Cincinnati Volksfreund

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Cincinnati Volksfreund
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Cincinnati Weekly Volksfreund
TypeDaily and weekly newspaper
Owner(s)Various (see prose)
Founder(s) Joseph A. Hemann
Founded1850
Political alignment Democratic Party
Language German
Ceased publication1908
Headquarters Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
OCLC number 9664107

The Cincinnati Volksfreund was a daily and weekly German-language newspaper that was based in Cincinnati, Ohio, and published between 1850 and 1908 with offices located on the southwest corner of Vine and Longworth Streets. [1]

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The paper was founded in October 1850 by Joseph A. Hemann and his editorials began appearing in March 1853 in the weekly edition, the Cincinnati Wöchentlicher Volksfreund. Originally neutral in politics, the newspaper later became the leading German Democratic newspaper of Ohio.

Editors and owners

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See also

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References

  1. Kenny, Daniel (1875). Illustrated Cincinnati. Stevens. p. 69. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  2. Griswold, Ada Tyng (1911). Annotated Catalogue of Newspaper Files in the Library of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Democrat printing Company. p. 222.