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 The massive Illinois Staats-Zeitung building constructed after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 | |
| Type | Daily German-language newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | A. C. Hesing |
| Publisher | S.S. Spielman (until 1921) |
| Editor-in-chief | Hermann Kriege (1848–1850) George Schneider (1851–1861) Lorenz Brentano (1861–1867) Hermann Raster (1867–1891) Wilhelm Rapp (1891–1907) Arthur Lorenz (1907–1921) |
| Managing editor | Washington Hesing (1880–1893) Joseph Brucker (1894–1901) |
| Founded | April 1848 |
| Political alignment | Republican Party (until 1873) People's Party (1873–1875) Independent (after 1876) |
| Language | German |
| Ceased publication | 1921 |
| Headquarters | Chicago |
| Circulation | 97,000 (1892)[1] |
Illinois Staats-Zeitung (Illinois State Newspaper) was one of the most well-known German-language newspapers of the United States; it was published in Chicago from 1848 until 1922. Along with the Westliche Post and Anzeiger des Westens, both of St. Louis, it was one of the three most successful German-language newspapers in the United States Midwest,[2] and described as "the leading Republican paper of the Northwest", alongside the Chicago Tribune.[3] By 1876, the paper was printing 14,000 copies an hour and was second only to the Tribune in citywide circulation.[4][5]
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- ^ Fairmount Park, Philadelphia: Centennial Newspaper Exhibition, 1876. New York: George P. Rowell & Co., 1876; pg. 244.
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