Newspapers in Gasconade County
- Bland Courier (1921–1966) Bland
- Hermanner Volksblatt (1875–1928) Hermann
- Hermanner Wochenblatt (1845–1855) Hermann
- Licht-Freund (1843–1845) Hermann
- Owensville Argus (1903–1904) Owensville
- Owensville Republican (1896–1987) Owensville
- Advertiser-Courier (1875–1880) Hermann
- Gasconade County Republican (1897–1966) Owensville
Hermanner Volksblatt
I think this will be a great resource in the future because of it’s large publication, almost 16,000 pages on newspapers.com, but also because it contains a large amount of both German and English in it. On the same page, it is common to see columns side-by-side in completely different languages. I immediately noticed that the two languages were consistently different fonts, which I imagine is due to how the printing press worked back then and that German contains letters the English language does not. As far as advertisements, I noticed that local businesses tended to advertise in german, with maybe just the name of their store in English. But products likely sold nationwide or statewide were often advertised in English. In these advertisements it was common to see things such as furniture, medicine and remedies, candy, and clothing. Given it’s obvious popularity and German-American roots, I’m hoping a deeper dive into the paper can reveal what daily life was like in that time period.
Advisor-Courier
This is a newspaper that was also published in Hermann, but unlike the above newspaper, I could not find any columns written in German and instead there was only the occasional advertisement. Based on the titling in earlier publishings, it seems that that the paper was originally called “Hermann Advisor” but switched shortly after. In general the papers are very dense, with small lettering and next to no white space. Even advertisements seem to be compact in comparison to the other newspaper. Although this paper doesn’t contain much German, it is obvious they are present with the frequent German names and references. The paper’s columns seem to go more in depth with the stories of the local community, and I’m hoping I can get more context about their lives with this paper. For example, some of the columns contain advice such as how to properly store meat, prepare grain, etc.
