History of New Rockford: April 27, 2020

The March 13, 1903, “Transcript” responded to the P.M. Mattson letter of March 11 by reprinting a two-line poem about attorneys Michael T. O’Connor and P.M. Mattson, but refused any retraction unless Mattson could convince O’Connor that he had libeled Mattson. The second article referenced by Mattson had dealt with a report that Mattson was suing O’Connor for criminal libel; the “Tr...