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Excerpt from Newport Daily News: Its History, Its Building, Its Personnel 1846-1892 The new owners of the paper, who succeeded mr. Jackson in 1849 under the firm name of cranston norman, were messrs. William H. Cranston and george H. Norman. These are both names long and well known in the annals of Newport, and the period of their administration marks what may be called the high tide of the early prosperity of the news. Mr. Cranston was not the least noted mem ber, of a family long prominent in the city and State, and but recently become extinct. After his con nection with the news ceased, he was a leading mem ber of the bar for many years, served a long term as Mayor, and was in other ways an important factor in the politics and prosperity of the city. Mr. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.