11:23 a.m. (Part 2): “A Grand Jollification”

In a grand gesture on Independence Day 1876 B. B. Paddock’s Daily Democrat introduced a double-duty nameplate atop its front page: First, the nameplate celebrated Fort Worth’s imminent coming of age with the arrival of the first train (see Part 1). … Continue reading 11:23 a.m. (Part 2): “A Grand Jollification”