The Bee (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
1,521 issues from 1892 to 1916, published in Earlington, Kentucky, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Earlington Bee, a semi-weekly Republican newspaper, served the Hopkins County mining town for nearly 50 years. Editor Thomas N. Black developed the Bee from the earlier Earlington Tyro in 1889. At the time of the Bee’s creation, Earlington was only 19 years old, but the paper promoted a bustling image of the town’s development, with a masthead reading “By Industry We Thrive.” In 1903, the Journal of Newspaper Publishing and Advertising recognized the Bee’s contributions to the prosperity of Earlington.
Coal mining, the leading industry in Hopkins County, was one of the main subjects of the paper’s coverage. The Bee’s content was often dominated by columns such as “Mining Notes” and “Down in the Mines.” The St. Bernard Coal Company, one of the driving forces behind the founding of Earlington, often bought advertising space in the paper. Railroads, essential to the transport of coal, were also newsworthy, with the weekly column “Locomotive Blasts.” Railroad companies regularly advertised reduced rates to towns such as Louisville, Nashville, and New Orleans.
Also advertising in the Bee was Paul M. Moore of the Earlington Equitable Life Assurance Society. Moore began his career selling insurance but would go on to serve as vice president of the Kentucky State Insurance Federation and the Kentucky Association of Local Fire Agents, as well as president of the Hopkins County Public Health and Welfare League. Moore was so accomplished as a businessman that by the time his…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Earlington, Kentucky, United States
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Chronicling America
- Licence or status
- None stated by the archive
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- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities
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