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BUFFALO AND THE NIAGARA REGION
THE PERIODICAL PRESS
OF BUFFALO
1811-1915
Compiled by
FRANK H. SEVERANCEINTRODUCTION
In printing the following list of the periodical publications of
Buffalo, a few words of introduction are needed, not so much to
point out what the list is, as to specify what it is not.
It is not a history of Buffalo journalism, nor a substitute for it.
It is however material likely to prove useful to whoever shall here-
after undertake to write such a history. Curiously enough, although
the press has been active in Buffalo now for more than a century,
no adequate history of it as an institution, as an important part of
and influence in the life and growth of this community, has ever
been written.
In 1846, a convention of editors and publishers was held at
Rochester, at which steps were taken for the compilation and pub-
lication of a History of the Press of Western New York. The
Buffalo press was represented in the convention by the Rev. John A.
Robie, at that time editor of the Genesee Evangelist, but later, for
many years, editor of the Christian Advocate of Buffalo; Dr. Thomas
M. Foote of the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, Almon M. Clapp,
editor of the newly-founded Buffalo Express; and Guy H. Salisbury,
the most versatile and graceful writer of the early press, and evi-
dently one of the most whimsical and unreliable geniuses connected
at any period with the press of this city. To Mr. Salisbury was
assigned the task of preparing a sketch of 1 ‘ The Early History of
the Press of Erie County/1 He did so; and his paper, as above
entitled, is preserved in volume II., Publications of the Buffalo
Historical Society.
It is our most valuable and trustworthy source of information
regarding the early press. The papers themselves should take pre-
cedence, but unfortunately the Buffalo journals of early years exist,
if at all, only in fragmentary fashion. The Buffalo Historical Society
has only a few scattered numbers of the first newspaper printed in
this town, the pioneer Gazette. The only file in existence, worthy
the name, so far as known, is in the Buffalo Public Library. Incom-
plete and mutilated as it is, it is a precious possession. Of its imme-
diate successors, no complete files are known; and of many of the
early publications, not even a copy of a single issue is known to
survive.
Mr. Salisbury was the best possible choice as historian of the
early press of Buffalo. He was the son of Smith H. Salisbury, the
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elder of the two men who founded and published Buffalo's first
paper. Though born in Canandaigua (on Christmas Bay, 1811),.
Guy grew up in Buffalo, spent most of his life here, and for much
of the time had close association with the press of the growing town.
He knew his field; and the record he made of it, down to and includ-
ing the year 1846, is our best “source" authority on the subject.
What he prepared was afterwards incorporated in a sketch entitled
“The Press of Western New York," compiled by Frederick Follett
of Batavia, and printed, with an account of the Printers' Festival
held in [Rochester, January 18, 1847. This octavo pamphlet of
76 pages, bearing the imprint of Jerome & Brother, Baily American
office, Rochester, 1847, is a trustworthy source of information
regarding the early press of the several New York counties west of
Seneca Lake. To it, and to Guy H. Salisbury's sketch of the Erie
County press, all modern reviews of the subject (in county histories,
newspapers, etc.,) are indebted. A few facts regarding the early
press of Buffalo were contributed to Mr. Follett's pamphlet by
William A. Carpenter, a pioneer among Buffalo printers whose name
and work should be remembered. The following letter by Mr. Car-
penter, written for the festival above spoken of, contains facts not
elsewhere recorded:
Buffalo, Jan. 15, 1847.
.	.	. The 1st of Becember, 1796, I commenced learning the
printing business. On the 1st Tuesday of January, 1803, I became
the proprietor and editor of a press in Goshen, N. Y., and lost it by
fire in 1805. Soon after I occasionally worked as a journeyman, until
I came to reside at this place in 1810, there being no printer here.
I am now the oldest resident member of the craft in this part of ‘ ‘ the
then West."
In October, 1811, Messrs. S. H. and H. A. Salisbury established
the Buffalo Gazette, the first paper printed in this county, and I
helped them out with their first number. The same year I moved to-
Batavia and assisted Mr. Benjamin Blodgett as printer and editor
of the Republican Advocate for about two years. In 1814 I returned
to this county and assisted the Messrs. Salisbury in the management
of their paper until the close of the war.
Mr. Bavid M. Bay in July, 1815, established the Niagara
Journal, it then being Niagara County. I helped him issue his first
number. These two printing establishments were the only Ones in
this county for about 12 years. The former is continued to this day
(with a great many of the subscribers of its first numbers), under
the title of the Buffalo Patriot (weekly), and the Commercial
Advertiser (daily).
The first Tuesday in January, 1817, I established the Chautauque
Gazette, at Fredonia, beat and pulled, with my own hands, the firstTEE PERIODICAL PRESS OF BUFFALO
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number, it being the first paper printed in Chautauque County. I
soon sold to Mr. James Hall, a partner in the interest of the estab-
lishment.
In 1818, I purchased Mr. S. H. Salisbury’s interest in the
Buffalo Gazette, and became a partner with his brother, Mr. H. A.
Salisbury, and in about three months sold to him. In 1826, I again
associated myself with Mr. H. A. Salisbury as partner and assistant
editor of the Buffalo Patriot, until 1834, when I retired from any
responsible part in the duties of the Press. . .
Wm. A. Carpenter.
One of Buffalo’s pioneer printers was Eber D. Howe, who came
to Upper Canada as a child, with his parents, in 1811. In 1878
Mr. Howe, then resident at Painesville, Ohio, published his boyhood
reminiscences of the War of 1812 on the Niagara frontier, and also
of his employment soon after in the office of the Buffalo Gazette.
About a year after the close of the war he found himself, he says in
his narrative, ‘ ‘ in the. then small town of Buffalo, on Main street,
with two shillings in my pocket, with here and there a scattering
house—not reading the sign-boards with a loaf of bread under my
arm, as did Franklin in the streets of Philadelphia, for they were
too few and far between—but I did see one which read ‘ Printing
Office.’ ” He continues:
It had a small book-store on the ground floor, where I concluded
it would be no intrusion to enter; and after sticking a cigar in my
mouth—a good deal after the fashion of Young America now-a-days,
which I have ever since looked upon as one of the silliest acts of
my boyhood days—I boldly made my first step toward becoming a
Ben Franklin. This proved to be the place where the Buffalo
Gazette was published, the same old paper that I had been reading
before the. war. It was the first paper started west of Canandaigua,
or on the borders of Lake Erie, and during the troubles on the
border was published 14 miles to the eastward.
After maneuvering around for some time I ventured to enquire
if they wanted an apprentice. After some hesitation, and taking a
view of my caliber and physique, replied that they did. This was
rather flattering to my pride (if I had any), and Ben Franklin
again popped into my mind, as I had formed the idea that it
required something far above the common race of mortals to become
a printer—more especially as old Faust, the first inventor of type,
had been charged by the Pope with being in league with the devil.
But I had good reasons afterward to greatly modify my ideas on
that point. Suffice it to say that I soon entered into an agreement
to give my time and attention to their interests for the term of four
years, at an annual stipend of 40, 50, 60 and 80 dollars per year.
The proprietors of this paper were two brothers who had grad-
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Their names were Smith H. and Hezekiah A. Salisbury, both prac-
tical printers. The eldest was a pretty shrewd business man, and a
good editorial writer. He severed his connection with the paper in
the spring of 1818, and the name of the paper was changed to that
of Buffalo Patriot and some years afterwards, the Daily Commercial
Advertiser emanated from the same establishment, which is continued
to this day. Smith H. Salisbury was not successful in business, and
died in Rochester at the age of about fifty. Hezekiah held a con-
nection with the paper for many years; was frugal, honest, and
upright in all his dealings with others, and continued in laborious
toil to quite an advanced age. Guy H. was an only son of the
elder Salisbury, was a fine writer, edited the Commercial Advertiser
for some years, and finally fell a victim to the intoxicating cup.
The paper had then a circulation of about 1,000, and the time
occupied in striking off this edition was two days with two hands
at the press. The same amount of work in these days is done in
two hours. I was assigned to this brancn of the business with
another boy of my age. Our press was after the old pattern used in
the days of Franklin, with a short screw and lever, and printed one.
page at each pull—and, therefore, required four solid jerks to every
sheet. We took turn about at the lever for each ten quires of paper
on one side—i. e., one put the ink upon the type while the other took
the impression. The present generation of printers would be greatly
amused to witness the manner of inking the type in those days* We
made two balls of wool, covered with green sheepskin, about the
size of a man’s head. To these were attached perpendicular handles,
and after applying the ink to the outer surface each page of the typo
was briskly struck eight or ten times. The present mode of applying
the ink by means of rollers, made of glue and molasses, came into
vogue about the year 1830.
The earliest history of Buffalo journalism is probably the follow-
ing paragraph from Buffalo’s first Directory, published in 1828:
There are published in this village five newspapers, viz.:
Buffalo Journal, Buffalo Patriot, Buffalo Emporium, Buffalo & Black
Rock Gazette and Western Advertiser. The Emporium is published
semi-weekly, the others weekly. The Patriot and Journal are the
oldest establishments, the former having been commenced in 1811,
under the name of the Buffalo Gazette. and the latter in 1815, under
that of the Niagara Journal. The Emporium was commenced in
1824; the Buffalo & Black Rock Gazette was removed from Black
Rock to this village, in November last, at which time the word
“Buffalo-” was added to its title. The Advertiser was commenced
in December last. The Journal and the Emporium are owned and
conducted in connection with book-printing, book-binding and book-
selling operations, which are pursued to an extent, in the various
branches, commensurate with the existing demand.
When Buffalo became a city, in April, 1832, its newspapers were
the Patriot, Journal, Republican, and Bulletin, all weeklies; itsTHE PERIODICAL PRESS OF BUFFALO
183
first daily, the Western Star, did not appear until July; 1834. The
Erie Canal had been open for half a dozen years, but the mail came
by stage. There was no railroad, no telegraph, no telephone, no
press association. The gathering and distribution of news, as a
business, had not begun.
No character of those early days of Buffalo journalism rivals
in interest that of Guy H. Salisbury. As a most appreciative sketch
of him, by David Gray, is already preserved in the Publications of
the Buffalo Historical Society (Yol. IX.), any further review of his
career is here uncalled for. As Mr. Gray points out, Mr. Salisbury
was perpetually changing his business, and no sooner out of news-
paper work than he sought to get back in again. The following
letter relating to one such change, is so characteristic and touches
so much Buffalo newspaper history, that it is worth preserving in
this connection:
Buffalo, Oct. 28, 1847.
To the Editor of the Buffalo Republic:
My attention having been called to an article in the editorial
columns of your paper of Monday, I find you therein say, in alluding
to my recent connection with the Buffalo Courier:	‘‘One of the
editors—Mr. Salisbury—was one of the editors of the same Whig
organ (The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser) and fought valiantly
for Whiggery in 1840.”
In this you—no doubt unintentionally—do me an injustice. I
was, that year, engaged in farming in the adjoining county of
Wyoming, and as far as was in my power aided in battling against
the rampant “Whiggery of 1840.” But that I was, for a period,
one of the editors and publishers of the Commercial Advertiser, I
cannot deny. And as my political connection with that paper has
been the subject of some misapprehension I ask to be allowed a few
words of explanation:
I claim to be a Badical Democrat. My first editorials were
written during the great contest of 1828, when Andrew Jackson was
elevated to the Presidency by the Democracy of the nation. In that
struggle my unpracticed pen essayed to aid the efforts of the little
band of Democrats who stood, up in Erie county in behalf of their
principles. In 1829, I was for a time—at the age of seventeen—»■
editor of the old Buffalo Republican, the original Democratic paper
in this county.
Prom that period I continued to advocate the Democratic faith,
by tongue, pen, and vote, until the removal of the Deposites by
President Jackson, in 1834. This act I regarded as a usurpation of
power—as a pernicious precedent—although it eventuated happily in
the destruction of the Bank Hydra. The consequent denunciation
of political associates alienated my feelings and action; and an
opportunity appearing for an advantageous connection with the
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thus lucratively situated, the Independent Treasury plan of 1837 was
openly and earnestly defended by myself, personally, from its first
promulgation, is well known to the editor of that paper, then, as now,
its principal political conductor.
The very fact that my Radical Democratic principles were too
conscientiously entertained to admit of denial or concealment, induced
me in a degree to ultimately dispose of my interest in the establish-
ment of the Commercial Advertiser. How far that step has been for
me a sacrifice of pecuniary interest^is unnecessary to mention.
Disconnected as I now am with the public press, it is of little
consequence to others what my political principles may be, or have
been. But it is otherwise with myself—and having heretofore
suffered, in silence, much misconception of motive and misapprehen-
sion of position, I take this occasion to trespass on your indulgence
with these paragraphs.
Tours,
Guy H. Salisbury.
Mr. C. F. S. Thomas, who came to Buffalo in May, 1835, is our
authority 1 for the statement that the first power-press was brought
to Buffalo by B. A. Manchester in 1838. “This,” writes Mr.
Thomas, “was the old Adams press, very different from the lightning-
speed machines now in use. It was with difficulty, even with the
assistance of four feeders and a man to turn the wheel, that 500
impressions per hour were obtained.” It was also Mr. Manchester
who first brought to Buffalo a cylinder press, used in printing the
National Pilot, 1845.
In May, 1835, Nathan Lyman established the first type foundry
in Buffalo, with the backing of White & Co., of New York. Mr.
Lyman later became the sole owner, and for many years carried on
this important adjunct of the printing business in Buffalo.
In 1846, Jewett, Thomas & Co., installed the first stereotyping
plant.
One of Mr. Thomas’ anecdotes is of Buffalo’s celebration of
» Washington’s Birthday in 1832. At a meeting of the Buffalo His-
torical Society in 1863 Mr. Thomas exhibited i 1 an ode commemorative
of Washington’s Birthday printed on a press which moved in the
procession, Feb. 22, 1832.” He described it as follows:
At that time Buffalo was a small place and the getting up a
press and working it in the procession was an affair of some magni-
tude. Mr. B. A. Manchester was then an apprentice to Hezekiah Salis-
bury, and was on the stage to distribute the ode as fast as it was
printed. This copy was one which he threw to Miss Miller, then an
1. Unpublished reminiscences written in 1863, in the possession of the Buffalo
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185
-entire stranger to Mm, who was among the spectators. She after -
wards became his wife.
The following is also from Mr. Thomas’ reminiscences:
It was in the year 1838, I think, that a very worthy printer,
residing in the parish of St. Helier, Isle of Jersey, having in mind
the enlightenment of the benighted people of this region, discon-
tinued a very respectable weekly paper he then published in St. Helier,
packed up all his old type and presses on wMch his paper had been
printed, and all his other printing paraphernalia, brought it all to
London; there he purchased a few additional types and some paper;
then freighted the whole from London to New York, and from there
up the Erie Canal to Buffalo. Arriving there he rented the building
on Washington street, known as the old Niagara Bank, and set up
his ‘ ‘ printing-house ’’ in the basement. His family occupied the
main part of the building as a dwelling.
Mr. Lecras was an educated Franco-Englishman, with a fair
share of the prejudices of the natives of the fast-anchored isle, and
could not conceive that away out in Buffalo such a thing could be
possible as a printing establishment equal to the one he had brought
all the way from Jersey, in Great Britain. He was still more
astonished when he found his printing house on Washington street
created no sensation—in fact, but few knew of his arrival. So, after
remaining about a year, he became disgusted with our want of
appreciation, packed up all his old types, presses and printing
materials, sent them down the Erie Canal to New York, from there
to Liverpool, and thence back to Jersey, where the material was soon
again employed in printing the, journal he had left, and I believe
the business is still continued by his sons.
A truly great event in the progress of American journalism was
the invention of the telegraph, and its use for news gathering and!
distribution. There was, however, no sudden revolution. The public
was slow to realize all that it meant, and the service at first was very
limited and subject to interruption.
The telegraph was more than two years in reaching Buffalo,
after its first use between Washington and Baltimore, May 24, 1844.
On May 30th, the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser reprinted from
the Baltimore Patriot a short account of that famous first telegraphic
conversation. It says nothing of the reputed first message, ‘ ‘ What
hath God wrought,” but gives this version of the first transmission:
Morse’s Electro Magnetic Telegraph now connects between the
Capitol at Washington and the railroad depot in Pratt, between
Charles and Light streets, Baltimore. The wires were brought in
yesterday from the outer depot and attached to the telegraphic
apparatus in a third-story room in the depot warehouse building.
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full operation, conveying intelligence to and from the Capitol. A
large number of gentlemen were present to see the operations of this
truly astonishing contrivance. Many admitted to the room had
their names sent down, and in less than a second the apparatus in.
Baltimore was put in operation by the attendant in Washington,
and before the lapse of half a minute the same names were returned
plainly written. At half past 11 o ’clock a. m., the question being
asked here, “What the news was at Washington?” the answer was
almost instantaneously returned, “Van Buren stock is rising.”
On May 27th the Baltimore Patriot received 12 lines of news
of Congress, by wire—the first telegraphic newspaper service. This
was reprinted in the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser on May 30th,
which even at that was quicker than news had ever before come from
Washington to Buffalo.
The telegraph did not figure in the campaign of ’44, in which
Clay was defeated by Polk, to the bitter disappointment of the
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser and many other Whig organs. The
earliest newspaper use of the telegraph was the transmission of brief
summaries of the action of Congress, and market reports. The
wires were extended, in *44 and ’45, to Philadelphia, New York and
Boston. Communication was established between Albany and Buffalo
before it was between New York and Albany. The progress of con-
struction across the state was slow, and it was not until Friday, July'
3, 1846, that a telegraphic message was received in Buffalo. The
Commercial of that date thus reports the event :
This morning a little after 8 o’clock, Buffalo called on Albany
to know if it was ready to receive a communication; yes, was the
prompt answer.
Thus by the enterprise and capital of a few individuals of our
own State, and in face of obstacles that none can appreciate but
those intimately conversant with all the facts, we are brought face to
face, as it were, with the Capitol, and are enabled to know every
incident there almost as soon as it occurs. This invention is so
amazing and so new that few even realize it, and still fewer, if any,
justly estimate the effects it will have upon business and society
generally. That it will be immense none can doubt, but we have
neither time nor space this morning to follow up the reflections which
the theme suggests.
Since writing the above we are gratified to learn that the
Telegraph has been in operation most of the forenoon, and has been
found to work perfectly, and with as much ease as it does from
Albany to Utica, thus demonstrating that it can be extended to any
indefinite distance.
The fact that a greater distance did not impair transmission wa»
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Every new town that got the wire was at first in doubt whether
messages could reach it as distinctly as though it were nearer the
sending-point.
The day after the telegraph was first used in Buffalo was Inde-
pendence Bay; but on this Fourth of July there appears to have been
no thought or expression, at any rate in the local celebration, that
America was any the richer, or citizenship any more glorious, because
of Morse’s invention. A revolution, an advance in human progress,
had come, but it was dimly seen, feebly understood, and for the most
part treated trivially.
On that Fourth of July Buffalo made steamboat excursions on
the lake, saw Christy’s Minstrels at McArthur’s Garden, and
attended a tea party at the Orphan Asylum. A few citizens accepted
the invitation of Mr. Faxton, president of the telegraph company,
to experiment with the new device. The Commercial of July 6th
gives specimens of that first long-distance conversation in Buffalo.
A message came from Albany:	“We have a severe storm this
morning, it has now cleared off,” followed by the inquiry, “What
is the price of corner lots ? ” to which Buffalo replied:	‘ ‘ They have
riz—how comes on the bridge?” Messages of like importance were
exchanged between Buffalo and Utica, Syracuse and Rochester, and
the several cities offered congratulations to Mr. Faxton.
As the line had been extended across the State, Buffalo papers
had made use of it. In the spring and summer of ’46, New York
received news from Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia by wire,
though with occasional interruptions. The quickest news-service
between New York and Albany was by the Hudson boats, until the
middle of August, when telegraphic communication was established.
As the line was built westward from Albany, whatever news Albany
had was sent to the end of the line and then on by mail; so that,
for some time before this momentous July 3d, news—chiefly a brief
market report and short messages from Washington—was received
by wire at Utica, then at Syracuse, and later at Rochester, to be
forwarded as mail by railroad to Buffalo; but on July 7th the
Commercial had 12 lines of New York market report, received from
Albany by wire.
The Express, itself but six months old1, on this eventful July 3d,
complimented Theodore S. Faxton, president of the New York,
Albany & Buffalo Telegraph Line, on the achievement of his com-
pany. “Hereafter,” it promised its readers, “we shall be able to
give each day’s proceedings* of the State Convention in our next
morning’s paper, and the Southern news by the evening’s boat from188
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New York, as soon as it arrives in Albany, bringing us, in time, just
as near the former city as the latter is. This is a wonderful result,
so wonderful indeed that we can yet. hardly realize it. ’9
The New York boat reached Albany at 5 o ’clock in the morning.
This made it so late before the telegraphic summary could be received
and printed in Buffalo, that the morning papers were issued much
later than had been their custom; but the Express was no doubt
right in saying:	“We presume our readers will not be displeased
with this arrangement." On the very day of that announcement,
July 7th, under the big new heading, “By Telegraph," the news
for which the hour of publication had been changed was as follows:
Albany, July 7, 1846, 5 o ’clock a. m.—The Boat is just in. No
news-from the South.
The Express soon ceased to wait for the Albany boat; but if,
after issuing the paper, news of importance came, it sent out an
1 Extra."
On the completion of the line between New York and Albany,
the service was expedited, and Buffalo publishers did not have to
wait until after breakfast before printing their papers.
The Express’ reports of the State Convention at Albany, though
brief, were the first telegraphic messages to Buffalo approximating
a modern news service.
For some months following the completion of the telegraph to
Buffalo, this city was the base, the distributing point, of news for
all the vast region to the west, southwest and north of it; so that the
Cincinnati Chronicle was moved to remark:	“It is but a very short
time since we received the news from Buffalo by way of New York,
and now we receive the news from New York by way of Buffalo! ’;
“This is a sign," commented the Express, “a sort of gauge of the
great revolution in the transmission of intelligence which is now
going on."
For a time, in those first days of telegraphic service, a feature
was made of the temperature and general weather conditions in
other cities. When a July day gave Buffalo a maximum of 82
degrees, it was most interesting to learn, the following morning,
that the thermometer had reached 84 in Boehester and 90 in Syra-
cuse! On July 11th, we read that “from some cause unknown
here, the Telegraph has not been in working order east of Utica
today, consequently we are without later advices from beyond"—
and there was, we may be sure, here and there in the town, triumph-
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unreliable, and would never amount to anything. Instruments were-
crude, and interruptions, especially by thunder storms, were frequent.
Wonderful things were reported. During a thunder shower, the
lightning was “said to have coursed along the telegraphic wires
like a rocket on a line.” Among those who declared they saw it
was an Irishman, whose explanation was as good as any:	“ ‘ Och,
jabers,’ cried Pat, ‘that’s news iv a battle with the Mexican spal-
peens! Anybody can tell that by the blaze and smell of gun-
powder !’ ”
The Mexican war, the great news topic of the year, was little
reported by telegraph, for obvious reasons; but the public at large,
and newspaper makers in particular, came by degrees to have con-
fidence in and reliance on the telegraph. In those days it was
usually called the “Magnetic Telegraph,” and for a long time in
the press was accorded the dignity of capital initials.
Winter and its storms played havoc with the wires—as they still
do. In November, 1846, the Express explained the situation:
We are rather short in the article of news at present. The mails
drag their slow length along with a regular irregularity that is
exceedingly annoying. The lightning line is frozen up, blown down,
and useless, and the consequence is that we have been placed back
rather abruptly, to the speed of the old “Telegraph” line of stages
in the receipt of intelligence. The mail from New York, due day
before yesterday, came to hand yesterday, and that of yesterday has
not come at all.
