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UNITED STATES MEDICAL AND SURGICAL JOURNAL, October, 1865- September, 1874+ : A homeopathic journal, published by C. S. Halsey, under the editorial supervision of Dr. George E. Ship- man. Its pages record a great advance in the development of the new system of medical practice. In 1871, on behalf of the Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, Drs. W. Danforth, A. E. Small, and R. Ludlam bought the interest of Mr. Halsey, the publisher. From that time the journal was largely filled with reports of lectures in that school, and with the transactions of the Chicago Academy of Medicine. After the completion of nine volumes it was merged with the Medical Investigator, and became the United States Medical Investigator. HJ
VOICE OF THE FAIR, April 27 or 28-June 24, 1865: A paper issued in the interest of the Northwestern Sanitary Fair. Weekly until May 30, then daily. Edited by Andrew Shuman. File in the library of Boston Athenæum. HC
WESTERN TEMPERANCE ADVOCATE, August 4, 1865 to date (1868) :
Established as the official organ of the Sons of Temperance, it
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was larger in its ambition and scope than that fact indicates. Rev. J. C. Stoughton was editor until January 30, 1868, when the usual lack of funds caused a new arrangement, whereby T. M. Van Court became publisher ; the period of issue was changed from a week to a fortnight, and the publication was "edited 'round " by volunteers. It was apparently soon discontinued. H YOUNG CATHOLIC'S FRIEND, 1865(?) -- (?): A monthly juvenile paper, published by J. J. Kearney.
BANKING AND INSURANCE CHRONICLE, 1866 -- (?): Weekly; continued until some time after November, 1867. EHJ
BELLETRISTISCHE ZEITUNG, 1866 to date (1876): The Sunday edition of the Chicago Union, edited and published in 1876 by Hermann Lieb.
BROWN SCHOOL HOLIDAY BUDGET, Christmas, 1866 -- (?): An amateur paper edited "by S. P. and Tad," S. P. Rounds, Jr., and Thomas Lincoln (son of Abraham Lincoln), and announced to be published occasionally. H
CHRONICLE, 1866-August, 1872+ : An insurance and real estate weekly. In 1869, J. J. W. O'Donaghue was editor and pub- lisher. For three years following J. J. W. O'Donaghue and Edgar A. Hewitt were editors; the Chronicle Publishing Com- pany, publishers. In August, 1872, the Chronicle was moved to New York.
DAILY COMMERCIAL REPORT AND MARKET REVIEW, 1866-1876(?) : The successive editors and publishers were: D. D. Michaels, 1866-1868; Kennedy and Company, 1868-1870; Daley, Slade, and Cowles, 1870; Daley, Cowles, and Dunkley, 1871; Cowles and Dunkley, 1874-1876. C
CONCORDIA, 1866 to date (1869) : A quarterly publication, devoted to literature and music. H. R. Palmer and W. S. B. Mathews were editors, and H. R. Palmer was publisher in 1869.
FRANK LESLIE'S BUDGET OF FUN, 1866(?) to date (1867): Leslie and Company were publishers.
FRANK LESLIE'S CHIMNEY CORNER, 1866(?) to date (1867) : Leslie and Company were publishers.
JOLLY JOKER, 1866(?)-1867(?) : Monthly. A. Leslie was publisher. HOME PAPERS, 1866(?)-1868(?): Monthly. Published by C. S. Halsey.
LADIES' REPOSITORY, 1866(?)-1870(?): Monthly. Poe and Hitch- cock were publishers 1866-1868; J. W. Wiley was editor in 1870. NATIONAL PROHIBITIONIST, 1866 to date (1871) : The Prohibitionist Company edited and published this paper, 1870-1871.
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MUSICAL REVIEW, 1866-1867: Edited and published by H. M.
Higgins; The title was changed, beginning with the third number, to Higgins Musical Review. Monthly. N
NORTH-WESTERN FARMER, 1866 to date (1869) : A monthly agri- cultural publication dated from Chicago and Indianapolis, Indi- ana. The North-Western Farmer Company were editors and publishers in 1869. U
PRICE CURRENT AND MANUFACTURERS' RECORD, 1866 to date (1870): John C. W. Bailey and William Holly were editors in 1866. Bailey published the paper at that time, and during 1869 and 1870 was both editor and publisher.
REFORM, 1866(?) to date(1867) : A German daily paper published by B. F. Bross.
