The Monitor-Register (Woodstown, Salem Co., N.J.)

• 1896–1926
• Newspaper

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1,214 issues from 1896 to 1926, published in Woodstown, New Jersey, digitised for Chronicling America.

The Monitor-Register was a weekly newspaper published in Woodstown, Salem County, New Jersey every Friday. It was a politically independent paper of four-pages and eight columns. The editor and publisher was Benjamin Patterson. Upon moving to Woodstown, N.J., Patterson purchased The Monitor and then later the Woodstown Register and merged the two in 1892. The subscription price was one dollar per year, and in 1898, circulation was 1,550.

Woodstown, N.J., is located in Salem County and was established on July 26, 1882, from portions of Pilesgrove Township based on the results of a referendum held that day. The borough’s incorporation was confirmed on March 3, 1925. The borough was named for an early settler named Jackanias Wood. Salem was laid out in 1675 by the Quaker John Fenwick, and in 1798 was one of the 104 townships initially established by the New Jersey legislature. The closest large cities were Camden, N.J. and Philadelphia, P.A., and merchants in those cities advertised heavily in the Monitor-Register.

Prior to entering the newspaper business, Patterson had been a Methodist minister, and he continued as a preacher even as a newspaper editor. Patterson was a supporter of the temperance cause, and the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union had a column on page two of the paper to promote their meetings, speeches, and issues. The Monitor-Register continued to support women’s suffrage, and the September 24, 1897 issue urged residents to vote to restore to women the…

Genres

News

Published in

Woodstown, New Jersey, United States

Language

English

Collection

Chronicling America

Licence or status

None stated by the archive

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Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities

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