JOHN JOHNSON, JR., editor and proprietor of the Bedford Star, is a native of
Burlington, Vt., born September 18, 1850.  When but six months old his
parents John and Catharine (Murphy) Johnson, moved to Lawrence County, Ind.,
where John Jr., was raised, educated, and which has ever since been his
home.  When eighteen years old he began learning the printer's trade in the
office of the Bedford News, and after serving an apprenticeship he undertook
the mechanical work of the Bedford Banner, then owned by James Carlton,
which  he continued about one year.  In February, 1875, he published the
first number of the Bedford Star, then a four-column folio, but in October,
1877, enlarged it to a five-column periodical, and in November, 1879, again
enlarged it, this time to its present size, a six column folio.  From the
beginning, Mr. Johnson has made his paper a success, and it not only enjoys
a large circulation but an extensive advertising patronage as well.  The
office is well equipped with a quantity of the best kind of type, and its
presses consist of a Washington hand and a Gordon jobber.  Mr. Johnson has
made the paper what it now is, and has ever conducted it in the best
interests of the Democratic party.


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