Mineola Monitor The
Mineola Monitor was a newspaper in
Mineola, Texas serving
Wood County, Texas and the communities of
Alba,
Golden,
Hawkins and parts of unincorporated Wood County. It was established in by D.C. Williams. In the Monitor was purchased by J. A. Thomas.
Wood County Democrat Alfred Padon was editor and publisher of the
Wood County Democrat when it was founded in in
Quitman, Texas with financial support from local area merchants. The newspaper's original site included a Vaughan Ideal
hand-operated presses. The entire operation was reported to have cost around to start-up. The newspaper's main objective upon its founding was the opposition of Populism. Prior to that, Padon had been publisher of the
Mineola Monitor. Quitman businessmen approached him about founding a newspaper in the county seat. Padon resigned as editor and publisher in , and the paper was briefly operated by Grogan and Goodwin for the owners, which included a Dr. Leath and Hix Rhodes. Then in , Perno Thomas became editor. He later assumed ownership and sold a half interest in the plant to Earl Jones in 1901, but later repurchased it. In , Clyde Jordan of Alba purchased an interest in the paper, but eventually Thomas again regained full ownership. The paper merged with the
Mineola Monitor to form the
Wood County Monitor in , ending publication under the
Democrat masthead. ==Merger==