EXPRESS AND HERALD

EXPRESS AND HERALD. In October, 1854, the Herald and the Miners' Express united under the name Express and Herald. In December, 1854, Merritt, Mahony and Dorr were publishers and proprietors of the paper. (1)

            The Daily Miners' Express is dead, buried and resurrected — its
            death was sudden, decomposition rapid and fusion with neutral
            elements instantaneous. Out of this fused union of apparently
            incongruous elements springs into the glorious life and liberty 
            of democratic existence a journal to be entitled the Express and
            Herald, to be enlarged and issued from the Herald office. Who
            fathers this new production, or who will nurse its infancy and
            guide it to manhood doth not yet appear. The union is wonderful
            — chemical synthesis is at fault for Merritt and Mahony are one.
                                      (Observer, October 27, 1854.) (2)

In 1855 Mahony and Dorr had business difficulties which were settled by the courts; Dorr remaining in possession. The Express and Herald under Dorr was less abusive, personal and libelous than it had been under Mahony. (3)

In January, 1855, the Express and Herald installed an AdamsXbook and news steam press of the largest size, weighing about six tons. The press, however, was not operated in 1855. In the meantime, in November, 1855, the Davenport Gazette also established and put in operation a large steam press. Although Dubuque was the first to install, it was second in putting in operation the first steam press in the state. (4)

The 1858-1859 Dubuque City Directory listed 98 Main.

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Source:

1. Oldt, Franklin T., History of Dubuque County Iowa. Chicago: Goodspeed Historical Association, 1880. http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/franklin-t-oldt/history-of-dubuque-county-iowa-being-a-general-survey-of-dubuque-county-histor-tdl/page-11-history-of-dubuque-county-iowa-being-a-general-survey-of-dubuque-county-histor-tdl.shtml

2. Ibid.

3. Ibid. p. 12

4. Ibid.