Wisconsin Vorwärts (Milwaukee, Wis.)
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1,730 issues from 1893 to 1898, published in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Vorwärts was a socialist German-language Sunday newspaper published in Milwaukee from 1886-1932; its title means “Forward,” after the Wisconsin state motto. The first six issues of the paper are not extant; numbering indicates that it was originally the Sunday edition of the Milwaukeer Arbeiter-Zeitung, likely started by Paul Grottkau. A former editor of the Chicagoer Arbeiter-Zeitung, Milwaukeer was a thrice-weekly labor newspaper, written for the many German-speaking workers in the area.
In 1888, Grottkau moved back to Chicago to take up with his old paper, and from there, a succession of German American labor leaders edited the Vorwärts and Arbeiter-Zeitung, which changed names to the Milwaukee Volks-Zeitung in 1890. These included Jacob Hunger, veteran publisher Michael Biron, and Valentin Blatz, who was also a noted beer brewer. The Arbeiter-Zeitung and its successors also had a weekly edition, Die Wahrheit, which was published from 1889 to 1910.
In January 1893, Victor Berger took over the newspapers from Michael Biron, who, though ill, would still write occasional articles. Berger changed the title of the Volks-Zeitung to the Wisconsin Vorwärts, reflecting his hope of a broader audience. But the paper’s roots were unchanged. It carried the seal of a number of trade unions Berger co-founded, including the Milwaukee Federated Trades Council that represented most of the city’s unions. The paper was the official political organ for Social Democracy of America, the…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
- Language
- German
- 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