An attempt was made to send President Polk’s message of Dec.
8, 1846, over the wire to Buffalo. A part of it was received and
printed; but connection was suddenly broken, and publication was
deferred until the document in full was received by mail.
The story of the extension of telegraphic service west of Buffalo'
belongs rather to the history of the telegraph than of Buffalo news-
papers; but these notes may be extended to include the following*
editorial from the Buffalo Morning Express of December 7, 1848—
two and a half years after the first telegraphic service had come to
the Buffalo press. The article is headed “The President’s Mes-
sage,” and is as follows:
This voluminous document, which nearly fills our paper, has
been received word for word and letter for letter, by O ’Keilly’s
Telegraph Line from Baltimore, via Pittsburgh and Cleveland. The
achievement, so far as the telegraph is concerned, is a great one, and
tests as fully as can be desired its capacity to transmit documents
of almost any length with great accuracy and precision. The writing,
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brief intermissions, until 5 o'clock this [Thursday] morning—hav-
ing consumed some thirty-five hours. Much less time would have
been required but for the unfavorable state of the weather. Messrs.
Gibbs and Gorton, the operators at this station, manifested great
patience and perseverance, having stood at their posts with the
strictest fidelity, and used every exertion within the reach of human
effort to accomplish this feat. They are entitled to our acknowledg-
ments for their untiring endeavors to subserve our interests and
that of an anxious public, by hurrying forward this prolix docu-
ment, which, thanks to the progress of time, is Mr. Polk's last.
It was still a good many years to the formation of press asso-
ciations, in America, which, although of marked influence on the
character and fortunes of the local press, hardly need be taken up
in the present connection.
It is interesting to trace, by examination of the old papers
themselves, the development of the newspaper in Buffalo. The
original Gazette, the Niagara Journal and other sheets of the earliest
years, bespeak the primitive conditions of the time. If the typo-
graphy was poor the paper itself was the old tough—and rough—
“rag," the sheets of unequal size and thickness, but with fibre to
outlast any modern printing stock.
The art of news-gathering was slow in developing, and a cen-
tury of Buffalo newspapers shows it in all stages. It is scarcely
more than a quarter century since the most up-to-date of the
Buffalo dailies still followed, in method and make-up, many of the
ways that characterized the press prior, say, to the middle of the
last century. It is now no longer primitive; and our dailies, in
their bulk, expansion of advertising, specialization of departments,
increase of staff and corresponding decrease of personality, bear
little resemblance to the newspaper of not very many years ago,
when the community opened its morning or evening sheet to read
in the leading editorials the personal utterance of a man it knew.
Anonymity, always a feature of the business, is much more real now
than in those days. Many an able writer gives good years to the
service of a paper which never mentions his name. Perhaps there
is no reason why it should, since to remain unknown is an understood
condition of the employment—except in that other rather modern
feature of it, the special signed contribution, sometimes seemingly
exploited for the doubtful sake of the signature.
When Buffalo was smaller, and individual acquaintance among
representative people was more comprehensive, “the editor" loomed
larger in the community than he does now, and the demands which
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upon men of equal talent in the same profession today. This point
is touched upon by J. N. Larned in his sympathetic sketch of David
Gray.l Speaking of conditions at the time Mr. Gray began news-
paper work in Buffalo—in 1859—Mr. Larned says:
The provincial newspapers of that time had nothing of the
‘ ‘ staff ’7 that is busy about them at the present day. A chief editor
.and his associate, with a reporter of markets, were" quite com-
monly the entire editorial corps. A news reporter, as a distinctly
added functionary, had not yet made his appearance among the few
servitors of the press in Buffalo—though the date of his advent
was not much later than the time here referred to.
The journalism of the city was in that primitive stage when
David Gray entered it. Then, and several years afterwards, the
large, strong figure of Joseph Warren was often to be seen on the
platform at public meetings, taking notes of speeches for next
day ?s print. He shared that kind of labor with his younger assistant,
and claimed from the latter more or less of aid in the leader-writing
and paragraphing of the editorial page. The two were colleagues,
to a considerable extent, in air departments of the newspaper work;
and much the same arrangement prevailed in the ‘ ‘ staff; 7 of the
other city journals. Those were days of hard work in Buffalo
journalism, and, generally speaking, of good work. There was an
all-round capability demanded and exercised, which the present
specializing of tasks is not so well calculated to produce. The news-
papers gave less to their readers than they now do; but possibly
the readers may have suffered no loss. It is certain that much news
was neglected advantageously—with great conservatism of dignity
to the newspapers, themselves, and with a benevolent sparing of
those who read them.
A considerable chapter might be written on amateur journalism
in Buffalo, though the subject hardly demands extended notice here.
The various Buffalo publications in this class, so far as they have
come to the attention of the compiler, are noted in our list.
The first paper of the sort issued here was the Spy, soon renamed
the Journal, of 1845. In 1846 it became the Olio. It is said to have
been the third amateur newspaper in America.
These very early journalistic diversions of boys were sporadic,
but in lSSD-^l a veritable epidemic of amateur journalism ran
through the country. In Buffalo there appeared The Young Amer-
ican, by Fred W. Breed and Porter Norton, printed by E. Howard
Hutchinson; Great Expectations, edited and published by Deshler
Welch; and Our Leisure Moments, conducted by Albert Ives and
Fred Dellenbaugh. (Further note of each of these appears under its
1. “Letters, Poems and selected Prose Writings of David Gray,” edited by
J. N. Larned, 2 vols. Buffalo, 1888.192
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title in our list.) The young editors throughout the country developed
into an interesting—and somewhat amusing—brotherhood. A national
association was formed, and a big convention held in Buffalo, at
the Tifft House. Many of these editors are living, and some are more*
or less celebrated as present-day journalists and men of letters.
A still more virulent outbreak of amateur journalism developed
in the years 1890 to 1892. In May, 1891, there were 24 periodicals
of this class, mostly monthlies, being published in Buffalo, and the
Buffalo Amateur Journalists * Club, with a membership of some 40
or more young men and women, was holding enthusiastic weekly
meetings, and was proud of being a part of the “National Amateur
Press Association.9 9 This organization, then 17 years old, held its
annual convention in Buffalo, in July, 1892. Shortly thereafter,
the craze subsided, and most of the papers and magazines soon
disappeared. A few amateur periodicals have appeared here in
later years; but the making of newspapers, as a diversion for the*
young, does not appear to be at present writing, particularly popular.
The several excellent school journals now maintained replace—and
in most respects are improvements on—the amateur productions of
earlier years.
Although the modern newspaper indulges in many things which;
many people do not esteem as worth while—so many, indeed, that
one often wonders that these things are retained, obviously at con-
siderable cost—still, if comparisons are instituted, very much must
be said in praise of the newspaper of today. The size of the page
is vastly more convenient than was the “blanket sheet” of Civil
War times and a decade or so following. The newspaper of today
with all its superfluities is better written than in days gone by..
Always good in certain instances, and very good under certain gifted
hands, the average quality of the press is, we maintain, higher now
than in former years. The illustrated press is, practically, wholly
a modern development; no comparison is possible with the sporadic*
use of woodcuts prior to the invention, and now very general use of
process engraving.
We here make no attempt to trace the evolution of the local;
press, or to pay tribute to the men who have made it, save in a few
instances, as matter of essential record. The influence of these pub-
lications, on the thought, culture, morals and progress of the com-
munity, is a theme not here entered upon. Nor is any attempt made
to point out the relative degree of political influence exercised, or
the part played in local or State politics, by the press of Buffalo.
These and other aspects of the subject await the historian for whose?
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In the following list the date of the first issue of the periodical
is given immediately after the title. When this has not been ascer-
tained it is either omitted or stated as about [“Ca.”] such a time.
Little reliance can be placed on the numbering of volumes. Of
some papers a year is a volume, of others six or three months. It is
purely arbitrary; publishers sometimes jump the number ahead, or
even mark a new paper as of an advanced number of volumes, for
reasons best known to themselves. Often when a periodical changes
hands, the new owner starts a new series number for the volume
though the old name is retained. In a few instances we note periodi-
cals with a new name, while the numbering of volumes is continuous
from the old series. For example, the first four issues of the quar-
terly, The Dental Practitioner and Advertiser, constitute vol. XXIII.,
because, of the magazine which it succeeded, there had been 22
volumes.
Periodicals first printed elsewhere have sometimes been moved
to Buffalo; or again, those established here have been continued
elsewhere. Such changes make it difficult to indicate the full history
of many publications. Oftentimes, especially of earlier periodicals,
no files are preserved and data are lacking. Many times publica-
tions have ceased abruptly, or reappear irregularly. In many cases,
especially of minor publications, we can only state that they have
existed. Sometimes we have indicated the latest issue known, when
a more definite statement of demise was impossible. Newspapers,
at any rate in Buffalo, are exceedingly reserved in giving news
about other newspapers. The custom may have favor in the eyes of
publishers, but it often makes it difficult to ascertain the essential
facts about the birth, life and death of a periodical.
And what a graveyard it is! Year after year, periodicals good,
bad and indifferent die and are forgotten. Many of them do not
deserve remembrance for any merit they possessed or service they
rendered. Many others were begun with high hopes and some worthy
purpose; most often, no doubt, for the simple business reason of
making money; but a perverse publie and the necessity of paying the
printer and the paper dealer soon laid them low. It is a circumstance
not peculiar to Buffalo.
A good many papers have been started in Buffalo during political
campaigns. Sometimes the principal purpose of the promoters has
been to get as much as possible of the campaign fund of one party or
another, making pledge of great political influence in certain districts
or among certain classes. This is ‘1 easy money,” none too strictly
accounted for; and the paper finds it necessary to suspend soon
after election.194
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There is only one sort of periodical more ephemeral than these
campaign sheets. That is the paper which ostentatiously prints in
its first issue:	“We are here to stay.”
If the character of a community is to be read from its publi-
cations, what rating does our list give Buffalo ? Over and over again,
avowedly “literary" journals and magazines have been started;
none of them—in recent years, at any rate—destined to long life.
Trade papers have perhaps done better. First and last, well-nigh
every trade and industry has had its Buffalo paper; as has every
political party, every reform, every Christian sect and creed—and
some not Christian; temperance and the liquor interest, faith-heal-
ing and free thought, science and art, everything from theology to
humor, dogma to doggerel—in many languages, goes to make up the
list of Buffalo periodical publications.
Obviously, in a century and more of this work, many able pens
have been employed. No attempt is made here at a full catalogue
of these writers; it would be impossible to compile, and not particu-
larly useful. Some notes are added, of a few of the men who were
really notable in this field, or whose labors and influence were con-
spicuous in the evolution of the community in which they worked.
Our review is of the past; this is not the place to appraise present-
day writers.
Our list includes dailies, semi-weeklies, weeklies, monthlies and
bi-monthlies, and a few quarterlies. Annuals are excluded. While
among them are some school publications which are in a sense periodi-
cals, e. g.j Seminaria of the Buffalo Seminary, Iris of the University
of Buffalo, Verdien of Nichols School, etc., yet a list of annuals
would carry us into the field of institutional and departmental annual
reports, obviously not pertaining to our subject. Neither have we
included publications of theaters and other amusement places.
Periodicals represented in the library of the Buffalo Historical
Society are marked with the asterisk:	those in the Buffalo
Public Library with a dagger: “f". Most of the files are incom-
plete. While the Historical Society collections include very full files
of many of the more valuable papers, of others it has but short
runs, or even a sample copy. Until recently, little effort was made to
preserve minor publications; at present the custom of the institution
is to preserve something, if only one copy, of every local periodical
procurable.
When several papers have borne the same name, they are listed
chronologically. In the alphabetical arrangement the word “Buf-
falo'’—which is a prefix to scores of titles—and the words “daily,"TEE PERIODICAL PRESS OF BUFFALO	195
4iweekly/, etc., are not used as a guide to classification; otherwise
the arrangement is according to the first descriptive word of the
title.
It is not claimed that the list is complete, or free from error;
but the compiler has taken reasonable pains to make it full and
trustworthy. He is especially indebted for assistance to Mr. Frederick
J. Shepard, of the Buffalo Public Library; Mr. Ferdinand Magnani,
editor of II Cornere Italiano, and Mr. Frank Buszkiewicz of DsienniTc
/ ■THE PERIODICAL PRESS OF BUFFALO
FROM 1811 TO 1915
* Represented in the library of the Buffalo Historical Society,
f Represented in the Buffalo Public Library.
t * Academy Notes. June, 1905; Monthly, later quarterly. 111. Pub*
lished for the Buffalo Academy of Fine Arts by the Matthews-
Northrup Works. Edited by Chas. M. Kurtz, Director of the
Fine Arts Academy until his death, March 21, 1909; since then
by his successor, Miss Cornelia B. Sage, and staff.
* Achievement. July, 1912. Occasional. “A publication pertaining
to men and matters, for newspaper reference.” Quarto. HI.
Achievement Publishing Co., 246 Ellicott Square.
*Ad Club Doings. 1912. Monthly, by the Buffalo Ad Club, Lafayette
Hotel.
*Ad-Fest Grill. January 22, 1910. “Vol. 1, only 1.” “Published
to interest the members of the advertising affiliation.” Pp. 2-8
bear the headings of seven of Buffalo's daily newspapers.
fThe Advance. 1890. Quarterly, amateur. W. H. Boughton, editor,
250 Carolina street.
Daily Advertiser. Published for about six weeks, summer of 1834,
by Elijah J. Roberts, then proprietor of the weekly Buffalo
Journal.
*The Advocate. 1850. See Buffalo Christian Advocate.
The Advocate. 1909. Weekly, by Ellis Bros. Printing Co., 581
S. Park avenue.
Buffalo Weekly Advertiser. 1895. Weekly, published by Joseph
Dodge. A 4-p., 6-col. journal especially devoted to the interests
of South Buffalo. Mr. Dodge had previously founded and edited
the South Buffalo Minim, q. v.
The Afro-American. 1895. Weekly. Published from an office on
Oak street. Further data lacking. Short-lived.
The Age of Progress. 1854. Weekly. Stephen Albro, editor and
proprietor. 204 Washington street. Ceased in 1858.
The Agitator. September 16, 1876. Weekly. Founded and edited
by George Kittridge, published Saturdays by P. Eby, 336 Wash-
ington street. Mr. Eby later bought it. Ceased publication,
June, 1878.
*AU Around the World. Ca. 1862. Juvenile monthly. W. T.
Horner, editor and publisher.
Buffalo Allgemeine Zeitung. (Ger.: “General Gazette.”) May 17,
1856. Weekly, then semi-weekly. Friedrich Reinecke, editor
and proprietor, Genesee Block. Removed to the Baker Block,
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Main and Huron streets. It made a special feature of social
affairs, at that time usually neglected by the press. In Septem-
ber, 1860, it became the Freie Presse, q. v.
Alpha Omega Delta Bulletin. Ca. 1902. Monthly. Henry Jones
Mulford, M. D., editor. 152 Park Street. A medical and fra-
ternal journal.
The Buffalo Amateur, Ca. 1878. Amateur, by Chas. G. Steele.
*The Buffalo Amateur. May, 1887. Monthly, amateur, by John J.
Ottinger and H. J. Heislein, 466 Clinton street.
Amateur Blade. 1878. Amateur.
The Ambassador. 1846. Weekly. L. E. Everett, editor. Everett
& Hall, publishers. 136 Main street. In the interest of the
TJniversalist denomination. In 1847, removed to Auburn, N. Y.
*AmSrica. Est. 1908, by the America Co., incorporated about Jan.
1, 1908, to publish a general illustrated monthly magazine in
Spanish, for circulation in Spanish-speaking countries. Officers
of the company, 1908, were:	President, W. F. S. Lake; vice-
president, George C. Vedder; secretary, E. T. Berry; treasurer,
Hugh MacNair Kahler. Mr. Lake was soon succeeded as presi-
dent by Mr. Vedder. The circulation grew rapidly and it won
popularity in Spanish-American countries, as it was attractive
in appearance and of good literary quality. Among its con-
tributors were Bafael A. de Zayas, for some years a member of
the Mexican Cabinet under Porfirio Diaz; Enrique Rivas y
Garcia; Marius de Zayas—noted cartoonist and humorist—and
other leading writers of Spain, Mexico and South America. The
scope of AmSrica was general, each issue reviewing interests of
the day in letters, art, science, and the industries, but little
space being given to fiction. In May, 1909, the company moved
their headquarters from Buffalo to Hew York City, branch
offices being maintained in Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincinnati and
Chicago, the Buffalo office remaining in charge of Mr. D. F.
Aitken. In the fall of 1911, America was combined with Export-
American Industries, official organ of the National Association
of Manufacturers, and is continued as the Spanish edition of
that magazine, under the name America	Industrias Americanas.
Buffalo American. 1842. Weekly, by Thos. Foster and C. F. Butler,
263 Main street. J. C. Bunner, editor. It was designed “for
the mechanical and working classes. ’1 Continued * about one
year.
*Buffalo American. Oct. 11, 1893. Weekly. Published “every
Wednesday noon” by the American Protective Association—
the “A. P. A.” of temporary fame. Printed by the Enterprise
Printing Co., 80-84 Terrace.
*The American Blacksmith. 1901. Monthly. Published at 210 Pearl
street, later at Main and Goodell streets by the American Black-
smith Co. “A practical journal of blacksmithing.J1	111.
tThe American Bookbinder. Mar., 1891. Every other month, 10 Lock
street. With the issue for August, 1894, the name of J. B.TEE PERIODICAL PRESS OF BUFFALO
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Friedlander appears as editor. In August, 1895, it was changed
from 8vo to 4to, and issued monthly.
The American Celt and Catholic Citizen. Brought from Boston,
Mass., to Buffalo, June, 1852.	‘ ‘ Devoted to Catholic interests
and the service of the Irish in America. Weekly (with the
approbation of Bt. Bev. Bishop Timon). Washington street,
two doors from the post-office.” Edited by Thomas D'Arcy
McGee, proprietor. On June 1, 1853, it removed to New York
City.
There are few names in the history of Buffalo journalism, if
indeed any (“Mark Twain” possibly excepted), more famous
than that of Thomas D'Arcy McGee, although his residence and
work in this city were of short duration. Born in Ireland, in
1825, he had already some reputation as a poet when at 17 he
migrated to America. It was in June, 1842, that he arrived in
Boston; on the next 4th of July we find him making an ardent
Independence-Day speech, which won for him the name of “boy
orator.” He was soon employed on the Boston Pilot, a widely-
circulated Irish-American journal; two years later he was its
chief editor, a post he held during the “Native-American”
excitement of that period, marked by anti-Catholic riots in
several cities. McGee won such a reputation as a champion
for Ireland, that he was invited by the proprietor of the Dublin
Freeman9s Journal to become its editor. He went back to
Ireland, still youthful but famous. He soon changed from the
Freeman to the Nation, which became the fiery mouthpiece of
“Young Ireland.” What followed is a long story, not to be
attempted in these notes. He was one of the “rebels of *48.”
The “War” party, represented by the Nation, seceded from
the ranks of the National or Old Ireland party, long and wisely
led by the great O’Connell. But the “Liberator” died, famine
fell on the land, and the leaders of Young Ireland judged the
time ripe for rebellion.
McGee's activities as editor, public speaker and secretary for
the “Committee of the Federation,” led to his arrest. Being
released, he continued his agitation in Scotland, and after a
secret return to Ireland to bid good-bye to his young wife, he
fled in the disguise of a priest, landing in Philadelphia in October,
1848. He at once began, in New York, the publication of the
New York Nation. Unwise controversies ended its career in
1850. McGee went to Boston and started the American Celt.
In June, 1852, the publication office was moved to Buffalo and
here Mr. McGee carried on his work for one year. Bishop
Timon made his paper the organ of the Buffalo diocese, and
through the editor's strong personality the paper won wide
recognition as the great champion and advocate of the Irish
race in America. McGee had a fine gift of poetry, and many
of his popular poems first appeared in the Celt. During his
Buffalo sojourn he resided on Franklin street near Virginia.
In June. 1853, lie moVed the paper to New York, and varied
his editorial work by lecturing throughout the country on “The
Catholic History of America,” “The Jesuits,” “The Beforma-200
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tion in Ireland," and kindred subjects. To promote the coloniza-
tion of Irish immigrants in the West he organized the Buffalo
Convention, referred to as a “senate," attended by a hundred
influential Irish-Americans, lay and clerical. It was held in
Buffalo, partly because this city was easy of access from East
and West and from Canada, and partly because McGee's resi-
dence here had given him a local acquaintance and many
friends. It is affirmed by one of McGee's biographers—Mrs. J.
Sadlier—that the Canadian delegates to the Buffalo Convention
were so impressed by his talents that they induced him to settle
in Canada. He sold the American Celt, removed to Montreal,
and started The New Era. This venture failed, but McGee was
elected to the Canadian Parliament, and re-elected, his service
giving such satisfaction to his countrymen in Canada that in
1865 they bought and presented to him a handsome house, well
furnished, in Montreal.	His activities were numerous and
notable. He served as President of the Executive Council, and
as Provincial Secretary; completing at this period his two-
volume “History of Ireland."
He revisited Ireland; in 1867 was a Canadian Commissioner to
the International Exposition in Paris, visited Borne on a mission
for his fellow churchmen, and wrote a series of letters collected
under the title 1 i Irish Episodes of Foreign Travel.'' In London,
with other deputies from Canada, he presented to the Imperial
Government a plan of union for the Provinces, which led up to
Canadian Federation. He became Minister of Agriculture and
Emigration, and when the Dominion was established, was offered
a portfolio in the Cabinet, but declined. His opposition to the
Fenian movement had made for him bitter and desperate enemies.
In November, 1867, he took his seat as a member for Montreal
in the first Parliament of the Dominion. In April, following, on
the street in Ottawa, he was killed by an assassin who, coming
behind, shot him through the head.
His activities in life, and his published addresses, poems, his-
torical and miscellaneous writings, all testify to his genius.
Probably for no man of editorial connection with the press of
Buffalo, can greater distinction be claimed; assuredly none has
had a more picturesque career than Thomas D'Arcy McGee.
The American Columbarian.	1888. Monthly, by the American Col-
umbarian Publishing Co., over 60 Pearl street. “Devoted to the
interests of the Pigeon Fancy." Later at 254 Broadway. Was
succeeded in 1891 by The Fanciers’ Exchange.
f*American Investments and Financial Opinions. 1889. Discon-
tinued 1906, by sale to Moody’s Magazine, N. Y. City. Monthly.
Published by the Niagara Publishing Co., 202 Main street. The
company was composed of Marion J. True, business manager,
and Augustus B. Kellogg, editor during the entire sixteen years
of publication. “A monthly journal devoted exclusively to the
interests of American investors."
* American Poultry World. 1909, Monthly, by the American Poultry
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editor; A. O. Schilling, vice-president; Wm. C. Denny, secretary-
treasurer and associate editor; W. A. Wolford, associate editor.
Illustrated 4to, pp. 64, with cover.
The American Miller. 1851. Wm. C. Hughes, ed.
*American Rights. September, 1854. Weekly. Published by Reese
& Co., 5 W. Seneca street. Organ of the American Party. Dis-
continued, July, 1855.
The American Tanner. 1884. Monthly, by C. A. Wenborne, 13%
Swan street. Ceased about 1886.
*The American Wheelman. April, 1892. Published every Saturday;
D. H. Lewis, proprietor, editor and general manager, 46 Chapin
Block. Discontinued, Dec., 1894.
Amerilcanische Beobachter. (Ger.: “American Observer.”)	1856-
Published twice a week by Dr. James B. Colgrove. It supported
Millard Fillmore as the American party’s candidate for Presi-
dent. An early failure, as the Germans of Buffalo “did not
want to be baited by the Know-Nothings. ’ ’
-f American Wood-worTcer and Mechanical Journal. Ca. 1880. Monthly,
by Thomas McFaul, 22 West Seneca street. Devoted to interests
of saw, lath and shingle mills of the United States. Ceased
about 1899.
