Der Deutsche Demokrat - The history of this aggressive and influential paper dates from the 26th of June, 1885, at which time it was established by C. W. Bente & Company, under the name of Der Henry County Demokrat.
In 1881, the Holgate Times was established in the town of Holgate. The newspaper was a five-column quarto with patent insides under the business management and editorial control of William Johnson.
The Liberty Press was the name of a small, six-column folio started at the village of Liberty Center, in the month of November, 1881, by Rev. J. L. Bushbridge.
The history of the press in Henry county covers a period of about sixty years, the first attempt at starting a paper having been made as early as 1845 by one Martin Shrunk, who issued at Napoleon a small sheet which he called the Journal.
September 8, 1852, is the date on which journalism became a permanent fact in Henry county, that being the time when the first number of the North-West made its appearance at Napoleon.
In 1865 the Republican party in Henry county had gained sufficient strength and influence to justify the establishment of a permanent political organ; accordingly, on September 10, 1865 the first number of the Signal greeted the public, under the manageme