SKANDIVANEN, May 6, 1866 to date: A Norwegian-Danish daily and bi-weekly Republican paper, with a Sunday edition. It was established by Langeland and Anderson. Shortly after it started Knud Langeland became editor and John Anderson proprietor. It was weekly and tri-weekly, 1869-1871, with Langeland as editor. In 1873 Victor F. Lawson bought an interest. Johnson, Anderson, and Lawson were proprietors and publishers, 1874-1875; in 1876 and 1877 Anderson and Lawson were editors and publishers. Mr. Lawson sold his in- terest in 1889 and the John Anderson Publishing Company has continued as publishers from 1889 to date. Of this firm Nicolay A. Grevstad was chief editor, assisted by Benson, Westby, E. Anderson, C. Solberg, and Steensohn. Files of the paper are available at the office, 183-187 Peoria street, Chicago. UW
SEVEN SOUNDS, 1866(?) --- (?): A musical magazine "adapted to the youth." H. T. Merrill was editor, Merrill and Brennan were publishers in 1866.
SVENSKA AMERIKANAREN, September 8, 1866-1873+: A paper organized and published by a stock company which wished a liberal paper without church or other affiliation. Hans Mattson was editor until February, 1867, though Herman Roos was virtually editor, and was nominally head of the editorial staff from Feb- ruary, 1867, to December, 1869; Peter A. Sundelius, 1868-1870, 1871-1873; A. W. Schalin, January to August, 1871. Sold to Charles J. Stenquist in April, 1873. He changed the name to
NYA SVENSKA AMERIKANAREN, +April, 1873-1876+: Stenquist sold in 1877 to Hans Mattson, who soon transferred the paper to the Swedish Publishing Company. The paper was edited by Magnus Elmblad, then Gottfried Cronwall, then, 1874, by A. L. Gyllenhaal, and later by him and Herman Roos till it was sold
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to Mattson. Under the Swedish Publishing Company this paper,
Nya Verlden, and Skandia of Moline, were united to form U SVENSKA TRIBUNEN, +1876-1906+: Frank Anderson, Andrew Chaiser, C. F. Peterson, and a little later, Hans Mattson were members of the company that owned the paper. In 1880 Matt- son sold to Carl Gustaf Linderborg, who made the paper lib- eral and Independent, with Republican tendencies. But Peter- son was a Greeley man in 1872 and afterward Independent, and P. P. Svenson, one of the editors, was a Democrat; as a con- sequence the politics was mixed. Among the editors were Carl Anton Mellander, until 1894(?). Anders Leonard Gyllenhaal, 1894-1899; C. F. Peterson, 1900; Ernst W. Olson, 1900-1901; Gyllenhaal, 1901-1905; Anders Tofft, October, 1905-spring of 1906; Carl G. Norman, 1906 to date. The plant was sold in 1900 to John F. Norling, P. O. Norling, and Samuel E. Carls- son ; John E. Norling became sole proprietor in 1901; he sold to C. F. Erikson in 1905. In 1906 it combined with Svenska Nyheter as Svenska Tribunen-Nyheter, owned by Erikson and Gustav C. Broberg. The latter soon sold to Erikson. The paper has in the main been Republican.
WESTERN PULPIT, January 1866 -- (?): "A monthly theological miscellany devoted to the purity and power of the ministry, and the spiritual improvement and harmony of all Christian be- lievers." The miscellany was heavy, and was edited by a board of six ministers of six various denominations. It was published by Rev. R. F. Shinn. H
WESTLISCHE UNTERHALTUNGS BLÄTTER, 1866 to date (1876): A German Democratic paper, published weekly - the Sunday edition of the Union. Frederick Becker was publisher in 1869; Hermann Lieb was editor and publisher, 1873-1876; W. Bel- linghausen and Company are also listed as editors and publishers in 1876.
