The Camden Chronicle (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-Current
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
1,598 issues from 1890 to 1922, published in Camden, Tennessee, digitised for Chronicling America.
In print for over 120 years, the Camden Chronicle became known as the “Old Reliable” of Benton County, Tennessee. Established by Charles Newton Travis and James Virgil Travis (sons of a local doctor, Robert Bruce Travis), the first issue was published on April 25, 1890. The Chronicle’s founding premise wasthat it would be “conducted on thoroughly Democratic principles, and will always be full of news—local news especially—and will work for the upbuilding of Camden and Benton County.” Published every Friday, the Chronicle’s annual subscription fee was set at one dollar and remained so for several decades.
Under the Travis brothers’ ownership, the Chronicle published articles about local, state, and national politics. Many stories were reprinted from other newspapers both in and out of state. The brothers’ Democratic bias was evident in the anti-Republican stories they chose to print and in their own editorials. For example, on several occasions in 1890 the Chronicle denounced the Republican Party’s support for the McKinley Tariff bill, contending that the bill would harm farmers while helping manufacturers amass fortunes. Given the Chronicle’s rural location, it reported widely on agriculture matters.
The “Local and Personal” section of the paper featured family visits, lost and found property, and a variety of general announcements. Light entertainment was provided in the form of fiction and poetry. As the turn of the century brought advances in printing technology, the…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Camden, Tennessee, 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