Thomas McFaul was a native of Picton, Ont., for many years
a grain shipper. He followed that business in Chicago, 1860-
1875, coming to Buffalo in the latter year. About 1880 he gave
up the grain business and established the American Wood-worTcer.
He also published the Lumber World, and McFaul fs Factory $
Dealers’ Supply World, q. v. He retired from active business
in 1895 and resided with his daughter, Mrs. Frank S. Holnrwood,
until his death, September 29, 1915.
Amerilcai Magyar Ujsag. (Hungarian:	“American Hungarian
Journal.”) March 1, 1912. Weekly, Thursdays. Published and
edited by Pekarcsik & Stulla, who came to Buffalo from Youngs-
town, O. The paper was advertised as the only Hungarian paper
published in Western New York and Canada. In January, 1913,
it was sold to the United Printing Co., Youngstown, O., and
merged in their Amerilcai Magyar Hirlop, a Hungarian weekly,
of which Dr. L. F6nyes is editor-in-chief (1915)- A Buffalo
office isi maintained at 41 Exchange street, B. L. Namenyi, agent.
During its existence in Buffalo, the Amerilcai Magyar TJjsdg
was the official organ of the Hungarian Reformed church in
Buffalo and Tonawanda, the St. Stephen (Ref.) and Greek
Catholic Sick Benefit Society of Buffalo, the Hungarian Con-
cordia Aid Society, other church, aid and musical organizations
of Buffalo, Tonawanda and Lackawanna; and especially of the
Buffalo Branch, Hungarian Reform Federation. It was a well-
edited 8-p. journal.
L’Amico del Popolo. (Ital.: “The People’s Friend.”) Weekly pub-
lication first issued June 2, 1897, at 47 Scott street. Siculo
Italicus, editor; Giambruno & Leoncavallo, proprietors. It lasted202
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but a few weeks, and in February, 1898, with the same typo*
graphical material, was started Sensa Paura, q. v.
L’Amico del Popolo. (Ital.: “The People's Friend.") Oct. 20, 27r
1911. Two issues of a four-page political paper. A campaign
venture.
The Anti-Monopolist. 1874. Monthly. By the Anti-Monopolist Pub-
lishing Co. (George & Co.), 188 Main street. It lived 13 weeks.
Die Arbeiter Stimme am Erie. (Ger.: “Laborers' Voice.") May,.
1878. Discontinued, November, 1878. Weekly. Sundays. Paul
Koberstein, editor and publisher, 470 Washington street. It is
not known that any copies are in existence.
^Buffalo Arbeiter-Zeitung. (Ger.: “Labor News.") 1885. Weekly,,
later daily. Published Saturdays at 273 Genesee street. Ernest
Walter, editor. Official organ of the German Trades Section of
the United Trades and Labor Council of Erie County. Became
a daily, September, 1897, first as a morning paper, later issued in
the evening. ‘ ‘ The only German newspaper in Western New York
owned and controlled by organized labor." In 1915, published
by the Buffalo Printing Co., John Naedele, president, 315-317
Genesee street.
Architectural Review. See Illustrated Industrial and Architectural
Review.
*The Arena. May 8. 1915. Fortnightly, by the students of Canisius
High School. Editor-in-chief (1915), John M. Donlin, succeeded
by Herbert B. Heimerle.
The Argus.	1886. Monthly, by the A. O. U. W. Publishing Co.,
Richmond C. Hill, managing editor and secretary, 200 Washing-
ton street. Devoted to the interests of fraternal cooperative
insurance, as exemplified by the Ancient Order of United
Workmen.
Ascension Parish News. See Parish News.
The Aspirant. 1877. Amateur, by Miss Delle E. Knapp.
The Aspirant. February, 1879. Amateur paper conducted by Henry
D. Klock.
*The Buffalo Assembly Monthly. December, 1894. Rev. Lowell C..
McPherson and Rev. O. P. Gifford, editors. “Devoted to the in-
terests of Christian Endeavor." M. B. Preisch, business man*
ager; Edward W. Bartholomew, secretary-treasurer, 256 Connecti-
. cut street. In 1896, Edward D. Strickland, editor.
*The Assembly Scroll. September, 1897. Monthly. Official publica-
tion, Buffalo Assembly of Christian Endeavor. E. D. Strickland,
managing editor, 481 Franklin street.
Association Echoes. Ca. 1905. Weekly. By the Genesee Street
Department of the Buffalo Y. M. C. A., at 551 Genesee street.
Die Atlanfis. (Ger.) In 1856, brought to Buffalo from Cleveland, O.
Monthly. Charles Essellen, editor and proprietor, 358 Main-
street.
The Atheneum Journal. May, 1892. Monthly, amateur. 8vo with
cover. Official organ of the Atheneum Club. August BindemanTHE PERIODICAL PRESS OF BUFFALO
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and Fred Glaus, Jr., associate editors, 97 15th street. Jay E.
Stagg, later a member of the faculty of Hasten Park High
School, was connected with it. The late Dr. Fred C. Busch was
also a contributor. The Atheneum was of higher character and
more mature than most amateur journals.
*Die Aurora. (Ger.)	January, 1853. Weekly. Catholic. Christian
Wreckmann, editor and publisher. Batavia street, second door
below Michigan. Later, tri-weekly and weekly; see Aurora und
Christliche Woche.
*	Aurora und Christliche Woche. Weekly. Published by the German
Eoman Catholic Orphan Asylum. 564 Dodge street. Succeeded
Die Aurora.
Aus Abend und Morgen. (Ger.: “Night and Morning.”) Ca.
1883. Semi-monthly by John A. Sorg. Later, monthly by Philip
Paulus, editor and proprietor, 26 West Peckham street. A
religious journal; discontinued because of the editor's failing
health, in 1911.
f*The B. C. I. Bulletin. November, 1896. Earlier issues announced
the lecture course of the Buffalo Catholic Institute, 1896-7. Later,
issued monthly in the interest of the Catholic Institute.
*	Baldwin’s Official Railway Guide. 1878. Monthly by the Baldwin
Publishing Co., 182-194 Main street. At one period, under W. S.
Baldwin, it developed into a periodical of no little attractiveness,
with articles devoted to travel, etc., besides latest revised time-
tables, etc. It became (1886) the Matthews-Northrup Railway
Guide, q. v.
Das Banner (Ger.) 1881. Weekly, by the Banner Printing Co., 54
Arcade Building. Succeeded Die Laterne, q. v. Was enlarged
and as an organ of the Greenback party was published until
February, 1883.
Bannister’s Life in Buffalo. 1841. Weekly; literary and dramatic,
by N. H. Bannister; Abraham Dinsmore, printer. Abandoned
after a few weeks.
*The Baptist Outloolc. February, 1897- Monthly, in the interest of'
the Buffalo Baptist Association and the Buffalo Baptist Union.
The original editors were Eev. A. S. Coats and Eev. George
Whitman; the founder and first business manager, Eev. S. K.
Smith. Issued from 457 Washington street. With vol. 2 (De-
cember, 1897), it changed from magazine to 16 p. newspaper
form. The form was again changed, October, 1899, to a smaller
page and only eight instead of 16 pp. Numerous changes in
style and Appearance have been made since. In 1901-04 it was
dated “North Tonawanda and Buffalo.” In August, 1904, it
was changed to a weekly, ‘1 from a local, city mission paper, to a
more general paper for all the denomination.”
*The Buffalo Baptist Record. 1888. Discontinued December, 1893.
Monthly, by the Board of the Buffalo Baptist Union, in the
interest of the Baptist churches and missions of Buffalo. Eevs.
J. H. Griffith, D. D., and George Whitman, editors; A. W. Hick'204:
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man, business manager, 3 German Insurance Building. Suc-
ceeded by the Baptist Outlook, q. v.
t*The Basis. 1895. Begun as a weekly, later issued monthly. Printed
by S. McGerald & Sons for the Citizens ' Publishing Co., Buffalo.
‘ ‘ A journal of citizenship. ' ' Albion W. Tourgee, editor. Ceased,
1896.
The Basis was short-lived, but its standard was high, its pur-
pose worthy and its editor a man 4>f uncommon distinction.
Judge Tourgee was of Huguenot blood, though born in Ohio.
After a gallant Civil War service—in which he was wounded, and
was a prisoner of war—he settled at Greensboro, N. C. He was
a member of the commission which codified the law of that State,
served as judge of the Superior Court, and combated the Ku-Klux-
Klan at the risk of his life. These experiences furnished ma-
terial for “A Fool's Errand" and others of his many once popu-
lar novels. Bemoving to Denver, he edited the Times of that
city, 1879-80. In 1881 he became editor of the Continent, which
ceased in 1884. During these years, and while editing the Basis
of Buffalo, he resided at Mayville, N. Y., writing for various
journals. He was later appointed IT. S. Consul at Bordeaux,
where he died May 21, 1905. He was one of the most vigorous
writers and individual personalities ever connected with the
periodical press of Buffalo. One of his biographers compares
him ‘‘physically and spiritually," to Ernest Kenan.
■f* Daily Bazaar. November 24-29, 1902, for the benefit of the Teach-
ers' Retirement Fund.
Bee and Evening Express. Ca. 1870. Daily. Express Printing
Co., publishers.
*The Ben Franklinite. January, 1914. “A monthly journal for Voca-
tional School boys." Conducted at the Vocational School of
Printing, Michigan and Tupper streets, Buffalo.
* Bethel Flag. Monthly. Outgrowth of the Boatman’s Magazine and
Sailors’ Advocate, later the Bethel Magazine, q. v. Under the
name Bethel Flag it continued until about 1847, when it united
with the Sailors’ Magazine, New York.
*The Bethel Magazine. Published under this title for some years)
from November, 1835, being a continuation of the Boatman’s'
Magazine, q. v.
*Die Bid el Stunde. (Ger.:	‘c The Bible Hour.") 1909. Quarterly.
Edited by Rev. Adolf T. Hanser. Published by the Lutheran
Publishing Co., 214 Southampton street; in 1915, at 105 Florida
street. An English edition, The Bible Hour.
For more than 20 years the Lutheran Publishing Co., of Buffalo
has issued church and Sunday-school literature. In 1915 it
publishes three periodicals for Lutheran Sunday-schools:	The
Bible Hour, Crumbs, and Lessons, with German editions. Be-
cause of advantageous contracts, the printing is done at Erie, Pa.
*The Bible Hour. 1909. Quarterly. Rev. Adolf T. Hanser, editor.
‘1 An aid to systematic Bible study for Lutheran Sunday Schools,
Young People's societies and Christian homes." The LutheranTEE PERIODICAL PRESS OF BUFFALO
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Publishing Co., 214 Southampton street. In 1915, at 105 Florida
street. A German edition, “Die Bibel Stunde.99
*Bike of Buffalo. December, 1894. Weekly. Published every Sat-
urday by the Bike Publishing Co., J. Bobert O’Brien, manager;
Thad W. Gardiner, editor. No. 65 Clinton street. *4 Devoted to
the interests of bicycling in its varied branches.”
*Black Rock Advocate. February 11, 1836. Weekly, by D. P. Adams-
Dr. M. G. Lewis had editorial charge. Apparently discontinued
March 17, 1837.
f*Black Rock Beacon. December, 1822. Weekly, by Lewis G. Hoff-
man. Discontinued about September, 1824.
*The Black Rock Enterprise. March 23, 1893. Weekly. Published
Thursdays at 1715 Niagara street by the Black Bock Publishing
Co., Alderman W. H. Bradish, manager and editor. Especially
devoted to the interests of the 25th Ward. Discontinued, autumn
of 1893.
*Black Rock Gazette. December 21, 1824, by Bartemas Ferguson-
Sold in 1825 to S. M. Salisbury. In November, 1827, moved from
Black Bock to Buffalo and became the Buffalo and Black Rock
Gazette. March 19, 1828, Smith M. Salisbury sold out to William
P. M. Wood, and publication ceased, subscribers receiving in
continuation Mr. Wood’s new paper, The Buffalo Republican, q. v.
*Black Rock and North Buffalo News. 1893. Discontinued, 1895-
Weekly. Published Saturdays at 103 Bird avenue; later 1715
Niagara street. Edwin Bidley, editor and proprietor.
Black Rock World. Ca. 1892. Amateur.
*The Boatman9s Magazine. 1835. “Published six times a year,
by the Sailor’s and Boatman’s Friend Society.” Edited hy
Bev. Stephen Peet, corresponding secretary. First published,
April, 1835, in Cleveland, but with the second issue, June, 1835,
printed by Charles Faxon, Buffalo. In August, 1835, its title
became as follows:
*The Boatman9s Magazine and Sailor9s Advocate. In November,
1835, it became the Bethel Magazine, q. v. The first number
was issued in Cleveland, but the magazine was transferred to
Buffalo, June, 1835, Hiram Pratt being then President and
Treasurer of the Sailor’s and Boatman’s Friend Society, office
226 Main street, over Butler’s book store. It was a neat octavo
magazine with a green cover and interesting woodcuts; devoted
to temperance and the welfare of sailors on the lakes. It later
became the Bethel Flag, q. v.
Bocian. (Polish: “Stork.”) 1888. A small eight-page comic paper,,
edited, illustrated and published by Sigsmund Zlupski. Of short
career.
t*Bohemia. September 30, 1882. Weekly. Published Saturdays at
60 Pearl street, by W. S. Bigelow; he withdrew January 6, 1883r
and the paper ceased soon after.206
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f*The Bohemian. February, 1893, to October, 1893. Nine issues.
Monthly, at 186 Fifteenth street. John Reeves Sutton, editor;
George D. Sutton, manager art department; George W. Sutton,
business manager.
A brightly edited magazine, with good art and literary stand-
ards, though in the matter of illustrations its achievements were
meager. Several well-known residents of Buffalo were among
the contributors, notably James W. Ward, librarian of the Grosve-
nor Library, whose series, “ Historic Landmarks along the Niag-
ara, ’ 9 was illustrated by Amos W. Sangster; Leroy Parker, E. A.
Hayes and others.
Bollettino Mensile. (Ital.i “Monthly Bulletin.,,) Begun, April, 1911,
at 43 Fly street, for Mt. Carmel church. A religious publica-
tion which lasted seven months.
*The Bowie-Tcnife. September, 1882. Monthly, amateur, by M. Boe-
chat, 72 Commercial street; with the October number, M. F.
Boechat and J. J. Ottinger, editors. In December, 1882, it be-
came The Bowie.
*The Bowling and Cycling World. 1896. Weekly. “Devoted to the
interests of sports in general and cycling and bowling in par-
ticular/ 1 Published Saturdays at 1104 Morgan Building; William
A. Williams, managing editor.
Boys of Buffalo. January, 1877. Amateur paper conducted by John
Fisher.
The Boys9 Herald. Ca. 1880. Amateur, by Chas. G. Steele.
*Brass Buttons. 1904. Monthly, by the Union Terminal Railroad
Department, Y. M. C. A., of Buffalo. F. H. Thatcher, editor, 312
Michigan avenue.
Bristol9s Gazette and Herald of Health. 1838. Monthly. C. C.
Bristol, editor and publisher. In 1840 it appeared as Bristol9s
Gazette, and was discontinued in 1842.
*Brosamen. (Ger.: “Crumbs.”) 1903. Monthly. German edition
of Crumbs, being lessons for the Primary Department of Lutheran
Sunday Schools. Rev. Adolf T. Hanser, pastor. Lutheran Pub.
Co., 214 Southampton street; in 1915, at 105 Florida street.
*Browning 9s Magazine. A periodical of fashions and fancies.
Monthly., by Browning, King & Co., 571-575 Main street. Bears
a Buffalo imprint. (VoL 51, 1915.)
*Bubbles. January, 1915. Monthly, by the Kinne Laundry Co. “A
magazine of cleanliness.9 9
tThe Budget. 1891. Monthly, amateur; 365 Franklin street.
t*Daily Bujfalonian. On Christmas morning, in 1837, this little sheet
made its appearance; weekly, under the auspices of an association
of journeymen printers. A little later (winter of 1837-8) it was
issued as a daily by F. B. Ward & Co. The anonymous editor
was known as George Arlington, probably a pen-name for
Thomas L. Nichols. The Daily Bujfalonian appears to have
begun in the spring of 1838. It was the time of the Patriot War,
and the paper throve on excitement and unscrupulous personal-
ities. Nichols left, and started another sheet, the Mercury (q. v.).THE PERIODICAL PRESS OF BUFFALO
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As editor of the Buffalonian he was succeeded by J. W. Dwinelle,
who made it more respectable but less popular. In 1839 it passed
to N. R. Stimpson, Charles D. Ferris being its chief writer. On
December 11, 1839, David M. Keeler became editor and pro-
prietor of the Daily Buffalonian, at which date, under the same
name, it appeared as “ Vol. I, No. 1.” It ceased to be pub-
lished soon after.
Thomas L. Nichols was something of a figure in his day in
Buffalo. A native of New Hampshire, he was 23 years old when
he came to this city in the autumn of 1837. He wrote for the
Commercial Advertiser, over the pen-name of “Walter Arling-
ton, ’ 9 and sent Patriot War news to the New York Herald,
An early Buffalo pamphlet is his “Address delivered at Niagara
Falls on the evening of December 29, 1838, the anniversary of
the burning of the Caroline’’ (Buffalo: Charles Faxon, 1839).
Too free a pen on the Buffalonian, in comments on men and
events connected with the arrest and trial of Benjamin Rathbun,
resulted in the total wrecking of the office of that paper, by a
mob which also planned to tar and feather the editor, but he
escaped. In June, 1839, he was arrested for libel, tried and
convicted, a part of his sentence being four months in jail. He
served his full term in the old jail, on Batavia street (Broad-
way), meanwhile Writing “A Journal in Jail/' which was pub-
lished in Buffalo in 1840; a silly book. On the eve of his release
a benefit was given for him at a local theater. The bills and
tickets bore pictures of prison bars, and the performance netted
over $1)000. On the day he was set free “a splendid collation"
was prepared for him at the old Mansion House, but he says he
fled to the woods. He soon organized the Buffalonian Free Press
Association, capital $10,000, himself editor and director. The
Buffalo Historical Society owns one of the $50 stock cer-
tificates signed by Nichols and ornamented with his portrait
against prison bars; but nothing came of it. Nichols—for “a
certain sum of money99—dropped all action against the wreckers
of his office, the Buffalonian suspended and he left town. He was
later employed on a newspaper in Rochester and probably else-
where, for he roamed far and wide. In 1861 he issued one
number of a weekly newspaper in New York “before the attack
on Fort Sumter, and when it was hoped and believed peace
would be preserved.9 9 The war nipped his enterprise in the bud;
without issuing a second number he took refuge in England.
In London in 1864 he published “Forty Years of American
Life," in two volumes; reissued, London, 1874. It contains
reminiscences of Buffalo, the Lakes, etc., of some interest.
Charles Albert Willson, who had been a morocco-dresser on Oak
street, became employed on the Buffalonian in 1838 and from the
nature of his work the claim was afterwards made that he was
“the first commercial editor" in Buffalo. He later joined the
staff of the Commercial, and was known around town as ‘ ‘ Old
Statistics.9 9
The Buffalonian, August, 1892. Monthly. Amateur. G. H. Sell-
ers and T. A. Mitchell, editors and proprietors, 490 West avenue.208
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*The Buffalonian. Ca. 1896. Weekly, by the Buffalonian Publish-
ing Co., 739 Seneca street. “Devoted to the interests of South
and East Buffalo. ' '
fThe Bugle. November, 1890. Monthly. Amateur. First published
by John K. Walker, William H. Walker, Jr., Clarence M. Wheeler
and Kneeland Ball, at 298 Pennsylvania street. In 1891, Arthur
S. Mann and Emil A. Becker, Jr., were taken in, the office being
358 Delaware avenue. The Bugle reached a third volume, 1892.
Builder and Contractor. Ca. 1900. Weekly, by Lawrence & Sitterly,
71 West Eagle street.
■{•Buffalo Builder and Eeal Estate Owner. Ca. 1885. Weekly.
*	Building and Loan Journal. 1894. ‘ ‘ A monthly publication in the
interests of Western New York Building, Loan and Savings Asso-
ciations." R. Hutchinson, editor and publisher; H. T. Martin,
business manager. Office, 41 Franklin street.
^Buffalo Bulletin. Founded June 5, 1830, as the Working Menfs
Bulletin, by Horace Steele; December 1, 1830, renamed Buffalo
Bulletin. Weekly, by Horace Steele. Devoted to the interests
of the Workingmen's party. It soon became Democratic, and
in 1831 was bought by James Faxon, who engaged Mason Bray-
man as editor. The Bulletin was consolidated, 1835, with the
Eepublican, and the Buffalo Eepublican and Bulletin was con-
tinued as a weekly, the Star as a daily, all under one management.
The name “Bulletin” disappeared in 1839, when Quartus Graves
renamed these papers the Buffalo Eepublican, both weekly and
daily. See Courier, Eepublican, Star.
*	Sunday Bulletin. 1849. By William F. Rogers, publisher, and
Stephen Albro, editor. Continued nine months. The first Sun-
day newspaper published in Buffalo. Sold at three cents a copy.
It was issued from “the Republic Building, Washington street,
second door north of the Post Office.''
■{•^Monthly Bulletin. January, 1882. Monthly, by the Young Men's
Christian Association. Published 50 Clinton street. George W.
Luce, business manager, Exchange, corner Wells street. In
August, 1882, it became the Young Men’s Christian Association
Monthly Bulletin; in 1887 the heading became The Bulletin (new
series). John B. Squire and Frank H. Thatcher, editors; later,
Frank H. Thatcher, editor and manager. See Men of Buffalo.
*The Weekly Bulletin. 1896. Advertising sheet published by the
Matthews-Northrup Co.
Monthly Bulletin. Ca. 1900. Monthly. Issued under the direction
of the Executive Committee of the Law League of America.
Office, 1086 Ellicott Square.
tMonthly Bulletin. June, 1911. In the interest of Temple Beth-eL
Apparently had a brief existence.
The Bulletin and Eeview. 1881. Weekly, by Loudon U. Dodge*
until about 1884.
*Bulletin of the Buffalo General Hospital. 1911. Monthly.THE PE El OBI GAL PRESS OF BUFFALO
209
fBulletin of the Buffalo Naturalists’ Field Club. January. 1883.
Monthly or occasional. D. S. Kellicott, a teacher of the
State Normal School in Buffalo; Eugene E. Eish, principal of
School No. 10; and Mary B. Moody, were the committee on
editing and publishing; but the inspiring source of the Bulletin
was an ardent naturalist, Karl Linden, at that time president of
the Field Club.
f *Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. 1873. Quar-
terly. Hon. George W. Clinton headed the original committee on
publication. Since 1907, edited by Henry R. Howland, Supt. of
the Society.
fThe Burgee, Ca. 1911. Monthly. Organ of the Buffalo Canoe
Club.
*	Business, 1914. “Published occasionally.’’ Advertising booklet
issued by Henry J. Herbold, 87-91 East Seneca street.
*The C, M, B, A, Advocate. 1904. Monthly. Official paper of the
Catholic Mutual Benefit Association.
t*The Calendar. See The High School Calendar,
Sunday Morning Call. May 8, 1879. Weekly, by William R. Lester
& Co., over 194 Main street. Ceased in 1880.
t*Calvary Sunday School Torch, January, 1896. Monthly. Official
publication of Calvary Presbyterian Sunday School; T. Roberts
Andrews, Jr., editor.
La Campana, (Ital,: “The Bell.”) First issue, January 7, 1905.
Weekly. Published by the Bensler Press, 80-84 Terrace. C.
