The Liberal Democrat (Liberal, Kan.)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
626 issues from 1911 to 1922, published in Liberal, Kansas, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Liberal Democrat of Liberal, Kansas, began on January 6, 1911, as a successor to the Liberal Independent founded in 1907. Carl G. Eddy was the first editor and publisher of the Democrat, changing the politics of the Independent because he had a “strong desire for a democratic newspaper” in Liberal. Eddy only remained with the paper for a short time, however; he resigned in March of the following year to report for a daily newspaper in Nebraska. After his departure, the Democrat had a number of owners, editors, and publishers until John B. Miller took over at the start of 1917; he remained with the paper until its end in 1924. The Liberal Democrat served both the city of Liberal and the surrounding area and in 1918 was named the “Official Paper of Seward County.” The paper maintained a healthy circulation, and by 1913 enjoyed a subscription rate of 1,097 while the population of the town and county was 1,508 and 4,091, respectively. Its rival, the Republican Liberal News, had nearly identical subscription rates. The Democrat remained affiliated with the Democratic Party throughout its tenure, and was published once weekly on Fridays until 1917, and then on Thursdays thereafter.
The Liberal Democrat reported on the rapid increase in population in the region and covered local news in Seward County and developments in the nearby towns of Enterprise, Alma, Eureka, Sunshine, Bethel, and Harwood. As such, the paper contains a large amount of genealogical information. The…
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- News
- Published in
- Liberal, Kansas, United States
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Chronicling America
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- None stated by the archive
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