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INVESTIGATOR, 1873-1908+ : An insurance paper, at first weekly, but monthly by 1880. J. S. Bloomington was editor and pub- lisher in 1875, and was still so in 1880. William E. Beer was editor, and Herbert W. Bloomington, publisher, in 1907. In January, 1908, this paper was merged in Insurance Field.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN BUREAU OF MINES, 1873 to date (1875) : A monthly mining journal. W. C. McCarty was editor and manager, 1874-1875.
DAILY JUBILEE, June, 1873: A souvenir of Chicago's gala week, June 5-12, 1873. Lively. H
LITERARY VARIETIES, March, 1873 --- (?): Monthly. Edward N. Fuller was editor and publisher. Slight. H
LITTLE BOUQUET, 1,873 to date (1877) : A juvenile monthly, devoted to spiritualism. S. S. Jones was editor; the Religio-Philosophical Publishing Company were publishers, 1874-1877.
MASONIC RECORD, 1873(?) to date (1878): Carson and Barnard were publishers in 1873; Carson and Lamberson in 1874; C. H. Carson and Company, 1875-1878.
MASTER MECHANIC, 1873 to date (1874): A monthly, devoted to mechanics. Evans, Comstock, and Company were editors and publishers in 1874.
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NORTH-WESTERN LUMBERMAN, 1873-1898+: A weekly paper devoted to lumber interests. William B. Jackson was editor and Judson and Dicey were publishers in 1874. In 1875 Wil- liam B. Jackson and Calvin M. Mudge were editors and Judson, Dicey, and Company were publishers. Rufus King was business manager. In 1876 William B. Jackson was editor, and Judson and King were publishers. The Lumberman Publishing Com- pany were editors and publishers, 1877-1880. The title of the paper became American Lumberman in 1898. January 1, 1899, the Timberman, established 1885, was absorbed. In 1907 J. E. Defebaugh was editor; the American Lumberman (Inc.) were publishers. This paper was monthly in 1874, with a semi- monthly bulletin. Since then it has been weekly. WHE
OCCIDENT, 1873 to date (September, 1895) : A weekly radical reform Jewish journal. It was devoted to general news, politics, liter- ature, science, art, and the interest of the Hebrews of the North- west. Julius Silversmith, M.A., was editor and proprietor, 1873-1895. The Occident Publishing Company were publishers. In 1876 mention is made of the fact that this paper was printed in both English and German. DAH
OUR BOYS' AND GIRLS' OWN, 1873 to date (1875): A monthly publication. J. A. Densmore was editor and publisher in 1875. Listed as Boys and Girls Magazine in 1874.
PEOPLE'S PAPER, July 26-August 16, 1873: A grange organ edited by Edward N. Fuller. It was disposed of to J. A. Noonan and merged in Industrial Age. H
PORTFOLIO, 1873(?)- - (?): A monthly, devoted to literature and the fine arts.
PROFESSOR TRUMBULL'S FAMILY RECORD, 1873(?): Published by Trumbull and Carver.
SCIENTIFIC FARMER, 1873 to date (1874): Monthly. Dr. T. A. Bland was editor and Thomas G. Newman publisher in 1874.
SOUTH SIDE NEWS, 1873 to date (1874) : Published weekly for Grand Crossing. Vansant and Company were editors and publishers in 1874.
STAG WEEKLY, 1873: A small two-column eight-page paper, appar- ently issued for gratuitous circulation, by Carpenter and Sheldon. H
STUDENT, 1873 to date (1874): Monthly. M. Wendell was editor, and Wendell and Einstein were publishers in 1874.
To-DAY, 1873(?) -- (?): A weekly, edited by Dio Lewis.
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TURNER'S MINARET, 1873-1875: A semi-monthly publication of the "family story" type. E. M. Turner and Company were editors and publishers in 1873. The paper was listed in 1875 as the Minaret.
VART NYA HEM, 1873 to date (1874) : A Swedish monthly, edited and published by A. Chaiser and Company in 1874.
