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The Mountain Echo

Luther E. McQuesten1916-11

San Lorenzo Valley Museum

San Lorenzo Valley Museum
Boulder Creek, United States

November 11, 1916 edition of the Mountain Echo newspaper printed on Cottonwood leaves sealed in plastic. Printed front and back. The front is shown here.
In 1916 Luther E. McQuesten took over as publisher of the “Mountain Echo” newspaper. Owed money by his subscribers, faced with the high cost of printing and a paper shortage, he printed four editions of the newspaper on, according to “The American Printer”, Cottonwood leaves. In the subsequent edition he printed the text of all four, for those who might have found the “fig leaf editions” difficult to read.
Catalog No: 2004-051-0027a

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  • Title: The Mountain Echo
  • Creator: Luther E. McQuesten
  • Date Created: 1916-11
  • Date Published: 1916-11-11
  • Physical Location: Boulder Creek, California, USA
  • Location Created: Boulder Creek, California, USA
  • Physical Dimensions: 5" x 6"
  • Provenance: Irwin Collection
  • Subject Keywords: Mountain Echo, Newspaper, Boulder Creek, Cottonwood
  • Transcript:
    The Mountain Echo Boulder Creek, CAL. $2 per Year. 10c. per Copy Luther McQuesten, Editor and Manager Nov. 11, 1916. Vol. XX. No.51 Editorial The writer has the mechanical ability, courage and determination to make the "Echo readable. Most of the community have felt kindly towards the "Echo" and their interest and support have been appreciated. Advertisers used to pay for space according to the subscription list. Now they pay according to the business done. A person that will let his little home paper get two years behind will do the same to the grocer and butcher. A. M. Grassini has opened up a shoe repairing shop in the old drug store at the corner of Forest street. Besides a line of shoes, he has gent's furnishings and hats. He is doing a line business already. A rustic station has been built at Philliphurst. A party of young people from San Jose spent the Halloween holiday with Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Weir. Those who enjoyed the [occasion] were: Genevieve Corotto, Philip Knowles, Blanche Kerr, George [Millard] and Allen Millard. Go to the B.C.M.A. For Groceries and General Merchandise. Next to P.O.
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  • Publisher: Luther E. McQuesten
  • Rights: Public Domain
  • Medium: Print on Cottonwood Leaf
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