The Nicholas Republican (Richwood, W. Va.)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
574 issues from 1903 to 1925, published in Richwood, West Virginia, digitised for Chronicling America.
In 1954, Professor William Griffee Brown published the History of Nicholas County to attract the interest “of the coming generation in the character and labors of their pioneer families” (viii). Brown regarded his family with the same esteem. He was the son of William Henry and Araminta Brown, the husband of Margaret “Maggie” Rookers, and the father of four children. He was also the progenitor of a 50-year-old paper: the Nicholas Republican. Founded in 1903 with Samuel C. Dotson and Logan S. Dotson, the Nicholas Republican offered reading materials “calculated to aid in the cause of education and good citizenship and to keep our patrons well posted on governmental and political matters” (July 14, 1904). The editors addressed the usual array of Republican topics—protection, imperialism, the gold standard—and dedicated numerous columns to education.
The devotion to the latter topic was consistent with the interests of the editorial board. Brown was “recognized as being one of the leading educators” in central West Virginia, and Samuel Dotson served as the superintendent of free schools in Nicholas County (Nicholas Republican, July 14, 1904). According to the Wheeling Intelligencer, Dotson was a busy man: from 1903 to 1907, Dotson was both the superintendent and the editor of the Nicholas Republican (December 1, 1914). Brown and Dotson shared editorial duties until June 16, 1904, after which Dotson became the sole editor. He also purchased Brown’s interest in the Nicholas…
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- News
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- Richwood, West Virginia, United States
- Language
- English
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- Chronicling America
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- None stated by the archive
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- Teens profiles and older (placed by Invisible Network from what the archive says; archives give no ratings)
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