The Mears Newz

The Mears Newz was published by Swift Lathers, its founder and editor.

Lathers worked as reporter, writer, editor, printed the newspapers on a foot-operated printing press, and would hand deliver the newspapers locally.

[1][2][3][4] It was published on a paper that was smaller than the normal size bond.

[3] Its size was approximately that of a postcard at about five by seven inches and consisted of four pages.

The newspaper was in production for 56 years and the subscription cost never changed.

Typical front page
Lathers' poem "The Harvest Moon"
The Mears News of August 7, 1914