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The Valley City Enterprise, a weekly, was started in 1873, by I. Ransom Sanford, and was devoted to the interests of the West Side. It was subsequently published by W. N. Fuller and J. H. Maze. who sold it, in the Fall of 1874, to Carpenter & Garner. It was suc- ceeded by the Independent Press, which was published by the new proprietors as a Spiritualist paper for a few months, in 1874-75.
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The Journal of Fashion, a monthly fashion journal, was pub- lished in 1873 by J. E. and W. S. Earle.
The Michigan Staats Zeitung, a weekly German newspaper, was established in December, 1874, by William Eichelsdoerfer. The pa- per was well supported for a time, but suspended after an existence of some ten years.
The Daily Evening News was launched Dec. 3, 1874, by Arthur S. White and W. F. Conant, but it died after a life of five months.
De Wachter, a semi-monthly Hollandish religious newspaper, was established in Holland City, in 1868. It was removed to this city in 1875, and was published for a time by the Rev. G. E. Boer.
De Standaard, a Hollandish paper, was started Jan. 28, 1875, by J. Van Strien and Dennis Schram. It was published as a semi-week- ly, in 1877, with Isaac Kerwey as editor. Subsequently, Gerrit Viss- chers and G. Schoenmaker were editors, and in 1881, Dennis Schram became proprietor with Gerrit Visschers as editor. Mr. Schram con- tinued to publish the paper until 1916, when it became the property of De Standaard Publishing Company. It is Republican in politics.
The Agricultural World, a semi-monthly, whose name indicates its character, was established in 1875 by Frank M. Carroll, and it was merged in the Weekly World in 1886, and that paper suspended pub- lication in 1889.
The Michigan Amateur, an amateur monthly, was published in 1876.
The Evening News Item, a daily, was published by J. D. Dillen- back and others in 1876-77.
The Argus, a Greenback afternoon daily, was published in 1876 by Myron W. Tarbox.
The Evening Mail, a co-operative daily, was started in June, 1876, by a company of printers. The co-operation failed to co-oper- ate and after two months it died.
The Grand Rapids Greenback, a weekly, was started by Slocum & Holt, in March, 1877. The paper was run as a weekly some six months, when Holt retired and Slocum made it a daily. It was short lived.
The Evening National was published by R. M. Slocum as a Green- back daily in April, 1878, as a successor to the Grand Rapids Green- back.
The Grand Rapids Sonntags Blaat, a German literary weekly, was established by William Eichelsdoerfer in 1877. It lived about nine years.
The Medical Counsellor, an eight-page medical semi-monthly, was established in 1877 by Dr. Hugo R. Arndt. It was afterward printed in Ann Arbor and edited by Dr. Arndt.
Dawn of the Morning, an organ of the Children of Zion (Ad- ventist), a 16-page monthly, was established in 1878 by D. D. Pater- son. It suspended publication in 1889.
The Lever, a weekly Prohibition paper, was founded in this city in 1878 by J. A. Van Fleet. The publication office was afterward re- moved to Chicago.
De Nieuwsbode, a tri-weekly, independent, Hollandish paper, was published three months, in 1878, by Timothy Haan & Company. I-33
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The Standard, a Greenback weekly, was published in the winter of 1878 by Louis Gale, and afterward by W. A. Innes and W. B. Wes- ton. It was afterward merged in the Leader.
The Daily Evening Enquirer, a revival of the Weekly Enquirer, suspended in 1865, was issued in August, 1878, by M. H. Clark. The paper was started as a Democratic organ, but soon changed to Green- backism. It ran but a few months.
The News and Price Current, a weekly, was published in 1878.
The Diamond, an unsavory weekly, was published in 1879 by Louis Gale.
The Review, a literary weekly, was established in 1879 by A. B. Tozer and Robert Baird. It was sold in 1880 to L. B. Stanton and Joseph P. Ball, and the former, in 1883, changed the name of the pa- per to the Michigan Trade Journal, and afterward the Michigan Journal, and published it in the interest of the trade in liquors. It was issued on Saturday of each week and its publication was contin- ued until 1896, when its demise was recorded.
