The Gladstone Kibosh

THE FUNNIEST NEWSPAPER THAT NEVER WAS 1899-1905 In July 8, 1899, the first “edition” of perhaps the funniest newspaper that never was went to press, based in the remote mining camp of Gladstone, about eight miles north of Silverton. The editor of the fictional Gladstone Kibosh was James Bowman, who also was the fictional mayor of the ca...