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"The Corner Stone Laid"

Newspaper article

By: Miamisburg News

Date: July 15, 1909

Source: Miamisburg News, Miamisburg, Ohio, July 15, 1909.

About the Publication: The Miamisburg News issued its first paper on April 1, 1880. One of four early newspapers reporting on the small town of Miamisburg in southwestern Ohio, the News covered all significant local events. The publisher and editor, Charles Kinder, was a descendant of one of the city's oldest families, and he followed in the footsteps of his uncle, also a newspaper publisher in Ottawa, Ohio. Kinder, in addition to publishing the newspaper, was mayor and postmaster, and his motto was that "Every small city needs good streets, good libraries, first-class schools, good citizenship, in the securing of which the local newspaper can and does aid more than any other agency." Though currently owned by a different publisher, the...

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