Vineyard Gazette History

May 13, 2021
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Gazette Celebrates 175 Years, In Shifting Landscape for Journalism

The Vineyard Gazette celebrates its 175th anniversary Friday at a time of extraordinary change for community newspapers across America.

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April 19, 1935
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Gazette's New Intertype Replaces Veteran of 15 Years' Service

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The Vineyard Gazette installed on Saturday a new Intertype machine—a typesetting machine embodying a great many recent improvements—and this addition to the plant was put into operation for the first time this week. The Intertype replaces the now old fashioned typesetting machine which the Gazette brought to the Island in the early summer of 1920, the first machine of the kind to be Set up on Martha’s Vineyard.

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May 14, 1846

Edgar Marchant Establishes the Vineyard Gazette

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We present to our readers this morning, the first number of “The Vineyard Gazette,” and are happy to state that our subscription list is well filled, our advertising patronage respectable.
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Publishers
August 10, 1848

Removal

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The Gazette Office has been removed to the Room over the store occupied by J. F. & W. Sayer.
Gazette offices
July 13, 1860

Removal

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The Gazette Office has been removed to the new building on Main street, situated on the premises lately owned by Hon. I. N. Luce, and adjoining those of Hon.
Gazette offices
April 24, 1863

The Vineyard Gazette

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The seventeenth volume of the Gazette closed with its last issue, and to-day it enters upon a new year with a new editor and proprietor.
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Publishers
July 26, 1867

Charles Macreading Vincent

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After an unequal contest of more than four years at the editorial chair of the VINEYARD GAZETTE we resign our duties to other hands.
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Publishers
October 4, 1872

Edgar Marchant Resumes Ownership

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Having disposed of the “VINEYARD GAZETTE” established to EDGAR MARCHANT, its former proprietor and founder, we bespeak for him the same cordial support accorded to us during the pleasant five yea
June 28, 1878

Keniston & Jernegan

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Taking into consideration the benefit that would thereby be conferred upon the patrons of the VINEYARD GAZETTE, we have disposed of the property to Messrs.
January 9, 1880

Dissolution of Copartnership

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The copartnership heretofore existing under the firm name of KENISTON & JERNEGAN is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All outstanding accounts of the late firm will be settled by Samuel Keniston, its successor.
March 23, 1888

To Our Readers

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Today the Gazette comes before you under a new management.
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Publishers
May 27, 1920

To The Public

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With this issue of the Gazette the undersigned, after over thirty-two years’ occupancy of its editorial chair, vacates the same, having this week sold the paper and its goodwill to Henry Beetle H
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Publishers
June 10, 1920

Vineyard Haven Office for The Gazette

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The Gazette announces this week the opening of a Vineyard Haven office.  
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Gazette offices
July 22, 1920
Linotype image in July 22, 1920 Vineyard Gazette

First Linotype Machine on the Island

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The linotype machine ranks with the invention of the printing press itself in importance to the printer of today. And now the Vineyard Gazette has bridged the gap from the old era to the new.
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Typesetting

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