"The Democratic Standard," a weekly paper, was started by Dr. John Mitchell, with George W. Crabb as editor.

The evidence

• “"The Democratic Standard," weekly, was started by Dr. John Mitchell October 11, 1851, with George W. Crabb editor.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/24-janesville-press.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 539 / book p. 500

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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