ADVANCE, September 5, 1867 to date: A Congregational weekly established by an association known as the Advance Company. W. W. Patton, D.D., was editor-in-chief 1867-1873, with J. B. T. Marsh, office editor and publisher for the Advance Company. In 1870 A. B. Nettleton was publisher for the Advance Com- pany, but by the year following, J. B. T. Marsh was again filling this post. In 1871 Mr. Marsh and H. L. Turner became the proprietors. Mr. Marsh soon sold his share to Mr. Turner, but continued on the editorial staff to 1875. In 1873 the paper was purchased by Charles H. Howard and Company. Dr. Patton was succeeded as editor by General Howard, who associated with himself Rev. Simeon Gilbert. In 1877 Rev. T. DeWitt
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Talmage and Gen. C. H. Howard were editors. The paper was dated from both New York and Chicago, in that year and in 1879. General Howard continued to 1882, when he sold to Rev. Dr. Robert West, who was editor and manager until 1886. Dr. Simeon Gilbert then became editor, with Dr. F. A. Noble as nominal editor-in-chief. After two years Dr. Noble retired and a Mr. Harrison became editor and general manager. In 1907 J. A. Adams was editor. The Advance Publishing Company were publishers. EWDHACN ANZEIGER, 1867(?): German. George F. Gross was publisher. ARLINGTON HALL PROGRAMME, 1867 to date (1868): Ashley and Bassett were publishers in 1867; Utter and Company in 1868.
ART JOURNAL, October, 1867 to date (1871): Monthly. Estab- lished by Martin O'Brien, with a subtitle An American Review of the Fine Arts. Special attention was given to art matters of Chicago, but New York, Boston, and European correspondence gave the journal a much wider scope. At the close of the first year J. F. Aitken and Company became the publishers, Charles A. Evans, the editor. J. Wright became editor in July, 1869. H COURIER, 1867 to date (1872) : A monthly publication, devoted to commerce, finance, and education. H. B. Bryant was publisher, 1869-1870; Bryant and Chase were editors and publishers, 1871-1872. E
GEM OF THE WEST AND SOLDIERS' FRIEND, 1867 to date (1876) : A weekly in 1870, later a monthly ; edited by C. Augustus Havi- land and wife. The Soldiers' Friend Company, known later as the Gem of the West Company, were publishers during the period 1872-1876. The paper is given in the newspaper direc- tory for 1870 as Western Soldiers' Friend. HC GREAT WEST, 1867(?) to date (1868): Monthly. Gilbert, Norton, and Company were publishers.
HERALD OF PEACE, 1867 to date (1870): A Friends' paper, pub- lished semi-monthly. W. E. Hathaway was editor in 1869; Hathaway and Willet Dorland were editors in 1870. The Her- ald Company were publishers, 1869-1870. This was said to be the only Friends paper in the west. E
HERALD OF THE COMING KINGDOM AND CHRISTIAN INSTRUCTOR, 1867-1871(?)+ : A religious semi-monthly publication. In 1869 Thomas Wilson and George Moyer were editors; Wilson, St. Clair, and Company were publishers. In 1870 Thomas Wilson alone was editor; Wilson and St. Clair were publishers. The paper advocated "the literal reign of Christ and his saints upon earth, the restoration of the twelve tribes of Israel, the complete
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mortality of man, and the entire destruction of the wicked." It was apparently succeeded in 1871 by Restitution.
INSIDE TRACK, 1867 to date (1869) : A monthly, devoted to adver- tising interests. A. N. Kellogg was editor and publisher in 1869. IRISH REPUBLIC, 1867(?)- - (?): The Irish Republic News Company was publisher.
JOURNAL OF THE FARM, 1867 to date (1872): A monthly agricul- tural paper. Baugh and Sons were publishers in 1871 and 1872. The paper was dated for Philadelphia and Chicago.
JUXBRUDER, 1867 to date (1871): A German comic weekly. Dr. A. C. Lebell and H. von Sangen were editors, 1870-1871; J. M. Geyerstanger was publisher.
LIBERAL, 1867 to date (1870) : A weekly, devoted to "free thought." James Walker was editor and publisher 1869-1870. E
LYCEUM BANNER, 1867 to date (1872): Bi-weekly. Mrs. H. F. M. Brown was editor, and Mrs. Lou H. Kimball was publisher, 1870-1871. In 1872 Mrs. Lou H. Kimball was editor and publisher.
MECHANIC AND INVENTOR, 1867 to date (1873) : Monthly. Thomas A. Sprague was editor; the Mechanic and Inventor Association were publishers. In 1873 the journal was dated for Chicago and Detroit.
WEEKLY MERCHANT, 1867(?)- - (?): A commercial weekly paper, published by Truax and Hornish.
NEW REPUBLIC, 1867(?), to date (1870) : Rev. W. B. Christopher was editor, 1867-1868. From 1868 to 1870 Frank Gilbert was publisher.
