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Klamath Republican

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The Klamath Republican
TypeWeekly newspaper
FormatSeven column folio
Founder(s)W.E. Bowdoin
FoundedApril 26, 1896 (1896-04-26)
Political alignmentRepublican
LanguageEnglish
Ceased publicationMarch 13, 1914 (1914-03-13)
CityKlamath Falls, Oregon
CountryUnited States
Circulation1,400 (as of 1914)
OCLC number41290697

The Klamath Republican was an American newspaper published in Klamath Falls, Oregon from 1896 to 1914.

History

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The first issue of the Klamath Republican was issued on April 26, 1896.[1] In 1897, the publisher was the Republican Publishing Company.[1] It was a weekly publication.[1]

In 1896, the Klamath Republican was a four-page newspaper, with pages measuring 18 inches by 24 inches.[2] The Republican's format was a seven-column folio.[3] An annual subscription to the Republican cost $2 in 1897.[2] In 1896 the editors and publishers were Bowdoin and Loosley.[2] The newspaper, as its name shows, was a proponent of the Republican Party.[2]

The final publication was volume 18, number 49, published on March 13, 1914.[1] The Klamath Republican had a successor newspaper, the Semi-Weekly Herald, which began publication on March 16, 1914, with volume 18, issue number 50.[4]

The Republican was established by W.E. Bowdoin, who had previously published the Klamath County Star, and whose father, J.A. Bowdoin, had also been in the newspaper business.[3] In 1897, Bowdoin took on a partner, Milan A. Loosley, who, in July 1898, became the sole publisher.[3] In June 1899, Loosley sold the newspaper, and for a brief time it was published by the Republican Publishing Company, of which Charles J. Roberts was the manager.[3] On September 21, 1899, W.H. Huse & Son, from Ponca, Nebraska, bought the Republican.[3] They made additions to the plant and improvements to the newspaper.[3] Wesley O. Smith bought the Republican on April 30, 1903, and still owned the newspaper as of 1905.[3] Oliver Cromwell Applegate also served as editor of the Republican for a time.[5]

In 1914, Wesley O. Smith was still the publisher and editor.[6] The newspaper was published every Thursday, and had a reported circulation of 1,400.[6] Wesley O. Smith was also the editor of the Herald,[6] which became the successor newspaper to the Republican.

Archives

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Archived microfilm copies of the Klamath Republican are held at the University of Oregon, starting with Volume 4, No. 12 (July 6, 1899).[1]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b c d e Klamath Republican, Library of Congress: Chronicling America], retrieved Dec 2, 2015
  2. ^ a b c d American Newspaper Directory, vol. 29, New York, NY: Geo. P. Rowell & Co., 1897, p. 793, retrieved Dec 2, 2015
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Shaver, F.A.; Rose, Arthur P.; Steele, R.F.; Adams, A.E. (1905), An Illustrated History of Central Oregon, Spokane, WA: Western Historical Pub. Co., pp. 1069–1070
  4. ^ The Semi-Weekly Herald, Library of Congress: Chronicling America], retrieved Dec 2, 2015
  5. ^ Turnbull, George S. (1939). "Klamath County" . History of Oregon Newspapers . Binfords & Mort.
  6. ^ a b c N.W. Ayer and Son's American Newspaper Annual Directory, vol. 29, Philadelphia, PA: N.W. Ayer & Son, 1914, p. 801, retrieved Dec 2, 2015

References

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Printed books

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