Colorful Journalism in Fort Wayne, Indiana (Classic Reprint)
Language: English
Published by Forgotten Books, 2018
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Print on Demand. This book is a sweeping historical survey of journalism in the Midwestern state of Indiana, particularly in Fort Wayne. The author offers insights into the challenges of establishing and running newspapers in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The work details the hurdles that early editors faced, including issues with funding, access to reliable information, and libelous content. The author covers the tension between the personal values of editors and the commercial interests of their publications. The book presents several notable journalistic figures and shares stories of their conflicts with powerful politicians and institutions. Filled with historical accounts of newspaper rivalries and politically-motivated feuds, this book provides a glimpse into the colorful and often tumultuous world of early American journalism. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book.…
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- Colorful Journalism in Fort Wayne, Indiana (Classic Reprint)
- Author
- Herbert G. Bredemeier
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- Forgotten Books
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- 2018
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- Paperback
- Language
- English
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- 1331510848
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- 9781331510840
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Although French trappers and traders were within the present limits of Indiana as early as 1679, the Indians were not disturbed too much until the lat ter part of the 18th century. The Indiana territory was created in 1800 and Indiana became a state in 1816. By 1810 about one-third of the present state was under the control of the whites and by 1830 two thirds. A large Indiana immigration took place in 1838 and the northern part of the state received a comparatively large influx of inhabitants after that. In 1800 the state had less than S, 000 inhabitants, but by 1830 that number had increased to more than 243, 000. The path of the printer corresponds roughly to this moving frontier line. Before 1810 there was just one printer in the territory at Vincennes. By 1830 there were fifteen more towns in the southern two-thirds of the state which had printing presses.7 When one considers the difficulties of getting a press, paper, and type hauled into the territory, as well as the small number of people who could profitably read and buy the products of the press, it is amazing that there were as many printers as there were. These printers certainly had great faith in the future.
The pioneer editor and printer was a hardy soul, and he had to be a very ingenious type of indi vidual. The scarcity of news was always a problem.
Many an editor excused the lack of publication of a regular issue by saying that the mails had been de layed or perhaps that unseasonable weather, swollen streams, etc. Had forced the delay of eastern news papers from which he copied many an article. Lack of sound financial support was always a problem. It is no wonder then that many a pioneer editor and printer, if he could not make a living in one place, might try another. If printing a newspaper would not provide a living, something else might. When one knows the predominantly political function of many of the early newspapers, it is not surprising that some editors ended their days as lawyers, mayors, post masters, and Congressmen. G. W. Wood, publisher and editor of the Fort Wayne Times, for example, was elected mayor in 1836.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books.
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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