NORTHWESTERN REVIEW, 1867 to date (December, 1874) : A weekly paper, devoted to insurance. In 1870 and 1871 it was published monthly. It became weekly again in 1872. R. R. Dearden was editor and publisher, 1870-1874. In 1872 the title was given as Northwestern Weekly Review. JCH
OLIVE WREATH, January, 1867-1869+ : An Odd Fellows' monthly magazine. W. J. Chaplin was editor and publisher, 1867-1869. D. B. Harrington was also a publisher in 1869. This magazine was consolidated with Odd Fellows' Wreath, Detroit, and Western Odd Fellow, Mason, to form H
WESTERN ODD FELLOW, + 1870(?) to date (1871) : A consolidation of Olive Wreath, Chicago, Odd Fellows' Wreath, Detroit, and Western Odd Fellow, Mason. A weekly, devoted to Odd Fel- lowship. J. B. Wing and W. S. Woodmere, editors, and D. B. and N. W. Harrington, publishers in 1870. J. Ward Ellis, P.
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G. M., was editor, and Ellis and Burroughs were publishers in 1871. H
OPERA HOUSE PROGRAMME, 1867(?) to date (1870) : A daily. G. S. Utter and Company were publishers.
SPECIMEN, July 1, 1867 to date (1881): A typographical paper, issued quarterly for advertising purposes. It was published by Marder Luse and Company, type founders. J
UNION, 1867(?) to date (1868): Published under the auspices of the Chicago Typographical Union.
L'UNIONE ITALIANO, August 6, 1867 to date (1869) : Published weekly by the Italo-American Printing Company. This paper was probably succeeded after one year by Il Messaggiere Italiano dell' Ouest. A
UNION STOCK YARDS EXCHANGE, 1867(?) to date (1870) : A daily paper, published by H. L. Goodall.
AMERICAN BUILDER AND JOURNAL OF ART, October 15, 1868-1872 : Monthly. Established by Charles D. Lakey, publisher, with J. C. Adams as editor. Lakey soon became editor and Stanley Waterloo became his associate. The publication was designed especially to interest builders and to help to remedy defects in American architecture. A considerable amount of space was devoted to art and artists, however, and the journal exerted a beneficial influence in many directions. EH
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION, 1868 to date (1879) : A monthly educational magazine. Edited and published in 1873 by Rev. E. N. Andrews and Grace Hurwood. In 1875 and 1876, J. B. Merwin was editor and publisher. In 1879 J. B. Merwin and R. B. Shannon were editors and publishers. The paper was published at St. Louis. Dated for that city and Chicago. W
AMERICAN MESSENGER, 1868(?) to date (1871): Monthly. Pub- lished in English as the American Messenger, and also in Ger- man as the Americanischer Botschafter. The American Tract Society were the publishers.
BONHAM'S RURAL MESSENGER, 1868 to date (1872) : An agricul- tural monthly, edited and published in 1871 and 1872 by Jeriah Bonham.
CHICAGOAN, April 18, 1868-June, 1869+ : A literary weekly of un- usually good quality, published by H. N. F. Lewis. The first number began a story by George S. Phillips. Robert Collyer conducted a column; Robert Dale Owen was a contributor. The paper contained good book reviews, and attracted attention for its bold and extreme views on social questions. After about one year the Chicagoan absorbed Sorosis and Advance Guard, and became the H
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UNIVERSE, +June, 1869 -- (?): Edited and published by H. N. F. Lewis. Robert Dale Owen was a contributor.
CHRISTIAN CYNOSURE, 1868 to date: An opponent of secret societies. The newspaper directories from 1871 to 1880 give Rev. J. Blanchard as editor, Ezra Cook and Company as pub- lishers. In 1907, William I. Phillips was editor; the National Christian Association were publishers. The Christian Cynosure is given as weekly and bi-weekly in 1872, as weekly in 1879, and as monthly in 1907. E
FREMAD, 1868 to date (1871) : A Scandinavian weekly, Republican in politics. In 1870 and 1871 S. Beder was editor and publisher. GOSPEL PULPIT, 1868 to date (1869): A Universalist quarterly. Edited and published by Rev. W. J. Chaplin.
HOME ECLECTIC, 1868 to date (1870) : A monthly, devoted to family interests. Sumner Ellis was editor and publisher.
ILLUSTRATED CHICAGO NEWS, April 24, 1868- -- (?): A very creditable weekly, with illustrations by Thomas Nast and other well known artists. An editorial in the first number announces that "we shall make the Illustrated Chicago News, as far as we are able, a truly Western paper, but at the same time one that will make itself interesting to the East as well as the West." Farnum and Church were the publishers. H
DAILY LAW RECORD, 1868(?)-1871(?): R. R. Stevens was pub- lisher.