The Evening Leader was started by the Leader Publishing Com- pany, Feb. 14, 1879, ostensibly as an independent exponent of what was called "Greenback" or "National" politics. The principal stock- holders of the company were Henry S. Smith, C. C. Comstock, Wil- liam H. Powers, John C. Blanchard, L. V. Moulton, William P. Innes, John L. Curtiss, P. S. Hulbert, and William A. Berkey. Members of its staff were S. B. McCracken, James H. Maze, William B. Weston, and A. W. Johnston. Among those connected with it as editors or reporters were George W. Gage, F. H. Hosford, J. W. Mills, W. R. Maze, Herbert Parrish, W. B. Weston, David R. Waters, Lewis G. Stuart, and Henry M. Rose. Its tone, usually, was that of a supporter of Democratic party politics. W. B. Weston was its proprietor dur- ing the last years of its existence. It ceased to exist with the year of 1892 and was merged into the Press.
The Michigan Artisan, an eighty-page monthly mechanical trades journal, was established by Arthur S. White in 1880. It proved to be a flourishing paper and was edited by its founder for many years. It later passed into the hands of a stock company, of which E. B. Fisher was for a time president. Issued semi-monthly in 1901, in 1909 it appeared as a weekly. It continued as such until 1911, since which time it has been published as a daily, during the months of July and January only, under the name of the Daily Artisan Record.
The Michigan School Moderator, an educational monthly, was first issued in this city in 1880. It is now published in Lansing under the name of Moderator-Topics, and occupies a high position among journals of its class.
Society News, a short lived weekly, was published in 1881 by George B. Catlin.
The Truth, a weekly, was published by Benson Bidwell in 1882, in the interests of a Quixotic enterprise, conducted under the name of the Union Trust Company.
The Germania, a Republican German weekly, was established in 1882 by Martin & Wurzburg, with Louis Martin as editor. It was a ' successful paper and its publication was continued until 1916, when it suspended.
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Yankee Dutch, a weekly, printed in Dutch and English and dedi- cated to American citizens born in Holland, was established in 1882 by John W. Van Leeuwen. It expired in 1890.
The Michigan Tradesman, an eight-page commercial weekly, was established in 1883 by Ernest A. Stowe, who still continues as its editor. It is issued on Wednesdays and has attained a high stand- ing. The Tradesman Company are the publishers.
The Michigan Dairyman, a sixteen-page monthly, whose inter- ests are chiefly indicated by its title, was established in 1886 by E. A. Stowe & Brother, and issued from the Tradesman office. In 1892 the name of the publication was changed to American Cheesemaker.
The Saturday Evening Herald, a weekly, was published in March, 1883, by H. A. Brooks.
The Clipper, a weekly, was published in 1883, at 46 old Canal street, by Charles S. Gates.
The Daily Sun, an independent afternoon paper, was published for eight months of 1883 by W. F. Cornell and E. A. Hoag.
The Boycotter, a small weekly, was printed in 1883 by Hufford & Randall, backed by the Typographical Union. Its existence was ephemeral.
The Labor Union, a weekly labor paper, was run for four months of 1884 by Asa Barrows, David Hufford and Paul Randall, as a suc- cessor to the Boycotter, and it was published for a short time under the title of Labor Herald, by T. J. Mosher.
Our Mutual Friend, a monthly, was published in 1883 by J. G. Beecher.
The German-American, a small weekly sheet, was started in 1884 by Herman Hammerschlag. It was devoted to the interests of He- brew German-Americans. Later, its name was changed to that of Progressive Age, and it became a radical and aggressive free-thought paper.
The Workman, a four-page Knights of Labor weekly, was estab- lished in 1884 by I. S. Dygert, with E. D. Fuller as editor. William M. Hathaway was afterward editor for a time and it was later pub- lished by E. P. Mills and A. M. Wolihan. The Workman suspended publication in 1898, when it was purchased by W. B. Weston, from Mills & Leonard and the name was changed to the Chronicle. It was published from the Herald Building.
