The Huntington Advertiser (Huntington, W. Va.)

• 1898–1903
• Newspaper

Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.

1,698 issues from 1898 to 1903, published in Huntington, West Virginia, digitised for Chronicling America.

In 1874, the Huntington Independent and the Cabell County Press merged to form the Huntington Advertiser. As the Advertiser‘s first editor John Jay Gilbert proudly declared in the inaugural issue, the paper “is at once lifted to a place before the people that must command the attention of the business public,” and speculated its circulation “will exceed that of any other journal in the Ohio Valley.” Gilbert’s words correctly prophesied a long and influential run for the Huntington Advertiser, which continued publication for more than a century.

Published weekly, the four-page Advertiser provided readers with a wide array of local, regional, and national news, business affairs, social events, and advertisements. The paper promoted the industrial development of both the newly incorporated city of Huntington and the state, hoping for the day “when West Virginia will take her place as one of the richest States of the Union.” Politically, the Advertiser firmly supported the Democratic Party throughout its existence.

Given its long tenure, the Advertiser changed ownership and editors regularly. Within a few months of publication, John Gilbert sold the paper to former Confederate officer William S. Downer. By 1880, the paper belonged to Edward and Emory Bennett. In 1885, Cameron Thompson, another former Confederate officer and longtime editor of The Mountain Herald, purchased the Advertiser; in 1889, Thompson began publication of a daily iteration—Daily Advertiser —which lasted…

Genres

News

Published in

Huntington, West Virginia, 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

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