MARKET REPORTER, 1868 to date (1869): A commercial paper. Howard, White, and Crowell were editors and publishers.
CHICAGO MERCHANTS' AND MANUFACTURERS' RECORD, 1868(?)- -(?): A commercial paper, published by J. C. W. Bailey.
IL MESSAGGIERE ITALIANO DELL' OUEST, November 21, 1868- (?): Published by the Italo-American Printing Company ; Paolo Cella, secretary. A
MUSICAL INDEPENDENT, 1868 to date (1873): A monthly devoted to musical interests. W. S. B. Mathews was editor and Lyon and Healy were publishers in 1869 and 1871. Robert Goldbeck was editor and publisher in 1873.
NARODNI NOVING, 1868 to date (1870): A Bohemian weekly publi- cation. Joseph Sladek was editor in 1870; T. B. Belohradsky was publisher.
NEWS FROM THE SPIRIT WORLD, 1868(?) to date (1870): Mrs. A. Buffum edited this publication.
NOVA DOBA, 1868 to date (1871) : A weekly Bohemian publication. Joseph Pastor was editor and the Bohemian Printing and Pub- lishing Company were publishers in 1871.
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PHARMACIST, September, 1868-1885+ : Quarterly for one year, then monthly. Published by the Chicago College of Pharmacy. E. H. Sargent was editor for the first year. Then its title was changed by the addition of and Chemical Record (dropped in 1874). The period of publication became monthly and Albert E. Ebert became co-editor with E. H. Sargent. Succeeding editors were: N. Gray Bartlett, editor, Albert E. Ebert, associate editor, 1870-1872; Albert E. Ebert, 1873-1875; J. J. Siddall, business editor, 1874; no editor named, but publication committee of E. H. Sargent, W. F. Blocki, and Albert E. Ebert, 1876; E. H. Sargent and M. W. Borland, 1877; same, plus F. M. Goodman, 1878; H. D. Garrison, editor, 1879-1880; Robert H. Cowdrey managing editor, 1881, editor 1882-1884. The title of Phar- macist and Chemist was assumed before 1880(?), and later "a journal of pharmacy, chemistry, materia medica, toxicology and allied sciences" also appeared on the volume title pages. Succeeded by Western Druggist in 1885. H
POSTAL RECORD, 1868 to date (1872) : A monthly. David Green was publisher in 1871; Joseph N. Green in 1872.
PRESENT AGE, 1868 to date (1872) : A weekly spiritualist paper. It was dated from New York and Chicago in 1872. Dorus M. Fox was editor and publisher, 1871-1872.
CHICAGO RAILWAY REVIEW, June, 1868-1897+ : Established as a weekly by Stanley G. Fowler and D. C. Brooks. Brooks be- came sole owner after about one year, and in 1873 sold to Wil- lard A. Smith, who was at that time publisher of the St. Louis Railway Register. That paper was subsequently incorporated with the Chicago Railway Review as Railway Review. Mr. Smith continued as sole owner and editor until 1883, when W. D. Crosman became associate editor. He was editor, 1885-1890; Willard A. Smith, editor, James Peabody, Waldo H. Marshall, associates, 1891; James Peabody and Clement F. Street, editors, 1892-1894. Names of editors not given thereafter, until 1902, when W. M. Camp was editor. He has continued to occupy that position, and Willard A. Smith has remained president and general manager to date. The Railway Review, Incorporated, is publisher. Title changed to Railway and Engineering Review, April 3, 1897. CH JUW
REAL ESTATE AND BUILDING JOURNAL, 1868 to date: Issued weekly and devoted to real estate and building. Charles A. Smith was editor and T. A. Hungerford and Company were publishers in 1873-1874. S. A. Chappell was editor and T. A. Hungerford and Company were publishers in 1875. In 1876 S. A. Chappell was editor, and S. A. Chappell and Company
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were publishers. S. A. Chappell was editor in 1877, and John C. Parry was publisher. B. E. Smyers was editor and publisher in 1907, Real Estate and Building Journal Company, 1908. H REPORTER, 1868 to date: Monthly. Established by Francis N. Nichols under the firm name of Nichols and Company. Mr. Nichols was editor and publisher until 1878, and was thereafter editor until 1904. Nichols and Company have been publishers from 1872 to date. The Reporter was the pioneer and for many years the only trade magazine published in the interest of the granite and marble monumental trade. It was first located in a small office at Clark and Kinzie streets, where it was burned out in the fire of 1871. It later moved to the West Side, claiming to have operated the first power press on the west side of Chicago.