The Wolverine Cyclone, a political and humorous weekly, was started in 1884 by J. Mason Reynolds. It was still issued occasionally as late as 1889, but finally discontinued publication entirely.
Hearth and Hall, a sixteen-page literary monthly, was founded in 1884 by Theodore M. Carpenter and Edgar J. Adams. It had of- fices in the Eagle Building and was an excellent household journal, but it went the way of all the earth, in 1896, having passed into the hands of C. S. Reeves in 1895.
The Morning Telegram was first issued Sept. 30, 1884, by Har- ford & McDowell (W. M. Harford and Hugh McDowell), as a Re- publican journal. On Jan. 21, 1885, The Telegram Publishing Com- pany was organized, and among its principal stockholders were A. B. Watson, D. A. Blodgett, Henry Spring, N. L. Avery, Hon. M. S. Crosby, and C. G. Swensberg. Harford & McDowell, however, held
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the controlling interest until April 17, 1886, when it was sold to Lloyd Brezee and Fred G. Berger. On May 20, 1885, Lloyd Brezee started Brezee's Herald, a weekly society paper, which was published about eleven months. When Brezee & Berger acquired control of the Morn- ing Telegram, Brezee's Herald and the Telegram were consolidated under the title of Telegram-Herald, and the proprietors added a Sun- day morning edition devoted chiefly to society matters, to take the place of Brezee's weekly. Brezee's name appeared as editor and pro- prietor, and the paper was declared independent in politics. On Aug. 3, 1888, E. D. Conger, with the financial backing of C. G. Swens- berg, purchased the interest of Brezee & Berger, thus securing control of the paper, and turned the majority of stock thus purchased over to Swensberg. Under the new management the paper was made Re- publican in politics and secured a fair degree of patronage. C. G. Swensberg was president of the company, and E. D. Conger, secretary and manager. On its staff have been Hugh McDowell, F. W. Bough- ton, Ed. E. Smith, Mrs. Etta S. Wilson, W. A. Innes, H. M. Rose, J. D. McIntyre, W. J. Sproat, Charles Hamblin, W. C. Graves, Herbert Parrish, Melnot Grummond, Charles Young, Charles Emerson, James Ferguson, Lewis M. Miller, Thomas K. Hunt, Bert Hall, Horace Cambron, A. S. Hopkins, the Rev. S. H. Woodford, George B. Cat- lin, S. H. Sweet, Charles P. Woodward, J. Emery, Will Conger, L. G. Stuart, W. Frank Knox, and W. H. Turner. On the death of C. G. Swensberg, E. D. Conger obtained a controlling interest in the paper and was its proprietor until April 2, 1905, when the control of the publication was purchased by Ralph Booth, who conducted it until March 17, 1906, when it passed into the hands of William Alden Smith. The Herald is considered the leading Republican paper of Western Michigan.
The West Side News, an eight-page weekly newspaper, was started in 1886. It was devoted especially to the interests of the west side of the river, and John G. Lee was editor and publisher. It sus- pended publication in 1893.
The Boy in Blue, an organ of the Sons of Veterans, was pub- lished in 1886 by T. J. Mosher. It was succeeded by the Michigan Soldier, a Grand Army and Sons of Veterans organ, also published by Mr. Mosher, but afterward sold to Eugene Carpenter, in whose hands it died, in 1888.
The School Newspaper, an educational weekly, was published in 1883-84 by the School Newspaper Company.
Nieuwe Courant, a weekly Holland paper, was published in 1884 by Jacob Quintus.
York's Musical Journal, an eight-page monthly musical journal, was established in 1884 by J. W. York & Son.
The Globe, a literary weekly, was published in 1882-84 by God- win & Adzit and F. Homer Hosford. It was later merged in the Daily Times.
The Radical, a weekly, devoted to radical Democracy, was start- ed Feb. 16, 1884, by W. J. Sproat. It was sold to F. W. Ball and merged in the Democrat in September following.