Cornelia, editor and manager. It lasted seven weeks.
*Tlie Canisius Monthly, November, 1914. A literary magazine pub-
lished monthly, except July-September, by the students of Can-
isius College. Walter J. Abel, editor (1915).
*	Carnival Times, October, 1874. A four-page paper published under
the auspices of the Young Men’s Christian Association during the
week of the Authors’ Carnival, October 20-28, 1874. Its curious
engraved heading was by Wightman. Among the contributors
were Miss Annie R. Annan, Mrs. Julia F. Snow, J. N. Larned,
David Gray, John G. Milburn, Adolph Duschak.
*The Car Worlcer, 1904. Monthly. Official organ of the Interna-
tional Association of Car Workers. A. T. Fish, editor and man-
ager, 644 Prudential Building. “Devoted to the interests of
men employed upon the construction and maintenance of passen-
ger, freight, and electric cars, and roundhouse employees.”
t*The Buffalo Catholic Institute Bulletin, November, 1896. Continued
several years, monthly during the winter, in the interest of the
Buffalo Catholic Institute.
Buffalo Catholic Sentinel, See The Sentinel,
*	Catholic Union, See Catholic Union and Times,
t*Catholic Union and Times, Established as the Buffalo Catholic
Union, April, 1872. Weekly. Published by the Buffalo Catholic210
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Publication Co., Edmund Burke, editor. Two years later the com-
pany bought the Waterloo Times, of which Bev. Dr. Lambert was
editor, and the two papers were consolidated under the name of
The Catholic Union and Times, Rev. Patrick Cronin, LL. D.,
editor. After Dr. Cronin's death, in 1905, no permanent editor
was appointed, the editorial matter being contributed by a number
of clergymen and laymen, under the supervision of William A.
King, the business manager, until his, death, October 22, 1914.
On November 12, 1914, Archibald McLean was appointed editor,
and William P. Kilcawley, business manager.
Eor 31 years it was the pen of “Father" Cronin—as all Buf-
falo knew him—that gave this paper life and individuality.
Patrick Cronin was born in Ireland in 1835, entered the priest-
hood, taught rhetoric and belles lettres at the Seminary of Our
Lady of Angels, Suspension Bridge, N. Y., and edited the Niag-
ara Index, published at that school. In 1874 Bishop Ryan called
him to his life-work on the Union and Times.
*The Buffalo Centinel. 1839. Weekly; and daily, March, 1840.
C. F. S. Thomas and Thomas Newell. Later that year it adopted
the following style:
*The Daily Buffalo Centinel and Log Cabin Herald. 1840. Daily.
C. F. S. Thomas and Thomas Newell, editors and proprietors. A
Whig organ. Thomas L. Nichols edited it for a time, as did
Henry Reed, Jr. Discontinued after about six months.
f ^Central Church Chimes. 1894. Weekly. Church news and bulletin
of services. Central Presbyterian Church. Conducted by Rev.
Henry Elliott Mott.
Central Zeitv/ng. (Ger.: “Central Gazette.") 1867. Weekly. Joseph
Hogg & Bra., publishers, 247 Batavia street. A Catholic pub-
lication, continued in Buffalo about four years, then moved to
New York, where it soon died.
tThe Century. 1876. Published by the Centennial Relief Associa-
tion; edited by Mrs. S. F. Mixer and Mrs. J. S. Noyes. A quarto,
three columns per page, issued during the bazaar, February, 1876.
* Chatter. In October, 1914, this well-printed 16-page paper appeared
as a weekly (Saturdays); the issue for October 31st was said
to be “Vol. XVII, No. 7." It purported to be “an absolutely
independent newspaper." William Clarke Jewell, publisher and
manager, Caxton Building, North Division street. Western New
York Publishers' Bureau, Advertising Directors. Only one issue
known to the compiler.
Chautauqua Tourist. 1886. Monthly. Published by John Laughlin,
191 Main street. In 1896, weekly (Sundays) during the summer
months; also daily issues for a time. Continued to about 1902.
*The Children’s Friend. October, 1915. Quarterly, by the Children's
Aid and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children of
Erie County, N. Y. Edited by John P. Sanderson, general secre-
tary, 261 Delaware avenue.
*Chown Education. 1913. Monthly. Published in the interest of
the Chown School of Business, 534-45 Ellieott Square. 8 pp., ill.TEE PERIODICAL PRESS OF BUFFALO
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#The Church Bulletin. 1909. Weekly, by the First Presbyterian
Church, Eev. William H. Boocock, editor.
f* Buffalo Christian Advocate. January 1, 1850. Pounded by Rev.
John E. Robie. Published in the Exchange Buildings, No. 158
Main street. With Vol. 2, 1851, a new heading was used, the
name continuing Buffalo Christian Advocate until about 1858,
when it was changed to The Advocate. The paper was enlarged,
January, 1854. About 1862 it was renamed The Christian Advo-
cate, W. H. DePuy, editor. In 1863, L. S. Church was publisher.
The next year it again became Buffalo Christian Advocate, pub-
lished by Rev. John E. Robie, and Rev. Albert B. Wilbor. Most
of its editors were ministers, members of the Genesee Conference.
Besides those named, the Revs. Sandford Halbert, S. A. Morse,
G. C. Jones, G. W. Peck and C. W. Winchester had editorial
•connection with the paper prior to 1885. The office for many
years was in Brown's Building at Main and Seneca streets. In
1870, Robie & Ripley were proprietors; 1872 to 1874, it was
published by Ripley, Morse & Co.; 1875 to 1881, by A. P.
Ripley & Co.; 1882, Miller & Perrin; 1883, L. C. Miller;
1884, Henry A. Townsend. In 1885 John E. Rebstoek became
the publisher and Rev. Samuel McGerald edited the paper
for one year while serving as pastor at Tonawanda. The office
was moved to 41-43 Franklin street. Complying with a request
of the Genesee Conference, Bishop John F. Hurst appointed Mr.
McGerald as editor of the Advocate, the first official recognition
accorded the paper. Soon after, Mr. McGerald became proprie-
tor and his son, A. D. McGerald, manager. Under their control
it was claimed that the Advocate had the largest circulation of
any Methodist paper in America, owned and controlled as an
individual enterprise. On March 1, 1895, the name was changed
to The Christian UplooTc, q. v.
Christian Baptist. February, 1824. Monthly, by Campbell & Sala,
at $1 per year. An 8vo, 24 pages to the issue, devoted to re-
ligious essays and the interests of the Baptist church. Under
date of June 3, 1825, the publishers say: “We are much em-
barrassed at this time in raising funds to pay for paper, ink,
workmen," etc.—an appeal not uncommon in those days. The
magazine was probably not of long continuance. The only copy
noted is in the library of the Western Reserve Historical Society,
at Cleveland, which has Vol. II., August 2, 1824, to January 3,
1825.
*Tke Christian Sower. Published in the interest of the Jefferson
street Church of Christ; succeeded by Our Church Record, q. v.
*The Christian UplooTc. March 1, 1895. Weekly, by the McGerald
Publishing Co., 457-459 Washington street. Succeeded the
Buffalo Christian Advocate. Discontinued, 1903.
*Die Christliche Woche. (Ger.: “The Christian Week.") 1873.
Weekly. Rev. Jos. M. Sorg, editor and proprietor, 35 Edward
street. Later by the Buffalo German Catholic Orphan Asylum.
Editor's office, 46 Broadway. In 1900, merged with Am or a, q. v.212
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Der Christlicher Familienfreund. (Ger.:	“The Christian Family
Friend.”) Ca. 1897. Monthly, at 483 Washington street.
*The Buffalo Sunday Chronicle. Ca. 1888. Weekly. Lansittel &
Wagner, editors and proprietors, 473 William street.
f*Buffalo Chronicle. December,1903. Every Saturday. Edited and
published by Edwin Fleming, 222 Ellicott Square. The Chronicle
succeeded Commerce, which in turn was the successor of Greater
Buffalo. Ceased May, 1905.
t*The Church Home Quarterly.	1881. Quarterly, by the Church
Home Charity Foundation. Miss C. E. White, editress, 752 Niag-
ara street. Later by Mrs. John Rice, 45 North Pearl street.
The Church Messenger. 1888-9. Monthly. Official organ of the
Diocese of Western New York (Protestant-Episcopal), under the
direction of Rt. Rev. A. Cleveland Coxe. Published by the Lake-
side Publishing Co.
*The Church Mirror. 1895- Data lacking.
The Church Monthly. Ca. 1900. Monthly. Mrs. P. E. Gridley,.
publisher and manager, 43 Niagara street.
tChurch Voice. November, 1887. Monthly, in the interest of the
Church of Christ (Disciples). Discontinued October, 1888.
*The Church Voice. Ca. 1899. Weekly. M. P. Russell, business
manager, 1249 Niagara Street. Published by C. B. Russell, 1-5
Franklin street, for the West Avenue Presbyterian church.
f*Church WorTc. December 1, 1898. Semi-monthly. Rev. Warren
Watson Walsh, editor, 457-459 Washington street. Official paper
of the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York.
Cigar Mahers’ Official Journal, Monthly. Founded in New York City
about 1874; moved to Buffalo, February, 1886, and to Chicago,.
January, 1893.
f*The Citizen. May, 1906. Monthly, by the Municipal League, 301
Ellicott Square. Robert S. Binkerd, editor. The issues for
September, October and November, 1906, were, combined in one-
especial number,” devoted to the city and county election of
that date. Ceased soon after.
City News and WeeTcly Price Current. 1867. Weekly. Express;
Printing Co., publishers, 4 East Swan street. Ceased in 1868.
The Civic Forum. November, 1911. Bi-monthly. “An exponent of
political, social and moral ideals.” Official organ of the Order-
of Civic Guards. 8vo. F. H. Dirstine, editor and proprietor,
843 Ellicott Square. Dewitt C. Tremaine, editor.
* Clean Clothes. 1915. Monthly. “An illustrated magazine devoted
to cleanliness, sanitation, and sound textiles, ’ ’ published by
Central Star Laundry, Buffalo.
*A Clean Sweep. October 27, 1913. “A paper for the citizens and
by the citizens.” A^campaign sheet (pp. 4) of few issues in the
interest of the Citizens; ticket, headed by John Lord O ’Brian for
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fThe Clionian Herald. April, 1892. Monthly, amateur, by Charles
W. Kenney, 486 Fargo avenue. ‘ ‘Official organ of the Clionian
Debating and Literary Society.**
*The Buffalo Clipper. 1895. Weekly. “In the interest of Greater
Buffalo.** Compiled by Ansley D. White, 701 Morgan Building.
*Cold Spring Advertiser. 1906. Weekly. Issued Wednesdays “in
the interests of Cold Spring and vicinity,** by Alf. E. Tovey.
John Kemble, editor and manager. Office 1300 Jefferson street.
Cold Spring Journal. 1892. Weekly. Issued Saturdays by W. G.
Webster.
tThe Collector and Exchange. August 1, 1888. Semi-monthly. H.
S. Pickett & Co., editors and publishers; E. S. A. McLeod, busi-
ness manager, 115 Tenth street. Devoted to stamps, coins, etc.
College Forum. 1902. Bi-monthly, at 680 Main street, by the Alumni
Ass*n, Dental Department, University of Buffalo. J. W. Beach,
editor. It became The Dental Forum.
*The Columbian Monthly. 1893. Monthly. An illustrated family
magazine published by Garretson, Cox & Co. 365 Seventh
street. Sworn circulation (1894) 25,000.
t*Commerce. Lake, rail, canal. April, 1903. Monthly, by^the Com-
merce Publishing Co., 43 Board of Trade. Howard J. Smith,
editor. Continued as Commerce until Jan. 1904, when it was
sold to Edwin Fleming, and merged in his Buffalo Chronicle,
as organ of the Chamber of Commerce.
t*The Daily Commercial Advertiser. Jan. 1, 1835, and published
continuously since. Originally issued from the office of the
Buffalo Patriot, “by H. A. Salisbury, Printer to the City.**
But B. A. Manchester was its printer from the first, and Guy H.
Salisbury was its original editor. Dr. T. M. Foote and B. A.
Manchester became associated in the management of the two
papers; and in August, 1838, the Aurora Standard was merged
in them, and A. M. Clapp, its publisher, became one of the
proprietors of the joint property. In May, 1839, they were
united with the Buffalo Journal, and the weekly was published
as the Patriot and Journal (q. v.). The daily appeared as the
Commercial Advertiser and Journal (q. v.) by E. R. Jewett &
Co. The following year the daily appeared as the Buffalo
Commercial Advertiser. These names were retained for many
years, under the editorial conduct of Dr. S. B. Hunt. In 1856,
a semi-weekly JCommercial Advertiser was established. In April,
1861, Mr. Jewett sold the Commercial Advertiser and the weekly
Patriot and Journal to R. Wheeler & Co.. A business embar-
rassment followed and Mr. Jewett found himself again the
owner of the* property. The Commercial entered upon a new
era in 1877 when James D. Warren became sole owner. For many
years his local leadership in the Republican party gave his
paper special influence and recognition. Since Mr. Warren *s
death, Dec. 17, 1886, the paper has been conducted by his sons,
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Of the many capable writers whose work has gone to the
making of the Commercial Advertiser, these 70 years past, note
should at least be made of two or three of the strong men of
the earlier days.
Bradford A. Manchester came to Buffalo, a penniless orphan,
in 1831. Hezekiah Salisbury found work for him in the office
of the Buffalo Patriot. He proved so apt an apprentice that
on January 1, 1835, when the daily Commercial Advertiser was
started, he was made foreman of that office. A year later he
became a partner of Mr. Salisbury. July 1, 1836, Mr. Salisbury
withdrew and Mr. Manchester, Thomas M. Foote, and Guy H.
Salisbury became the proprietors of the Commercial, and so
continued until September, 1838, when Mr. Manchester with-
drew. In February, 1843, he began the publication of the
Buffalo Gazette as an Administration paper, discontinuing it
after two years. In 1846, he established the National Pilot,
which was merged with the Buffalo Courier July 1, 1846. Mr.
Manchester continued as proprietor of that paper for a year
or two, then relinquished journalism to engage in other business.
In his later years he was a banker. He is remembered as a man
of uncommon attainments, largely self-taught, an accomplished
linguist, one of Buffalo's most capable and public-spirited-
citizens of his time.
A very prominent figure in earlier Buffalo journalism was
Calvin Frederick St. John Thomas. A native of New York
City, where he was born in 1808, he had published a country news-
paper prior to coming to Buffalo in 1833 or '34, about which
time we find him in the employ of Oliver G. Steele. He later
set up a job printing office, and in 1844 merged his interests in
the firm of Jewett, Thomas & Co. In 1855, with Solon H. and
J. H. Lathrop, Mr. Thomas acquired proprietorship of the
Commercial Advertiser. In 1857, that property again passed into
the hands of E. R. Jewett & Co., Mr. Thomas continuing as
superintendent. Other changes followed and in 1869 he removed
from Buffalo.
His local distinction was not only in the field of journalism,
but in music as well. He was long prominent in local musical
circles, and his agreeable papers, entitled ‘1 Musical Reminiscences
by a Veteran Amateur," are preserved in the old files of the
Commercial Advertiser.
Thomas M. Foote was for many years prominently identified
with the interests of Buffalo, and in some degree with the
affairs of the State and nation. A physician by profession, he
early abandoned medicine for journalism. Coming to Buffalo
about 1835, being then 24 years old, he was given editorial
management of the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, then owned
by Messrs. Hezekiah A. Salisbury and B. A. Manchester. Later
in that year, Mr. Salisbury withdrew and Hr. Foote and Guy H.
Salisbury became joint proprietors with Mr. Manchester, and
associate editors. From that time until his death, February 20,
1858, with but one or two brief intervals, Dr. Foote was the
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day in journalistic life in Buffalo. For many years, the warm
personal friend of Mr. Fillmore, it was not surprising that in
1849, when Mr. Fillmore became vice-president, Dr. Foote should
have been favorably considered for diplomatic appointment*
President Taylor made him Charge d ’Affaires of the United
States at Bogata, and in 1850, Mr. Fillmore having succeeded
to the Presidency, appointed him to a similar office at the
Court of Vienna. These are the only Federal offices he ever
held, Mr. Fillmore's earlier efforts to have him appointed
postmaster of Buffalo coming to naught. On the accession of
President Pierce, Dr. Foote resigned, and returning to Buffalo
resumed his editorial and proprietary connection with the Com-
mercial. In 1855, with his partner of many years, the Hon.
Elam R. Jewett, he disposed of his newspaper interests and with
Mr. Jewett made a tour of Europe. On this visit they met Mr.
Fillmore and appear to have traveled with him for a time. Re-
turning to Buffalo in 1856, Dr. Foote for a short period resumed
editorial work, his career being ended by a paralytic attack,
which resulted in his death on the date named. That he was
a scholarly, able writer, adroit in argument! as he was keen and
vigorous in his style, an examination of the editorial columns
of the Commercial Advertiser throughout the many years of his
activity -will attest.
For many years James Albro (died Sept. 17, 1899) was city
editor of the Commercial Advertiser; while holding this post, he
made two balloon voyages with “Prof.” Samuel A. King, most
noted aeronaut of his time. Mr. Albro later was telegraph
editor, retiring from the Commercial about 1889. Arthur W.
Austin served the same paper for 40 years, beginning as news-
boy; for 17 years he was city editor, becoming editor-in-chief,
which post he held at the time of his death, Jan. 5, 1913. On
Aug. 25, 1915, occurred the death of Wm. Edward Foster, who
had ably served the Commercial, most of the time as managing
editor from 1870 until ill health compelled his retirement in 19H.
t* Commercial Report and Market Review. July 19, 1869. Daily
or weekly. Published by William Thurston, and commonly
called by its sub-title, “Board of Trade Report.” The title
is sometimes “Daily,” but not after April 30, 1874; sometimes
“Weekly”; often neither word is used.
fThe Convention Herald. Jan. 1905. Monthly. “Published for the
information of prospective visitors to Buffalo and Niagara
Falls.” A. E. Howe, publisher, Richmond C. Hill, editor; 502
Morgan Bldg. A 24-p., illustrated magazine, with cover.
Common Sense. 1850. Published by D. P. Stile. Further data
lacking.
fThe Connoisseur. April, 1892. Monthly, amateur, H. E. Montgom-
ery, editor, S. H. Stilling, manager; 949 Delaware avenue.
*Tlie Cooperative Magazine. April, 1912. Monthly. E. D. Matteson,
publisher. S. G. Sherwood, editor; succeeded, 1913, by Henry W.
Spahn; published at 107 S. Division street. The Consumers
Cooperative Trading Ass'n, proprietors. “Devoted to the prin-216
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ciple of cooperation, and the development of its benefits and
usefulness.'' In the fall of 1913 it changed from 8vo to 4to
form, and was soon after discontinued.
*The Co-opt-or. 1913. Advertising pamphlet issued occasionally by
Pratt & Lambert, Tonawanda street.
*11 Cornere. (Ital.:	“The Courier.”) April 2, 1898. Semi-weekly,
4to, by Aristide Martinelli, 73 Seneca street. He resigned in
August, 1898. Continued by Dr. B. Calabrese and others; pub-
lished at 16% E. Seneca street. On September 5 was incor-
porated “II Corriere Italiano Publishing Co,” and the name
of the paper became II Corriere Italiano, q. v.
*11 Corriere Italiano. {Ital. “The Italian Courier.”) 1898, in
continuation of II Corriere. Published weekly at 131 Broadway;
Perdinando Magnani, editor; F. E. Onetto, manager. Later, pub-
lished by II Corriere Pub. Co., 15 Franklin street, Jos. J.
Lunghino, president, and F. Magnani, editor.
*The Countersign. 1893. Monthly. 4to. Published on the 15th of
each month by the Countersign Publishing Co,, 72 Agency Bldg.,
Niagara street. Lieut. George T. Bowman, manager. A military
journal devoted to the interests of the National Guard.
The Countryside. Ca. 1888. Monthly, by L. H. Ellison & Co.,
41-43 Franklin street. “Devoted to country homes, work and
schools.”
f*The Courant. Nov. 13, 1895. Monthly. Published every fourth
Wednesday of the school year by the Beta Nu Sigma Fraternity,
in the interests of the Buffalo Night High School. Samuel J.
Harris, editor.
t*Buffalo Courier. Mornings. Wm. J. Conners, proprietor.
This paper has evolved from the Western Star, Buffalo's first
daily newspaper, established July 21, 1834; and other papers. The
principal changes in the evolution are here briefly indicated. A
more extended record is to be found in the Courier, Jan. 7, 1885.
The Buffalo Bulletin was established, spring of 1830, by
Horace Steele, in the interests of the Workingman's party. It
soon advocated Democratic principles, and in 1831 was bought
by James Faxon; he made Mason Brayman its editor. On
July 21, 1834, Faxon issued the Western Star, first daily in
Buffalo. In 1835 the Star, the Bulletin and the Republican
were brought under one ownership. See “The Buffalo Repub-
lican.” October 1, 1842, Joseph Stringham became editor and
proprietor of these journals, and later renamed them, the Daily
Mercantile Courier and Democratic Economist and the WeeJcly
Economist. On July 1, 1846, the Daily National Pilot {q. v.)
was absorbed, the style of the paper becoming Courier $ Pilot.
The ownership passed, November, 1846, to Manchester & Co.,
Guy H. Salisbury being associated with Mason Brayman in the
editorial work. Weekly and tri-weekly editions were established.
In 1848 the Courier was bought by Wm. A. Seaver and Robert
D. Foy, and moved from 12 Exchange street to 206 Washington
street. In 1849 the office was in Spaulding's Exchange; in 1851TEE PEBIODICAL PEESS OF BUFFALO
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it again moved to West Seneca street, first door from Main;
in 1852, to No. 7 West Seneca street. October 16, 1854, Joseph
Warren first came into the employ of the Courier. In 1859 he
became joint proprietor with Gilbert H. Harroun and Jas. H,
Sanford, the latter having bought an interest in 1847. Mr.
Warren’s connection with the paper continued until his death,
September 30, 1876. Wm. G. Fargo succeeded him as president
of the Courier Co., and was succeeded March 3, 1880, by Charles
W. McCune, who in 1883 became sole proprietor. David Gray
was for some years managing editor, succeeding Mr. Warren in
1876, retiring in 1882, and succeeded by Joseph O’Connor,
whose connection with the paper began in 1879. (For a detailed
history of the Courier under Mr. McCune’s ownership and
management, see the Courier, Jan. 7, 1885.)
In Jan. 1843, the title was shortened by dropping the prefix
“Daily.” Soon after, an extra containing a message of the
Governor was issued under the heading “Buffalo Courier extra”;
and on March 31, 1845, the regular issue appeared as the Buffalo
Courier.
The Sunday Courier was established Jan. 3, 1875.
On May 9, 1897, W. J. Conners bought the Courier, and on
May 10 the paper appeared as the Courier-Beeord, this being
soon changed to Buffalo Courier.
Of the many able men who have made the Courier in years
past, Joseph Warren merits precedence. A native of Vermont,
he had finished a university course, taught Greek and Latin,
and had experience in journalism before he came to Buffalo in
1854 to become local editor of the Courier. In 1858 he bought
an interest, increased under subsequent reorganizations. Jan. 1,
1869, the Courier Co. was formed, Mr. Warren being its presi-
dent, and continuing as editor-in-chief of the paper, until his
death. In the meantime he had served as Superintendent of
Schools for Buffalo, and had become the recognized leader of the
Democratic party in Western New York. Very many local
interests were promoted by him; and his paper was given a
strength, influence and standing it had never before possessed.
