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REED BROTHERS. One of the oldest newspapers in Buffalo county, as it is one of the best, is the Clipper, published at Shelton, by Frank D. and William M. Reed, under the firm name of Reed Brothers. The Clipper office was opened and the first paper published December 1, 1879, by A. C. Edwards, under the name of the Shelton Clarion. It so continued to be published until October 10, 1880, when, having passed into the hands of H. C. McNew in the meantime, he changed the name at that date to the Shelton Clipper. He ran the paper till 1884, selling out then to the present proprietors. The Clipper was started as a seven-column folio, but was afterwards changed to a six-column quarto. It is published weekly, is republican in politics, and has a good local circulation. It has a splendid job department and turns out job work of a superior quality. Messrs. Reed Brothers are both practical workmen, and Frank D., junior member of the firm, is an old newspaper man. They are both natives of Ohio, having been born and reared in Middleport. William M. came to Shelton in 1883, where he has since been located. Frank D. served an apprenticeship in his native place in Ohio, and worked as a journey-man for several years before coming to Nebraska. He has traveled extensively over the West and has worked in a number of offices in this state. He at one time owned an interest with his uncle. Dr. F. B. Reed, in the Herald, published at Peru, this state, being associate editor, and bought his present interest in the Clipper in 1884. He is a good hustler for news, a strong and forcible writer, a man of intelligence, sound taste and discriminating judgment; wielding his pen with force, he yet uses it with discretion.