Statesman Journal
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The Statesman Journal is the major daily newspaper published in Salem, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1851 as the Oregon Statesman, it later merged with the Capital Journal to form the current news
The July 27, 2005, front page of the Statesman Journal
Asahel Bush
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Asahel Bush was an American newspaper publisher and businessman in Salem, Oregon. As publisher of the Oregon Statesman newspaper, he moved the paper to Salem when the territorial capital moved to that
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…Co. The Oregon Statesman was founded by Samuel Thurston, the first delegate from the Oregon Territory to the US Congress. His editor and co-founder was Asahel Bush; the paper was a Democratic Party response to the Whig-controlled Portland-based paper, The Oregonian. The first issue was dated March 28, 1851, printed…
Asahel Bush 1903