CHICAGSKY VESTNIK, 1873 to date (1881): Bohemian. A liberal Republican paper, published weekly. Josef Langmayer was editor and publisher in 1874 and 1877. Josef Langmayer was publisher and J. V. Matejka was editor in 1880. A later paper, monthly, of this name, was established in 1902 by the First Bohemian Catholic Central Union as the organ of this Union. The editors to date are Rev. Peter Cerveny and John Straka.
Vox HUMANA, 1873 to date (1879) : A monthly, devoted to music. Charles Barnard was editor, and George Woods and Company were publishers, 1874-1876. It was dated for Cambridgeport, Massachusetts, and Chicago in 1876. In 1879 Louis C. Elson was editor, and George Woods and Company were publishers. WESTERN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION, 1873 to date (1876): An educa- tional paper, issued monthly. John W. Brown was editor and publisher in 1876.
WESTERN SPORTING TIMES, 1873(?) -- (?): Owned by T. Z. Cowles.
WILSON'S REFLECTOR, 1873 to date (1877) : A monthly, devoted to the advertising of sewing machines. J. A. Spencer was editor, and the Wilson Sewing Machine Company were publishers in 1876. In 1877 Mrs. M. H. Fuller was editor, and the Wilson Sewing Machine Company were publishers.
WORKERS' LAMP, 1873 to date (1877): A monthly, devoted to mechanical interests. The Workers' Lamp Company were editors and publishers, 1874-1876. Charles G. Smith is men- tioned as a publisher in 1875.
ZIONS VAKT, 1873: Organ of the Swedish Baptist Church; pub- lished by Dr. J. A. Edgren. Short lived.
AMERICAN ASPIRANT, 1874 to date (1876) : Edited and published by A. F. Bradley and Company.
AMERICAN HOMES MAGAZINE, 1874(?)- - (?): An illustrated magazine published by Henry L. Shepard and Company. F. W. McClure was manager in 1874. Listed also as American Home.
AMERICAN MILLER, + May, 1874 to date : A monthly journal devoted to the art of flour milling. It was published for one year at Ottawa before its removal to Chicago, May, 1874. It was
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originally owned and edited by Samuel S. Chisholm, with whom was associated Arthur J. Mitchell, and subsequently, in 1876, Harley B. Mitchell. The American Miller Publishing Company, which had been the style of the publishers, was incorporated in 1878, and in 1882 the style of the corporation was changed to Mitchell Brothers Company, which it still retains. Mr. Chis- holm sold his interest to the Mitchells and retired. In 1907 H. B. Mitchell was editor. The officers of the publishing com- pany are: H. B. Mitchell, president; M. W. Mitchell, vice- president, and A. J. Mitchell, secretary and treasurer.
ARBEITERFREUND, 1874(?) ---- (?): German. Rudolph Ruh- baum was proprietor.
BABCOCK FIRE RECORD, 1874(?) -- (?): Monthly. Edited by George Mathews.
CARL PRETZEL'S NATIONAL WEEKLY, 1874-1893: The title later contained the word Illustrated, to advertise its cartoons. A comic paper, written in German-English lingo. It made an appeal to a wider public than its predecessor. Having exhausted after a time his original vein, Mr. C. F. Harris, the editor and publisher, turned his attention to politics. Among the contrib- utors were Robert G. Ingersoll and John A. Logan. The paper became also the organ of some secret society interests. It re- tained throughout its existence something of its original humorous character. U
CATHOLIC PILOT, August 15, 1874 to date: A Catholic weekly. Edited and published throughout its existence by M. J. Cahill. It was listed in 1879 as Irish Leader and Pilot and in 1881 as Pilot.
CHILDREN'S VOICE, 1874(?)- - (?): W. Billings was editor and proprietor.
CHRISTIAN AT WORK, 1874(?) to date (1875): In 1874 H. H. Chan- dler was manager of the western branch, located in Chicago; C. D. Paine, 1875.
