The Bon Homme County Independent (Tabor, S.D.)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
432 issues from 1904 to 1913, published in Tabor, South Dakota, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Bon Homme County Independent (aka The Independent) started its newspaper life October 6, 1904 in Tabor, Bon Homme County, South Dakota. W. A Glasner, the managing editor and publisher, created the six-column, eight-page, weekly paper, published every Thursday. The first issue’s front page stated, “This is the Bon Homme County Independent. It has come to stay; it speaks for itself and we leave the rest to you.”
The paper’s first print run of 1,000 copies was distributed with a notation that an annual subscription would cost $1.50. The paper was shared with surrounding communities, encouraging others to visit the fertile agricultural area with a high percentage of tillable land near the Missouri River.
Tabor’s central location in Bon Homme County was easily accessed by the Platte branch of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul railroads. The tracks had been set six years after the town of Tabor organized in April 1872. Most of the settlers reaching Tabor were of southern Bohemian (Czech) or Slovakian descent. The Independent referred to the Czech residents as being sturdy, honest, intellectual, and moral people. With Catholicism being the chief religion of this immigrant community, many events revolved around church-related activities. The church constructed the St Wenceslau’s Academy, a day school and boarding school that provided education and dormitory facilities to students from kindergarten through grade 12.
When The Independent originated, South Dakota had already…
- Genres
- News
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- Tabor, South Dakota, United States
- Collection
- Chronicling America
- Licence or status
- None stated by the archive
- Rights
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- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities
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- Teens profiles and older (placed by Invisible Network from what the archive says; archives give no ratings)
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