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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 II
The Mining Journal claims to be the lineal descendant of the pioneer newspaper on Lake Superior, and from an article in its columns we take the following facts to substantiate its claims: In the summer of 1846, John N. Ingersoll, now editor and proprietor of The Corunna American, issued from the Astor House, Copper Harbor, the first number of The Lake Superior News
- and Mining Journal. In 1849 Mr. Ingersoll moved the office to Sault de Ste. Marie, and afterward sold the office and material to J. V. Brown, who was publisher in 1850. He rechristened the paper, calling it The Lake Superior Journal. Soon thereafter Hon. John Burt became proprietor, and he moved
, the office to Marquette, some time previous to 1858. In 1868 the files, type, and all the material were destroyed by fire. The present proprietor, A. P. Swineford, became proprietor the same year, and he changed the name to that it at present bears, The Mining Journal.
The Negaunee Iron Herald was established at Negaunee by its present proprietor, C. G. Griffay, November 1, 1873.
The Iron Home was established by Hiram Morley & Co., in April, 1874. Hiram "Morley is the present proprietor.
MANISTEE COUNTY
This county, with a population of 8, 471, has three weekly papers, all published at Manistee. They are The Times and Standard, The Advocate, and The Times.
The first paper printed in Manistee county was called The Manistee Gazette. It was established by Rice & Weritworth, in March, 1864, and was republican in politics. In 1867 it was sold to S. W. Fowler, and the name changed to The Manistee Times. In September, 1874, Fowler bought The Standard, which was started as a democratic paper in April, 1870, by O. H. Goodwin. Mr. Fowler consolidated the two papers under the name of The Times and Standard, and still continues to publish it as a republican paper.
The Advocate was established in December, 1874, by E. J. Cody. It is a democratic paper, and the Advocate Printing company publishes it at present.
The Times was started in May, 1873, as a prohibition and republican paper. It is published by Appleton M. Smith.
THE PRESS OF MICHIGAN
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