COMMERCIAL PRICE CURRENT, 1874 to date (1877) : A weekly. R. W. Wheeler was editor; the Commercial Printing Company were publishers.
DAILY COURIER, January 1, 1874, to date (1877) : Issued at 8 A. M. Given in the directory for 1876 as the Morning Courier, daily and weekly. A Sunday edition, the Sunday Courier-Herald, was established in 1876. The Courier Company were editors and publishers, 1874-1876; George I. Yeager, in 1877. The paper began as Independent; became Democratic. HU
THE CROSS AND THE SWORD, 1874(?): Nowlan and Cunningham were proprietors.
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CRUSADER, 1874 to date (1881) : A temperance monthly. Mrs. M. E. DeGeer and daughter, Mrs. C. V. Waite, were editors and publishers from 1875 to 1879 (and after?).
ENGINEER, ARCHITECT, AND SURVEYOR, 1874-1875+ : Established by George H. Frost and Charles J. Moore. It was changed to ENGINEERING NEWS, +1875-1879+: Established by George H. Frost. After one year Charles J. Moore became associated with Frost in editing and publishing the Engineering News which was soon made a weekly. Moore's name disappeared, and Frost continued as editor and publisher until the office of publication was moved to New York at the close of 1878. Vols. 9-18 are entitled Engineering News and American Contract Journal; vols. 19-59, Engineering News and American Railway Journal. The paper is still published in New York and maintains a Chicago office. JC
FIELD, 1874+: Weekly. Became WH
FIELD AND STREAM, +1874-1876+: It succeeded the Field, was published bi-weekly, and later became H
CHICAGO FIELD, February, + 1876-July, 1881 : A sportsman's weekly newspaper and recreative journal. Its publishers have been : C. W. Marsh and Company, 1874-1879; Chicago Field Publish- ing Company, March 1, 1879-July 1, 1881; American Field Publishing Company, July 2, 1881, to date. Edited by Marsh and Company to March 1, 1876. March 4, 1876, Dr. N. Rowe assumed editorial charge and on March 3, 1877, became editor and manager, and continued as such until his death, March 10, 1896. Dr. Rowe was also president and treasurer of the American Field Publishing Company until his death. Then Mrs. N. Rowe became president and treasurer of the company, and editor to date. From 1876 George W. Strell was associated with Dr. N. Rowe, was managing editor, 1886-1896, and general manager and editor, 1896 to date. Title was changed to American Field on July 2, 1881. Since 1883 the journal has been dated from New York and Chicago. HA
FRA MODERLANDENE, 1874 to date (1875) : A Scandinavian weekly. Albert Fougner was general agent.
FURNITURE TRADE, 1874 to date (1880): Monthly. The paper was listed in the 1875 directory as Western Furniture Trade, and in 1879 and 1880 as Furniture Trade Journal, Brackett and Talcott were editors and publishers 1875-1876. The following year Charles E. Brackett was editor and publisher. The name of F. B. De Berard appears as editor and publisher in 1878; Brackett, Ealy, and Company in 1879. Francis LeBaron was editor in
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1880, and F. B. De Berard, publisher. The journal was then semi-monthly. It was issued simultaneously in Chicago and New York in 1879.
GAZETA POLSKA KATOLICKA, 1874 to date: A Polish Catholic weekly. In 1876-1880 John Barzynski was editor, and the Polish Literary Society were publishers. In 1907 the W. Smulski Publishing Company were publishers. The word Polska is not now a part of the title.
GERICHTSHALLE, 1874 --- (?): A German paper, edited and pub- lished by E. Frederick.
GOOD TIDINGS, 1874(?) --- (?): L. C. Collins and C. C. Marston were the editors.
GROCER, 1874-(after 1879)+: A commercial weekly. George P. Engelhard was editor, Hannibal H. Chandler was manager, and the Grocer Publishing Company were publishers, 1877-1879. It became
GROCER AND MERCANTILE REVIEW, +( ) after 1879 to date (1881) : George P. Engehard continued in the position of editor. The Grocer Company were publishers in 1881, with H. H. Chandler as manager.
