The Sisseton Weekly Standard (Sisseton, Roberts County, 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.
758 issues from 1904 to 1921, published in Sisseton, South Dakota, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Sisseton Weekly Standard began publication on May 28, 1892, in Roberts County, South Dakota. The Standard claimed to be the first newspaper established in Sisseton, and was published originally by Gilbert O. Kively. In 1894, Kively sold the Standard to Casper Kennedy who operated the newspaper for the next ten years. On December 23, 1904, Kennedy in turn sold the Standard to Charles C. Knappen.
Under Knappen, the Standard was an eight-page, six-column weekly published on Fridays; it originally had no political affiliation, but later evolved into a Republican paper. When Knappen purchased the Standard, he stated that his goal was to create a newspaper “which shall represent the community in which it is printed.” He went on to say: “We will print all the news fit to be printed, print the truth, without fear, favor or affectation; print fresh ideas, progressive thought and reliable information; print the opinions of the editor fearlessly, and print what we believe to be right, regardless of consequences. We have decided opinions of our own and propose to maintain them at any cost.”
The first few years of Knappen’s leadership of the Standard were characterized by unfriendly exchanges with George Mosher, editor of the rival Sisseton News. According to Knappen, “as is well known, Mosher grows fat on fabrication; it’s his chief stock in trade. His mission as a corrupt newspaper man would not tally correctly if he even attempted to do otherwise. He has always been known as a…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Sisseton, 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