Thomas Butler became editor in 1885 (From Bucks Free Press)
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Thomas Butler became editor in 1885
2:49pm Monday 14th July 2003 in
IN 1885, William Butler died following a seizure and his son, Thomas Harsant Butler, became the paper's second editor.
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