HANDELS UND INDUSTRIE ZEITUNG, 1874 to date (1876) : A Scandi- navian commercial paper. It was being published in 1876 by the Hejmdal Publishing Company.
HEJMDAL, 1874 to date (1877): A Scandinavian paper. Reichel and Salmonsen were editors and publishers in 1875. The fol- lowing year the Hejmdal Publishing Company were publishers. In 1877 the same company were publishing the paper, and L. Salmonsen was editor. The proprietors for that year are given as Reichel and Company. This paper claimed to be "the . largest Danish-Norwegian paper in the world."
HOSPITAL BAZAAR, November 16-25, 1874: Edited by Kate Newell Doggett in the interest of the Hahnemann Hospital Fair. J HYRDESTEMMEN, 1874 to date: A weekly Sunday-school paper, published by the Norwegian and Danish Methodists. The editors have been: Rev. C. F. Eltzholtz, 1874-1878; Rev. Christian Treider and Rev. C. F. Eltzholtz, 1878-1880; A. Haagenson, 1880-1884; Christian Treider, 1884-1892; H. P. Bergh, 1892-1898: Christian Treider, 1898-1900; H. P. Bergh, 1900 to date. Files of the paper are available at 272 Grand ave- nue, Chicago.
ILLUSTRATED BIBLE STUDIES, 1874 to date (1879) : A non-sectarian Sunday-school paper, published monthly. Howard, Turner, and Company were editors and publishers, 1874-1875. C. H.
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Howard and Company were editors and publishers in 1876; C. H. Howard was editor, C. H. Howard and Company were pub- lishers in 1879.
INSURANCE CRITIC, 1874 to date (1879) : A semi-monthly, devoted to insurance interests. George W. and Joseph Reed, Jr., were editors and publishers, 1875-1876; George W. Reed and George W. Corliss, 1877 to date (1879). The paper is given in 1879 as a monthly, issued from Chicago and New York.
CHICAGO JOURNAL OF NERVOUS AND MENTAL DISEASES, January, 1874-October, 1875+ : A quarterly medical journal. J. S. Jewell and H. M. Bannister were editors. The journal was continued as the
JOURNAL OF NERVOUS AND MENTAL DISEASES, +October, 1879- -- (?).
LIQUOR TRADE REVIEW, 1874 -- (?): Thomas Marshall was editor and publisher.
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE REPORTER, 1874(?) to date (1875): E. Griffiths was publisher. The paper was also listed as Live Stock Reporter.
METAL WORLD, 1874(?) --- (?): A commercial monthly, listed in the newspaper directory for 1874. It was published by the Metal World Publishing Company.
MILLENARIAN, January, 1874 -- (?): Monthly. Edited and pub- lished by H. V. Reed. "The Millenarian advocates the per- sonal return of Christ to our earth, his literal reign over Isreal and the nations, the resurrection of the holy dead at the com mencement of the Millennium, and their reign with Christ during the Millennial day and beyond," etc. H
MISSIONS-VÄNNEN, July, 1874 to date: Founded as a monthly by the Mission Synod; became weekly in 1880. Edited at first by A. W. Hedenschoug and L. J. Peterson, 1874-1880; Andrew Hallner, 1880-1882; A. E. Wenstrand and Gustaf Theden; and later Hallner, under whom the paper favored Prohibition. He was succeeded by John Hagestrom. The Mission Friends Publishing Company bought the paper in 1882. C. G. Peterson is manager.
NÄR OCH FJERRAN, 1874 to date (1879): A Swedish illustrated monthly published at the Hemlandet office, 1874-1877. Enan- der and Bohman were editors and publishers, 1875-1877. C
NATIONAL, 1874 to date (1881) : A weekly, devoted to the interests of the liquor trade.