David Gray, poet and essayist of rare refinement, gave the
best working years of his life to the Courier. His connection
with the paper began in 1859, as commercial reporter; in 1860,
he was made associate (or city) editor and about that time
acquired a quarter interest in the property. On Joseph Warren’s
death in 1876, Mr. Gray became editor-in-chief, in whieh office
he served until his health failed. He sold his interest in the
paper in 1884, his death occurring in 1887.
Another Courier man, notable in his day, was Thomas Kean,
for many years city editor and dramatic critic. For a time he
edited Sunday Truth, and was managing editor of the Bepublic
under the ownership of Chas. W. McCune. Mr. Kean was the
author of at least one successful play—acted by Fritz Emmet.
He died May 7, 1888.
No abler pen was ever engaged in the service of the Courier
than that of Joseph O ’Connor, who came to that paper in Decern-218
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ber, 1879, and became editor, from David Gray’s retirement, con*
tinuing to 1895. After withdrawing from the Courier he re-
turned to Rochester, his former home, where for some years he
edited the Post-Express, In 1895- ’96 he edited the Buffalo
Enquirer, withdrawing in the last-named year. He was a writer
of extraordinary versatility, and with a poetic gift unsurpassed
by any one connected with Buffalo journalism. His death
occurred in Rochester, October 9, 1908.
The Buffalo Courier and Economist. Feb., 1843, succeeding th&
Mercantile Courier and Democratic Economist, In March, 1843,
it became the Buffalo Courier, q, v.
tThe Courier and Pilot. July 1, 1846. Daily, tri-weekly and weekly.
Guy H. Salisbury became editor, Nov., 1846. The union of the
Courier and the Pilot in Dec., 1846, became the Buffalo Courier,
q. v,
f*Buffalo Courier-Becord. See Buffalo Courier,
Evening Courier Bepublic. Daily, 1862 to about 1875. Jos.
Warren & Co., publishers.
*Cradle Bank News. Aug. 1, 1889. Weekly, or occasional, in the
interest of the Buffalo Fresh Air Mission. W. H. Wright, Jr.,
70 Ellicott street, publisher and chairman of the fund. Succeeded
by The Fresh Air Mission Becord, q. v,
tThe Crescent. 1891. Monthly, amateur. Chas. H. Williams and
Chas. M. Peabody, editors and proprietors, 121 N. Pearl street.
In 1892, merged with the Sun in the Sun-Crescent,
*	Crippled Children’s Herald. 1911. Monthly. Published by the
Crippled Children’s Guild, 487 Niagara street, or 44 Palace
Arcade.
Sunday Critic. March 15, 1863. Weekly, by Squibb & Enright,,
over 150 Main street.
*Crumbs. 1903. Bi-monthly. Lessons for the Primary Department
of Lutheran Sunday schools. Rev. Adolf T. Hanser, pastor.
Lutheran Pub. Co., 214 Southampton street. In 1915, at 105
Florida street.
t * Current History, See ‘1 The Cyclopedic Beview of Current
History, ’ ’
*	Current Talk. 1904. Monthly. “A publication devoted to things;
electrical, ’ ’ published by the Buffalo General Electric Co.
*The Cycle Becord. 1893. Weekly. Dai H. Lewis, manager. In
Sept., 1894, publication in Buffalo ceased, it being merged with
The Beferee in Chicago.
*The Cycling World. 1895. Weekly. Devoted to cycling, bowling
and general sport.
*The Cyclopedic Beview of Current History. 1891. Quarterly. Pub-
lished by Garretson, Cox & Co.; Alfred S. Johnson, editor.
Daily Bread. 1897. Weekly, by the Daily Bread Publishing Co.,.
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*Day and Night. July, 1914. Monthly. Issued in the interest of
the publishers by R. H. Connor & Co., printers, 246-252 Michigan
avenue.
The Buffalo Deaconess.	1896. Quarterly. First published by S*
McGerald & Son., 457-459 Washington street. Devoted to the-
interests of the Deaconess Home.
*The Buffalo Belt. Feb., 1913. Published monthly by the Buffalo
Alumni Chapter of Delta Chi, Buffalo. Office, 325 Bryant street*
t*The Democracy. May, 1854. Daily and weekly, started by Samuel
Wilkeson, at Main and Hanover streets. Mr. Wilkeson, Geo. W.
Haskins, H. L. Rann, and others, were engaged on it. That
year Eough Notes was merged in it; and in Aug., 1855, the
Democracy was united with the Express, q. v.
*Democratic Economist. Successor, January 1, 1842, of the Eepub-
Mean, q. v. Published at 146 Main street, “City Bank Building,,
upstairs.' ' It was owned by Henry Burwell, edited by Henry
White. Sold to Jos. Stringham, Oct. 1, 1842. See Mercantile
Courier, and Courier.
t*Buffalo Demokrat. (Ger.: “Buffalo Democrat.”) 1850- Weekly.
The Freie Democrat, started 1848 by Karl Esslinger, was bought
in 1850 by Jacob Knapp and Dr. Carl de Haas, and renamed
the Buffalo Democrat. It was at that time published Thursdays,
at 384 Main street, de Haas being the editor. In November, 1850,
Knapp sold his interest to Friedrich Held, who soon established
the daily Demolcrat. In April, 1853, the Welthiirger was united!
with the Demolcrat, continuing as its weekly edition, under man-
agement of Brunck, Held & Co. De Haas retired in 1859,
Brunck in 1875, and Friedrich Held continued as sole proprietor
until his death, March 6, 1885. For a time his widow was the
publisher, succeeded as proprietor and publisher by her son,
Frank C. B. Held.
tThe Dental Advertiser. August, 1869. Quarterly. Conducted for
22 years by Theo. G. Lewis, D. D. S. Published by the Buffalo
Dental Mfg. Co., 50 cents per year. On Dr. Lewis' retirement it
was continued as The Dental Practitioner and Advertiser, q. v*
*The Dental Forum. 1902. Semi-monthly, later quarterly by the
Alumni Ass'n, Dental Department, University of Buffalo. J. W.
Beach, editor, 680 Main street. Later, J. O. McCall and asso-
ciates, 25 Goodrich street.
tThe Dental Practitioner and Advertiser.	1892, succeeding the Dental
Advertiser. Quarterly, by the Buffalo Dental Mfg. Co., W. C.
Barrett, editor. In 1898, a department was established styled
“The Investigator,” devoted to the Dental Department, Uni-
versity of Buffalo. Discontinued, Oct., 1898.
Department Store Eeview. 1906. Monthly, by the Department
Store Review Publishing Co., Lewis Block.
Deutsches Vollcshlatt. (Ger.:	“German People's Paper.”) 1878.
Weekly. Published by Revs. C. Schild and G. Berner, 200 Main22 0
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street. Daily and weekly, from 1897, by the Volksblatt Pub.
Co., 548 Washington street.
*Les Deux Mondes. (Fr.: “The Two Worlds.”) July, 1883.
Weekly. Published Saturdays at Hersee Hall, 587 Main street.
A 16-p. quarto of excellent literary quality, but short-lived.
*Didlconissenfreund. (Ger.:	“Deaconesses' Friend.”) April, 1900.
Monthly by Dr. Otto Becher, 622 Oak street. In the interest
of the Association for Deaconess work in Buffalo.
Dick’s Patent Expositor. Ca. 1873. Quarterly. Rev. Robert Dick,
publisher. An advertising sheet.
■*Direct Advertising and House Organ Review, 1914. Quarterly or
occasional. Edited by Brad Stephens; published by the Buffalo
Graphic Arts Ass 'n, 724 Chamber of Commerce, Buffalo. Printed
in Boston, Mass.
f Buffalo Daily Dispatch and-Evening Post. Daily. Thos. Dickinson,
proprietor, 208 Washington street; P. P. Josef, publisher. Dis-
continued May 18, 1878. Towards the end of its career, Geo. W.
Sweet, manager.
Djabel. (Polish:	“Devil.”) 1896- An illustrated periodical
(weekly) with the so-called motto:	“I am the Devil, who the
devil are you?” This paper moved to Buffalo from Chicago,
but its career here ceased after some four months when its
editor, Stanislaus Segers, committed suicide.
Drift. 1888. Monthly, ill., by the Drift Publishing Co., 194
Main street.
^Buffalo Druggist.	1895-97. Monthly. By the Buffalo Druggist
Publishing Co., 483 Washington street. In 1897 succeeded by
The Northern Druggist, q. v.
*The D’Youville Magazine.	1909. Quarterly, by the students of
D'Youville College.
*Dziennik dla Wszystkich. (Polish:	“Everybody's Daily.”) Mch.
8, 1908. Daily and Sunday, by Everybody's Daily Pub. Co., 559
Fillmore avenue. Frank Ruszkiewiez, president. Later at 928
Broadway. Established as Polak w Amerykanski, but name
soon changed as above.
Dzwon. (Polish:	“Bell.”) 1886. Semi-monthly, illustrated. Con-
ducted by Rev. Antony Klawiter. In reduced form became
Dswonek, q. v.
Dzwonek. (Polish:	“Little Bell.”) 1893. Succeeded Dzwon;
carried on by Rev. Anthony Klawiter. Short lived.
tThe Earnest Christian. 1856- Monthly, by Benjamin T. Roberts,
A.	M. The title was changed in an early issue to the following:
tThe Earnest Christian and Golden Eule. Ca. 1857- Monthly.
B.	T. Roberts, editor;D. F. Newton, corres. editor; printed by
Clapp, Matthews & Waite, office of The Express. “Devoted to
the promotion of experimental and practical piety.” Valuable
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*East Buffalo News. 1894. Weekly. Published Saturdays by the-
Acme Printing Co., 627 Walden avenue.
*East Church Becord.	1892. Quarterly. Pounded by George Pratt
Pairbairn. Devoted to the interests of the East Presbyterian
church; published under direction of the Session, at No. 451
Eagle street. Issued quarterly until 1898* then occasionally;
discontinued 1912. Mr. Pairbairn was a printer for some
years employed by the Commercial Advertiser, and was active
as a Sunday-school worker. He died April 8, 1895.
East Side Chronicle. 1892. Weekly. Julius A. Deck, editor and
proprietor, 473 William street. Later, Landsittel & Wagner.
*The East Side News. 1908- Weekly. Issued Wednesdays by the
East Side News Pub. Co., 301 Broadway. Max T. Dowdall,
manager.
The Eastern Contractor. July, 1893. Monthly, by the Eastern Con-
tractor Publishing Co., 73 W. Eagle street. The company
included Angus D. McConnell, Carrie M. McConnell, Prank M.
Chapin and Eleanor M. McConnell. In 1894 it appeared as a
weekly, by A. D. McConnell, 1715 Niagara street.
*Echo. {Polish:	“Echo.”) 1888-1901. Weekly. M. J. Sadowski,.
editor and publisher, 932 Broadway.
The editor was a scholarly man, and built up a wide circula-
tion for the Echo, which for a time was perhaps the leading
political Polish weekly in America. Mr. Sadowski died in
March, 190)1.
*The Echo. Peb. 4, 1915. Weekly, Thursdays, in the interest of
the Boman Catholic Orphan Asylum of Buffalo. Bev. Geo. J.
Weber, president; Jos. M. Schifferli, manager; Chas. A. Zenkert,.
editor, 564 Dodge street.
“For more than 60 years, the Aurora und Christliche Woche,
published by the G. B. C. Orphan Asylum of Buffalo, has ranked
among the foremost German-Catholic journals in the United
States. The Echo is a weekly Catholic newspaper published for
such as cannot read the German Aurora.”—Introductory An-
nouncement.
*The Weekly Economist. 1842. Weekly, Wednesdays, by J. String-
ham, 146 Main street. Later, H. White, editor. Continued to-
about 1848. At first the weekly edition of the daily Mercantile
Courier, it later was the weekly edition of the Courier, q. v.
The Economist was the successor of the Star, which was sold
to Theodotus Burwell in 1842 and renamed. In 1843 the daily
issue was started as the Mercantile Courier and Daily Economist.
fThe Educator. 1889. Monthly. W. Hazelton Smith, editor. Pub-
lished by the Courier Co. “Devoted to the education of young
men and women in current history, current science and current
literature.” Later, from about 1905, issued from 102 Seneca
street, “devoted to the interests of teachers and students.”
Edwards Monthly. Ca. 1909. Monthly, at 16 E. Seneca streets
In 19ll, 342 Genesee street.222
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The Emmanuel.• 1900. Monthly, by the Emmanuel Literary Circle,
457 Washington street. Creighton R. Story, editor, 323 Normal
avenue.
*The Emmanuelist Eerald.	1907. Monthly by the Bingham Pub-
lishing Co., East Utica and Purdy streets. Martha Griffith
Bingham, editor. A magazine devoted to rescue mission work
and the interests of the Emmanuelist Home. In June, 1912,
publication office moved to South Framingham, Mass.
*Der Emmaus Pilger. (Ger.:	1 ‘The Emmaus Pilgrim.”) 1905.
Monthly. Published by the Evangelisch Lutherischen Emmaus
Gemeinde, 210 Southampton street. Edited by Rev. Emil E.
Mueller. This parish paper of the Emmaus Lutheran church
was printed in Buffalo 1905-1908. In 1915, printed in Erie, Pa.,
though edited, as it has been from the first, by the pastor of
the Buffalo Congregation.
Empire Order Journal. Ca. 1883. E. W. Beach, publisher, 213
Main street.
tThe Empire State Amateur. Feb., 1891. Monthly, amateur. “Official
organ of the Empire State Amateur Press Association.” John
J. Ottinger, editor.
•*Empire State American. 1894. Weekly. Published every Saturday
by the American Publishing Co., 59 Terrace. “Official paper
of the Superior Council of the State of New York.”
*Empire State Woodman. 1905. Monthly, by Woodmen of the
World. E. T. Lowry, N. Y. State manager and editor, 434
Brisbane Bldg.
Empire State Workman. 1909. Monthly. Edited by A. C. Harwick,
Grand Recorder, 36 W. Huron street.
*The Empire State Vocational Conference Bulletin. Oct., 1914.
Lewis A. Wilson, editor in chief, Albany. Printed by the boys
of the printing dept., Elm Vocational School, Buffalo. Issued
several times yearly, for the conferences of vocational teachers.
t*The Buffalo Emporium and General Advertiser. Sept., 1824.
Weekly, by John A. Lazelle and Simeon Francis. From Dec.,
1826 it was issued semi-weekly—the first Buffalo paper to be
issued oftener than weekly. Discontinued late in 1829.
The Endeavorer. 1913. Monthly, by the Buffalo Assembly of Christian
Endeavor. Geo. W. Grupp, editor, 102 Wesley avenue.
Daily Enquirer. 1838. A campaign paper of brief existence. (See
“Inquirer.”)
t*The Buffalo Enquirer. 1891. Daily. Published by William B.
Held, 509 Main street. In the fall of 1892, it was bought by
William J. Conners and E. G. S. Miller. Charles J. Kingsley
was managing editor. Some stock was held by Kingsley and
George Rehbaum, both of whom sold out to Mr. Conners, who
moved the office from the corner of Main and Huron streets to
250 Main street. Samuel G. Blythe was managing editor during
the Spanish-American war. His successors have included Mai-THE PERIODICAL PRESS OF BUFFALO
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colm R. Clissold, Charles Bennett Smith (afterwards Representa-
tive in Congress), James L. Nixon, Rowland B. Mahaney, and
Gerald K. Rudulph. William J. Conners & Company first pub-
lished it, December 16, 1896, as the Morning Enquirer. On Feb-
ruary 10, 1897, it became The Buffalo Record, which in May,
1897, was merged with the Courier; and a re-established En-
quirer was continued as an evening paper, being marked in 1915,
“vol. 72.”
The Buffalo Enterprise. Nov., 1875. Small amateur paper. The
editor’s name not printed. Issued by the Enterprise Publishing
Co.
*The Enterprise. 1893. Weekly, at 1715 Niagara street (Black
Rock), by the Black Rock Publishing Co. See Black Rock
Enterprise.
*The Eolian. 1845. Weekly. Published Thursdays. Its motto was
‘ ‘ to amuse and instruct, ’ ’ but it is a long ways from the modern
idea of a humorous paper.
■\Erie County Independent. Nov., 1894. Weekly. Buffalo and
Hamburg. Printed by the Buffalo Catholic Publication Co.
The Erie County Leader. Ca. 1883. Joseph DeBarthe, proprietor.
Continued about two years.
Erie Endeavor. Ca. 1900. Monthly, by the Erie Endeavor Pub-
lishing Co., 65 West Huron street. In the interest of the Christian
Endeavor Societies.
*The Evangel. Feb., 1898. Monthly. “A magazine for the people,
devoted to the restoration of primitive Christianity.” Published
by the Evangel Publishing Co., G. Calhoun Moore, business
manager, 606 Guaranty Bldg.
The Evangelical Christian. 1851. Published by Geo. Stanbro & Co.
Evangelische Gemeindezeitung. (Ger.: “Evangelical Church News.”)
1877. Weekly, by Berner & Mesmer. Originally devoted to Pro-
testant church interests. After a few months it was renamed
Volksblatt fur Stadt und Land,” and issued as a daily political
independent journal.
Evangelisches Gemeindeblatt. (Ger.: ‘ ‘ Evangelical Church Paper. ’ ’)
Ca. 1877. Weekly. Published by German Protestant pastors.
*Evangelischer Gemeindebote. (Ger.: “Evangelical Church Messen-
ger.”) 1886. Monthly. Published by the Buffalo Conference
of Pastors of the Evangelical Synod of North America. Rev.
Gottfried Berner, editor, 148 Watson street. Later by Rev. Otto
Becher, 622 Oak street; in 1914, by Rev. P. Speidel, 148 Watson
street.
Everybody for Buffalo. 1871. Data lacking.
Everyday Life. 1905. Monthly, by the United States Magazine Co.,
197 Main street. Continued about three years.224
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t*Buffalo Every Saturday. Nov. 24, 1877, to Dec. 20, 1879. Satur-
days. “A weekly journal of miscellaneous reading,'’ edited and
published by Deshler Welch; issued from 143 Washington streets
From August, ’78, it bore an engraved heading specifying “Lit-
erature, music, the drama, fine arts and social topics ’ ’ as its
special field. In size and general appearance it was not unlike
the Nation. Among its contributors were James Parton, George
Fawcett Howe, Joe Howard, Olive Logan, and Eli Perkins.
tThe Examiner.	1833. Monthly, in the interest of the Unitarian
denomination.
Excelsior. 1869. Monthly. W. T. Horner, publisher. Survived;
some three years.
Excelsior. 1886. Weekly, by George Sutton, 350 Elk street.
“Devoted to the interest of labor.” Short-lived.
*The Exponent. Feb., 1894. Monthly. Published at 551 Main
street. I. E. Dean and Harry S. Vail, editors. “Devoted to the
interests of the New York State Alliance. Official organ of the
State F. A. & I. U. of New York.”
t*Buffalo Morning Express. Daily. Established Jan. 15, 1846, by
A. M. Clapp & Co.; Clapp & MeCredie were the first proprietors..
Jas. 'McKay was the first editor, succeeded in the fall of ’46 by
W. E. Robinson, formerly of the New York Tribune; so that
the Express was referred to by some of its contemporaries as
“a branch of the New York Tribune.” In 1848 T. N. Parmelee
was editor. In 1851, Hon. Seth C. Hawley bought an interest,
and became editor. The next year he retired, Mr. Clapp taking
up editorial duties. In August, 1855, the daily Democracy was
united with the Express, and for several years it bore the title,
The Buffalo Morning Express and Daily Democracy, with daily,
weekly and tri-weekly editions. In I860, Mr. Wheeler retired
from the firm, H. H. Clapp taking his place, with J. N. Larned
as associate editor. In 1866 the Express Printing Company was
formed, the proprietors being A. M. Clapp, H. H. Clapp, J. N.
Larned, Geo. H. Selkirk, and Thos. Kennett; Mr. Larned being
editor. In 1869 Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) bought the
interest of Thos. Kennett, and * the Messrs. Clapp sold their
interests to the other partners, Mr. A. M. Clapp having become-
Public Printer at Washington. In* 1872 Matthews & Warren
bought a controlling interest, J. N. Matthews being president
and editor; J. D. Warren, vice-president; Geo. H. Selkirk,
treasurer. The next year Matthews & Warren sold to a stock
company, consisting of numerous Republican politicians. In
1876 Coleman E. Bishop became editor. In 1877 the political
syndicate relinquished its interests to Geo. H. Selkirk and others.
In 1878 J. N. Matthews became owner, and editor, with F. A.
Crandall as managing editor. Mr. Matthews died Dec. 20* 1888,
and was succeeded as owner by his son George E. Matthews;
Jas. W. Gredne being managing editor. Geo. E. Matthews died
June 11, 1911. Since that time the Express has been owned?
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The Sunday Express was first issued Nov. 20, 1883, from which
date it and the other daily issues appeared in quarto form, the
Express being the first Buffalo paper to adopt this more con-
venient form in preference to the large-page or ‘ ‘ blanket'' sheets*
of earlier years.
The Express was burned out April 16, 1885; issued April 17
from the Courier office; and from temporary offices until its own.
building could be occupied.
The Illustrated Express, evolving from the Sunday issue, was>
first issued Jan. 3, 1886. Frank H. Severance, who had been
city editor of the daily, became managing editor of the Illus-
trated Express, continuing until Dec., 1902. When the paper was
first established, the 1 ‘half-tone" process of photograph repro-
duction was not available for newspaper use. .Reliance was had,
for the first few years, on woodcuts and the zinc etching pro-
cess. These were in time superseded by the half-tone process.
The Illustrated Express was a pioneer in pictorial journalism,
both in the use of picture-making processes, and in the popular
illustration of news; for which it gained a national reputation
and, m time, a host of imitators.
The founder of the Express, Almon M. Clapp, born in Con-
necticut in 1811, learned the printer's trade in Geneseo, and in
1828 became a resident of Buffalo, working as a printer for
Day, Follett & Haskins, receiving $60 per year, board and
lodging, until he reached his majority. In 1835, at Aurora, now
East Aurora, N. Y., he founded the Aurora Standard, which
he edited and published for three years. In 1838 he had editorial
and business connection with the Commercial Advertiser, then
retired from journalism until January, 1846, when he established
the Express as above stated; finally disposing of his interest in
the paper in 1869. In the meantime he had held various offices.
In 1839 he was elected clerk of the Board of Supervisors of
Erie County, which post he filled for two terms. For some 10
years he was Loan Commissioner of the U. S. Deposit Fund.
In 1853, he was elected to the State Assembly, declining to
serve more than one term. In 1857 he was an unsuccessful
candidate for Secretary of State, sharing in the general defeat
of the Bepublican ticket. In 1861 President Lincoln appointed
him Postmaster of Buffalo, and reappointed him in 1865. He
was removed, June, 1866, for disloyalty to the administration of
Andrew Johnson. In 1866 he received the Bepublican nomina-
tion for Eepresentative in Congress from Erie County, but with
his party he met defeat. In 1869 he was elected Congressional
Printer, which office he held until 1877, in which year he bought
the National Republican of Washington, continuing its owner and
editor until 1880, when he sold it. He died April 9, 1899, being
at the time of his death president of the Anti-Civil Service
League.
James Newson Matthews re-established The Express. Born
in England in 1828, he came to Buffalo in his 18th year, even-
then an expert printer. Employed by Jewett, Thomas & Co.,
he was soon their foreman. Leaving that employ in 1848, he:226
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became foreman in the Republic office; carried on a job-printing
business, founded the short-lived Journal of Commerce (q.v.);
and a few years later, with the owner of The Express, estab-
lished the firm of Clapp, Matthews & Co., the “Co.” being
Rufus Wheeler, who withdrew in 1860. Messrs. Wheeler, Jas.
D. Warren and Joseph Candee, under the firm name of R.
Wheeler & Co., had bought the Commercial Advertiser from E. R.
Jewett; and Mr. Matthews, who was a close friend of Mr.
