Iron County News (Hurley, Wis.)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
588 issues from 1913 to 1925, published in Hurley, Wisconsin, digitised for Chronicling America.
Launched as a weekly Italian-language newspaper serving the town of Hurley, La Nostra Terra debuted on January 23, 1904. Touted as the first Italian newspaper in the state by its editor, proprietor and Italian immigrant, Frank Marta, the title was introduced as “a small, weekly periodical with which we can bring forth our little contribution towards the material and moral wellbeing of our community. We believe that by establishing the small periodical we will cover the gap felt here amongst us Italians.” This first, four-page issue set the standard for the content that would be featured each week. The offerings in Italian included news items relating to Italy, Italian political or national events, the Vatican, information on transatlantic ocean travel, and serialized Italian novels. The newspaper also offered in both Italian and English local news items and events in Iron County, comments and opinions, and advertisements for local vendors.
Italian immigrants had first started settling in Wisconsin in the late 19th century. In 1890, 1,123 Italians had made the state their home and that number doubled by 1900. Most of the new immigrants had arrived from southern Italy and Sicily, and they were seeking work in urban factories. Others, however, moved to northern towns like Hurley where mining and lumbering opportunities beckoned.
In 1908, the newspaper added the tagline “Corriere Poplare del Nordvest,” followed by the English translation, “Italian National Weekly Paper of the…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Hurley, Wisconsin, 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