Phillipsburg Herald (Phillipsburg, Kan.)
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1,251 issues from 1882 to 1905, published in Phillipsburg, Kansas, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Phillipsburg Herald of Phillipsburg, Phillips County, Kansas, was established in 1882 as a continuation of the Phillips County Herald, with William Bissell as editor and proprietor. The Phillipsburg Herald began as a Republican organ, became a Populist paper during the 1890s, and then changed back to Republican under new ownership in 1902. The “Official County Paper” and “The Leading Paper of Phillips County,” the Herald was published weekly on Thursdays for the majority of its run, except for 1901-1902 when it was published semiweekly. During this time, proprietor James M. Tadlock felt that the growth of both the city and county made a semiweekly paper in Phillipsburg “not only desirable, but almost a necessity.” The Herald featured local advertisements, notes, publication and legal notices, state and national news, and occasional fiction pieces.
The Phillipsburg Herald got its start after the Phillips County Herald had many changes in management during its four-year run, a trend that continued after the name change in 1882. The County Herald had begun in February 1878 with proprietor Charles F. Jenkins. By September, it was sold to George W. Stinson who restarted the paper at volume 1, number 1. Stinson was soon joined by Ed F. Korns who purchased half interest in the County Herald and became the principal editor. Korns then became both editor and manager of the Herald Printing Company. In August 1882, William Bissell became proprietor of the Phillips County Herald,…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Phillipsburg, Kansas, 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