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“Thia* could be 1877 as well »s 1949/’ states W. E. Compton, Washington resident, “because ‘Rappahannock News’ was printed, in tibis same building that year—and here it is again.”

With the aid of County Clerk Jamea X, -Settle, Mr... Compton has located the riffaei > papers published in Rappahanndbk county; Rappahannock News id 1877; The (Blue Ridge Echo in 1878;. The Call; , and The Blue' Ridge Guide, 1886-1936.

"The Rappahannock News” was published by J. R. Grove of Lonaconing, Md., for, the duration of a year. Mr. Grove went to Warrenton where he busied himself in a political campaign at the time Eppa Hunton was a candidate for Congress. Grove continued his career in the government printing office. His brotherin- law, William Powell, was the first “printer’s devil” in*Rappa-‘

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