Newspaper Identification in St. Louis County
Format: Title, Location, Editor (if found), Years of Run
- The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis MO, Gilbert Bailon, 1878-present
- St. Louis American, St. Louis MO, Linda Lockhart, 1928-present
- Riverfront Times, St. Louis MO, Rosalind Early, 1977-present
- St. Louis Globe-Democrat, St. Louis MO, 1952–1986
- St. Louis Sun, St. Louis MO, 1989–1990
- The Suburban Journals, St. Louis MO, 1920s-present (own Feast Magazine and The Madison County Journal)
- Anzeiger des Westens, St. Louis MO, Carl Daenzer, 1835–1912
- Westliche Post (Western Post), St. Louis MO, Emil Preetorius, 1857–1938
- Illinois Staats-Zeitung (Illinois State Newspaper), Chicago IL, Arthur Lorenz (1907–1921), 1848–1921
Content Summary of the Westliche Post — November 11, 1918
The Westliche Post, or Western Post, of St. Louis was a daily newspaper produced in German for the large population in Missouri. This issue was obviously produced in German, just as all of their issues were so it was pretty hard for me to understand the contents until I read an issue of the St. Louis Post Dispatch produced the same day. I then understood that this was an important issue holding a lot of pertinent information for Americans and also Germans. The newspaper itself seems to hold a typical amount of stories across four pages, with obituaries and some ads included. In this particular issue there is actually a drawing on one of the pages which I know to be pretty rare for newspapers at the time. The largest difference I notice in this newspaper and one produced today is the amount of information jam-packed into the pages. Granted this was one of the only ways to receive important information about the world and all that was going on, that makes sense, however I cannot imagine having to read one of these everyday!
Content Summary of The St. Louis Post Dispatch— November 11, 1918
The St. Louis Post Dispatch is a popular daily newspaper produced for St. Louis but serves the entire region. This issue of The Post Dispatch included important information on the armistice between the Allies and Germany, signaling the beginning the end of WWI. This particular issue was an “evening issue” released at 6 pm, holding all of the most recent and important information having to do with the armistice which had been announced earlier that day. The issue included a “President’s Proclamation” from Woodrow Wilson, the full terms of the armistice, several small stories about details and happenings with the war and some political cartoons. I am unsure if the issue of the Westliche Post from the same day included information on the armistice or if it was released before the president announced and that is why the Post Dispatch released an evening issue. The information included does not seem left or right leaning but rather just seems to state the terms and facts surrounding the armistice. There is also some hopeful language about the end of the war possibly in the future.
