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Hudson Democrat HISTORY AND LAYOUT The Hudson Democrat was created and written by O. F. Jones. The first issue of the Hudson Democrat was released on October 22, 1868. Their slogan was “Devoted to the Interests of St. Croix Valley”. The layout of the paper was laid out in a way that was easy to read for people in Saint Croix Valley area. There were multiple columns that could be read from the left top to the right bottom. It started with an insert about a certain topic for the paper, and in the right hand margin included ads for services and goods in the area. The ads for goods and services included hotels, restaurants, insurance agents, and many other things offered in the area. There are also job listings for any openings in the area such as at the printing press or in the lumber yard. Lost and found items are also advertised in the Hudson Democrat in order to help find the item or find the owner of the item. Each page starts off with a heading telling the author, date, and under the date was the heading of the next article for the paper. The trend of ads continues on the next page of the paper. Further down the right margin it includes services offered to the citizens of the St. Croix area. The newspaper also goes into national and international news as well to help keep people up to date on what is going on in their world and nation. Readers are also informed about different movements and laws around the area such as the Anti Liquor Movement. The Hudson Democrat was published once a week, on Fridays. It cost $2.00 for a year subscription of the paper. The newspaper also included ads for controversial topics and groups that were prevalent to the time era of this paper such as the Ku Klux Klan found on page 2, volume 2, number 50. The time that this was published the topics it was a normal event. The Hudson Democrat’s last issue was December 31, 1874. O. F. Jones sold The Hudson Democrat to the publishers of True Republican, a competing paper. The Hudson Democrat and True Republican were merged into one newspaper. EDITOR O. F. Jones was the editor of the Hudson Democrat from the first edition in 1868 until it was sold in 1874. His passion for the press began in 1864 while he was a telegraphic correspondent of the “Chicago Times”. He became a traveling correspondent for the “Chicago Times” until September of 1868. While working for the “Chicago Times” he was able to gain experience and insight on the press and printing. Close after leaving “Chicago Times” he founded The Hudson Democrat. His background in communication, especially from the big city. This gave him a great basis and background to start a successful paper. Without this knowledge he would not have been able to bring news and events to the people who lived in rural Wisconsin.