The Bolivar Bulletin (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.)
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1,087 issues from 1865 to 1888, published in Bolivar, Tennessee, digitised for Chronicling America.
The first issue of the Bolivar Bulletin–“A weekly news and literary journal, devoted to the interests of the people”–was published in August 1865. It was established by J.B. Miller and Moses R. Parrish. Parrish was also the editor and remained in that position for a decade. Content included foreign and domestic news, local affairs, market reports, railroad news, and poetry. A Ladies’ Column was often included, as well as home and garden advice. The Bulletin carried a large amount of advertisements which, due to the town’s proximity to Memphis, were predominantly for the city’s businesses. The paper supported the Democratic Party. It regularly printed announcements for party meetings and backed its nominees in presidential election campaigns.
In the early 1870s, the Bulletin campaigned for a railroad connection between Memphis and Knoxville via Bolivar. Its campaign rivaled the nearby Jackson Whig and Tribune’s bid for the railroad to be routed through its town. Both papers frequently carried editorials canvassing support from its citizens and advocating its town’s worth over the other. On January 9, 1874, the Bulletin’s editorial contended, “Give Bolivar a cross road leading from Memphis into Middle Tennessee, connecting there with the iron, limestone, marble and coal of that country and there is no reason why Bolivar may not, within the next ten years, exceed Jackson in wealth and population.” In the same issue, John Milton Hubbard wrote his salutatory column. Hubbard, a…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Bolivar, Tennessee, 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