
Mooney
But the town was not long in
gettinr; another newspaper a4'
Art Rogers Sr. started, the Kin-
cardine New in 1926. He, and
later his son, published the
News until 1953 when Mr.
Buckingham bought the paper
- Kincardine
• advertising
manager
John. Garton
from the widow of Art. Rogers
junior.
Meanwhile the Review -
Reporter had been purchased
by the Kingston Whig -
Standard in 1932. Mr. Rogers
purchased .the Review -Reporter
continued) 'on page 15S
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