St. Croix Tribune (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
769 issues from 1934 to 1936, published in Christiansted, Virgin Islands, digitised for Chronicling America.
The St. Croix Tribune was an English-language newspaper produced by the St. Croix Co-operative Society in Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I., between 1922 and 1937. It was released daily, except Sundays, with the motto “Let Justice Be Done Though the Heavens Should Fall.” The Tribune featured two to three columns and was four pages long. The Tribune was edited by Ralph de Chabert, who remained the editor for the entire run of the paper. De Chabert went on to serve in the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the local St. Croix government.
The St. Croix Tribune covered a range of topics, including local, national, and international news. The paper was a valuable source of information for the community, as it included a variety of content such as advertisements, movie theater listings, and recurring ads for products such as toothpaste, beer, and clothing. The paper was also an important source of information on local elections and provided coverage of candidate’s speeches, as well as municipal works, such as road construction. It also included local government meeting notes, with the Colonial Council being a prominent topic. The paper covered critical issues related to the local military base, taxes, legal notices, postal notices, and police bulletins. National news included updates on the New Deal and discussions on how US federal law may impact or overstep local Virgin Islands laws.
International news stories covered Latin America (including the Panama Canal), and…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Christiansted, Virgin Islands, 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
- 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