Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1930, Page 92

Printing Art Always Flourishe % £ e 3 gi | i i ; mak e, of the oppress'd break; crumble an army’s might, stre in a righ Y, n@ teous . t.hc in pl-c.e'u ‘v::l‘x‘).ll.i mfl":& g4 é gg U J e =8 bt 3 L3 i s tiek! different tools to work with. ASHINGTON has been a good printer’s printing the ‘Impartial Observer and Washing- ton Advertiser on May 22 of that year from its office, at Four-and-a-half and P streets southwest. Of course, Georgetown had its newspapers be- and consequently employed a very large industry, as you well know. Following the publishing of this paper, however, came into existence other ne and printing offices, until in January, 1815, the printers of this city deemed it advisable to form the Columbia Typographical Society, which continued in operation until it was merged into Union, No. 101, in Society ‘were not actually closed out until No- vember 12, 1881, when the secretary, Michael Caton, gave $31.50 to each of the following members of the society “in full of all de- mands”: Charles I. Canfield, William E. Moore, 2 it is always a fascinating work to delve into the past and read over of the city’s pioneer cit- and connect them with the families of the present day, many of whom, no doubt, are descendants of Washington'’s first residents as Well as of the founders of the Columbia Typo- graphical Society. As might naturally be sup~ there were not many printers in the in 1815, but it is quite likely that ¥ i 2 g Lawrence, William Dougherty, H. G. Poster, James B, Carter, Robert Dodson, Augustin P. Searing, D. Tuttle, D. Force, T. Byrne, John Buter and W. 8. D. Grusko. memory Jacob Gideon, a soldier of the Revolution, died March 3, 1841, aged 87 years.” The National Intelligencer of March 5, 1841, fecords his death in the following notice: “Died, in this city on Wednesday evening, the 3rd instant, Mr. Jacob Gideon, sr, a soldier of the Revolution, aged 87 years. “His friends and acquaintances and those of is son, Jacob Gideon, jr., are requested to BN AN IRY g -4 AL N RAAN . “WHE SUNDRY STAR, WASHINUTON, B €, WARCY 9 ™9 Columbia Typographical Society of Last Century Was Influential in City Affairs. W ashington Had Several Mayors From Among Those Who Followed This Trade—Maj. Saxton, Civil War Veteran, a Centenarian Type- setter— “Bill’ Maloney and Stuart Robson. Maj. William S. Saxton, ex-pri and a member of the Association of Oldest printer Inhabitants of the District of Columbia, who is now nearing his 101st birthday. attend his funeral this morning, Priday, at 11 o’clock from the residence of his son, on Sev- enth street between E and F streets.” John B. Larner, president of the Washington Loan & Trust Co, is a descendant of this society. Indeed, the old society had on its roll many well known printers, quite a number of whom who, the records state, was admitted as a member in October, 1837; James Clephane, ad- mitted March, 1822; John F. Crocker, March, TIRTOIRE Vitsegti + BN TR F DRE anavas 1834; Judah Delano, 1816; F. M. Detweiler, January, 1850; Peter Force, 1816; L. A. Go- bright, 1834; Willlam H. Gobright, 1836; Jo- seph , 1854; John G. Judd, 1856; Thomas Larner, 1816; Jacob Gideon, 1815; Michael Larner, 1825; N. D. Larner, 1851; enry Wendell, 1854; Enoch White, February, 1825, and James Witherow, 1852. (:OIMUB ALEXANDER became one of ‘Washington’s wealthiest residents and for years conducted a printing office here. He is from to 1839. His National Calendar, published an- nually from 1820 to 1836, except for the years iz ;?;zmg? 5§§§ §;§ EEE §.= [HEH L T i g lry (i E i i E% i £ THITIL gS%E;EiEI g EEE:“ il i 3;3 ggg £ryd £ £ 2 £ ‘ £ ?