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| | Holt County Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-18) |
 | | He was born at Columbia, Boone Co., Mo. At an early age he became connected with the Columbia Statesman, then as now edited by Col. William F. He subsequently became editor of the North Missouri Messenger, published at Mexico, Mo., and was connected with that paper until 1867. |
 | | The political sentiments of the Sentinel accord with those of a majority of the people of Holt Co., but it is also a welcome visitor to every family, whatever their politics, interested in matters concerning the county. |
 | | Its local department is unsurpassed, its editorial columns vigorous and original, while it warmly advocates every project calculated to forward the growth and development of this part of the state. |
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