Wheeler, parted with his Express interest, and joined in a new
firm, Wheeler, Matthews & Warren, owning the Commercial, Mr.
Candee dropping out. Mr. Wheeler retired after some years and
Matthews & Warren continued with the Commercial, and also
for a time (from 1872) owned a controlling interest in The
Express. In 1877 the partners separated, Mr. Warren taking
the business of the Commercial. Mr. Matthews, who had been
the editor of that paper, took the Washington Block as his share
of the partnership property, and soon after, 1878, bought The
Express, which he personally conducted until his death, December
20, 1888. He was able as an editor, a good fighter in any cause
he championed; in all ways a strong personality; and always
fond of exercising his skill and taste in the printer’s art. No
other man ever connected with the Buffalo press had such regard
for the typography of his paper, as J. N. Matthews. Under
his hand The Express was one of the handsomest papers in
America.
George E. Matthews, who succeeded his father as editor and
proprietor of The Express, successfully carried it on until his
death, June 11, 1911.
From 1878 to 1886 the managing editor of the Express was
Francis A. Crandall, a practical printer, a clear thinker and a
vigorous writer. A varied newspaper experience, before coming
to Buffalo, still further qualified him for his work. No man in
all the history of Buffalo journalism had a truer sense of the
relative value of news, or knew better how to present it attract-
ively. He was never dull; he could give sprightliness to an
editorial page without lowering the standards of taste or dignity.
Politically, his work was a force to be reckoned with in any
campaign; and J. N. Matthews was warranted in styling him
“the model managing editor.” In July, 1886, he accepted the
post of editor-in-chief of the Providence (R. I.) Evening Tele-
gram. Returning to Buffalo, he was successively connected with
"the Courier, the Enquirer and the Times. In 1893 President
Cleveland offered him the position of Public Printer, but con-
firmation was blocked in the Senate, and Mr. Crandall accepted
the post of Superintendent of Public Documents. He died in
Washington, July 9, 1915.
*The Evening Express. 1868. An evening edition, issued from the
office of The Morning Express, 14 East Swan street, at three
cents a copy. Continued two or three years. See Bee and
Evening Express.
The Factory Magazine. Monthly. Data lacking.THE PERIODICAL PRESS OF BUFFALO
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"Buffalo Fair and Square. Feb. 11, 1908. Semi-monthly, by the
West Side Press Co., 28 Grant street. Harry E. Blampied,
editor, Albert P. Lee, business manager. “Devoted exclusively
to the business and home interests of the West Side.”
"Buffalo Fair Play.	1905. Weekly. Published by George W. Blood-
good, 613-615 Main street. “Guaranteed circulation, 50,000
copies ”!
Der Familien Freund.	(Ger“The Family Friend.”) 1889..
Monthly. German Methodist periodical, first edited by Rev.
Adam Groebe, 223 East street.
tThe Family Friend, July, 1896. Monthly. Published by the Trans-
State Publishing Co., 44 Niagara street. Managing editor, R. J.
Buchanan.
The Fanciers’ Exchange, 1891. Monthly. Geo. W. Strong, M. D.,
editor, 254 Broadway. Later conducted by Oscar W. Parker.
Devoted to fancy pigeon breeding and pet stock generally. Con-
tinued to about 1895.
Farm, Garden and Fireside, 1877. Monthly, by H. P. .Hayes &
Co., 132 Niagara street.
The Farmers’ Review and Live Stock Journal, 1885- Weekly, by
C. H. Webster, 16 Nichols Alley; Webster Bros., 63 Carroll
street. The title varied from time to time. In 1894, it was:
The Farmers’ Journal and Live Stock Review; in >96, The
Farmers’ Journal, Live Stock and Horse Review; etc.
*Farther Lights Herald, June 5, 1896. Enlarged, April 1, 1898.
Occasional, by the Farther Lights Society of the Prospect avenue
Baptist church. What appears to be the first issue (June 5, ’96)
is numbered with a facetiousness not unusual in church publica-
tions, “vol. 99.”
The Fashion Magazine, 1888. Monthly, by Barnes, Hengerer & Co.,
260 Main street.
The Fashion Quarterly. 1886. By Alfred E. Rose, 260 Main street.
"Fashions, Monthly, ill. Published by Adam, Meldrum & Anderson
Co. A journal “for American Women.”
"The Fenian Volunteer, 1867. Weekly. Issued Saturdays by Patrick
O’Day, at 136 Main street, corner Terrace; later on Seneca near
Main. A 4-p. journal with engraved heading. Short-lived.
The Fern Leaf. 1890. Monthly, amateur.
La Fiacolla. (Ital“The Torch.”) Weekly. Established by
the Italian Branch of the Socialist party, at 127 W. Eagle street,
August 7, 1909. A rose-hued sheet of 8 pagesx 6x9 inches. After
one year, increased its size, but reduced its pages to four. Dis-
continued publication, December, 1912.
*Fest Zeitung fur das 23ste Nordamerikanische Saengerfest. Official
gazette of the 23rd N. A. Saengerfest, Nos. 1 to 20; Jan. 16 to
Aug. 13, 1883.228
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*The Flash. Oct. 29, 1891, to Dec. 6, 1891. Published every second
evening during the bazar of St. Columba ?s (R. 0.) church. J.
Garahee, editor and publisher. Contains excellent historical
sketch of St. Columba's church and parish.
f*The Flash-Light. Nov., 1891. Monthly. Amateur. Published by
L. Graham, O. Smith and W. A. Rupp, 1891 Main street. Mr.,
Rupp soon withdrew. In December, 1891, the paper enlarged
from two to three cols, per page; with vol. II, (Nov., *92) it
again enlarged to 4 Cols, per page.
*Tlie Folio. Ca. 1893. Sub-title:	“The Boys' Folio.” Bi-
monthly. Published in Buffalo (M. F. Boechat, 183 Bryant
street), but in 1895 printed at Pottstown, Pa.
For Everybody. 1871. Monthly. H. H. Sage, publisher, 26 Allen
street. Ceased, 1872.
Foresters’ Helpmate. 1892. Semi-monthly. In the interests of the*
Ancient Order of Foresters. Edited and published by Willis
L. Johnson, 371 Thirteenth street.
The Foresters’ Journal. Ca. 1896. Monthly, by R. H. Conner,,
118 Maple street. Devoted to the interests of the Independent
Order of Foresters.
The Fraternal Censor. Jan., 1878.	Semi-monthly. Successor of
United Workman, founded by Wm. M. Bennett, who continued as-
publisher until 1881, when the paper was bought by E. W.
Beach, who continued it in the interest of cooperative insurance.
*The Fraternal Leader. 1899. Monthly. Official organ of the*
Ladies' Catholic Benevolent Association. Mrs. E. B. McGowan,,
1364 Michigan avenue.
* Fraternity (formerly the Odd Fellows Magazine). Jan., 1900. Last
issue, March, 1902. Monthly. Chas. D. Bigelow, editor and
publisher, 477 W. Ferry street.
*The Freethinkers’ Magazine. 1882. Monthly, at 383 Eagle street.
H. L. Green, editor and publisher, T. B. Wakeman, ass't editor.
Discontinued about 1895.
Der Freie Demokrat. (Ger.: “The Free Demokrat.'') Sept., 1848.
Published by Karl Esslinger, a book-seller. Politically, a “Free
Soil'' organ. In 1850 became the Buffalo Demokrat, q. v.
f*Buffalo Freie Presse. In Sept., 1860, the Buffalo Allegemeine
Zeitung was changed to the Freie Presse, daily, published by
Friedrich Reinecke and Michael Wiedrich. In November of that
year, Mr. Wiedrich having been elected tax-collector, dropped out
of the firm, and the daily Freie Presse was changed to a weekly,
with the same name. On the death of Friedrich Reinecke in
1866, his son Ottomar took control of the paper. In 1867 Frank
H. Zesch became a partner. In 1872 the firm became Reinecke,
Zesch & Baltz, and the daily Freie Presse was re-established. Mr.
Baltz withdrew in 1874, the firm continuing as Reinecke &
Zesch, occupying, since the spring of 1893, their own well-
appointed building at No. 352 Ellieott street. The Freie PresseTHE PERIODICAL PRESS OF BUFFALO
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was published, the only Republican German daily in Buffalo,
until November 15, 1914, when it was discontinued.
Freiheit (Ger.:	“Liberty.”) Ca. 1897. Weekly. Data lacking.
Per Freimuthige und West New Yorker Anzeiger. Jan. 1, 1843.
Weekly, as a Whig organ, by L. Krause, editor and publisher,
346 Main street. Adolphus Meyer also was editor. Discontinued
in the summer of 1845. Bee Buffalo Tageblatt.
•j*The Fresh Air Mission Record. July 9, 1894. Weekly (during
the season) ^successor of Cradle Bank News. Devoted to the
interests of the Fresh Air Mission. First published by W. H.
Wright, jr., general manager.
Friday Club Courier.	1902. Weekly, by the Friday Culture Club.
Mrs. Frank H. Bliss, editor.
The Friend of Youth. 1839. Monthly. Rev. A. T. Hopkins, editor.
Published by H. A. Salisbury, 165 Main street. Devoted to
the moral training of the young. It survived one year.
The Frontier Hustler. Published for a few weeks, fall of 1892, by
Alexander Squires and John M. Ansteth, in the Ansteth building,
Wayne and Niagara streets, Black Rock.
tThe Furnace. Sept., 1882. Monthly, amateur, by John J. Ottinger.
This little 4-page paper, 4x6 inches, was several years ahead of
the curious amateur journalistic craze of 1891-'93.
Game News. Feb., 1913. Monthly. Published by the Erie Co.
Society for the Protection of Birds, Fish and Game.
Buffalo Garland and Literary Magazine. 1840* Weekly. Geo. W.
Bungay, editor and publisher. Of short duration.
George W. Bungay was editor of two periodicals in Buffalo,
the weekly Garland, published at No. 13 Webster Block, and
the daily morning Tattler, printed at the same office. Both were
begun in 1840, and both were short-lived; but which appeared
first, or whether they existed at the same time, cannot be stated.
Although Mr. Bungay's given name was George Washington,
he was a native of England, having been born in Walsingham,
Suffolk, July 22, 1818. He came to New York City when a
boy of nine, and while yet a youth edited there a short-lived
monthly, the Metropolitan. He was only 22 when he came to
Buffalo and edited the two journals above named. His stay
here was evidently short; his name does not appear in the
Buffalo Directory for 1841. Ilion, N. Y., was his home for a
short time, and there he founded the Independent; but he soon
joined the staff of the New York Tribune j where his work
attracted attention. He became an ardent Abolitionist, the
personal friend of Wendell Phillips, Charles Sumner and John
G. Whittier. Later he was widely known as a temperance lec-
turer. Under Lincoln's Administration he was given a post in
the New York Custom House, which he held until 1887. His
published writings include the “Abraham Lincoln Songster,''
“The Poets of Queen Elizabeth's Time,” “Offhand Takings,”
‘“Crayon Sketches” and “Pen Portraits of Illustrious Abstain-230
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era.” Some of his lectures were entitled, “Wit and Humor,’7
‘ ‘ The Comic Side of Life,9 9 and * ‘ The Old Boys.;; He is
probably best remembered by a poem, once popular with elocu-
tionists, “The Creed of the Bells.” Mr. Bungay died at Bloom-
field, N. J., July 10, 1892.
*The Gas Industry, Monthly. Established, 1900, in N. Y. City, as
Light and there published until Oct., 1910, when the office was
moved to Buffalo. Published by Periodicals Publishing Co.,
Lucius S. Bigelow, president-editor, 64 Pearl street.
*Gazeta Buffaloslca, (Polish: “Buffalo Gazette.”) 1900. Weekly,
by F. A. Olszanowski, at 1026 Broadway. Since 1908, carried
on by Yincenty Smolczynska; in 1915, at 865 Fillmore avenue.
t*The Buffalo Gazette. October 3, 1811. Weekly.
The first newspaper on the Niagara Frontier, published by
Smith H. and Hezekiah A. Salisbury. The publication was at
times irregular, often because of the difficulty to obtain paper.
The issue of Dee. 14, 1813, was the last one before Buffalo was
burned; the office was moved to Harris Hill, where the Gazette
reappeared, January 18, 1814. In April it moved back to
Buffalo. In 1818 Hezekiah A. Salisbury became sole proprietor,
and in April, 1819, changed its name to the Niagara Patriot, q. v.
When Erie County was established, 1822, the paper was
rechristened the Buffalo Patriot, q. v. Under that name it was
carried on by William A. Carpenter, Harvey Newcomb and
Guy H. Salisbury. In January, 1834, it became the Buffalo
Patriot and Commercial Advertiser, and January 1, 1835,
became the- Commercial Advertiser, q. v.
f*The Daily Gazette. August, 1842, by Chas. Faxon 2d, the weekly
edition being styled the Old School Jeffersonian, q. v. In Feb.,
1843, these papers were discontinued, Messrs. H. A. Salisbury,
B. A. Manchester and Jas. O. Brayman taking over the plant
and issuing the daily and weekly Buffalo Gazette, which in turn
was discontinued in 1845.
The Buffalo Gazette. 1867. Weekly. Published at 320 Main street,
American Block, by Swigert & Co. Continued until about 1869.
Official journal of cigarmakers.
The Gazette. 1902. Monthly, by Jas. A. Boss, 153 Clinton street.
Succeeded by The Gazetteer and Guide.
* Gazetteer of the New Yorlc Central Bailroad and General Bailway
Index. 1863. Monthly. E. A. Thomas, publisher.
tThe Gazetteer. 1891. Bi-monthly, amateur. Mabel A. Lynes and
Frank W. Lynes, editor and manager, 101 Park street. Others
later.
tThe Gazetteer and Guide. 1903. Monthly. Jas. A. Boss, managing
editor, 153 Clinton street. “An illustrated magazine for colored
folk.”
tThe Gem. Feb., 1891. Monthly, amateur. Arthur S. Mann, Wm.
H. Walker, Jr., Emil A. Becker, Jr., editors, 71 West North street.the Buffalo Public Library.
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*The Genealogical Exchange. May, 1904, to April, 1911. Monthly.
Mrs. Natalie R. Fernald, editor and publisher. Discontinued in
1911, on the editor's removal to Washington.
General Assembly Journal of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S.
May 20-31, 1881. Daily, during General Assembly.
* Genesee Conference Deaconess. Ca. 1891. Quarterly, in the interest
of the Genesee Conference Deaconess Home, 292 Niagara street.
In 1903, issued monthly, Price A. Crow, editor, 448 Elk street.
t Gilded Star. 1891. Monthly, amateur.
*The Gleaner. Dee. 20, 1849. Published by the 2d department
Public School 14. An 8-p. journal, printed by E. A. Maynard,
. at the office of the Buffalo Daily Republic.
fThe Globe. April, 1873- Monthly, ill. “A magazine of literary
record and criticism," published by the Globe Co., 255 Washing-
ton street. Wm. C. Cornwell, editor and cartoonist; A. M.
Sangster, A. N. Samuels and other local artists as contributors.
(Vol. IV., 1877.)
Glos Ludu. (Polish:	“Voice of the People.") 1895. Weekly,
by A. Karwowski, or the Polish National Publishing Co., 1017
Broadway. About 1899 it became Reforma, q. v. From the
start, it was published in the interest of the Independent Polish
church.
Glos Wolny. (Polish:	“Free Voice.") 1886. Weekly at 1054
Broadway; Mr. Szawisza, editor. In 1888 bought by M. J.
Sadowski and changed to Echo, q. v.
tThe Golden Herald. 1892. Monthly, amateur, by G. R. Cutting
and G. H. Sellers, 265 Hoyt street.
The Good Shepherd. 1905. A daily paper published at St. Ann's
Hall, Buffalo, by the Press Committee in the interest of the
Asylum of Our Lady of Refuge (Good Shepherd). John A.
Marencovick, editor; Edward J. Frank, asst, editor and secretary;
Wm. Jansen, asst, editor and treasurer. Daily, April 27-
May 8, 1905.
The Gospel Advocate. 1822. A TJniversalist paper, established by
Rev. Thomas L. S. Gross. After about a year it passed into
the hands of Simeon Burton, who continued it three years. Then
it was carried on by Rev. L. S. Everett, Rev. Theophilus Fisk
and M. Tuttle, until 1828, when it was moved to Auburn, and
later merged with the Evangelical Magazine, Utica.
The Gospel Banner. 1832. Monthly. Published by Benjamin Clark
of Alden, but printed in Buffalo. The Banner advocated the
union of all Christians into one body, doing away with all sects.
Continued two years.
The Gospel Message. 1903. Monthly. M. D. Ballard, editor and
publisher, 1026 Hertel avenue.
Great Expectations. Jan., 1870. Monthly, by Deshler Welch. One
of the most successful of the numerous amateur papers of that
period. Printed by Haas & Kelley, and continued one year,232
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reaching a circulation of 800. Among its contributors were
Bishop Coxe, his son Beginald Coxe, the artist, Dr. Ingersoll,
Grace and Sallie Truscott, Jane Meade Welch and Jennie
Watson. The editor's mother, Mrs. Samuel Welch, edited a
department called “Friendly Chat."
If "Greater Buffalo. April 15, 1897. “Devoted to promoting pros-
perity of the “Power City of America." 720 Beal Estate Ex-
change. Later issues constituted a “Pan-American Series," “a
monthly journal of Twentieth Century Americanism." In 1902
it appeared as “the only commercial and manufacturing journal
published in Western New York"; published by the Smith
Parsons Co., 43 Board of Trade. In April, 1903, the title was
changed to Commerce. In 1897-April 1898, Arthur K. Willyoung
and Benj. Hatmaker, proprietors; from May, 1898, Benj. J.
Hatmaker, manager; later he appears as proprietor and editor,
at 707 Mutual Life Bldg.; from August, 1902, Howard J.
Smith, editor.
tThe Greenback Standard. Oct. 12, 1878. Weekly. “Devoted to
the industrial interests of the country." Organ of the National
Greenback Labor party, campaign of 1878. Jas. S. Leavitt and
H. L. Bliss, editors and proprietors, 368 Main street.
“*The Green Book. Official Bailway, Steamship, and Trolley Guide.
1908. Monthly. Published by the Niagara Frontier Publishing
Co., Buffalo and Gowanda, N. Y. Buffalo office, 501 Peoples
Bank Building.
t*The Guard of Honor Monthly. Oct., 1872-1883. Monthly, by A. L.
Freeman & Co., 96 Pearl street. Established and edited by Miss
Charlotte Mulligan in the interest of the Guard of Honor Society
and Young Men's Bible Class of Wells street Chapel, Buffalo.
^Buffalo Weekly Guide. 1899. Weekly. Published by D. Mason &
Co., 10 Stafford Building. Summary of railway and street-car
time-tables, etc. In 1915, at 52 W. Eagle street.
Giviazda. (Polish:	“Star.") Ca. 1887. A small 8-page paper
started by F. E. Fronczak when he was fifteen years old. Issued
from the office of the Polak w Ameryce; reached only the third
number.
*La Hacienda. (Spanish:	“The Plantation.") 1905. Monthly, by
the Hacienda Co., Sidway Building. Wm. F. Wendt, president.
An illustrated review of agricultural and other rural interests,
for the promotion of trade with Spanish-American countries.
*Der Hanswurst am Erie.	(Ger.:	“The Harlequin of Erie.")
Published for the Buffalo Orpheus “ Narrensitzung" and Bal
Masque, at St. James Hall, Jan. 26-Feb. 2, 1880.
Harmonia. (Polish'. “Harmonia.") 1903. Monthly, by Leon
Olszewski, publisher and editor, 948 Sycamore street. Official
organ of the United Polish Singers of America.
Der Hausbesucher. (Ger.i “Home Visitor.") 1888- Monthly.
Beligious journal edited by Bev. E. A. Weier, 84 Krettner street.THE PERIODICAL PRESS OF BUFFALO	233
Der Hausepach und Dioetetische Hausfreund. 1852. Established and
conducted by Conrad Baer, published by Dr. Dio Lewis and C.
Baer; discontinued after about one year.
~*The Hayes Bulletin. 1906. Quarterly, by P. Harold Hayes (Inc.).
Geo. S. Hobbie, M. D., editor. Devoted to asthma and hay-fever.
'The Buffalo Herald. In October, 1831, Rev. Randolph Stone, underr
stood to have been a Presbyterian minister, published a pros-
pectus of The Buffalo Herald, which he proposed to issue weekly
in Buffalo, said paper to be devoted “to the local and general
interests of Morality and Religion; to the Civil, Literary, Com-
mercial, Agricultural and Mechanical interests of the country.”
Subscriptions were solicited at $3.00 per year, or $2.00 if paid
in advance. The first number was issued Dec. 21, 1831. A
misunderstanding arising between editor and printer, the second
number was never issued.
Buffalo Herald. 1891. Amateur.
The Buffalo Herald. 1905. Monthly, by the Herald Publishing Co.,
335 Washington street. An organ of the Socialist party.
^Sunday Herald. 1851. Weekly. Saturday evenings. Geo. Went-,
worth, editor; Wentworth & Thomson, publishers. Devoted to
news and fiction. Page 3 bears heading: “Fireman’s Journal.”
The Sunday Herald. 1853. Issued for about three months by Geo.
W. Weeks.
^Sunday Morning Herald. 1877. Published by J. B. Adams. Dis-
continued, 1878.
^Buffalo Herald and Cold Spring News, Ca. 1895. Weekly. Pub-
lished, Thursdays, by Munn & Cloud, at 35 Exchange street.
Editor, Geo. B. Munn, 1420 Main street. T. J. Cloud, manager.
tHerald of the Truth. Jan., 1862. Monthly, by W. T. Horner; A. B.
Green, Thos. Munnell, A. S. Hayden, N. J. Mitchell, correspond-
ing editors. Continued about five years.
* The Buffalo Herd. June, 1915. Weekly. “An amusement guide
and sporting chronicle for the pleasure loving public of Buffalo. ’’
Published Fridays by the Buffalo Herd Pub. Co., Frank J.
Offermann, publisher; L. A. Norton, bus. mgr., 301 Broadway,
and 433 Ellicott Square. A 10-p. 4to with cover.
Sonntags Herold. (Ger.: “Sunday Herald.”) See under Sonntags
Herold.
Der Buffalo Herold. (Ger.) 1897- Weekly, at 492 Genesee street.
“Founded by stock-holders devoted to German social life.” In
Jan., 1898., it passed into the hands of Joseph Mosler & Co.,
and a few months later was merged with the Buffalo Arheiter
Zeitung.
1”*The High School Calendar. Feb. 29, 1892; founded and first
edited by Geo. S. Buck. First issued as a four-page paper,
every three weeks; given a new heading for vol. 2, October,
1892. Given a magazine form with the “Christmas Calendar,”
December 19, 1893; another change, March, 1895.234	THE PERIODICAL PRESS OF BUFFALO
*High School World. Nov.,1914. Weekly, by the Scholastic Publish-
ing Co., G. W. Calhoun, editor-in-chief; John McMahon, associate*
editor. “The only weekly paper in the State devoted solely to
the interests of the scholastic institutions.” A well-made 16-p.
journal, issued from 181 Normal avenue. Discontinued, May,.
1915.
Das Historische Zeithlatt und Literarischer Anzeiger. May, 1854.
Monthly, by Conrad Baer. Discontinued, 1857.
f*The Home. 1856. “A fireside monthly companion and guide for
the wife, the mother, the sister and the daughter.” Edited,
by Mrs. Harriet E. G. Arey. Published by E. F. Beadle. la
1859, edited by Mrs. Metta V. Victor and published by Beadle &.
Adams, New York and Buffalo. See “The Home Monthly.”
