The Marshall Republican (Marshall, Saline County, Mo.)
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675 issues from 1899 to 1914, published in Marshall, Missouri, digitised for Chronicling America.
Albert Rowland Grigsby established The Marshall Saline Republican in 1892, an eight-page weekly that was published on Thursdays. Grigsby sold the newspaper in 1899 to a Mr. Beatty who then leased the newspaper to Percy Van Dyke. The name was changed to The Marshall Republican in June of 1899. With the title change, the paper expanded and was generally published on Fridays; however, during some months, it came out on Thursdays. Throughout its run, the paper was Republican in its politics.
The June 2, 1899 issue includes an editorial written by Percy Van Dyke in which he explained the purpose of the name change: “The Marshall Republican, though taking the cognomen of this city, whose interests it shall always attempt to uphold and promote will continue to be an organ, whose columns shall not be limited to any section of the county, but attempt to reach all. It is almost essential that the name of the paper designate the city and not the county in which it is published. Experience under our former heading has taught us this much, but our departure from ‘Saline’ will prove to be one only in name.” Van Dyke operated the Republican for several years before leaving to establish an independent newspaper in the town of Newport, Arkansas. The vacancy at the Republican was filled by John. J. Witt, who became editor and proprietor in 1904.
In 1913, Witt was joined by Eugene L. Preston who covered local news while Witt maintained responsibility for editorials. J. J. Witt tended to…
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- News
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- Marshall, Missouri, United States
- Language
- English
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- Chronicling America
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- None stated by the archive
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