The Celina Democrat (Celina, O. [Ohio])
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
452 issues from 1910 to 1918, published in Celina, Ohio, digitised for Chronicling America.
Charles C. Carlin and George W. Phillips established the Celina Democrat in 1895 in Celina, the seat of Mercer County, Ohio. By 1907, Phillips had left the Democrat to work for another paper, leaving Carlin as sole owner and editor. The paper was Democratic in politics, printing editorials, articles, and political cartoons in support of the party’s candidates and platform. Though it competed directly with the long-running and also Democratic Mercer County Standard and its daily counterpart, the Daily Standard, the Democrat considered itself a vital part of Mercer County, important to both readers and advertisers alike: “One paper in the home is worth a dozen in the byway, and just remember the Democrat is the home paper of Mercer County.” Another motto revealed the paper’s pride in its city: “Celina…the Reservoir City—the biggest little town on earth—the hub of the universe.”
The Democrat published a variety of news, with the front page focused on local and state news and the interior pages including items of national and international interest. Local business, classified, and real estate advertisements along with legal notices were regularly published, alongside local news notices and personal gossip organized by town name. Readers could find content of general interest as well, including serialized fiction; a regular column, sometimes called “Curious Places and Events”, providing information about other countries and cultures; and articles on various topics including…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Celina, 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