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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1949
Page
3
Frederick’s long print legacy unfolds from The News to The Frederick Post and earlier titles. The piece traces the city’s press birth in 1786 with The Maryland Chronicle, the 1883 founding of The News, later consolidations, notable editors like Folger McKinsey, and a panorama of Frederick papers through the 19th and early 20th centuries, highlighting ongoing independence and public trust.
A historical summary traces the 1830s to 1870s Frederick press, naming papers and publishers such as the Frederick Times and Col. James M. Shellman, Frederick Visitor by Thomas Haller, Times and Democratic Advocate led by Barzelia Marriott, Maryland Union born 1833 by William P. Maulsby, and the freely partisan Frederick Republican later called Advertiser. It notes Civil War troubles, later shifts, and the rise of the Sunday Morning Visitor focusing on temperance and Christianity.
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A compact survey notes historic local papers including the Maryland Herald begun in 1870 and The Frederick Times from 1878, plus Moon and other minor sheets. It references a real estate sale of a 43 acre Thurmont-area farm, and barley and wheat price quotes with barley at 15 cents and wheat near $2.03 per bushel, barley at 75 cents.
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