The Eaton Democrat (Eaton, Ohio)
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636 issues from 1875 to 1887, published in Eaton, Ohio, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Eaton Democrat was first published in 1840 during William Henry Harrison’s campaign for the presidency as the Democrat. Before then, there had been no Democratic organ in Preble County, Ohio, though the Whig Party had been represented by the Eaton Register. The paper became known as the Eaton Democrat in 1843 and was widely respected and considered to be fair to its opponents, despite being published in a county that was heavily Whig (and then Republican, starting in 1854). A “family” paper, the Democrat was “devoted to Politics, Morals, Science, Agriculture, Manufactures, Mechanics, Commercial Items, Short Narratives, General Intelligence, &C.” and intended to be read and enjoyed by all. To that end, it included a variety of content such as poetry, legal notices, business advertisements, and local, state, and national news.
Ownership of the Democrat changed hands many times over the first 20 years of its existence. In 1855, Levi G. Gould became the proprietor and editor of the paper alongside his brother, W.C. Gould, who had purchased the paper in 1848. With the exception of his retirement from the newspaper business from 1859 to 1870, Levi G. Gould edited the Democrat until his death in 1901. In 1857, Gould changed the paper’s name to the Preble County Democrat which served as an organ for the entire county and increased the number of subscribers. At this time, the Democrat declared that it was “Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty and Law.”
The Preble County Democrat…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Eaton, 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