Hughey

Hughey, Mattie Ethel – Obituary

Union, Union County, Oregon Former Resident Passes Away in Union Dec. 22 Friends of Mrs. Mattie Ethel Hughey were shocked to hear of her death Monday morning at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Phillips, in Union. She had been ill the past five weeks and last week left La Grande for the parental home in Union. She died from cancer of the liver, the trouble dating back to over a year ago. Mrs. Hughey was in charge of the telephone exchange here for over three years and made many friends during her stay. She left last … Read more

A History of Waterloo New York Newspapers

Masthead of the Lily in Seneca Falls

The pioneer printer of Seneca County was George Lewis, who, in the year 1815, started in the village of Ovid a small sheet entitled the Seneca Patriot. The office of publication was located on Seneca Street, in the upper story of a building on whose site the engine-house now stands. At the close of a single volume, Mr. Lewis changed the name of his paper to The Ovid Gazette, and when Elisha Williams secured the removal of the County seat to Waterloo, Lewis removed hither with his press in May, 1817, and continued the issue of his paper as The … Read more