The Lincoln Times (Lincolnton, N.C.) 190?-1965
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
762 issues from 1935 to 1962, published in Lincolnton, North Carolina, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Lincoln Times was a semi-weekly newspaper published in Lincolnton, North Carolina from the early 1900s to 1965. The newspaper may have first published under the title The Lincoln County Times in 1907. In referring to the Lincolnton newspaper bearing Times in its title, North Carolina newspapers published between 1907 and 1910 used Lincoln and Lincoln County interchangeably.
The Times supported the Republican party and offered an alternative to The Lincoln County News of Lincolnton, which supported the Democratic party. The October 15, 1907 edition of the News welcomed the Times, noting that the company was composed of “a number of the leading Republicans” of Lincoln County.
L.B. Thompson was listed as editor and publisher for the Times. He arrived in Lincolnton after having worked for The Newton Enterprise (NC) and The Christian Sun in Elon College, North Carolina. Thompson brought experience with printing and press operations to his newspaper work. The December 12, 1897 issue of The Concord Times reported that Thompson was the southern U.S. representative for Babcock Printing Press Manufacturing and was in town to assist in assembly of the newspaper’s new press. The January 10, 1907 edition of the Newton Enterprise referred to Thompson, then working at the newspaper, as its “expert pressman.”
On January 19, 1910 the Charlotte Daily Observer reported that Jessie Franklin Click (1847-1938) had purchased shares of the Times and was elected editor by the company’s board…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Lincolnton, North Carolina, 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