Fulton County Tribune (Wauseon, Ohio)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
440 issues from 1913 to 1922, published in Wauseon, Ohio, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Fulton County Tribune was established at Wauseon, the seat of Fulton County, Ohio, on May 18, 1883, by Colonel Albert B. Smith and James H. Fluhart. Its creation resulted from divided sentiments within the community’s Republican Party, which up to that point had been represented by the popular and long-running Northwestern Republican. The Tribune intended to reflect the “whole” party rather than a single interest or faction and accomplished this task by remaining fair and not printing any comments that would “foster or continue feelings of dissatisfaction within the party.” By the late 1880s, circulation had reached over 1,300, and the weekly paper was recognized as well edited, well managed, and one of the best in the county and northwest Ohio.
The Tribune published a variety of content, much of it focused on local interests. The front page was dedicated to state and local news, including a regular “County Affairs” column. Sections called “Correspondence” or “Local Briefs” included notes about Fulton County citizens such as trips taken or visitors received. The paper regularly printed church news, legal notices, business advertisements, and political editorials. National and international news was also included, usually on the second and third pages. Coverage of World War I included articles, pictures, and maps. To appeal to more readers, the Tribune also featured serialized fiction; farming, agricultural, and gardening information in “The Home Beautiful” column;…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Wauseon, 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