Newspaper Frankston Citizen's Centennial. (original) (raw)
One of my favorite weekly newspapers, the Frankston Citizen, celebrated its 100th anniversary recently by packing a time capsule with items from 2010.
But what I enjoyed most were reproductions of front pages from the Citizens� issues during the past century.
In the early days, newspapers carried down-to-earth news that you seldom read in newspapers today.
Some examples:
From the front page of Friday, April 7, 1918, the pretty home of a Frankston couple was the scene of a birthday dinner for a friend. And a couple named Kirby and Sanders were married, according to a story at the very top of the front page.
On Friday, January 17, 1945, a proposed highway was announced to connect Frankston with Palestine on the south and with Tyler on the north. We presume this was the beginning of Highway 155, which today is one of the busiest highways in East Texas.
On Thursday, July 16, 1955, a photo of a man holding a squash that appeared to be almost tall as he was appeared on the front page.
On the same page was a story about a Louisiana man who visited Frankstonafter an absence of 41 years. He probably made the front page because he once worked for the Citizen.
In the early days of the 1900s, newspapers often placed advertisements on the front page.
In 1918, the Frankston Fruit Palace advertised a fresh line of biscuits and mixed cakes �direct from the factory.�
At Kickapoo, J.T. Daniels announced that he was now in charge of the Kickapoo Cash Grocery �and would be glad to have at least a part of your trade.�
Thrasher and Dickerson advertised �Cleaning and Pressing, Also Barbering.�
Cole�s Market announced that �we are butchering nice meal-fed beeves, as well as butchered pork, when we can get it.� By the 1930s, however, the ads had disappeared from the front pages, and bigger headlines were being written for local news. On Friday, March 28, the big news was Frankston�s school winning first place in a county event. The news was bannered with a six-column headline. On Thursday, January 18, 2001, a front page headline noted that �Barricades and signs were erected for the widening of State Highway 155,� the same highway that was announced back in 1945.
March 14, 2011 Column.
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