The Laramie Republican (Laramie, Wyo.) 18??-1923
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
7,116 issues from 1891 to 1923, published in Laramie, Wyoming, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Laramie Republican began printing in Laramie, Wyoming on August 11, 1890, under the proprietorship of W.E. Chaplin. The Republican was published daily except for Sundays, and by 1891 at the latest, was also publishing a weekly edition on Thursdays as an option for patrons who could not afford the subscription rates of the daily edition. On August 4, 1908, a semi-weekly edition was added to the roster, printing on Wednesdays in 1908, with the weekly edition moving to Saturdays, then on Wednesdays and Saturdays in 1909 until the end of its run. The daily edition of the Republican began at just four pages, and by 1908 had gone up to six pages; by the next year it was up to eight, with some issues being ten or twelve. The weekly edition of the paper began at four pages, but by 1905 at the latest was at between eight and ten pages; the semi-weekly edition kept at eight pages.
An issue of any edition of the paper could be picked up for 5 cents, and subscription options included one year, six months, or three months. A one-year subscription for the daily edition of the Republican cost $10.00, while the year-long subscription for the weekly cost $2.00 until July 1896, when the prices lowered to $6.00 for the daily and $1.00 for the weekly. W.E. Chaplin was listed as proprietor or co-proprietor until February 7, 1905 when all editions of the paper began to list the publisher as The Laramie Republican Co. The Republican followed, as its name suggests, a republican political…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Laramie, Wyoming, 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