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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
In 1852, immediately after the defeat of the whig party in the Scott campaign, The Eagle abandoned that party, and for a year and upward was published as "An Independent Democratic journal, " and in the spring of 1854 ran up the "Free Democratic" ticket at the head of its columns, and in July following, on the organization of the republican party, immediate espoused it, and has been published as a republican journal ever since. The daily issue of The Eagle began May 26, 1856, and has continued without interruption. The present proprietors of The Eagle are A. B. Turner, E. F. Harrington, and Fred H. Smith, Mr. Albert Baxter being editor-in-chief.
The Grand Rapids Times (daily and weekly) was established in April, 1870, by C. C. Sexton. Its present proprietors are Tarbox & Pierce. It is republican in politics.
The Grand Rapids Post (two editions a, week), was estabished by D. N. Foster, October 4, 1873. Mr. Foster still continues to publish it. The Post is independent in politics, and is a large, handsomely printed, and influential paper.
The Vrijheids Banier (Banner of Liberty), a Holland paper, weekly, and republican in politics, was established November 1, 1868, by Verburg & Van Leeuwen. Jas. Van der Sluis is the present proprietor, and he claims the largest circulation of any Holland paper in the United States.
The Staats Zeitung, a German weekly paper, independent in politics, was established November 25, 1874, by its present proprietor, Win. Eichelsdoerfer.
De Standaard, a Holland paper, democratic in politics, was established January 20, 1875, by D. Schram and T. Van Strein. The last named is the present proprietor.
THE PRESS OF MICHIGAN
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