In a message dated 7/22/02 9:39:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Were the titles identical or was the earlier (1877-78) one called > "Chase's Chronicle" and the later one (1910-1930's) "The Chase > Chronicle?" > > Do you know the purpose of Solon's paper? I am guessing that it was > political > but it would be interesting to know the contents. > > According to the Univ. of Maine information, Solon Chase's paper was titled "Chase's Chronicle". Since he was very active in the Greenback Party which in the 1878 elections was instrumental in ending 20 years of Republican rule in Maine, I suspect the paper was most likely politically oriented. He also published a second paper in 1882 -83 called "Them Steers". The title apparently was taken from a quote attributed to him in a reference to the economic conditions of the time: >>Gold might remain as stable as the eternal hills, but somehow all other commodities were shrinking daily. "Them steers," Solon Chase indeed said aptly, "while they grew well, shrank in value as fast as they grew." << Copies of a few issues of both papers are on microfilm at the Univ. of Maine Folger Library. rac