The Critique, a weekly journal, was issued in 1885 by the Dawn Publishing Company.
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The Message, a small sheet, was published in 1885-86 by the South Congregational Church, and was devoted to the church's inter- est.
The Michigan Manufacturer, a small sixteen-page monthly, was published in 1885 by E. A. Stowe & Brother. It lived one year.
The Land Journal, a monthly real estate paper, was published by A. A. Root & Company in 1886.
Tozer's Saturday Mail, a literary weekly, lived through two is- sues which were published by A. B. Tozer, in December, 1886.
The Michigan Building and Real Estate Journal, a monthly, was published by Harford & Altschwager, with W. M. Harford as editor, in 1886.
The Evening News, a short-lived daily, was issued in 1886 by the Evening News Publishing Company (Paul Randall and others).
The Real Estate World, a monthly real estate journal, was pub- lished by C. S. Edwards in 1886.
The Germ, a Prohibition weekly, was published in 1886 by the Rev. George Candee. It was afterward merged in the Center, at Lan- sing, Mich.
The High School Journal, a monthly school paper, was pub- lished by the High School Lyceum throughout the school year, 1886-87.
The Sunday News, a weekly, was published in November, 1886, by W. J. Mather, of Toronto, Canada. Its life was but a span-,two issues in length.
The Sunday Tribune was the title of a weekly, three issues of which were published in 1886 by one Roberts.
Common Sense, a radical free-thought weekly, was published in 1887 by A. C. Everett.
The Baptist Record, a four-page religious monthly, was pub- lished in 1887-88, by the Young People's League of the First Baptist Church.
The Deltan, a school magazine, organ of the Gramma Delta Psi fraternity, was published in the High School in 1887-88.
The Rector's Assistant, an ably edited monthly, devoted to the interests of St. Paul's parish, was published by the Rector, Rev. J. Rice Taylor, in 1887-88.
The Monthly Bulletin, a small sheet, was published in 1886-87 by the Y. M. C. A., in the interests of the Association.
Your Paper, a monthly, was published in 1887 by Carpenter & Adams, proprietors of Hearth and Hall.
Svenska Veckobladet, a Swedish weekly, was published in 1887 by C. A. Wickstrom.
The Agitator, a weekly, was published in 1887 by Alfred Rindge. The Business Reporter, a daily, was published for two months in 1887 by W. A. Innes and E. A. Antisdel.
Der Sonntagsbote, a German literary weekly, was established in 1887. Martin & Wurzburg were the publishers and it was issued from the Germania office until 1916, when its publication was suspended.
The Christian Messenger, an independent evangelical weekly, was started in 1888 by E. B. Gifford, as editor, but it existed only a short time.
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The Christian Helper, a four-page monthly, was started in De- cember, 1888, in the interest of the Second Baptist Church, by the Rev. Edward H. Brooks. Its life was also short.
Skriftens-Tolk, a Swedish monthly, devoted to "true religion and politics," was first issued Jan. 5, 1889, from an office on Broad- way by the Swedish Publishing Company, of which C. A. Wickstrom was president. It suspended after a short time.
Gage's Saturday Gazette, a literary weekly, was started Sept. 8, 1888, by the Gage Brothers. George W. Gage was editor and Hiram R. Gage was publisher. The paper was merged in Hobbies, another publication of the same style which was started Jan. 10, 1889, by C. S. Hartman, with F. D. Hopkins as associate editor. Hobbies after- ward passed into the hands of M. A. True and F. D. Hopkins, and its name was changed to Town News. It soon suspended publication.
The Star, an eight-page weekly journal, "of society, dramatic, sporting, club and general news," was started Feb. 9, 1889, with W. A. Emerson as publisher and C. S. Emerson as editor, but it lived only a short time.
The Tyler, devoted to Freemasonry and official organ of the craft in Michigan, was published for a time in Grand Rapids, about 1890.
De Banier Des Volks, a Republican, Hollandish weekly, was published for three months in the fall of 1888 by Van Houtum & De Haan.