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NORDEN, 1874 to date (1881) : A Norwegian paper, Republican in politics. Hallward Hande was editor, and I. T. Relling and Company were publishers, 1875-1880. U
NOVELIST, 1874 to date (1881) : A literary paper of which George E. Blakely was editor, and the Pictorial Printing Company were publishers, 1879-1880.
DEN NYE TID, 1874-after 1881 : A socialist paper started by the Scandinavian sect of the Socialist Labor party. It was edited by Mr. Peterson. In 1881 a paper bearing the same name was listed in Ayer as established in 1877 and published by Den Nye Tid Publishing Company.
OUR REST, 1874-1880(?)+ : A semi-monthly paper devoted to the Second Advent. The title was given in 1881 as Our Rest and Signs of the Times. Thomas Wilson was editor and publisher in 1873. The same was true in 1880, but in 1875 and 1876 Thomas Wilson and H. V. Reed were the editors.
OWL, October, 1874 -- (?): A literary monthly devoted to library news, brief and terse, often unrestrained and enthusiastic. Book notices, and other items of literary interest including essays by W. F. Poole, designed to impress upon his readers his belief that good fiction should occupy a large place in public libraries, gave the paper good standing. It was edited by W. F. Poole, and published by W. B. Keen, Cooke, and Company, of whose book business the Owl seems to have been more or less the hand- maiden. Vol. I consists of fourteen numbers; vol. 2 begins with January, 1876. NF
PEOPLE'S MONTHLY, 1874(?) --- (?): C. McKnight was editor. SATURDAY EVENING HERALD, 1874-1909+ : A weekly, devoted in early years to literature, art, music, and society ; and in later years almost exclusively to society. Lyman B. Glover was founder, John M. Dandy, G. M. McConnell and Lyman B. Glover were editors up to 1879. McConnell withdrew in 1879, Glover in 1886. Dandy was editor to 1893 or after. In 1876 the Herald Publishing Company were publishers. Edward Freiberger was editor and publisher in 1907. Ernest L. Briggs, editor in 1909, started the Illinois Illustrated Review, July, 1909, and Chicago Illustrated Review, September 15, 1909, to succeed the Herald. AH
SCIENTIFIC MANUFACTURER, 1874 to date (1875) : A semi-monthly, published at Detroit, Michigan, dated for Chicago and Detroit. Thomas S. Sprague was editor and R. H. Sprague, publisher, in 1874. R. A. Sprague was editor and publisher in 1875, and the paper was monthly.
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SEWING MACHINE JOURNAL, 1874 -- (?): A monthly journal. A. M. Leslie and Company were editors and publishers in 1874. TEMPLE CALL, 1874(?)- - (?): Edited by Pliny P. Ravlin.
VOLKS-ZEITUNG, January, 1874-1876: A socialist paper established by a stock company called Social Democratic Printing Associ- ation, with Mr. Brucker as editor. The paper was sold to C. Conzett in 1876 and was used by him in establishing Arbeiter- Zeitung.
VORBOTE, March, 1874 to date: Established as a workingman's socialist organ, with Conrad Conzett as editor. The success of the venture led in 1876 to the purchase of Volks-Zeitung and the establishing of the Chicagoer Arbeiter-Zeitung, published three times a week. P. Grottkau was editor in 1879, and in that year the paper was taken over by the Socialistic Publishing Society. August Spies and Michel Schwab became editors in 1880, and were condemned for participation in the so-called Anarchist riots in Chicago in 1886. Spies was hanged and Schwab, sen- tenced to life imprisonment, was pardoned by Governor Altgeld in 1893. Since 1892 the paper has been published by Chicago Arbeiter-Zeitung Publishing Company, successor to the Social- istic Publishing Society.
