Offices of the Foxfield Courier

The Foxfield Courier went bankrupt in 1947. A flourishing local paper published twice weekly during the hey–day of the mill, after the devastating fire the paper simply ran out of advertisers and subscribers. The former owner, Wilson Keyes, relocated to Salem and died a few years later of heart disease at the age of seventy–seven. Locked and shuttered, one must go through Louise Madsen to gain access to the building and the newspaper files. As with the town records, Louise will insist on being present during any search.
Once inside, one finds the building nearly empty. The owner sold or gave away all the equipment — desks, chairs, typewriters — before moving out. Only the large and very heavy printing press remains, dusty and covered with cobwebs, standing in a back room. The newspaper archives are kept in a smaller third room, in tall wooden cabinets, also festooned with webs. Making a quick scan of all the files, from 1867 through 1922, takes twelve hours.

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Foxfield