On the first Monday morning of September, 1890, the first num- ber of the Morning Press was issued. William J. Sproat was its founder, and it ran under his proprietorship till Nov. 5, 1891, when the Press Publishing Company was organized. Among its members were D. R. Waters, William J. Sproat, Charles K. Gibson, E. F. Doty, E. L. Briggs, Charles E. Emerson, A. A. Weeks and A. A. Ellis. Soon afterward a controlling interest was purchased by George Booth, who also purchased the Evening Leader. The two were consolidated and made an evening paper Jan. 1, 1893. Less than two years afterward the Evening Press had the afternoon field to itself and for many years it was not only the leading but the only evening paper in the city. It has always been independent in politics. It was first published from 63 Pearl street, and for many years it occupied a building on the river bank at the east end of the Pearl street bridge. In the summer of 1906 it was removed to the Press Building at the corner of East Ful- ton street and Sheldon avenue, at the head of Monroe street. Edwin W. Booth is the editor and manager.
The Grand Rapids Furniture Record was established in June, 1900. It is a leading furniture journal of the country and maintains a high-grade artistic standard. It is published monthly by the Period- ical Publishing Company, with J. Newton Nind as editor.
In addition to those already mentioned, the following publica- tions are issued regularly in the city of Grand Rapids :
The Banner, at 429 Fourth National Bank Building; published every Thursday; Rev. Henry Beets, editor; Jacob Buiten, Jr., busi- ness manager.
The Bulletin, at 2071/2 Monroe avenue; published every Saturday by the Bulletin Printing Company ; Martinus Berghege, editor.
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The Creston News, at 1519 Plainfield avenue; Adrian Nagelkirk, publisher.
De Huisvriend (Holland), at 447 South Division avenue; H. H. D. Langereis, publisher.
De Wachter (Holland), at 429 Fourth National Bank Building ; published weekly on Wednesday; Jacob Buiten, Jr., business man- ager. '
Echo Tygodniowe (Polish weekly), at 704 Bridge street; the Echo Publishing Company, publishers.
The Fruit Belt, published monthly by the Fruit Belt Publishing Company, at 201-202 Murray Building.
The Furniture Manufacturer and Artisan, at 10-19 Perkins Build- ing, 28-32 Pearl street ; published monthly by the Periodical Publish- ing Company, with J. Newton Nind as editor.
Glad Tidings, at 519 Ottawa avenue; E. K. Evans, editor.
Good Furniture, at 215-225 Ellsworth avenue; published month- ly by the Dean-Hicks Company, with Henry W. Frohne as editor.
Het Ideaal (Holland), at 447 South Division avenue; H. H. D. Langereis, publisher.
The Holland Farmer, at 447 South Division avenue; H. H. D. Langereis, publisher.
The Holland Home News, at 1450 East Fulton street ; monthly ; Justus C. Hertstein, editor.
The Mechanical Digest, at 422 Livingston avenue; published monthly by John Brechting.
The New Era Bulletin, second floor of the Grand Rapids Savings Building ; published monthly by the New Era Association.
The Northwestern Weekly, at 522 Leonard street; Andrew Van Ysseldyke, publisher.
The Observer, at 112 Louis street ; published weekly by the Tay- lor Printing and Publishing Company, with Claude O. Taylor as edi- tor.
The Record, at 863 Grandville avenue; published weekly by W. S. Stevens.
The Sixth Ward News, at 1021 Tamarack avenue; published weekly by Dick De Bruyn.
The South End Weekly Sun, at 1221 Madison avenue; Mattason & Cook, publishers.
The Times, at 12-14 West Fulton street ; Ethel M. Jenkins, editor. The United Weeklies, at 59-63 Market avenue; published every Wednesday by the United Weekly Press Association.
The Western Undertaker, at 10-19 Perkins Building, 28-32 Pearl street ; published monthly by the Periodical Publishing Company, with J. Newton Nind as editor.
