Did small rural newspaper offices in 1895 use rotary presses with rolls of paper or sheets?

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There were a host - literally - of newspapers published in Oregon starting in 1846, some even continuing to the current day. The East Oregonian is an example of one still publishing that began publishing on Thursday March 1, 1888, apparently on broadsheet.

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By contrast The Stayton Sun was a considerably more modest effort, publishing exactly one issue on December 19, 1889

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The wide variety and great number of early papers strongly suggests that one cannot make broad assumptions about them all, but must rather consider the specific circumstances of each particular publisher and community.

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