WATCHMAKER AND METAL WORKER, 1874 to date (1881): Estab- lished as a monthly. In 1879 it was bi-monthly; then monthly in 1880. John H. Mather was editor and publisher, 1879-1880. WESTEN, 1874(?) --- (?): An Independent German weekly paper ; the Sunday edition of the Illinois Staats-Zeitung. It was listed as the Westen und Daheim in 1907; a Republican paper. Raster was editor, 1874-1875, and The Illinois Staats-Zeitung Company were publishers, 1874-1876. U
WESTERN MANUFACTURER, April, 1874 to date (1882) : A mechan- ical publication issued monthly. Fox and Company were editors and publishers in 1875; Fox and Coyne in 1876; Coyne and Gilmore in 1877; Coyne and Company in 1877-1880. H WESTERN PHOTOGRAPHIC NEWS, October, 1874 to date (1876) : Edited and published by C. W. Stevens.
AMERICAN TRADE JOURNAL, 1875 to date (1881) : A commercial monthly.
AMERIKAN, 1875 to date: Bohemian. August Geringer has been publisher from 1875 to date. Listed in the 1877-1881 directories as weekly edition of Svornost (which see). Since 1907 it has been a bi-weekly. The paper has always been Independent.
BUDBAREREN, 1875(?) to date (1876): A Swedish paper of which Lars C. Svendson was proprietor.
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CHRISTIAN REGISTER, 1875(?) to date: A Unitarian weekly, estab- lished in Boston in 1821. In 1875 it was dated for Chicago. Rev. T. J. Mumford was editor, Geo. H. Ellis was business manager; and the Christian Register Association were pub- lishers. In 1907 George Batchelor was editor; the same asso- ciation were publishers.
COMMERCIAL, 1875(?)-1876+: Edited by R. Wheeler. By 1877 it had been changed to
MARINE RECORD AND TRADE OF THE WEST, +1877(?) -- (?) : CONSERVATORY, 1875(?) -- (?): Lyman, McAllaster, and Com- pany were publishers.
ENTERPRISE AND TIMES, 1875(?) -- (?) +: Published for South Chicago by H. L. Goodall and Company, who were also editors. Changed to
ENTERPRISE, + 1875 to date (1877) : A weekly, published for South Chicago by H. L. Goodall and Company. William Caffrey was editor.
GRAIN AND PROVISION REVIEW, 1875 to date (1881) : A commercial paper. Cole and Company were editors and publishers in 1880.
GREAT SOUTH-WEST, 1875 to date (1876) : A monthly advertising sheet. In 1876 George Rice was editor and publisher. The paper was dated from Sedalia, Missouri, and Chicago.
GUARDIAN, 1875 to date (1881) : An English and German monthly, published in the interest of the I. O. O. F. The Guardian Pub- lishing Company, of which S. L. Hurst was secretary, were editors and publishers, 1876-1877. The same company were publishers, 1878-1880. H. F. Holcomb was editor, 1878- 1879; T. H. Glenn, 1880. H
CHICAGOER HANDELS-ZEITUNG, 1875 to date (1879): A German commercial and industrial weekly, claimed to be the only one in the West. C. Wenborne and J. Lingenberg were editors in 1877; Sittig and Wenborne were publishers. In 1879 Hermann Lieb was editor; the Chicago Democrat Printing Company were publishers. No report is given in the directory of 1880.
HOTEL WORLD, August, 1875 to date: A weekly class journal of general hotel information devoted to technical hotel literature, hotel news, and editorial. Established by Frank Glossop, who was editor and publisher, 1875-1877. William E. Smith was associated with him, 1877-1879. H. J. Bohn and Company pur- chased the paper in 1879 and continued the publication to 1883. H. J. and C. H. Bohn, 1883-1885; H. J. Bohn and Brother
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(John J. Bohn), 1885 to date. Files are in the office and in the Library of Congress.
CHICAGO ILLUSTRATED NEWS, 1875(?): W. R. Steele was pub- lisher.
INDEX, 1875(?) to date (1891): A Saturday paper, devoted to fic- tion. C. E. Tues was editor; the Index Publishing Company were publishers. This paper was listed in Rowell for 1891.