Home Life. Ca. 1897. Monthly. A family paper-issued from 640
Ellieott Square.
tThe Home Monthly. 1859- Successor of The Home, edited by
Mrs. H. E. G. Arey and Mrs. C. H. Gildersleeve. These ladies,,
under the firm name of Arey & Gildersleeve, were their own
publishers.
Mrs. Arey was the wife of a well-remembered principal of
Buffalo's first High School. Mrs. Gildersleeve, afterwards Mrs.
Gildersleeve Longstreet, had a reputation in literary work much
more than local; as had Mrs. Arey, Mrs. Mary A. Dennison, at
that time a resident of Buffalo, Mrs. L. H. Sigourney, Virginia.
F. Townsend, Mary A. Ripley—another Buffalo teacher and
poet—David Gray and still others who in the '50's and early
'60's constituted a literary coterie of worth and reputation.
Many of the poetical contributions of the Home Monthly are*
to be rated as representative work of that period. Each issue of
the Home Monthly had a steel-plate frontispiece, and altogether
was as elegant and ladylike as could be wished, thoroughly rep-
resentative of the best in periodical literature for women half
a century ago—but how different from the “ladies' journals”
of today!
The Homeopathic Journal of Pediatrics. 1902. Monthly. John G.
Chadwick, M. D., editor, 382 Franklin street.
The Homeopathic Quarterly. 1869. Quarterly. Rollin R. Gregg,
M. D., editor and proprietor. 42 S. Division street. Discontinued
1871.
Honest Industry. 1840. One number only of this journal was
issued, summer of 1840, by Dr. Daniel Lee. Described as a.
“large and handsome paper devoted to the cause of the working
classes.''
Horner’s Pictorial Home Quarterly. 1875. Quarterly, pp. 20. W.
T. Horner, A. M., editor and publisher.
Horner’s Railway and Business Guide. 1873. Monthly. Published
by W. T. Horner, 253 Washington street. Ceased, 1875.
*The Horse Gazette. 1892. Weekly. H. S. Pickett, editor and
publisher, 283 Main street; later by L. S. Beeman, 84 Terrace-THE PERIODICAL PRESS OF BUFFALO
235
*The Horse World. Ca. 1889. Weekly. Published Fridays by
the Horse World Co., 135 Main street. In 1912, every Tuesday,,
at 336 Ellicott Square; Geo. E. Lattimer, pres., Henry L. Allen,
secretary and editor. In 1915, at 1028 Marine National Bank.
The Horse World and Veterinary Record. 1890. Monthly, by the
Wenborne-Sumner Co., 258 Pearl street.
f*The Hospital Leaflet. May 10, 1895. Monthly. Devoted to the-
interests of the Buffalo Homeopathic Hospital, 74 Cottage street.
Conducted by Mrs. Chas. J. North, until Sept., 1905. A year
later continued as The Hospital Topics.
f*The Hospital Topics. Sept., 1906. Monthly. Devoted to the
interests of the Buffalo Homeopathic Hospital, 74 Cottage-
street. Later, at Lafayette and Linwood avenues.
Buffalo Hotel and Theatrical News. 1887. Daily, by T. C. O 'Connor,.
80-82 Seneca street.
How to Export. 1909- Monthly, by Wilbur Lake, 28 Church street
Later, published in conjunction with an English edition.
Humoristischer VolTcsfreund. (Ger.: “Humorous Friend.") October,
1853.	Weekly, illustrated. “Exclusively devoted to amuse-
ment," by Friedrich Beinecke. The success of this small paper
led to the establishment of the Buffalo Allgemeine Zeitung, q. v.
*The Hydraulic Interests. 1894. Weekly. Issued Saturdays by
the Cooperative Printing Co., 15 Terrace. “Devoted to the'
business interests of the Hydraulics."
Hygienic Advocate. 1869. Monthly. H. P. Burdick, M. D., pub-
lisher, 527 Seneca) street. Continued less than two years.
Buffalo Idea. Ca. 1898. Weekly. “A free paper," published at
300 Morgan Building. Continued until 1902*
t*The Illustrated Buffalo Journal of the International Industrial
Fair. 1888. (July-Sept.) Semi-monthly by the Buffalo Inter-
national Fair Ass'n, C. J. Hamlin, pres.
The Illustrated Buffalo Review. See Buffalo Review. (Amateur).
X *Illustrated Industrial and Architectural Review.	1896-1902.
Monthly. J. I. Karl, proprietor and manager, 38 Lewis Block..
‘ ‘ The only building and architectural paper printed in Buffalo.77
Later at Boom 30, Builders7 Exchange, it appeared as the
‘ ‘ official organ of the Builders7 Association Exchange, Buffalo.7 7
The Illustrated New York Monthly. 1897. Amateur.
*The Illustrated Pan-American. June, 1899. A few issues only.
Illustrated Sportsman. Monthly, by Illustrated Sportsman Publishing
Co., 849 West avenue.
*Illustrated Sunday Magazine. See “Buffalo Evening Times.”
*Illustrated Sunday Star. Weekly. Published at No. 5 S. Division
street. John Bachman, manager. Data lacking.
Illustrirte Abend Schule. (Ger.t “Illustrated Evening School.")
1854.	Semi-monthly, by Bev. C. Diehlman.236
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*Immanuel Booster. Sept., 1915. Monthly, for Immanuel Evan-
gelical Church, Military road and Glor street, Bev. H. L.
Streich, pastor.
*L ’Imparziale. (Ital.:	“Impartial.”) Jan., 1895. Suspended
June 1, 1895. Weekly. Published, Sundays, by L’Imparziale
Publishing Co., at 41 Franklin street. Editor, Prof. Salv. Perez
de Vera. For the first six weeks it had an English “patent
inside,” then became wholly Italian.
tImp. May, 1896* Monthly or irregular to Feb. 1889, when the
name was changed to Inklets, q. v. Conducted by W. H. Wright.
The Impetus. 1845. Monthly. 4to, by E. W. Spaulding. Lasted
about six months.
*	The Buffalo Independent. August 5, 1893. Weekly. Published
Saturdays at No. 230 Pearl street. Harry De Vere, editor and
manager. E. L. Greenup, publisher and sporting editor.
Sunday Independent Leader. 1876. Weekly. Sundays, by John B.
Adams, 11 W. Seneca street. Died in about two years. Mr.
Adams had been associated with E. H. Butler, and as senior
member of the firm of Adams & Butler published the Sunday
News. The partnership soon ended, and each partner undertook
to carry on a Sunday paper. The News lived; the Leader died.
The Independent Practitioner. Monthly. Medico-Dental magazine
edited by W. C. Barrett, M. D., D. D. S., No. 11 W. Chippewa
street; later at 208 Franklin street. Flourished for many years.
The Buffalo Index. 1875- Temperance organ, conducted by Dr.
Clayton M. Hill. In Dec. 1878, it became the Boyal Templar
and Index, q. v.
The Industrial Becord. During the Buffalo Exposition of 1869, by
Thos. Kean and Thos. S. King.
fInklets. Feb., 1889, by W. H. Wright, succeeding his Imp, q. v.
Buffalo Daily Inquirer. July 26, 1834, by W. Yerrinder, office of
the Literary Inquirer. The daily was soon dropped.
The Intending Builder. 1895. Weekly. Official organ, the Builders’
Exchange, 41 Builders’ Exchange; in 1896, monthly.
*	International Gazette. 1885. Weekly, by Alf E. Tovey. At one
period the name was the International Gazette and Cold Spring
Becorder. In 1900- ’0l it was the Pan-American Gazette. Pub-
lished Saturdays at 1724 Niagara street.
The Inventor’s Advertiser. Ca. 1856. Thomas P. How, publisher.
How was a patent agent, with office at 15 Brown’s Building.
The Investigator. 1898. Quarterly. Published by the Buffalo
Dental Mfg. Co., 587-589 Main street. Official organ of the
Alumni Ass’n, Dental Dept., University of Buffalo.
•fThe Iron Industry Gazette. 1887-1898. Monthly, by McFane &
Nolan, over Bank of Attica, cor. Pearl & Seneca streets.
The Iron Beview. 1884. Monthly, by Homer E. Dudley & Co.,
63 White Bldg. About 1886 it became The Iron Beview and
Bailway Magazine, C. L. Shirrell & Co.THE PERIODICAL PRESS OF BUFFALO
227
The Iron Review and Railway Magazine. Monthly, by C. L. Shirrell
& Co., 41-43 Franklin street. Later carried on by L. H. Ellison.
The Iron World. Monthly, by the American Industry Press (Ltd.),,
13^ Swan street.
*The Irving Era. Ca.	1874. Monthly. Published by Bigelow
Brothers for the Irving Literary Society. Editors: N. S.
Rosenau, Geo. W. Benson, Jas. W. Putnam. Business manager,
Henry S. Hill.
L’Italiano nelle Diocesi di Buffalo, N. ¥. (Ital.:	“The Italian
of the Diocese of Buffalo, N. Y.”) Published for a short time
in the fall of 1911. A 20-page magazine with cover.
tThe Buffalo Item. 1888. Every two weeks; later a monthly dis-
tributed gratuitously, by D. L. Kelly, 46 Clifford street. Small
4to devoted to mechanics and science. Amateurish. (Public
Library file ends Feb., 1890.)
tThe Item. 1891. Monthly, amateur. S. E. Kingsley, editor and
proprietor, 368 Linwood avenue. Later (vol. 2, 1892) Chas. A.
Rupp and Maxon W. Tifft carried it on.
The Jeffersonian. 1842. Daily. An Administration journal estab-
lished and conducted by J. C. Brayman and J. H. Lathrop.
Discontinued, spring of 1843.
*Jerusalemer Warte.	(Ger.:	“Jerusalem Watch-tower.”) Ca. 1845.
“A weekly paper for the consideration of the important ques-
tions of our time. ’ ’ Printed in Jerusalem, but published in.
America by Ph. Paulus, 94 Sage avenue, Buffalo.
The Jewish Advance. Weekly, by Joseph Fybush, 202 Main street.
Apparently not issued after 1894.
f*Buffalo Journal.	1821. Weekly, later daily. Successor of the
Niagara Journal (q. v.). In 1822, edited by R. W. Haskins,
giving place in 1826 to Oran Follett. For a time its title read
The Buffalo Journal and Mercantile Advertiser, published Tues-
days by David M. Day. November 14, 1827, the bookstore and
printing office of Day, Follett & Haskins, including the Journal
office, were destroyed by fire, and the paper was suspended for
some weeks. It was again issued Dec. 29, 1827. In 1830,
David M. Day became sole owner.
In 1834, Elijah J. Roberts bought the Journal. In the
summer of that year, he issued the Daily Advertiser, which
lived about six weeks. The Journal was suspended early in
1835. Mr. Day, who had established the Buffalo Whig (of'
which R. W. Haskins had; become editor) bought the title and
subscription list, and the Whig became the Whig and Journal..
January 1, 1836, Mitchenor Cadwallader and Dr. Henry R.
Stagg joined forces with Mr. Day, and in February issued the
Daily Buffalo Journal. In 1837 Mr. Day retired, and the paper
was continued by Stagg & Cadwallader until the fall of 1838,
when it passed into the hands of Elam R. Jewett, Dr. Daniel
Lee and J. B. Clarke being engaged as editors. In May, 1839r
the Journal was merged in the Commercial Advertiser, q. v..238
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^Buffalo Journal. (Amateur.) April, 1845. Weekly or occasional.
Published Saturdays at No. 9 Carroll street.
The Buffalo Journal, first issued as the Spy, was edited
and published (April-September, 1845) by S. Belly Smith, ten-
year old son of Bev. Stephen B. Smith, of Buffalo. Size of
form, 2 1-8 by 2 6-8 inches, two columns to the page. This
four-page journal was enlarged, Nov., 1845, to 8 by 4 in., the
names of J. & B. Smith appearing as editors and printers. It
was the third amateur journal in the United States. The
first was a weekly, published in Philadelphia in 1812 by Thos.
G. Coudie, aged 12. The second—six numbers at 12 cents per
annum—was published by Nathaniel Hawthorne when a boy.
The Buffalo Journal in 1846 became the Olio, conducted by
Belly Smith and Sebastian Everett. The latest issue in the
Historical Society collection is dated July 6, 1847. Belly Smith
died at the age of 16. (See facsimile reproduction).
Buffalo Journal. (Ger.)	1863. Daily, by Nauert, Hansmann &
Co., West Seneca street, near Main. Continued about three
years. Sold* to Ph. H. Bender and merged in the German
Telegraph. In 1864, when Dr. Carl De Haas was editor, although
the organ of German Badieals, it supported Lincoln.
The Journal. 1873. Monthly. Published by W. T. Horner, 253
Washington street. “ Devoted to temperance and literature. ' '
Ceased about 1877.
*The Buffalo Journal. Ca. 1890. Weekly. Published Thursdays
by the Journal Publishing Co., 192 E. Ferry street. “Devoted
to the interests of Cold Spring District." (Vol. VIII., 1897).
i*The Morning Journal. Oct. 28, 1897. Daily. Issued by The
Times, which announced:	“There is absolute need of a Demo-
cratic morning paper in Buffalo just now to give the people the
real news of the campaign.' ' Discontinued after the election
of Nov. 2, 1897. See Buffalo Evening Times.
*The Journal. 1902. Weekly or semi-weekly. Chas. W. Ellis, editor.
Buffalo office, Beecher Building; also Lackawanna office. ‘1 Official
newspaper of the City of Lackawanna and town of West
Seneca/ ' In Sept., 1913, it was designated as the official paper
of the Kensington Business Men's Ass'n.
t*Buffalo Journal and General Advertiser. 1829-1833. Weekly.
Wednesdays, by E. J. Boberts; succeeded by Day, Follett &
Haskins.
^Buffalo Journal and Mercantile Advertiser. 1826. Weekly, by
David M. Day. See Buffalo Journal (1821).
Buffalo Journal and Bailway Gazette, 1872. Monthly. W. T.
Horner, publisher, 253 Washington street. Perhaps continued in
the Journal, “devoted to temperance and literature/' by the
same publisher, started in 1873,	v.; or in Horner }s Bailway
and Business Guide, 1873-75.
The Journal of Building. Ca. 1883. Data lacking.
‘The Journal of Commerce. 1847. Daily, by John W. Jones. Lasted
about six months.MERIDIAN LIGHT.
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239
Buffalo Journal of Commerce. Jan. 2, 1851. Daily, established by
Jones, Matthews & Co., edited by J. A. Jones and T. C. Peters,
A spirited, well edited paper, neutral in politics, and short-
lived, apparently being discontinued in June, 1851.
The Journal of Health, Ca. 1851. Monthly, 8vo, edited by Diocle-
sian Lewis, M. D., published from the Commercial Advertiser
office. In April 1852, its edition was certified to as 9,000 copies.
Journal of Progressive Medicine. 1870. Monthly. Drs. Coburn
and Freeman, publishers, 568 Main street. Continued only
a year or two.
* Journal of the Switchmen’s Union of North America.	1898.
Monthly, at 326 Brisbane Bldg., W. H. Thompson, editor; later,
F. M. Cassidy, editor and manager.
Justice.	1882. Weekly, in the interest of organized labor. Owned
by Typographical Union No. 9. John Franey and Thomas Gauley,
editors. Discontinued, 1884.
The Kalendar. 1879. Weekly, in Episcopal church interests. Pub-
lished at 194 Main street by R. M. Evans. Removed to Rochester,
1882.
f*The Keystone. May, 1889. Monthly, in the interest of the Buffalo
Homeopathic Hospital, under auspices of the Women’s Aid
Society. Mrs. Jos. T. Cook, managing editor. Later by the
Keystone Pub. Co. Discontinued, Jan., 1892.
t*The Kindergarten News. 1891-,97. Monthly, by Wm. Macomber
and Louis H. Allen, 10 Exchange street. “For every one inter-
ested in child life. ’ ’ Later, Louis H. Allen, publisher, 10
Exchange street. Edited by Mary J. B. Wylie, L. H. Allen
and others. In 1897 removed to Springfield, Mass.
Kirchlicher Eerold. (Ger.: “Ecclesiastical Herald.”) 1883- Semi-
monthly/ Rev. Oscar Kraft, publisher. Continued six or more
years.
Kirchliches Informatorium. (Ger.:	“Church Informer.”) July
15, 1851. Semi-monthly, by Rev. J. A. A. Grabau. Official
organ of the Lutheran Buffalo Synod. For the first year or so,
Conrad Baer was the publisher. Discontinued 1868.
The Knight of Labor. By C. E. Morse. Data lacking.
Knight of St. John. Monthly or quarterly. M. J. Kane, editor, 43
Church street. Official organ of the Knights of St. John.
Knowlton’s Eand-Boolc of Business Education. 1876. Quarterly.
Published by Chas. B. Knowlton, M. D., Brown’s Building.
KnouM'on’s Jowrnal of Practical Education. 1875. Quarterly,
Chas. B. Knowlton, M. D., editor and publisher. 8vo, pp. 28.
Kukuryku. (Polish). 1889-’91. Weekly humoristic journal pub-
lished by M. J. Sadowski, edited by Henry Nagel. The title
is an attempt to represent, phonetically, the crowing of a
rooster.
Kuryer Buffalo ski. (Polish:	“Buffalo Courier.”) A weekly,
established in 1907 by a Chicago company of Jews, Max240
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Rabin off, publisher. For a time they published papers in several
cities, most of the pages being identical. In the Buffalo issue,
one page was given to local news. S. C. Frank, editor, 1082
Broad-way. Discontinued after a year or so.
Kuryer Codienny. (Polish:	“Daily Courier.”) 1892. Established
by Joseph Zawisza. Lasted about three months.
Labor Journal. Ca. 1898. Weekly, by Buffalo Typographical Union
No. 9, at No. 15 Terrace. Discontinued about 1900.
* Buffalo Labor Journal. May, 1914. Weekly, Fridays, by the Buffalo^
Labor Journal Co., 22 Court street. “An exponent of the
principles of Union labor, as expounded by the American Federa-
tion of Labor.” F. B. Glynn, president, A. R. Hunsicker, vice-
president, Frank Keough, editor and secretary-treasurer. Con-
tinued for a few months.
Labor News. Ca. 1893. Survived till 1896 or later.
*The Labor World. 1891-92. Weekly. Official paper of the New
York State Typographical Union. Published by the Buff ale
Central Labor Union; J. J. Sullivan, editor.
The Ladies’ Friend. 1866. Monthly. W. T. Horner, publisher.
Lived about three years.
*The Ladies’ Haversack. Jan. 23 to Feb. 26, 1864; 7 nos. Pub-
lished in connection with the Great Central Fair, under the
auspices of the Ladies ’ Christian Commission for the benefit
of the Army and Navy.
*The Lady. 1890. Monthly, by the Lakeside Publishing Cov 41
Franklin street. “A fashion magazine and journal for gentle-
women.” Continued five or six years.
t*The Lafayette Oracle. Dec., 1903. By students of the Lafayette-
High School.
*Lake and Canal. April, 1895. Weekly. Every Saturday at No. 14
Potter Building, by Lake & Canal Pub. Co. Edward Yarian,
editor. ‘1 The only paper in Buffalo devoted to the Lake marine'
and canal interests.”
*The Lake Erie Zephyr. 1914. Monthly during the summer; a
boys ’ magazine, Eugene Gay Tifft, editor-in-chief. Primarily
for the summer colony at Derby on the Lake Shore, where the
publication office is located; but printed in Buffalo, 16-18 Palace
Arcade. In 1915, enlarged from 8vo to 4to.
The Lantern. July, 1909. Monthly, by the Women's Educational
and Industrial Union, 86 Delaware avenue, Mrs. Geo. A. Baker,
editor.
tThe Lark. April, 1891. Monthly, amateur. Dwight Rockwood
and Fred Rockwood, editors and proprietors, 954 Main street.
The Larkin Idea. 1900. Monthly, in the interests of the Larkin
Co., Buffalo. 111. 8vo, pp. 32, with cover.
Die Laterne.	(Ger“The Lantern.”) Feb., 1880. Socialist
weekly by Emil C. Eckhart. After six months, passed to the*
Banner Printing Co., and issued as Das Banner, q. v.THE PERIODICAL PRESS OF BUFFALO
241
Law and Gospel Tribune. 1882. Weekly. Rev. Robert Dick, pub-
lisher, 354 Main street. See Royal Templar of Temperance.
1f*Le Couteulx Leader.	1886. Weekly. Published Saturdays
(except in July and August) by the pupils of the Deaf Mute
Institute, 2253 Main street. i i To the memory of L ’Abbe de
l'Epee, to whose charity we owe the first perfected system for
the education of the deaf, this magazine is dedicated by St.
Mary's Institution."
Buffalo Daily Ledger. Nov. .14, 1851. Daily. Discontinued May,
1852. Franklin B. Hubbell, editor. Thos. Richardson, pro-
prietor, 155 Main street.
*Lelctionen fur Lutherische sonntagsscJmlen. (Ger.:	‘/Lessons for
Lutheran Sunday Schools.") Ca. 1892. Bi-monthly, by the
Lutheran Publishing Co., 214 Southampton street; in 1915, at
105 Florida street. Also an English edition.
*Lessons for Lutheran Sunday Schools. An English edition of the
above.
Library and Garden. May, 1853. Weekly. A literary and horticul-
tural journal published, for about a year by D. S. Manley &
Brother, proprietors of the Buffalo Nursery. Office, Brown's
Building, 2d floor.
Der Lichtfreund. (Ger.:	“Friend of Light.") 1855. Weekly,
by F. E. Egenter, as organ of the Free Communion. Eighteen
numbers only were issued.
Buffalo Life. 1900. Weekly, by J. G. Scott, 45 N. Division street.
tLight. Ca. 1891. (Vol. 3, No. 1, May, 1893-) Monthly, amateur,
by Frank J. Fellows, 77 Market Arcade. 111. Formerly the
Buffalo Review, amateur. On cover the title reads: Light for All.
*The Lightning Express. Sept. 4 to 14, 1888. Daily, evenings.
Published by J. N. Matthews. The office was in the southwest
tower of the main exhibition building of the International Indus-
trial Fair, held at the Hamlin Driving Park, Buffalo, Sept., 1888.
As a part of the exhibit of The Express Mr. Matthews installed a
complete newspaper plant at the exposition, and issued daily
The Lightning Express, 8 pages, on pink paper. During the ten
days of its lively — or lightning— existence, a staff of some 79
persons was employed in its production.
Lincoln School Herald. 1909. Monthly, by the Buffalo School
Herald Publishing Co., Broadway corner Person street.
f^Literary Inquirer. Jan. 1, 1833. By Wm. Verrinder. “A semi-
monthly journal, devoted to literature and science. Published
under the patronage of the Buffalo Lyceum." Vol. II., 1834,
by Verrinder & Bacon, at 177 Main street, “opposite Cheap-
side." After two years it was moved to Fredonia, N. Y., and
became a political and general news paper. For a few weeks
in the summer of 1834 William Verrinder also published the
Daily Inquirer, q. v. Mr. Verrinder was president of the Buffalo*
Typographical Society, formed in June, 1836.242
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* Literary Messenger. July, 1841. Semi-monthly, by John S. Chad-
bourne, editor. In July, 1842, the name was changed to
Western Literary Messenger, q. v.
The Literary Messenger, 1878. Weekly. Published by Hutchinson
& Gatchell, 24 W. Seneca street.
Literature, Monthly, by C. W. Moulton and C. A. Wenborne.
Originally started as the Wyoming Literary Monthly,
fThe Little Light, June, 1892. Bi-monthly, amateur, being “new
series, ’ ’ No, 6. The paper was earlier published at Bethlehem,
Pa. In Buffalo the controlling spirits were Harry S. Sizer,
editor, DeWitt Clinton and Kneeland Ball; office 126 Chippewa
street.
tLittle News, Ca, 1892. Monthly, amateur.
fThe Little World, Nov., 1891. Monthly, amateur, by Sidney H.
