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Tri-Counties Genealogy &
History by Joyce M. Tice
Historic Businesses of the
Tri-Counties
Local Business History Section
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Bradford County PA
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Chemung County NY
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Tioga County PA
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Joyce's Search Tip - January 2008
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Do You Know that you can search just the
Business
pages of the site by using the Business button in the
Partitioned search engine at the bottom of the Current
What's New Page? You will also find extensive business information
in the Directory section. |
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Troy Gazette Register - 16 OCT 2008
145 Years of History …
The Troy Gazette Register has had many names during its 145-year history.
A few of those mastheads are shown below. Here is a brief resume of the
newspapers which have become part of the history of the Troy Gazette-Register:
The Troy Times – September 24, 1863, edited
by William H. Baldwin; became
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The Northern Tier Gazette in September 1866.
Augustus S. Hooker joined Baldwin in August, 1866, becoming editor. The
next year Henry Jenkins bought out Baldwin and in 1869, Hooker acquired
sole ownership of the paper. It was acquired by Coles & Van Keuren
of Mansfield in the spring of 1901, and soon after became
The Troy Gazette, edited by D. W. Case and
then Frank E. Van Keuren, who became sole owner in early 1905.
The Weekly Register appeared October 25,
1881, owned and edited by Frank Loomis. It changed its flag and format
soon after, becoming the Troy Register.
The Troy Register was sold by the Loomis
estate in December 22, 1904, Coles & Van Keuren, purchasers. The two
weeklies were then merged into
The Troy Gazette-Register, January, 1905,
with F. E. Van Keuren as editor until June 1, 1926 when he died and his
son Ralph H. Van Keuren became editor.
Ralph Van Keuren died August 22, 1951, and his wife, Mary and son, Ralph,
Jr. ran it until selling to C. Dixxon Avery on January 1, 1953.
| C. Dixxon Avery, and his wife Frances, owned and operated the Troy
Gazette-Register, until his death January 14, 1986. During their ownership,
the newspaper was incorporated and a printing business, Bradco Printers,
was added.
Michael S. Polly and Ronald E. Pine, shareholders and long-time employees
of the Averys’ eventually became the new owners.
Following Mr. Polly and Mr. Pine’s retirement, Thomas E. Pine and Kathleen
Pine Close, took over the business in 1994.
Which brings us to present day and the new owners, effective October
16, 2008, John and Lois Shaffer of Canton, PA. |
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Bradford County PA
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Chemung County NY
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Tioga County PA
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