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A HISTORY OF THE PRESS OF MICHIGAN PREPARED FOR THE CENTENNIAL BY ORDER OF GOV. JOHN J. BAGLEY
TOM S. APPLEGATE, COMPILER
Section I
The Branch County Journal, a whig paper, was established in 1852, and after changing owners several times, the office was moved from the State.
In 1857 The Branch County Republican was started by Messrs. Eddy & Gray. In 1861 its name was changed to The Branch County Gazette. In 1868 it was consolidated with The Republican.
In 1859 The Democratic Union was started, but in 1861 the proprietor went to the war and his paper was discontinued: The paper was democratic.
In 1863 The Southern Michigan News was brought out. Existence short; politics republican.
In 1864 The Coldwater Union Sentinel was established as a democratic paper. It was published until 1870, when a fire weakened its resources, and it closed publication.
In 1866 Major D. J. Easton started The Republican. It has passed through many changes in proprietorship, and is now issued as a semi-weekly, by A. J. Aldrich & Co. It is republican in politics.
The Bronson Herald, born in the fall of 1865, ended publication in the fall of 1871.
The Quincy Times was started September 12, 186S. by R. W. Lockhart. It is republican in politics, a weekly, and A. C. Culver is the proprietor.
The Union City Register was started in August, 1869, by Bowen & Easton. It is issued weekly, is republican in politics, and D. J. Easton is the present proprietor. .
The Coldwater Reporter was established by J. S. Conover, May 12, 1872. M. L. Knowles and S. H. Egabroad are the present proprietors. It prints a weekly edition, and is independent in politics.
The Literary Reporter, Quincy, was started in January, 1873, by its present proprietor, C. W. Bennett. It is a literary journal of monthly issue.
MICHIGAN PRESS
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