Fayette County Herald (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???
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523 issues from 1862 to 1885, published in Washington Court House, Ohio, digitised for Chronicling America.
William Millikan established the Washington Herald in December 1858 in Washington Court House, the seat of Fayette County, Ohio. Two years later, the paper changed its title to the Fayette County Herald. It was the first regular Republican paper established in the county and influential in its support of Republican Party interests and in building up the town and county. In 1868, Millikan was joined in the printing office by his son, William W. Millikan.
According to its motto, the Herald was “Devoted to politics, general news and home interest.” Readers of the “Official County Paper” were kept abreast of local, state, and national news. Local items included business advertisements; court, real estate, sheriff and other legal notices; market and agricultural news; marriage and death notices; post office lists of unclaimed letters; local organization meeting notices; and church news. Not only did the Herald report on the happenings of Washington Court House and Fayette County, it also included news from other cities and counties around Ohio.
To support the Republican Party both locally and nationally, the Herald regularly published political speeches, editorials, news, and party platforms. During the election season, readers were urged to vote for Republican candidates—and to remind their neighbors to do the same. The Herald was in direct competition with the Democratic Ohio State Register and did not shy away from correcting—or criticizing—news reported by its competitor.…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Washington Court House, Ohio, 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