1891 Biography - Oscar L. Alpha

OSCAR L. ALPHA, LAFAYETTE. -- Oscar L. Alpha, editor and publisher of the Attakapas Vindicator, Lafayette, and of the Arcadia Sentinel, of Rayne, Louisiana, was born in St. Mary parish, October, 1857. He learned the trade of typographical artist in Franklin, where for three years he edited and published the St. Mary Herald. Disposing of his interest at that place he established the Attakapas Vindicator, the first copy of which appeared on March 27, 1890. The Vindicator is a weekly newspaper, democratic in politics and progressive in its views. February 16, 1890, Mr. Alpha purchased the Acadia Sentinel, which he edits and publishes at Rayne. Mr. Alpha has an excellently equipped office at Lafayette, which is well patronized.

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Contributed 2021 Nov 04 by Mike Miller, from Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, published in 1891, Biographical Section, page 201.

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