News: Thorp – Courier in its 90th Year (1972)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Wagner, LaGasse, Elkins

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 16 Nov 1972

With today’s newspaper the Thorp Courier starts its ninetieth years of publication.

The first issue of this newspaper came out on November 12, 1883, with William Wagner Sr. as its founder, editor and publisher until May 1943, when itw as taken over by the late William S. Wagner until March 1965 at his death being taken over by John J. LaGasse and Robert E. Elkins.

This establishment is the oldest in the Thorp (Clark Co., Wis.) community and has progressed with the times from a circulation of about 500 subscribers to the present total of 3400.

The Courier has on its lists many subscribers who have been constant readers for many years, and some who have received the newspaper a life time, and to these and the loyal advertisers who have patronized the newspaper, the publication owes its existence.

With such support the Courier can’t go wrong, and will continue to serve the people of Thorp and vicinity in the future to the best of its ability and benefit to all.