New Ulm Review (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
1,570 issues from 1892 to 1922, published in New Ulm, Minnesota, digitised for Chronicling America.
The first issue of the New Ulm Weekly Review was published above a drug store in Brown County, Minnesota, on January 2, 1878. Published until 1961, the Review’s first editorial column correctly stated “there was an opportunity for a real live newspaper not only to exist, but to thrive and grow in New Ulm.” In its first year of publication, the paper contained five columns and four pages; thereafter it fluctuated between eight and 12 pages. The New Ulm Weekly Review was an English language newspaper in contrast to the many German language newspapers also published in the area. Located in southeastern Minnesota, New Ulm had been settled by German immigrants, and the city retained a strong German heritage.
The New Ulm Weekly Review provides a unique perspective distinct from the large metropolitan newspapers of that time and covers important local events during the early years of statehood. New Ulm was the county seat and a commercial center in the Minnesota River Valley agricultural region. The devastating cyclone that hit New Ulm on July 15, 1881, was featured in the July 20th issue. Not only did the newspaper describe the path of the twister, identify the citizens killed and wounded, and discuss the property damage; it also included reports from a group of businessmen who traveled to Saint Paul to seek relief from Governor Pillsbury and telegrams from neighboring communities giving their support and offering volunteers. Another interesting local story pertains to the…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- New Ulm, Minnesota, 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