Forest City Press (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??
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676 issues from 1903 to 1919, published in Forest City, South Dakota, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Forest City Press, or the Press, was published in Forest City, Dakota Territory (later South Dakota), beginning on September 20, 1883. Publication continued until at least 1919. Early settlers had high hopes for Forest City, but when the railroads failed to reach the town and when Gettysburg was selected as the seat of Potter County, Forest City began to dwindle. It is now a ghost town.
The Press began as a weekly Saturday paper. As time progressed, it was published on Thursdays and later on Fridays. The original layout was six columns and four pages. On November 8, 1906, the Press became five columns on the first page and six on the rest with eight pages; on November 13, 1906, it was six columns with eight pages. After November 29, 1906, the Press became five columns with eight pages, which it remained for the duration. Mottos on the masthead were, “The injury of one is the concern of all” and “The Saloon is the Enemy of the Home: May America Protect Her Homes”.
In its 35 years of publication, the Forest City Press went through six editors: Alouis Blitz, W. S. Ingham, Balland and Milliken, A. S. Throne, and E. P. Throne. The latter was also the publisher of Anpao Kin, one of very few papers in the Sioux language at the time. The owner of the Press was Judge D. L. Fry. Its main audience were the residents of Forest City, but news from Gettysburg and the rest of Potter County often appeared as well.
The Forest City Press favored female readers, many of whom, like the…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Forest City, South Dakota, 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