The Journal (Caldwell, Ohio)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
768 issues from 1946 to 1960, published in Caldwell, Ohio, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Journal was a weekly paper published on Thursdays; the publisher proclaimed that it “covers Noble County like the sunshine.” Established in 1859 as the Noble County Republican by Jonathan L. Shaw, the Journal eventually represented Independent-Democratic perspectives. In 1934, when editor James F. Hovey acquired the Noble County Republican‘s descendent, the Republican Journal, he apparently also purchased its democratic competitor, the Caldwell Press. He then merged the two. It is unclear whether Hovey intended the Journal as a consolidated, politically balanced paper or if he simply changed its slant while buying out competition for subscribers. Meanwhile, the Noble County Leader, also based in Caldwell, continued to publish Republican interests until August 1961. The Leader and the Journal then merged to form the Journal and the Noble County Leader, which still publishes today.
During its height in the 1950s, the Journal printed 10-20 pages of primarily local news. Often these stories covered the progress on public works projects such as roads and civic buildings. It featured a “Journal Society” page dedicated to women’s news, and there were mentions of visiting friends and relatives on nearly every page. High school, church, sports, and 4H events were announced alongside birthdays, engagements, wedding anniversaries, injuries, and obituaries. Human interest stories were common. The “Journal Mail Bag” section featured letters to the editor. Ten-year-old articles were…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Caldwell, Ohio, 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