Audubon Republican (Audubon, Iowa)
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1,539 issues from 1894 to 1921, published in Audubon, Iowa, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Audubon County Republican began on December 24, 1885, established by Edward B. Cousins and Sidney Foster. It was published in the small town of Audubon, which was still only a few years old. As with many small-town newspapers, the weekly paper was often the only source of news and literature readily available to citizens. In addition to covering local and state news, the Republican often featured educational articles on a variety of topics of general interest and selections of poetry. In 1888, Foster was succeeded by William H. McClure, who took over as editor.
In early 1894, Cousins and McClure sold the Republican to James Edwin Griffith. A few months into his tenure, Griffith expanded the paper from four to eight pages and changed the name to the Audubon Republican. Three years later, Griffith sold the paper and left the newspaper business to become a druggist. David C. Mott came to Audubon from Tipton, Iowa, to take over as the new owner, editor, and publisher on August 12, 1897. Mott remained at the Republican until July 1905, when he sold the business to Albert C. Ross. Ross then sold it to Henry J. Hoogenakker in October 1911.
The Audubon Republican became the leading Republican newspaper in the county and was influential in political and social affairs of the community. In its expanded eight-page format, the first page often featured major news stories of statewide or national significance, while the second page was devoted to local town or county news items.…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Audubon, Iowa, 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