The Sun (Morris, Stevens 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.
584 issues from 1882 to 1894, published in Morris, Minnesota, digitised for Chronicling America.
On October 14, 1882, attorney Fielder Bowie Chew published the first issue of the unabashedly Democratic Morris Sun, described by him as a “liberal, wide awake, news-giving journal,” aiming to “disseminate democratic seed among the people.” The Sun included local, state, national and international news, and also featured agricultural news, information, and advice helpful to farmers.
Stephen Celestine Murphy and Albert Sanders continued the Democratic slant of the Sun after taking over as editor and publisher in mid-1885. Murphy gained full control of the paper the following year. The editors of the Sun frequently exchanged insults with the editors of their rival Republican title, the Morris Tribune. In the November 4, 1886 issue, Murphy argued that the editor and publisher of the Tribune “indulges in the luxury of lying” by publishing content without much thought or reflection. Of note to researchers, the January 19, 1888 issue includes reports on the horrific “Children’s Blizzard” that swept through Morris and resulted in the deaths of many children in the region, who were caught in the storm on their way home from school.
Hugh Whiteley served as editor and publisher of the Sun between 1891 and 1894, when William James Munro, former editor of the Morris Tribune, purchased the Sun. Munro declared that the newspaper “will be hereafter conducted as an independent Republican newspaper devoted to what is considered for the best interests of Morris and Stevens County.” He…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Morris, 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