Turner County Herald (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??

• 1883–1918
• Newspaper

Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.

1,818 issues from 1883 to 1918, published in Hurley, South Dakota, digitised for Chronicling America.

The Turner County Herald was a weekly, Thursday paper out of Hurley, South Dakota. The first issue was printed May 10, 1883, and the last issue on file is June 27, 1918. The Turner County Herald consisted of four, eight-column pages. For three issues, July 10, 17, and 24 of 1884, the paper had only two pages with eight columns each. On July 31, 1884, the Herald returned to four pages of eight columns. On November 7, 1889, the heading changed from “Hurley, Dakota Territory” to “Hurley, South Dakota” to recognize that the region had been granted statehood.

Because the Turner County Herald began printing while South Dakota was still a part of Dakota Territory, the target audience was people who were thinking of moving out West. To promote settlement of the territory, many of the stories or elements of the stories were exaggerated to place the region in a better light. One article reprinted from a Milwaukee newspaper stated: “Throughout southern Dakota the thermometer has averaged at least five degrees higher than Wisconsin and the air is so dry that the cold is not felt so much. There is comparatively little snow beyond the line. During the rest of the year Dakota is an Eden.” Other stories highlighted the best aspects of the region, such as there being few crimes to report. There were often more advertisements than news stories, including local businesses such as James M. Stout, a general blacksmith in Hurley. “If you want your plows repaired or your horses shod, give me a…

Genres

News

Published in

Hurley, South Dakota, United States

Language

English

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

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