The Aberdeen Democrat (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909

• 1902–1909
• Newspaper

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424 issues from 1902 to 1909, published in Aberdeen, South Dakota, digitised for Chronicling America.

South Dakota’s Aberdeen Democrat was a weekly paper originally published by George B. Daly. The first issue was published on Friday, December 23, 1887, in Aberdeen’s Pioneer Building. The paper had six columns, with its page length varying between two and eight pages. For a brief time, the Democrat was published on Wednesdays, before returning to Friday publication in November of 1902. The final issue was published on Friday, April 19, 1909, after which the title was changed to the Dakota Democrat.

The Aberdeen Democrat was originally titled the Aberdeen Pioneer and owned by D.C. Wadsworth in 1881. Less than a year later, the title was changed to the Aberdeen Republican to avoid confusion with another area paper, the Dakota Pioneer. After changing hands many times, the paper finally was bought by George B. Daly in 1898, who changed its title to the Aberdeen Democrat. Even though Daly owned the paper, the first publishers were C.C. Fetcher and Searle. Daly took over as editor sometime between August 17, 1900, and October 22, 1902. On October 20, 1906, Daly sold the Aberdeen Democrat to George P. Willmarth, who would later rename the paper the Dakota Democrat.

The main audience of the Aberdeen Democrat was not just residents of the city of Aberdeen alone, but people throughout Brown County, both farmers and businessmen. Regular features included a Railroad Directory, Weekly Market Report, as well as a foreign news section. Many of the Democrat’s editors were vocal about…

Genres

News

Published in

Aberdeen, South Dakota, United States

Language

English

Collection

Chronicling America

Licence or status

None stated by the archive

Rights

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Credit

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities

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