Der Nordstern (St. Cloud, Minn.)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
2,830 issues from 1876 to 1931, published in Saint Cloud, Minnesota, digitised for Chronicling America.
As German immigrants flooded into Minnesota, Peter Brick and Peter E. Kaiser published the first two issues of their German-language newspaper, the St. Cloud Der Nordstern (“The North Star”), in 1874. These issues were freely distributed among St. Cloud’s large German immigrant population, and interest in the paper grew. Der Nordstern quickly boasted a circulation of 800 in a city with a population of about 2,000. St. Cloud’s location near the center of the state allowed Der Nordstern to expand its audience, eventually claiming the largest circulation of any newspaper north of Minneapolis. The first extant issue is dated February 17, 1876, and features a modest four-page, six-column layout dedicated primarily to local and state news, with an emphasis on German culture. Its concentration on local developments was unusual for German-language newspapers of the time, which often focused on news from Germany. Der Nordstern was published every Thursday and soon expanded to eight pages with six to ten columns. Peter Brick, in pursuit of a career as a probate judge, transferred his interests to his brother Leo. Publishing duties changed numerous times during the next decade. Peter Kaiser, William L. Rosenberger, Joseph L. Meyer, and John Rentz all filled the role of publisher at various times. On November 10, 1887, Gerhard May, who is most closely associated with the voice and development of Der Nordstern, was first credited as editor, although historians and May himself traced his…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Saint Cloud, Minnesota, United States
- Language
- German
- 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