Bartley puts on ‘rat blitz’ in 1943

Friday, February 17, 2023

Just to prove how easily I am distracted by historical news items, this column is not going to be about C.W. Barnes, publisher of the McCook Republican, though all the articles will be from the July 23, 1943, issue which also happened to be the issue in which T. E. Barnes announced that the Republican was (hopefully) temporarily suspending publication after 60+ years of continuous operation. C.W. had passed, WWII was in full swing and according to T.E., “permanent reliable printers are hard to find. Unfortunately the type we have had have been incompetent, lazy, and “sick” or have the wanderlust.”

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