| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION shoestring journals dashed off by hand Lehifirst manuscript newspaper The Lehi Evening Post was of this genre James Kirkham whose son James would later become publisher of the Lehi Banner noted in his 13 March 1867 diary This eveningI attended what was called the Lehi Evening Post manuscript paper read in the meeting house Its reading matter was contributed by the young people of the city This paper continued intermittently for at least ten years Savina Southwick wrote in herJune 1877 diary that she had Just laid down the Post and was highly amused in its perusal With interests pointed towards choice literature and amusements another group of energetic young Lehi citizens first met on 21 February 1871 and organized The Club Members met on Wednesday evenings in the Meeting House for poetry readings and discussion of literature In late 1872 the organization decided to devote our labors our times and our money tohandwritten newspaper surviving copy of the 13 December 1872 The Club edited by George Thurmond his younger brother David and Edgar Ross describes the lofty principles of the paper Our object is the great and universal good of mankind truth and honor to train the immortal mind of man that he may walk in paths of purity our columns will be flooded with immortal principals and precepts that will diffuse aslegacy to succeeding generations scattering the elements of fire and corruptions to the four winds of heaven and finally establishunion of thought actions and impulse among the children of men In addition to several poems essays and comic stories the paper also comments unfavorably on the anti-polygamy Cragin Bill then being discussed in Congress It also warns of smallpox at the mouth of American Fork Canyon Letters to the Editor complained of rowdy girls at community dances and lectured on the creeping evils of card playing and debauching intemperance Composing type would still beproblem though the procedure was much improved by the time Utah Press Association came into existence Virtually all the Territory 54 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