SOROSIS, 1868-1869+ : A weekly, devoted to woman's rights. Mrs. M. L. Walker and Company were editors and publishers in 1869. This paper was absorbed by the Chicagoan, which continued as the Universe, June, 1869.
SUNDAY SCHOOL MESSENGER, January, 1868 to date: A weekly paper edited and published by Rev. Andrew L. O'Neill, January, 1868-August, 1901; Rev. James J. Curran, September 1901- August, 1904; Rev. John J. Masterson, August, 1904 to date.
SUNDAY SCHOOL SCHOLAR, 1868-1873+ : A young people's educa- tional monthly. Selim H. Peabody was editor; Adams, Black- mer, and Lyon were publishers. The name became
SCHOLAR, +1873-1876: Publication was continued until 1876 when, upon the establishment of St. Nicholas in New York, the Scholar was bought by the St. Nicholas Company. H
WESTERN AGRICULTURIST AND LIVE STOCK JOURNAL, 1868 to date. (See Quincy.) H
WESTERN BOOK SELLER, 1868 to date (1870) : A monthly devoted to the interests of booksellers and publishers. The Western News Company were editors and publishers, 1868-1870. H
WESTERN CATHOLIC, 1868 to date (1881): Issued weekly and de- voted to Catholic interests. David Barry and Company were editors and publishers in 1870. Dee and Company were editors and publishers, 1871-1873. The name of William Mackay Lomasney also appears as editor in 1873. The Western Catholic Publishing and Printing Company were proprietors in 1874- 1875. Cornelius J. Coffey and Company were publishers and proprietors, and J. R. Coffey was manager, 1876-1880. In 1872 the paper was dated for Detroit and Chicago. It was Demo- cratic in politics.
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CHICAGO WESTERN HOME, 1868-1871+ : Issued monthly; a maga- zine of the "family story" type. The editors and publishers were: A. Parkhurst and Company, publishers, 1869; Stoddard and Parkhurst, 1870; Edward P. Fenn, editor, Western Home Company, publishers, 1871; Western Home Company, editors and publishers, 1875. The Chicago Western Home was de- stroyed in the great fire, but was apparently revived in 1874 as
WESTERN HOME, + 1874-1875: Publication was continued to 1875. A. Chisholm was publisher in that year. No. I of vol. 2, July, 1869, contains a contribution from Harriet Beecher Stowe, and announces Mrs. Stowe and Robert Collyer as regular contribu- tors. H
WESTERN POSTAL RECORD, 1868 to date (1881) : A monthly devoted to postal interests. J. S. Elwell was editor, and the Western Record Printing Company were publishers, 1872-1874. P. C. Russell was editor and publisher, 1875-1881. C ADVANCE GUARD, -(?)-1869+: This weekly paper was mentioned in the directory for 1869. It was absorbed by the Chicagoan, which continued as the Universe, June, 1869.
ADVOCATE OF PEACE, 1869 to date (1874): Monthly. The Ameri- can Peace Society, editors and publishers. Dated at Boston and Chicago.
AGITATOR, 1869(?)- - (?): Mentioned in the directory of 1869 as a woman's periodical.
ART JOURNAL AND AGITATOR, 1869-1870(?): Mentioned in the directory for 1869-1870. May have been the successor of Agitator mentioned in the directory next preceding.
BANNER, 1869 to date (1885): A weekly paper, published in 1885 by Frank E. Stanley. Found in Rowell for 1884 with 1869 given as date of establishment. H
BAPTIST QUARTERLY, 1869(?) to date (1870): Published by the American Baptist Publishing Society.
BRIGHT SIDE, 1869-1872+: John B. Alden was editor; Alden and True, publishers. In 1871 it was published by the Bright Side Company in weekly, semi-monthly, and monthly edi- tions. The following year, with a change of editor, the name was changed to
BRIGHT SIDE AND FAMILY CIRCLE, +1872 to date (1873): C. G. G. Paine was editor in 1872 and 1873. The Bright Side Company continued as publishers. Only a monthly edition is listed for these years.
BRITISH MAIL, 1869(?) -- (?): Monthly. In the directory for I869.
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