The Gordon Journal (Gordon, Sheridan County, Neb.)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
794 issues from 1892 to 1917, published in Gordon, Nebraska, digitised for Chronicling America.
Once characterized by South Dakota's Hot Springs Weekly Star in its June 15, 1900 issue as "a very readable and spicy paper," the weekly Gordon Journal has enjoyed a long and distinguished run as one of the most prominent newspapers in northwest Nebraska. First published in 1891, the Journal originally cost $1.50 for a year's subscription and was published every Friday.
H.G. Lyon was the paper's founder and editor for its first decade, during which time it survived a burglary-attempt-turned-fire that nearly destroyed the Journal's facilities. From 1903 to 1914, there was steady turnover in the paper's leadership as one after another of its owners came and went. The period coinciding with World War I saw changes among ownership that visibly manifested on the pages of the Journal. A merger led to the single issue of the Sheridan County Democrat and Gordon Journal before reverting to the Gordon Journal title. For a few months in 1919, the newspaper switched to a twice-a-week format under the guise of the Gordon Semi-Weekly Journal before reverting to the traditional format.
The war years also saw experiments in content. In March 1915, editors decided to cater to members of Gordon's immigrant community and publish a news section in German, with the paper stating, "This week we give our German readers a little war news in their own tongue. This feature will be kept for a few weeks and if our friends appreciate it we will continue it as long as the war lasts." The German…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Gordon, Nebraska, United States
- Collection
- Chronicling America
- Licence or status
- None stated by the archive
- Rights
- The Library of Congress believes that the newspapers in Chronicling America are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions. Newspapers published in the United States more than 95 years ago are in the public domain in their entirety.
- Credit
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Who can read it
- Teens profiles and older (placed by Invisible Network from what the archive says; archives give no ratings)
- Archive
- Library of Congress