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octavo form, with above name. It was devoted entirely to the local inter- 

 ests of the Episcopal parish and denomination. Mr. Ottman resigned his 

 rectorship here and returned east in April, 1891 ; the paper was then sus- 

 pended five months, or until October, 1891, when its publication was 

 resumed by the new rector. Rev. Wyllys Hall, D. D., and has been con- 

 tinued regularly since. It is sustained by business men using it as an 

 advertising medium. 



The Critic. — In February, 1888, J. M. Shawhan started a paper 

 under this name, devoted to " society gossip, criticism, literature, music, the 

 drama," etc. Shawhan was a drinking fellow, and in a few months his 

 paper became a special organ of the liquor interest in Pasadena, and then 

 rapidly declined. By December 8 it ceased to be a Pasadena publication, 

 but was dated at lyos Angeles. Then Shawhan couldn't pay his printing 

 bills, and gave it up to a firm who changed its name to Life, and continued 

 it a while. Mr. Shawhan had some dramatic talent, and went touring as a 

 member of a traveling theater company. 



Weekly Pasadenian. — In October, 1885, Major J. D. Gilchrist, 

 brother-in-law to Gov. H. H. Markham, started a paper here; and the 

 Union of October 23, said : 



"The Weekly Pasadenian made its appearance on Thursday, and we 

 now have a contemporary in very truth. Mr. Gilchrist, the editor and 

 publisher, extends to us the courtesies of the fraternity in a spirit of good 

 will. We are pleased to return the compliment, and shall aim to prove that 

 with its success the Union is not selfish." 



I could not learn of any but the one number of this paper ever being 

 issued. It was printed at Los Angeles, where Major Gilchrist owned a 

 large printing establishment himself. 



Daily and Weekly Bulletin. — In August, 1887, the Pasadena 

 Real Estate Exchange was organized with a purported capital stock 

 of $100,000, and opened its doors for business on September i, in 

 the Eldridge block in rooms fronting on Raymond Avenue. One 

 of its rules was, that all transactions ' ' shall be recorded, bulletined 

 and PUBLISHED, for the information of members." This of course 

 made necessity for a daily paper of some sort to be issued to its mem- 

 bers ; and accordingly the real estate Bulletin commenced its regular 

 issue on September 4, 1887. I found with Dr. Lyman Allen one copy of 

 the Daily and one of the Weekly Bulletin, preserved as historic relics of the 

 "boom" time. This copy of the Weekly is dated February 20, 1888, is 

 marked Vol. i, No. 25, and contains 64 pages of printed matter 2^x7^ 

 inches in form. In it is a list of 142 Real Estate firms, 61 of which are only 

 one man, 47 have two members, and 34 have three or more members of the 

 firm or company. All but the first two pages are filled with classified list- 



