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==Career==
 
==Career==
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In 1904, Frantz received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from Millsaps College in Jackson, at which in 1904 he joined the staff of ''The Clarion-Ledger'' at Jackson, of which his father, Judge E. E. Frantz, of Jackson, was an editor. Frantz migrated to Shreveport, where initially he was roommate in a boarding house with [[Douglas Attaway]], later the publisher of ''The Shreveport Journal.'' Frantz's grandfather, Col. A. J. Frantz, was also a newspaperman, the owner ad editor of ''The Brandon Republican'' in Mississippi.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/caddo/bios/frantzdolph.txt|title=Dolph Frantz|publisher=Files.usgwarchives.net|accessdate=February 22, 2018}}</ref>
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In 1904, Frantz received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from Millsaps College in Jackson, at which in 1904 he joined the staff of ''The Clarion-Ledger'' at Jackson, of which his father, Judge E. E. Frantz, of Jackson, was an editor. Frantz migrated to Shreveport, where initially he was roommate in a boarding house with [[Douglas Attaway]], later the publisher of ''The Shreveport Journal,'' who died four years after the passing of Frantz.  Dolph Frantz's grandfather, Col. A. J. Frantz, was also a newspaperman, the owner ad editor of ''The Brandon Republican'' in Mississippi.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/caddo/bios/frantzdolph.txt|title=Dolph Frantz|publisher=Files.usgwarchives.net|accessdate=February 22, 2018}}</ref>
    
From 1905 to 1907, Frantz was employed by ''The Shreveport Times,'' the only daily newspaper still in publication in Shreveport. Thereafter in 1907, he became the Shreveport city auditor and subsequently secretary to the city council as well as secretary to [[Mayor]] Ernest R. Bernstein.<ref name=bio/> Within a year, however, Frantz left the municipal positions to become the city editor of ''The Shreveport Journal.'' Two years later, his uncle, Andrew Jackson "A. J." Frantz, Jr. (1877-1947), became the president of the Journal Publishing Company and was thereafter an editorial writer for ''The Journal.''<ref name=bio/>
 
From 1905 to 1907, Frantz was employed by ''The Shreveport Times,'' the only daily newspaper still in publication in Shreveport. Thereafter in 1907, he became the Shreveport city auditor and subsequently secretary to the city council as well as secretary to [[Mayor]] Ernest R. Bernstein.<ref name=bio/> Within a year, however, Frantz left the municipal positions to become the city editor of ''The Shreveport Journal.'' Two years later, his uncle, Andrew Jackson "A. J." Frantz, Jr. (1877-1947), became the president of the Journal Publishing Company and was thereafter an editorial writer for ''The Journal.''<ref name=bio/>
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