The Jackson Standard (Jackson C.H., Ohio)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
1,261 issues from 1853 to 1888, published in Jackson Court House, Ohio, digitised for Chronicling America.
On March 25, 1847, the first issue of the Jackson Standard was published in Jackson, the seat of Jackson County, Ohio. Its first proprietor, James B. Hughes, was a politician and militiaman who served in several public offices in Jackson County. The Standard used printing equipment from the failed operation of the Aurora, the county’s first newspaper, which had been established in 1846. Initially neutral in its politics, once the Aurora began to support the Democratic Party, the paper languished in a county with a large Welsh immigrant population that primarily identified with the Whig Party. The Standard, on the other hand, was Whig in politics, and support from Welsh subscribers led to its financial success. Starting in 1855, the publication supported the Republican Party.
Hughes was assisted by Jesse W. Laird, who gained full ownership of the paper in 1849 when Hughes moved to Wisconsin. Laird was joined by Thomas R. Mathews in 1852. Mathews went on to become one of the longest running proprietors of the Standard, adding local news and a popular column that described his walks in the country. The paper was a self-described “Family Newspaper, Devoted to Politics, Literature, Foreign and Domestic news, Agricultural, Poetry, Amusement, &c.” Readers could find advertisements, market news, marriage and death notices, and legal news from the county probate court and sheriff office. The Jackson Standard also reported on the local coal and iron mines and foundries, which were…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Jackson 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