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REAR VIEW
A few issues back the Irregular ran a “Find the Typo” contest where readers had to look through a specific issue and see how many typos they could find. Gail Jordan was the winner finding over 100. But the editors liked Anne Richard’s explanation for stopping at 92: “I might have found more, but I’m on vacation.” H.G. Winter & Sons broke ground on a 140- by 140- foot addition that reportedly cost over $250,000. The wood turning mill employed about 80 people. This issue printed two old area newspaper front pages: the Kingfield Reporter from Sept. 4, 1890 and the Wild Woods Echo. Page one of the Reporter devoted the center three columns to a story titled, “Fourteen Days’ outing by the Winter Party.” The two outer columns were local advertisements. C.P. Bryant was the editor and W. W. Morris was assistant editor. With no headlines, the front page of the Echo was filled with little bits of news including: “Eustis. The old man who froze his feet is stopping by Mr. Lishness’. They say his feet are very bad.” And, “Last Wednesday, Johnnie Sylvester cut his foot quite badly. Dr. Lishness dressed the wound and it is doing nicely.” In the midst of these gems, appear items of note that seem more advertising than news: “Keep your nose clean. It will cost you but two cents to buy a handkerchief at J. E. Voter’s.”
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