Several papers are published in the county outside of the city of Grand Rapids. At Alto, a little village on the Pere Marquette Rail- road, southeast of the city, the Solo, a weekly devoted to local news, was established in 1903. It is now (1918) edited by George C. Hig- don. The Caledonia News, a weekly paper published every Thurs- day and edited by Mrs. E. C. Apsey, was established in 1885. The Casnovia Herald, a weekly published every Friday, was established in 1878 and is edited by F. E. Ackerman. The Cedar Springs Clip-
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per was established by L. McKnight Sellers, who has continuously published it since then. The Cedar Springs Liberal, a weekly independent paper, was established in 1890 and is now edited by G. A. Link. The Star, an independent weekly in the suburban village of Grandville, was established in 1907, and is now edited and published by Charles F. Gee. In 1912 the Kent City News, a weekly Repub- lican paper, was established. It is now published by the News Pub- lishing Company. At Lowell is published the Journal and also the Ledger, the former of which was established in 1865 and the latter in 1893. J. M. Hutchinson is the editor of the former and Frank M. Johnson of the latter. The Rockford Register was established in 1871 and is published by H. A. Van Antwerp; the Sand Lake Herald was established in 1908 and is edited by J. Quinn Rounds, and the Sparta Sentinel-Leader was established in 1876, being now published by the Sentinel-Leader Publishing Company.
LITERATURE.
Grand Rapids' purely literary activity has not been so great as her activity in the production of newspapers. But the pursuit of po- lite literature in Grand Rapids, while desultory as a rule, has been by no means neglected. Probably the first book written by a person long time resident in Grand Rapids was published in the city of Buf- falo in 1843, and it consisted of Letters from Van Dieman's Land, written during four years' imprisonment for political offenses com- mitted in Upper Canada, by Benjamin Wait. The volume embodied, also, letters descriptive of personal appeals in behalf of her husband and his fellow prisoners, to the Earl of Durham, Queen Victoria and the United Legislature of the Canadas, by Mrs. Wait. The offenses of which Mr. Wait was convicted consisted in taking part in a general uprising of Canadians against taxation without representation, de- struction of the liberty of the press, a bribed judiciary, waste of public revenues, illegal distribution of public lands, an established church, and many other things opposed to the common good of the country. Mr. Wait had made his way to Conneaut, Ohio, but returned to Can- ada, where he was captured and indicted for high treason. With three others he was condemned to death, but was afterward sent to Van Dieman's Land. He escaped from his banishment after serving four years, during which time his wife made every possible effort to secure his release. He made his way to America on a sailing vessel, the trip requiring seven months. He settled in the East, and in 1843 wrote his book. He located in Michigan in 1870, and was prominently iden- tified with the machinery and lumber business, having been associated here with the Blodgetts. He died at the U. B. A. Home in this city, Nov. 9, 1895, at the advanced age of more than eighty years.
In 1852 a little book entitled The Mormons, or Latter-Day Saints, in the Valley of the Great Salt Lake, made its appearance, with Lieut. J. W. Gunnison as author. It gave a history of the rise and progress of the Mormons, their peculiar doctrines, condition and prospects, de- rived from personal observations during a residence among them. Lieut. Gunnison was born in Goshen, N. H., Nov. 10, 1812. He gradu- ated at West Point, in 1835, and was appointed lieutenant in the Unit- ed States artillery. In 1841 he married Martha Delony, of Georgia,
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and between that time and 1849 was in the topographical department of the regular army, engaged in the coast survey of the Great Lakes. In 1844 he entered a tract of land south of West Fulton street, and made Grand Rapids his family home. After 1849 he was engaged in the topographic survey of the basin of the Great Salt Lake, Utah, where, on Sevier River, Oct. 26, 1853, he was killed by a party of Pah-Ute Indians. He was greatly beloved, and his death was sin- cerely mourned in this city. One who was with him, in 1844, survey- ing the region of the Straits of Mackinac, expressed the opinion that his slayers were Mormons disguised as Indians, and he described Lieutenant Gunnison as tall in stature, slim and active, talented, ener- getic and enterprising, and a worker who frequently tired out the oth- ers of his party. Gunnison river was named in his honor.
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