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Blackburn remained in Homer during the [[Reconstruction]] era. He was elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]] as a [[Republican Party|Republican]], serving from 1868 to 1869. Thereafter, he was a member of the Louisiana State Senate until he was defeated in 1878 by a Democrat allied with the pro-Confederate Redeemer government. Blackburn relocated to [[Little Rock]], where he published the ''Arkansas Republican''.<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000510 BLACKBURN, William Jasper - Biographical Information<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

Blackburn remained in Homer during the [[Reconstruction]] era. He was elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]] as a [[Republican Party|Republican]], serving from 1868 to 1869. Thereafter, he was a member of the Louisiana State Senate until he was defeated in 1878 by a Democrat allied with the pro-Confederate Redeemer government. Blackburn relocated to [[Little Rock]], where he published the ''Arkansas Republican''.<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000510 BLACKBURN, William Jasper - Biographical Information<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

==Harper Brothers and Prentiss Lowe==​

==The Harper brothers==​

The name ''The Minden Herald'' was revived briefly during Reconstruction, but few, if any, issues of the newspaper of that period are extant. A quotation from ''The Shreveport Times'', which began publication in 1871, refers in 1872 to ''The Minden Herald.'' A later ''The Minden Herald'' was published in 1924 under the direction of printer Clifton Harper (1902–1982), a native of [[Mississippi]]. Harper attended [[Minden (Louisiana) High School|Minden High School]] and worked at another publication called ''The Webster Signal.''

The name ''The Minden Herald'' was revived briefly during Reconstruction, but few, if any, issues of the newspaper of that period are extant. A quotation from ''The Shreveport Times'', which began publication in 1871, refers in 1872 to ''The Minden Herald.'' A later ''The Minden Herald'' was published in 1924 under the direction of printer Clifton Harper (1902–1982), a native of [[Mississippi]]. Harper attended [[Minden (Louisiana) High School|Minden High School]] and worked at another publication called ''The Webster Signal.''

On November 14, 1929, the name ''Minden Herald'' was restored by the Harper brothers and Prentiss Lowe, the fathers of the "The Herald" half of the ''Minden Press-Herald.'' At the time, ''The Webster Sentinel'' explained that the resumption of the name ''Minden Herald'' was intended to clear up confusion over another journal, ''The Webster Signal-Tribune,'' which had begun in 1926, when the ''The Webster Signal'' merged with ''The Minden Tribune.''<ref name=agan/>

On November 14, 1929, the name ''Minden Herald'' was restored by the Harper brothers and Prentiss Lowe, the fathers of the "The Herald" half of the ''Minden Press-Herald.'' At the time, ''The Webster Sentinel'' explained that the resumption of the name ''Minden Herald'' was intended to clear up confusion over another journal, ''The Webster Signal-Tribune,'' which had begun in 1926, when the ''The Webster Signal'' merged with ''The Minden Tribune.''<ref name=agan/>

In May 1936, ''The Herald'' was voted the best newspaper in Louisiana by a panel that included the journalist and State Representative [[Rupert Peyton]] of Shreveport. At the time ''The Herald'' carried no "boiler-plate" news but only original local reporting. It was cited for layout, news, and editorials.<ref>"Herald voted best in Louisiana," ''Minden Herald,'' May 8, 1936, p. 1.</ref>​

In May 1936, ''The Herald'' was voted the best newspaper in Louisiana by a panel that included the journalist and state Representative [[Rupert Peyton]] of Shreveport. At the time ''The Herald'' carried no "boiler-plate" news but only original local reporting. It was cited for layout, news, and editorials.<ref>"Herald voted best in Louisiana," ''Minden Herald,'' May 8, 1936, p. 1.</ref>​

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