Der Demokrat (Iowa)

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Der Demokrat
TypeDaily German language newspaper
PublisherLischer Printing Co.
Editor-in-chiefTheodor Johannes Hesdorf Gülich (18511856)
Founded1851
Political alignment Republican (after 1856)
LanguageGerman
Ceased publicationSeptember 8, 1918
Headquarters Davenport, Iowa
Circulation 1,500 daily
4,200 weekly

Der Demokrat was a German language newspaper in Davenport, Iowa that was published from 1851 to 1918. As with many other German language publications in the United States, anti-German sentiment as a consequence of World War I resulted in the paper's dissolution in late 1918. The paper's founder and first editor, Theodor Gülich, was a socialist. Gülich sold the paper to Henry Lischer in 1856, after which the paper became politically Republican. [1] [2] The paper had a daily circulation of 1,500 and a weekly circulation of 4,200 in 1877. [3]

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  1. "About Der Demokrat. (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1868". Library of Congress. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  2. Annals of Iowa. Iowa State Historical Department. 1909. p. 421.
  3. Pettengill's Newspaper Directory and Advertisers' Hand-book. New York: S. M. Pettengill & Company. 1877. p. 172.