Update: If you want to see this in its entirety, email me at bwschulz 2 @ yahoo dot com and I'll send you the scan.
This is the front page of a two-page, broadside-sized newspaper. This is the only known issue. It is dated February 10, 1893.
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A box on the first page says:
The first issue seems to have been the only issue. Who were these men? Did they have any connection to the Watch Tower? I'm on strong medication for now, and it makes concentration very difficult. If you can relieve some of the burden and research this, you will make me a happy and appreciative man.
Update: Jerome sent along a few research finds. W. V. Hennen was William Vernon Hennen. His find a grave page is here: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9187638/william-vernon-hennen
Census records tell us that in 1880 and 1900 Hennen worked on farm; in 1910 he is a printer.
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Bruce,
I did a search on the names provided in the materials I have and wasn't able to come up with anything.
It's interesting that they used the title "Millennial Dawn", but they also used phrases that were not common in the early Watchtower movement such as "camp meeting."
Without more context it's difficult to tell what they meant by "a dark night giving place to a glorious day" as the central thought of the paper without seeing more of the context or perhaps an article where they have details on exactly what they meant.
Just sarting to check out this Watch Tower website, solving mystery, etc., but wouldn't "dark night" imply there is no moon showing? Just wondering.
The "dark night" to glorious day imagery is a loose paraphrase of bible verses and popular hymns of the day.
Campmeetings were popular religious gatherings, predecessors to conventions and assemblies.
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