News Examiner

News Examiner (HM1PK4)

Location: Montpelier, ID 83254 Bear Lake County
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Country: United States of America
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N 42° 19.048', W 111° 18.498'

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This building presently occupied by the News Examiner was built early in the 1900's by the Whitman family. It was used as a dry goods store until it was sold to the Robinsons in 1942 for use as a newspaper building.

Among the features of the building include a doorway that led into the adjacent Odd Fellow building, a large open second story that now contains newspaper files and printing forms, and a plaque outside the front that quotes the Constitutional Amendment outlining freedom of the press.

Many of the older residents of our community remember when a Linotype was operated near the front window of the building. Ruth Taylor, one of the owners of the newspaper, gathered crowds of onlookers as she typed copy there. The old Linotype is still stored in one of the back rooms of the building along with other old printing equipment.
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HM NumberHM1PK4
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Date Added Wednesday, November 25th, 2015 at 9:02am PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)12T E 474594 N 4685071
Decimal Degrees42.31746667, -111.30830000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 42° 19.048', W 111° 18.498'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds42° 19' 2.88" N, 111° 18' 29.88" W
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Area Code(s)208
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 801-899 US-89, Montpelier ID 83254, US
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