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f3 ~ Page 2 Section 1 THE NORWICH GAZETTE September 24, 1975 es . ' 0 c 4 | | _â€" _ One hundred years of service _ j C 3 & s the Standard. | f A â€" & . ; A. 0 was known as. k ; , CA~ $ <p 1 of John _ Neither Claudius 6f J°§ephbut Along with his PPA S"“f»fiifi’& | ; THE PUBLISHING HISTORY Printing _ however was _ Stover St. in the rear f were printers by trade _ and Wallace, Mr. | ( OF THE GAZETTE established in the village many _ Tidey‘s drug store. '_I‘he office Joseph was quite a mechanical ublished the paper for almost a | i By E.J. Shrubb years before, by two brothers > was probably unique in the fact :nitll)s he made case after case peaf "For unknown reasons the | j 1875â€"1975 Claudius and Joseph A. Tidey. _ that outside of two Washington Ef wo‘o,den type. The type was yubli"cation was suspended in . | i The history of newspapering Tideys Economical Printing _ hand presses and a Bl.‘aldWOOdsl : (x)fiade‘ of applewood trees from gbout the middle of 1876. The | for Norwich goes back one . Establishment as it was known _ platen press, the outfit was all varound the district sawed apd paper was printed on an old â€" hundred years this year. was located on the west side of _ homemade. onmmemmmummmmniczmmemme â€" (JPeSSed tYDE high and palnE Washington hand pi ess. It was a > [ ppmenmmnmmmemmem > pmâ€"us»= eyaie%s*>."" sgelf 2P s s »«}@w stakingly cut by hand. Somf?l four page broad sheet, all home ‘ j J@ M . 2 6 7. +. se l ie nc t | ; s handiwork is "H 5 every letter was ; ® > mag imenariaginnclons e © az es ga e ts +o Ag'ipf sÂ¥ Chrac JOSeph 8 P pt pnnt. EaCh and y § P 4 e oo o ie e e aaraeee ce n m m n oi aneeme nom .. d M‘%& around the Gazette °f"ce'd e. hand set from a typecase, a, $A }A‘ BA _ O tenanectaramesssters ty rarinicternpnitnl famil fiw â€"_~ _All kinds of printing was don d _ time consumming process and a‘ ~ Jn ul °_ . on _ . goen . ) es O . Moge l ) _ O Ee e aer q posters for the merchants !t some of the old papers | f F & & 2 V ue â€" set s es _ eadt DR ] = village to advertise their wares, ; > 4 ‘ra ’2‘} herie ced ‘â€"g“â€"'g;’g & 4 ..,Qia'r [AE BPeEb butsae sw 1. .. C . t Ԥ:4 vl ag + f avallable- \ [4 4 e ts l . o o â€"s e ;;;fi;,é in ;fif% § o> 31 g * k‘ffi which was. N effect the e yc | f â€"â€" 5 "‘_ aee _ "as% ___ 0099 M BR S ELA â€" forerunner of the paPeT. _ oTHERS _ | ; ie j M m e s omm altcthiles |>â€" is lfi’lfilfit tg?g;?crli Tfi]eA?:f?el:g llzlf’:nhers, R.M.., | R KR h â€" hy m sâ€"z4e & o o w4 .W. and A.P. s ; ; | Q‘* â€" LC M â€"AICt â€" S3 [ 14. l()]l) k on the corner of Main and > J.P; and E.G., took over the 1 R Ti es i ty M us e s o . st?;\:;er n redisand sccupied the . plant an d after a few weeks 1 ; â€"si * â€" Ees L s dn comimrmin _ L n â€"â€". ) 3 k \ < . i | f â€"â€" e : A. P. MILLER,. __â€" s ground floor as a general store. _ quickly reâ€"established the paper | $] ‘ i enomamnanananecoenataen ; 3 The printing office was moved â€" under the name by which it is | ye= F _# ’:; e â€" umt orurerae M e ooo _ from across the street to alarge â€" still known, The Norwich i E$ * i Ti otndactdictr Acth es 1 4 "*~ ;. y en .5 ~ room over this store. After the _ Gazette. ted the | Jb . 0P h f T3 eb _ £ To | E Po j move to the new _quartex:s The three operale j ‘ $of , _ Pss pe} f e a ® xo 3 }‘ } tam ho. : e uL ; j id vered his â€" business for about a year when 4 { . o e S e %x, [â€" <wa o on ce |. A e a Joseph Tidey se § a | E ; â€" e PB ie h + o Ty, B& |of [ connections with the business _ J.P. and E.G. left. R.M. staye ; § CY "(’ S i 3 y ,g : t i palke i e f and went to New York. _ _ on and took into par tner;hlp a l § 4 } "~ i & l"‘i o lt it g@fia‘g{-fi? d yB (o o . Claudius Tidey was in conâ€" Peter Craib of Woodstock. | R $ | Fnpoooy fomr d [ s ;‘m““gm:} s s ‘3 Pgyie oo | _ veyancing work and a Robert Records are few and far | f ags 32 00 i ; »L,_«;*fi*iA hd» w . _ McWhinnie from Woodstock _ between in this perioq but what f ;. { L‘T'Tâ€"*:'i‘â€"“_t c c & R took charge of the printing _ records that are ava1{1ab1e tell 3+ - F4 â€" establishment. â€"â€" us that Claudius Tidey, the f 3 M .. 4 : e ... original owner of the prm@ sho;()i : j . mt dajp udnc =ali THE FIRST PUBLISHER > ?aml‘ftg‘f&‘: ‘;:)‘ilt(‘).“w‘;‘naggai‘: e s l en n ie n snn nee m omm s . This arrangement continued,. "SC® { July 6, 1877; i. _ &:*’ zs ~ i es y "*..::Ala«‘.:wi nc s until early in 1875 when Mr. paper_o July 6, t .. patss oi x mss i gase . ne in t oi n ie e C â€" H.G. Pilcher, an Englishman ; ies t es io e no n in oi en ainan w es . from Woodstock, bought the ITOTH_EPUBLIC 4 P e t s s 7 f s y , _ business from Claudius Tidey. gl‘:“tte,me"ilas c emeâ€"tar the + The front of the Miller Block with the Gazetteâ€"staffâ€"appearing at the upper windows. The publisher _â€" In June of that year the first e time € td { T.C. Bartholomew is the older gentleman at the second window from the left. The picture was taken newspaper to be published in establishment of a successfu { in July 1893. B & ' Norwich came off the press. It (Continued on page 3) x f COMPLIMENTS FROM k ‘ 1 + tu=sg CONGRATULATIONS FROM & \ CARM‘S CLEANERS - » acasmsicl | es w / é ‘ond * . y i 6 e css TL T # : o o oo io 4 _ BANK OF MONTREAL | COIN LAUNDROMAT 1" . } f in Laundry and Dry Cleaning Service x 3*, : iA , : * Coin ‘Lau dry Y 8 s 30 Main St. W. 863â€"3022 31 Stover St. S. § 863â€"2619 f : CONGRATULATIONS FROM y COMPLIMENTS FROM f & ‘ ROBERT HARRIS - JAMES M. 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