Danskeren (Neenah, Wis.)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
1,573 issues from 1899 to 1920, published in Neenah, Wisconsin, digitised for Chronicling America.
Danskeren or “The Dane” was published in Neenah, Wisconsin, from 1892-1899 under the editorship of Jens Nielsen Jersild, a pastor of Our Savior Lutheran Church. Subscriptions in the U.S. were $1.50-$2.00 per year, while subscriptions delivered to Europe were $3.00 per annum. With Danskeren, Jersild became embroiled in a doctrinal battle that led to the division of the Danish Lutheran Church of America. He strongly believed in lay or “folk” participation in church governance. Instead of solely devoting the paper to church matters, he often ran secular articles about world news. Despite his strong theological convictions, he presented both sides in the debates and ultimately did not endear himself to either side. In 1899, he resigned from both the church and the newspaper, falling back on his earlier formed business, the “Jersild Knitting Company.” As time passed, Jersild and his sons became respected members of the Neenah business community. His “Queen Anne” home is now on the National Historic Register.
In April 1899, the newspaper moved to Blair, Nebraska, which was then the site of Trinity Seminary of the United Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (known as the Blair Synod), a denomination that later became part of the American Lutheran Church. The first editor in Nebraska was Harald Jensen, a pastor originally from Copenhagen who was a student at the seminary. As editor, Jensen gradually made the paper into a professional newspaper. The original ornate flag…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Neenah, Wisconsin, United States
- Language
- Danish
- 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