Pierre Weekly Free Press (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
929 issues from 1890 to 1918, published in Pierre, South Dakota, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Pierre Weekly Free Press began publication on May 25, 1883, in South Dakota. Printed every Thursday, the “State’s best weekly,” eventually became the official paper of the city of Pierre and Hughes County and consisted of eight pages and six columns. The Free Press boasted a wide circulation that served “every county in the state and nearly every state in the union,” and claimed that it would “fully double the circulation of any other publication issued from Pierre.” Since Pierre became South Dakota’s capital in 1890, the Free Press had the added advantage of legislative reporting, declaring that “A full report of the work of the legislature will be given every week while that body is in session,” and that it would “keep the taxpayers of the state posted as to affairs of state.”
Initially part of the Pierre Printing Company, the Free Press came under the control of the Free Press Printing Company on May 24, 1888. By March 19, 1891, J. C. McManima was serving as president and Samuel G. Dewell as editor. For a time, McManima also served as co-editor with Dewell. On November 30, 1893, Charles A. Wheelon purchased McManima’s interests and served as co-editor. Sometime between 1899 and 1903, Dewell leased the Free Press to Claire E. Besancon and a man named Raish. On December 15, 1904, the contract ended, and Dewell took over again until A. C. Satterlee purchased the Pierre Weekly Free Press on February 14, 1907. Satterlee would remain as sole editor and publisher until the…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Pierre, 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