479 RETROSPECT-2006-636 eng Dingler, Nancy Driving force behind newspaper - and lavish fair 2006-03-18 David A. Weir was unquestionably a man of boundless energy, drive and ambition. The publisher of the Solano Republican (Daily Republic's forerunner) during the 1920s through the '40s, he became the promoter of everything Solano County. vacahc@gmail.com 636 87565441151 Publication/Article CaVaHC http://www.solanoarticles.com/history/index.php/vhcdb/636/ Read Article http://www.solanohistory.net/articles/636/636.1.pdf PDF Document