In this column, we take a look back one hundred years ago in western Washington County. This week, the clips come from the Washington County News-Times and the Hillsboro Argus, each published July 6, 1922.Want more local history? Visit the Banks Historical Society online at www.bankshistory.org for Banks-area history, and[Read More…]
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Dispatches from history: Western Washington County June 29, 1922
In this column, we take a look back one hundred years ago in rural western Washington County. This week, the clips come from the Washington County News-Times, published June 29, 1922.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County June 15, 1922
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Dispatches from history: Western Washington County June 2, 1922
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Dispatches from history: Western Washington County May 26, 1922
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Dispatches from History: Political ads from the 1922 primary elections
With “polls” closing at 8 p.m., and an expected delay in results as ballots trickle in over the next week and beyond, why not take a moment to look at some political ads… from 1922? These advertisements appeared in the May 11, 1922 edition of the Washington County News-Times. Back[Read More…]
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County May 11, 1922
Snoop into the lives of people who lived in Gales Creek, Banks, Timber, Kansas City, and other far west rural communities in 1922.
From the newsroom: How this newspaper is tackling election night
Readers of this newspaper can expect fact-based recounting of vote tallies as they are published. We do not “call” close races, avoiding incorrect and embarrassing moments such as those recently experienced by our larger peers in an attempt to be “first.” Instead, we’ll note if a race has a large[Read More…]
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County May 4, 1922
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From the newsroom: Gales Creek Journal launches new website
Visitors to our website may have noticed a change in how things look. We are in the final steps of completing a complete website, publishing platform, and email newsletter change. For the majority of our readers, nothing—other than the look of our website and newsletters—will change.