The Owosso Times (Owosso, Mich.)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
1,213 issues from 1897 to 1922, published in Owosso, Michigan, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Owosso Times, “the accredited organ of the Republican party in Shiawassee County,” Michigan, was founded in 1879 by Lucius E. Gould. Owosso lies on the Shiawassee River, 27 miles northeast of the state capitol of Lansing. Owosso was incorporated as a city in 1859, when it reached a population of around 1,000. By the early 1870s, the town served as a major crossroads of the Jackson, Lansing, and Saginaw (later the Michigan Central) and the Detroit and Milwaukee Railroads, The Toledo, Saginaw and Muskegon Railroad (later the Grand Trunk Western) arrived in 1888, and Owosso remained a highly significant railroad town well into the 20th century.
George Martin Dewey Sr., a native of Lebanon, New Hampshire, Harvard graduate, and noted Republican stump speaker, who had previously served as editor-proprietor of the Niles Enquirer and the Hastings Republican Banner bought the Times in 1881. He later incorporated it as a stock company and retained the role of editor until he retired in 1890. Dewey had been one of the delegates at the meeting “under the oaks” in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, that led to the organization of the Republican Party. He also served as senator for Michigan’s 16th district during the 1873-74 session.
In 1889, a three-story brick office building was built to house the Times on the corner of Main and Park in Owosso’s second ward, a few blocks east of the Shiawassee River. In 1890, James N. McBride became co-editor after purchasing a half-interest in…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Owosso, Michigan, 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