Herr becomes president of the new Clinton County Agricultural Society. Kinsloe and Sons establish The (Lock Haven) Express. The Lock Haven Furniture Company opens on West Church Street.ġ881: J.B.G. The Carpe Diem Club sponsors the first Grand Ball in the Opera House. Central State Normal School opens.ġ878: Allison Township separates from the city.ġ879: Flemington withdraws from the city and establishes its status as a borough. Fire destroys the Hipple and Wilson Planing Mill.ġ877: The Daily Journal begins publication at the first daily newspaper in Lock Haven. The Duke of Riansares, husband of Queen Maria Christina of Spain, visits Lock Haven, seeking to recover some of his wife’s fortune. Price a YMCA is organized.ġ876: River bridge piers are raised by an addition of four feet at the top, and the old bridge superstructure is rebuilt at a cost of about $15,000. Smith is sheriff.ġ873: Cornerstone is laid for the Central State Normal School, on land given by Philip M. 1, 1996: Ogden Newspapers buys The Express.ġ870: An Act of Assembly (March 28, 1870) declares Lock Haven a City, with five wards, the fifth being Flemington Wilson Kistler moves to Lock Haven to build and operate a tannery.ġ871: The new Market House opens at East Church and Grove streets the jail, enlarged at a cost of $22,240, includes 13 cells. June 5, 1993: The first Weekend edition is printed. June 1975: The first newspaper is printed on an eight-unit Gross Community offset press on Main Street. of State College.ġ972: The great flood of this year causes water to rise to nearly six feet inside the business office on Main Street. Production continues there on an eight-page flatbed press until the mid 1960s, when the two papers are combined.ġ969-1975: The Express moves its printing operations to the Himes Printing Co. Nearly 100 years later, the paper continues to operate out of the same building.ġ932: The Weekly Express continues until 1932, when it becomes a daily newspaper.ġ933: The Express purchases its first rotary press and does away with the eight-page Duplex flat bed.ġ934: A tubular press, with stereotyping outfit, is installed and prints up 12,000 editions an hour.ġ935: The Express expands its readership into Centre County to the communities of Blanchard, Howard, Orviston, Monument and nearby.ġ953: Ground is broken for a new addition to the building to house a new press.ġ961: The Express purchases the Jersey Shore Evening News from the Bowes family. 6, 1926: The Express moves to its a new location in the Harris Claster Building at 9 W. July 18, 1917: The Dispatch merges with Express.ġ923: Two weeklies, The Clinton Republican and The Clinton Democrat, are combined into a single weekly, The Lock Haven Weekly Express, until 1932. October 1907: The first linotype in Lock Haven arrives. (now site of SWC Realty next to the Express).Īpril 1, 1904: The Evening Express changes its name to The (Lock Haven) Express. March 1, 1882: The Evening Express publishes its first edition.ġ891: Express Printing operates out of Rynder building at 7 W.
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