Published by permission from the historical society.

Transcribed by Mrs. McElroys' MMS class.

The Mulvane Herald was established Mar. 18, 1880, by Tell W. Walton. Mr. Walton sold it to W. N. Bradbury, Sept. 17, 1880. Jan. 13, 1881, Mr. Bradbury swapped the office, business and goodwill to A. Pegram for a span of mules and a prairie schooner. Oct. 7, 1881, Pegram transferred the paper to Joe F. White who published the last issue on a half sheet July 28, 1882.

J. Kelley and C. C. Nowlin came to Mulvane Mar. 23, 1883, and started a five column octavo, patent insides, called The Mulvane Record. G. O. Reed bought the paper in 1884 and ran the Record until he retired. Jno. Reed, his son, took over the paper and ran it until 1903. In 1903 we find that C. N. Higginson was editor most of the time with an occasional issue being edited by Jno. Reed. Higginson’s name disappears in 1904 and we find W. C. (Bill) Robinson the editor.

The first issue we were able to locate of The Mulvane News was Nov. 10, 1904. Publishers were C. E. and W. A. Farney. According to Geo. Smysor, Charlie Farney, a preacher, and his son came here from South Haven where they had been publishing a church bulletin. They brought their press with them and started The Mulvane News which they ran until 1910. Mr. Papes bought them out in 1910 and also bought The Mulvane Record about the same time, combining the two. The paper was thereafter called The Mulvane News.

Papes ran The Mulvane News until 1921 when Sam Davis purchased it. Davis sold to Stan Swenson around the middle of 1924. Swenson sold to Geo. Smysor in 1926. George ran the paper until 1933 when he became postmaster. Orvin Russill took over from Geo. Smysor.

Everson Cain bought out Russell and stayed until about June, 1950, when he sold to Bill Martin. Martin ran the paper only a short time until February, 1951, when Millard Ross became the new owner.

Millard Ross spent almost twenty years as editor of The Mulvane News. He sold to Clausie Smith in November, 1970. Smith stayed until 1975 when he sold to a syndicate. Marvin Barnes came to Mulvane as editor in 1975. Barnes left in late 1976 to work for a paper in Burlington, Kans. Rodger Hatfield is now editor.

The Weekender started in Mulvane September, 1975. The paper’s name was changed to the Mulvane Weekender in the last part of 1976. This paper is a local covering Mulvane, Peck and rural routes of Mulvane. The paper was established to give the best coverage possible to the Mulvane and Peck residents. Judy Kimble is city editor and Tracy Spencer is business manager. The paper is owned by Laurence Ricketts of The Daily Reporter of Derby.

(Reference: Sumner County Atlas, 1882)