Weekly Graphic (Kirksville, Adair Co., Mo.)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
857 issues from 1880 to 1896, published in Kirksville, Missouri, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Kirksville Weekly Graphic began publication in 1880 under the proprietorship of James M. Swetnam, an area physician, and William M. Gill, formerly the editor of the Kirksville Journal. The four-page Graphic, printed on Fridays (Saturdays in 1880), covered news of the town, county, and state; local and general markets; immigration notes; county, state, and national politics; general news; and current literature. The paper also featured columns dedicated to home economics such as the “Home Circle,” containing recipes, agricultural tips, and health and household advice. The paper often printed a Christian religious article in its “Sunday Reading” column and usually contained a “Directory” section of both local church services and society meetings. The front page typically featured serialized fiction. The Graphic provided detailed accounts of commerce, real estate transactions, and other developments in the Kirksville area and in the neighboring counties of Scotland, Putnam, Macon, Schuyler, and Sullivan. Instead of using enlarged headlines, news items were organized in short paragraphs or notations.
In a prospectus, the publisher stated, “The Graphic will be pronounced and uncompromising in its advocacy of Republican doctrines, and will discuss all the political issues of the coming campaign from that standpoint.” Graphic editorials described the paper as “Republican through and through” (May 1, 1880) and argued, “We oppose democracy because we believe it embodies the…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Kirksville, Missouri, 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