IN DOOR AND OUT, 1875 to date (1879) : An illustrated literary monthly. George E. Blakely was editor, and the Pictorial Print- ing Company were publishers. 1876-1879.
INSURANCE PRESS, 1875(?) -- (?): Published by George Cohen. LAKESIDE LIBRARY, 1875-1877: The issues of this "library" were tri-monthly pamphlets, the first of the kind, containing cheap reprints of standard fiction. Donnelley, Lloyd, and Company were the editors and publishers. This was said by John R. Walsh to have been the first ten-cent "library."
LANDLORD AND TENANT, 1875(?)-1876(?): John F. Golding was manager in 1875; Francis Timpson was publisher in 1876. U MERCANTILE PRICE CURRENT, 1875 to date (1876) : A daily and weekly commercial paper. The Chicago Mercantile Publishing Company were editors and publishers.
MORNING STAR, +1875(?) to date (1879): A Baptist weekly, founded at Dover, New Hampshire, in 1826. According to the directories it was dated for Boston and Chicago, 1875-1879. In 1875 George T. Day was editor; I. D. Stewart, publisher. G. F. Mosher and Rev. A. H. Huling were editors, 1876-1879; I. D. Stewart was publisher.
NATIONAL FARMER, 1875 to date (1879) : A monthly publication issued from the office of Factory and Farm. M. E. Cole was editor, and Fox, Cole, and Company were publishers in 1879.
DAILY NEWS, December 26, 1875 to date: Established by Melville E. Stone, Percy R. Meggy, and William E. Dougherty. Meggy and Dougherty soon became discouraged and sold to Mr. Stone, who in turn sold to Victor F. Lawson in July, 1876. Later Mr. Stone bought a third interest in the property and conducted the editorial department until 1888, when he retired. Mr. Lawson became sole owner, and thereafter directed both the editorial and the business departments. In 1878 the News bought the Evening Post; in 1881 the issue of a two-cent morning edition, called at first Morning News, and after 1892 Record, was begun ; it was made one cent in 1888. Mr. Lawson conducted both papers until March 28, 1901, when he sold the Record to the Times-Herald and the two were consolidated as Record-
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Herald. The News has professed independence in politics, and enterprise rather than sensationalism. Its foreign special cable service has been a feature of its news enterprise, while its fresh-air fund, free lectures, and such undertakings indicate other directions in which it has been active. NH
PRINTING PRESS, July, 1875-October, 1876: A quarterly publica- tion for printers, journalists, and others. Edited by Henry R. Boss and published for the Franklin Society as a means of in- creasing the library of that society. In the early numbers Boss printed his Early Newspapers in Illinois. In the second volume, beginning June, 1876, three bi-monthly numbers were issued, and the publication was then discontinued. JH PROGRESSIVE FARMER, 1875(?) --- (?): Listed in the 1875 directory. RAPID WRITER, +April, 1875-November, 1878+: A quarterly publication "devoted to the introduction of phonetic shorthand as the common and universal mode of writing." The first num- ber was issued in Boston, June 15, 1865, and was edited by D. P. Lindsley. The second number, which did not appear until April 15, 1869, was issued from Mendon, Massachusetts. By that time an office had been established in Chicago with D. Kim- ball as manager. Beginning with the ninth number, Rapid Writer was issued at Andover, Massachusetts, and dated at An- dover, Boston, and Chicago. The Rapid Writer Association thenceforward was publisher. Through 1873 the title was Rapid Writer and Philological Magazine; in 1874 Rapid Writer and Tachygrapher; beginning April, 1875, Rapid Writer; beginning January, 1877, Rapid Writer and Takigrafer. Early in 1875 the office of issue was moved to Chicago; by January, 1879, it was New York, though D. Kimball remained the western man- ager. The publication became bi-monthly in January, 1876; in January, 1877, monthly. J REAL ESTATE REGISTER, 1875(?)- - (?): A monthly listed for 1875. Sams and Furber were proprietors.
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