A three story brick building housing the Milton Record was built in September of 1889, on Broadway.
From Bell's History Of Northumberland County:
The Milton Record was first published under its present name, March 23, 1889, and is the result of a consolidation of the Argus and Economist.
In 1872 W. H. Smith established the Independent Weekly at Benton, Columbia county, Pennsylvania; it was removed to Milton in 1870, became the Argus, and was first issued under that name, September 15, 1878.
In 1880 the office was entirely destroyed by fire, and with no part of the former outfit except the subscription list, publication was resumed. May 21, 1880, in two box-cars at the corner of Broadway and Filbert streets. These quarters were occupied four months.
The establishment was then removed to Buoy's block on Broadway, the first brick building completed after the fire, where it remained until the spring of 1883, when a frame building at the site of the present publishing office was occupied.
In 1884 the Economist was started by Schuyler & Keister; its successive proprietors were Schuyler Brothers, A. S. Hottenstein, The Economist Publishing Company, and W. P. Hastings. Like the Argus, it was Democratic in politics. On the 23d of March, 18S9, both papers were transferred to The Record Publishing Company, of which J. Woods Brown is president and W. H. Smith, treasurer and general manager. Ground was broken for the present three-story brick publishing house on Broadway. September 3, 1889.
With the exception of four months in 1881-S2, Mr. Smith has been the editor of the Argus and the Record since their first inception; he continues to fill that position, and the present prosperity of the paper is principally due to his individual efforts. The Record is Democratic in politics, and is a valuable adjunct to the party organization in Northumberland county.
A flourishing daily was published in connection with the weekly Argus at the time of the fire. It has since been twice resuscitated, but without permanent results on either occasion. "
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The Northumberland County Public Press
March 1909
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