Woodruff and Edward J. Hatch, the latter soon dropping out;
367 Linwood avenue. A very creditable 4to, 3 cols, to the page.
Among the contributors was the excellent Buffalo poet, Miss
Charlotte L, Seaver.
Live Stock Farm and Fireside Journal, 1873. Monthly. Published
by the Buffalo Printing Co., 200 Main street. Ceased about 1877.
Live Stock Journal, 1870. Monthly, pp. 32. E. W. Stewart* editor.
Published by H. C. Springer & Co., No. 4 Coit Block. Dis-
continued 1876.
Daily Live Stock Record, Ca, 1902. Daily. A. G. Dawson, mgr.
Live Stock Exchange.
Buffalo Live Stock Review, Ca. 1880. W. G. Webster, publisher,
194 Washington street.
f*The Live Wire. 1910. Published by the Chamber of Commerce.
Vol. 1 was a few issues in leaflet form. Since then, a monthly
magazine, 8vo, with cover.
f*The Loan Journal. Oct. 3, to 17, 1878. Daily. Record of the
Loan Exhibition for the Buffalo General Hospital. Mrs. A.
Altman, chairman of the publication committee, 168 Delaware
avenue.
*The Loco Foco. October 11, 1836. Weekly, at 229 Main street.
After a few weeks its light went out. A campaign paper, its
conduct chiefly in the hands of Sylvester Chamberlain. It claimed
to be especially devoted to the interests of “farmers, mechanics
and workingmen,” and advocated the election of Isaac S. Smith
of Buffalo for Governor.
Lovejoy News. 1907. Weekly. Published Saturdays by Henry
Fahey, 1107 Lovejoy street.
Der Luegenfeind.	(Ger.:	“Falsehood Foe.”) 1850. Weekly,
published by J. Marie. Organ of the Freien-Christlichen Ge-
meinde (Free Christian Communion). Continued about two years.
The Lumber Trade Gazette. 1894. Semi-monthly, by H. S. Pickett,
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"fThe Lumber World. 1881. Monthly, by C. A. Wenborne, 13Vi
Swan street. About 1887, by Thos. McFaul & Jas. Nolan; by
Thos. McFaul; sundry later changes, down to 1900.
The Buffalo Lutheran. 1895. Monthly. Official organ of the
Lutheran League of Buffalo. English edition, F. G. Oram,
editor. German edition, Rev. E. Bachman, editor. Anna Winkler,
business manager, 723 Ellicott street.
The Lutheran Pilgrim. 1907. Monthly. Rev. Adolf T. Hanser,
214 Southampton street. Published by Emmaus Evangelical
Lutheran church.
Luiherisches Samenkorn. (Ger.:	“Lutheran seed-corn.”)	1896,
Bi-monthly, by the Buffalo Conference of the Evangelical
Lutheran Missouri Synod, 213 Southampton street.
.Lyceum Record. 1906. Weekly, by E. R. Voorhees Publishing Co.,
507 Mooney Bldg.
-fMcFaul’s Factory and Dealers’ Supply World. Jan., 1892T898-
Monthly, by Thomas McFaul, 22 W. Seneca street. Devoted to
machinery, engines and mill supplies.
The McKinley Eerald. 1905. Monthly. Published by the Tropical
Development Co., 304 Brisbane Building, Buffalo, and McKinley,
Isle of Pines, Pp. 4, ill.
t*The Magazine of Poetry. Jan., 1889. Quarterly. Ceased 1896.
Conducted and published by Chas. Wells Moulton; Miss Carrie
Renfrew, Miss Ina Russelle Warren, associate editors. Merged
in Poet Lore of Boston.
Vol. 6, No. 1, entitled:	“The Poets and Poetry of Buffalo.”
Other issues are similarly specialized, e. g.f Yol. 6, No. 8:
“The Poets and Poetry of Rochester”; Yol. 7, No. 1: “Notable
Single Poems.”
tMagnet. Feb., 1882. Irregular, by the Buffalo Female Academy.
(The Public Library has 3 vols, to June, 1884.)
*The Buffalo Manufacturer. Jan., 1905. Monthly. Published
under the auspices of the Manufacturers Club of Buffalo, Wm.
H. Andrews, president. Millard F. Bowen, secretary.
t*Tke Masten Parle Chronicle. Nov. 9, 1899. Quarterly; conducted
by the students of Masten Park High School.
*The Matthews-Northrup Railway Guide. 1886. Monthly. Succeeded
Baldwin’s Official Railway Guide. Phin M. Miller, manager,
42 Exchange street.
-^Buffalo Medical Journal. June 1, 1845. Monthly, edited by
Austin Flint, M. D. Yol. II, beginning June, 1846, bore the
title Buffalo Medical Journal and Monthly Review of Medical
and Surgical Science.
The first medical journalistic venture between New York and
St. Louis. Dr. Flint, who was founder and owner as well as
editor, carried it on for eight years. Dr. Sanford B. Hunt,
after two years of association, succeeded'him. From 1853 to
1858 he made the Journal famous. For causes which need not244
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be detailed here, but which are recorded in a historical sketch
published in the Journal of August, 1895, the Journal ceased
publication with the issue for May, i860. At that time it used
the title New YorTc Monthly Review and Buffalo Medical Journal-
In August, 1861, it was re-established by Dr. Julius F. Miner
; as the Buffalo Medical and Surgical Journal and Reporter. With
vol. II of the new series the word “Reporter” was dropped.
With vol. XIII., 1873, Edward 1ST. Brush, M. D., became-
associate editor; with vol. XVII., 1877, Dr. W. W. Miner joined
the staff. With a view to simplicity, the original name, Buffalo*
Medical Journal, was again assumed. For eighteen years Dr.
Miner edited and published it, assisted as above noted. In
1879 failing health caused him to give up this work and the-
Journal was sold to a syndicate composed of Drs. Thomas
Lothrop, A. R. Davidson, Herman Mynter, Lucien Howe and
P. W. VanPeyma, whose service began with vol. XIX, (new
series), August, 1879. With vol. XXII., the names of Drs.
Howe and Mynter disappeared, and two years later Dr. Van-
Peyma retired, leaving the Journal in the hands of Drs. Lothrop
and Davidson, the latter continuing as managing editor until
his death, May 25, 1888. In July, 1888, Dr. Davidson’s interest
in the magazine as well as his functions as managing editor
passed to Dr. William Warren Potter, who continued in control
until his death, March 14, 1911. Since September, 1911, Dr.
A. L. Benedict, editor and publisher, with a board of associate-
editors.
f*The Medical Press of Western New York. Nov., 1885. Monthly,,
by the Medical Press Association, Dr. Arthur M. Barker, secre-
tary, 137 W. Tupper street. In June, ’89, it was merged with-
the Buffalo Medical $ Surgical Journal.
Das Medicinisch Chirurgisches CorrespondenMatt. This is believed;
to have been the first German medical journal published in
America. The first number was issued in December, 1883, and it
soon won a large clientage, having many subscribers, even in
Germany. The editor and publisher was Dr. Marcellus Hartwig;
of Huron street, and he was ably assisted by Dr. Charles Weil
of Genesee street, who also contributed several highly interesting
original articles, and by Prof. Hugo Erichsen of Detroit. Owing
to the great amount of labor involved, in addition to their private-
practices, the editors suspended publication with the July, 1885,
issue; but its successor soon appeared in New York City, long
published under the name of Medicinische Monatsschrift by the
Medical Monthly Publishing Company.
Buffalo, therefore, is the city which can claim the honor
of being the place which gave birth to German medical literature-
in America, and to Drs. Hartwig and Weil belongs the honor
of having been the pioneers in this field.
*Men of Buffalo. 1900. Weekly (except July and August). Pub-
lished by the Board of Directors, Central Dept., Buffalo Young-
Men 7s Christian Association. Succeeded the Monthly Bulletin...
Successive editors have been Wm. F. Hirsch, Frank H. Thatcher,..
Will J. Green, E. E. Van Natter, Wallace N. Berry.245
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f*The Mental Elevator. See “Ne Jaguhnigoageswathah.”
*Daily Mercantile Courier. Oct. 1, 1842. Joseph Stringham, editor
and proprietor. It succeeded the Democratic Economist. In
July, 1846, the Daily National Pilot was merged with it. See
Courier.
tThe Mercantile Courier and Democratic Economist. Jan., 1842.
Theodotus Burwell bought the daily Star and weekly Republican,
and renamed them as above, with Henry White as editor. In
Oct., 1842, Joseph Stringham bought the property and changed
the name of the daily to Mercantile Courier, q. v.
Mercantile and Fraternal Times. Data lacking.
t*Daily Mercantile Review. 1883. Daily. Issued Saturdays by
Chas. H. Webster, publisher and proprietor. Later (’85) issued
as Daily, Semi-weekly and Tri-weekly Mercantile Review, office
16 Nichols alley; still later, 63 Carroll street. “Devoted to the
commercial interests of Buffalo.”
*Daily Mercury. Nov., 1838. Daily, semi-weekly, weekly, by Thos.
L. Nichols, editor and proprietor. Started in opposition to the
Buffalonian, but in 1839, by consolidation, they became Daily
Mercury and Buffalonian.
Buffalo Mercury. 1886. Weekly. Published Saturdays by Wm. J.
McCahill, 81 Seneca street. Short-lived.
*Meridian Light. May, 1841. “Published daily at 12 o’clock M.,
at Buffalo, N. Y. Three dollars per annum.” Size of page,
3 by 5% inches. See facsimile reproduction.
tThe Messenger. June, 1892. Monthly, amateur. W. A. and F. C.
Rupp, editors and proprietors, 47 E. Utica street.
*The Messenger, St. Mary’s-on-the-Hill. 1912. Monthly, except July-
August, by the magazine committee, St. Mary Von-the-Hill.
Ralph M. Moseley, editor.
The Meteor. 1883. Monthly, amateur, by Harry J. Mulford, 23
Prospect avenue.
*The Mill Furnisher. Feb. 1, 1912. Monthly. “A reference book
of machinery, appliances, supplies, etc., for free circulation
among flour, feed and cereal mills, elevators, etc.” Issued
by the Roller Mill Pub. Co., Marine Bank Bldg. Successor to
the Roller Mill, q. v.
tThe Milling World. 1880-1897. Monthly, by Chas. A. Wenborne,
No. 1 Lewis Block. Later by McFaul & Nolan.
*Der Missourier. (Ger.) Monthly. Religious journal published by
the Buffalo Conference of the Evangelical Lutheran Missouri
Synod, 212 Peckham street.
*Der Mitarbeiter. (Ger.: “The Fellow Laborer.”)	1896. Monthly.
Rev. G. Berner, editor, 148 Watson street. Published by the
German Christian Endeavor Societies.
t*The Modern Age. Jan., 1883. Monthly, by the Modern Age Pub.
Co., 16 E. Seneca street, Buffalo. Conducted by Jas. S. Metcalfe.246
TEE PERIODICAL PRESS OF BUFFALO
A magazine of 60 or more pages to the issue, containing trans-
lations of novels, reviews, etc., from foreign sources, and excel-
lent original departments devoted to literature and the drama.
This creditable periodical flourished in Buffalo for some years,,
with a branch office in New York City.
*The Modern Pharmacist. “ Vol. 14,” 1913. Monthly. Small 4-p.
paper published for It. S. Bowler, Auburn avenue and Baynes
street.
tThe Monitor. 1891. Monthly, amateur. G. J. and N. S. Riesen-
feld, editors and proprietors, 90 Tracy street.
*The Monitor. June, 1914. Monthly. “A magazine of current
facts for employers, published by Associated Industries of
New York State.;'	E, J. Barcalo, president; Mark A. Daly,
editor; White Building. 8vo, ill., pp. 40*
Monthly Bulletin. See Bulletin, various.
*The Monument and Cemetery Review. Sept., 1915. Monthly. Harry
A. Bliss, publisher, Main and Eagle streets; removed in October
to No. 1000 Elmwood avenue. A handsome, artistically illus-
trated 4to devoted to mortuary memorials and allied topics.
The Moon. 1839. Daily evening penny paper published at the
Bujfalonian office in Ellicott Square—the old buildings so named,
built in 1833- Apparently issued only during the summer of
1839. No file of it known.
The Moonbeam. 1877- ’78. Amateur paper conducted by W. F.
Boysen, 165 Genesee street.
Moose Topics. Ca. 1910 to May, 1911. Monthly, for members of
Buffalo Lodge No. 8, Loyal Order of Moose. Fire in the club
rooms, Dec., 1911, destroyed what was probably the only com-
plete file of this periodical.
Der Morgenroethe.	(Ger.:	‘tAurora.,,) 1853. Weekly, con-
ducted by Rev; G. Scheibel, pastor of the Free Communion.
Short-lived.
*The Buffalo Motorist. 1908. Monthly. Published by the Auto*
mobile Club of Buffalo. Official organ of the Automobile Club
of Buffalo, the Buffalo Launch Club, the Aero Club, the Buffalo
Motorcycle Club. Dai H. Lewis, chairman of publication com-
mittee. Office (1915) Lafayette Hotel.
t*The Municipality and County. Oct., 1894-1897. Monthly. Pub-
lished on the 15th of every month by the Niagara Publishing
Co., 202 Main street. A. B. Kellogg, editor; John Henry Wood,
associate editor; M. J. True, business manager. “A monthly
journal of practical information for municipalities and counties
and parties dealing with the same.* ’
The Nardin Academy. 1914. Quarterly. Conducted by a board of
editors chosen from the student body.
*The Narrator. 1904. Monthly (except July and August), by the
Young Women ?s Christian Association, Mohawk and Pearl streets.
Miss Ruth Walbridge, editor.KB lAGWh’NIdgJ GESTOW Atni'ti.
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Showing two styles of heading. Reduced one-third.
See page 247.THE PERIODICAL PRESS OF BUFFALO
247
The National. 1870. Monthly. National Business Exchange Co.r
publishers, 4 Coit Block. Short-lived.
*The National Advocate. 1893. Weekly. Democratic. Published
every Saturday by Green & Curtis, 299 Washington street. Geo.
L. Curtis, editor; Alfred Green, city editor. “Devoted to the
interests of colored Americans. ’ ’
The National Coopers’ Journal. 1885. Monthly. By John A.
McCann, 12 Exchange Bldg. Devoted to the cooperage industry.
Removed to Philadelphia about 1900.
*The National Monthly. May, 1909. Monthly. Norman E. Mack,
editor and publisher. “A Democratic magazine for men and
women.' ’	^
*The National Odd Fellow. 1889. Weekly. Hunt & Kraft, 29
Seneca street, later Kraft & Stern, editors and proprietors, 363-
365 Washington street. “Devoted to the promotion of Odd
Fellowship.,, See Odd Fellow’s Magazine.
f*The National Pilot. Feb., 1845. Daily and Weekly, by Bradford
A. Manchester and ,Jas. O. Brayman, the latter and R. W.
Haskins serving as editors. The Pilot was a successor of the
Gazette of 1842, but, like it, was short-lived. In 1846 it was
united with the Courier, and the Courier and Pilot was published
by Stringham, Manchester & Brayman, until *sold to Robert D.
Foy & Co., Feb. 18, 1848.
The aim of the Pilot was to foster the national feeling among
Americans and make them ‘ ‘ freer from English influence in their
literature, their science, their political economy, and their views
of the political and social condition of the world at large.It
supported President Tyler's administration. Mr. Haskins re-
tired from the editorship of the Pilot in 1846, shortly before it
was merged with the Courier.
The Pilot was the first paper printed in Buffalo on a cylinder
press.
*The National Star.	1883. Monthly, amateur, by M. F. Boechat and
J. J. Ottinger, editors, 72 Commercial street.
The National Union. In August, 1854, H. H. Whitcomb issued a
prospectus of the National Union, a proposed monthly journal.
No copy has been seen by the compiler.
The Natural Gas Journal. Jan., 1907. Monthly, by Periodicals Pub-
lishing Co., 64 Pearl street. Begun in New York City, removed
to Buffalo, October, 1910. Lucius S. Bigelow, president-editor.
t*Ne Jaguhnigoageswathah. (Seneca:	“The Mental Elevator.”)
Nov. 30, 1841. Occasional. A small 8-p. paper printed in Seneca
and English, at the Mission Press, Buffalo Creek Reservation
(now South Buffalo) by the missionary, Rev. Asher Wright.
Nine numbers were issued up to April, 1845. In 1846, the Mis-
sion Press was removed to the Cattaraugus Reservation, where
ten more numbers were issued, the last one April 15, 1850.
Unique in American journalism. The printed page is 6 by 3^
inches. With the sixth issue, Dec. 29, 1842, it appeared with an548
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engraved heading, which included the Seneca name of the paper,
as above (many of the letters having special accents) and an
emblematic device thus described by the editor:
‘ ‘ The present number of our paper has been necessarily delayed
for a long time in consequence of the absence from home and the
numerous engagements of the editor. Meanwhile the printer has
been at work preparing to give our readers a more respectably-
appearing sheet. He has engraved, on wood, a hew head, with
an emblematic picture, intended to convey an important piece
of instruction. The design is also his own as well as the
execution.
‘ ‘On the left-hand side is a specimen of Indian life as it was
centuries ago. The forest, the lake, the wigwam, are all there,
and there too may be seen the huge wild beast just emerging
from the thicket, while at the same moment the stalwart Indian,
ready with his arrow on the string, marks him for instant destruc-
tion. He appears in the regular ancient style, with his large
tuft of feathers on his head, and no clothing to hide his naked-
ness, except the cloth or skin about his loins.
“In the counterpart of the picture, on the right side, there
is a flourishing village of civilized Indians, with their handsome
meeting-house, academy, and other public buildings; and an old
Indian chief, comfortably clad, with his cane in his hand, stands
pointing out to his friend the wonderful changes in the condition
of his people brought about by civilization and Christianity. He
is showing him how the same ground which before barely fur-
nished enough to support a single family, now, by the skillful
cultivation of the soil, yields not only a surer and better support,
but also furnishes the means of wealth to a whole village of indus-
trious, regular, contented and happy inhabitants.
“In the middle, and occupying the chief place in the picture,
stands a pulpit with a Bible lying open on the top and the light
streaming out from it in every direction. This is to show that
religion lies at the foundation of all real improvement in the
condition of mankind, and in the source of all the light of truth
enjoyed by the most favored nations; while the picture of an
old-fashioned meeting-house on the front side of the pulpit
reminds us that it always has been so from ancient times. Reli-
gion has always elevated the human mind and improved the civil,
social, and individual character and condition wherever it has
been heartily received and truly followed.
“As you look at the picture, then resolve, in the strength of
the Lord, to lay hold on all the advantages offered you by the
Gospel, and by the education and civilization which follow in its
train., 1
The foregoing is a good illustration of the moral instruction
which Missionary Wright never failed to impart. The Mental
Elevator aimed at all its name implies. Some numbers were
printed wholly in Indian, others in both Indian and English.
Their contents include, beside moral and instructive prose and
poetry, the Book of Genesis and a part of Exodus, in Seneca;
the Lord’s Prayer in Tuscarora verse; hymns, the laws byTHE PEBIODICAL PBESS OF BUFFALO
249
which the tribes were governed, legislative acts relating to them,
mortuary records, etc. The printer referred to, who was the
engraver of the heading for the paper, was Mr. Benjamin C.
Van Duzee.
Missionary Wright's explanation of the typographic difficulties
with which he had to contend, is interesting:	“It is not to
be supposed" he says, “that with our imperfect knowledge of
•Seneca we have discovered and marked accurately all the pecul-
iarities of the language. It is sometimes, also, very difficult to
decide on the correct usage, where there are differences of pro-
nunciation among the Indians. In such cases we have sought
for the pure Seneca in contradistinction from the idioms of
Mohawk, Cayuga, Onondaga, etc., and for Seneca as spoken by
the old men, whose habits were formed previous to the introduc-
tion of English ideas and modifications of ideas, among the
people." Again, he writes:
“To those who may be inclined to criticise the style of our
printing, we would remark that we have no Italic type, and but
one size of Roman letter. Several of the accented capitals also
are wanting, punches not having been cut for them when the
accented type was prepared, in Boston some years since, for
printing Seneca. .	. To furnish ourselves with Italic and
another size of Roman, with the capitals for each, sufficient for
our little establishment, would require about $150 before the
type could be cast, and the whole expense would vary little
from $400; for the want of which we are obliged to forego the
advantages of beauty and variety in style and execution of our
work, and make the best we can of the facilities with which
we are provided."
The file of this paper, in the library of the Buffalo Historical
Society, is more nearly complete than any other known to the
present compiler.
'*The N. Y. Messenger. 1915. Occasional, by the World's Dispensary
Press.
*New Age. Feb. 27, 1915. First appeared as a “Women's Day"
edition of the Buffalo Socialist, containing contributions by num-
erous women, leaders of the Suffragist movement, and others.
Continued since as New Age, weekly, Max Sherover, managing
editor. Published by the Socialist Publishing Co., Teck Theater
Building.
-fNew Century. 1891. Quarterly, amateur. Conducted by F. T.
Mayer, Alfred Reiser and Marshall Clinton, 54 Johnson place.
New Era Transformation Magazine. 1902. Weekly. Issued as a
supplement to the Buffalo Sunday Times.
*The New Yorlc Globe. Formerly The National Freeman. Weekly.
Yol. I, 1896, dated “Buffalo, Syracuse and Rochester." Jas. A.
Ross, publisher and proprietor. 16 S. Division street.
'The Daily News. July, 1834, being the third daily in Buffalo, pre-
ceded only by the Western Star and the Bising Sun, both started250
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in July, 1834. The News was issued from the office of th&
Buffalo Whig, and was discontinued in Aug., 1834.
t*Buffalo Sunday Morning News. 1873, by John B. Adams and
Edward H. Butler, the latter becoming sole owner; 200 Main
street. See Buffalo Evening News.
f*Buffalo Evening News. Oct. 11, 1880. Daily. E. H. Butler, pro-
prietor. The Sunday Morning News, established 1873, and
from 1880 continued in connection with the daily, was the first
Sunday paper in Buffalo to survive many years. It was dis-
continued Jan. 3, 1915. The Telegraph, founded 1880, was
bought, Aug., 1885, by E. H. Butler and J. A. Butler, and
merged in their Evening News, the first consolidated issue being:
on Aug. 18, 1885. In 1881 the News moved from 214 to 218
Main street, and in 1898 took possession of its new building,.
Nos. 216-218 Main street, erection of which was began in 1896..
On the death of the founder of the paper, March 9, 1914, pro-
prietorship passed to his son, E. H. Butler, 2d.
With the first issue of the Evening News William McIntosh
was managing editor, and continued in that service many years,
his active connection with the paper ceasing shortly before his.
death, Dee. 10, 1910. A writer of true poetry, he was excep-
tionally capable under all the varied demands of newspaper work..
Niagara. (Ger.) Aug., 1898. Sundays. A Catholic paper, pub-
lished and edited by W. Keilmann. Short-lived.
*Niagara Current. 1914. Monthly, for agents of the Niagara Life*
Insurance Co. The issue of Sept., 1915, (Vol. II., No. 8) was a
special edition “to the people of Buffalo in connection with
Buffalo’s Industrial Exposition.”
*Niagara Journal. July, 1815. Weekly, by David M. Day. The
second paper published in Buffalo. In 1820, when the present
Erie County was set off from Niagara, the paper became the
Buffalo Journal, q. v.
t*The Niagara Patriot. 1819, by H. A. Salisbury. It was the con-
tinuation of the Buffalo Gazette. After the erection of Erie*
County, in 1820, it was changed, July, 1821, to the Buffalo*
Patriot, q. v.
*The Niagara Rainbow. 1898. Quarterly during the college year by
the students of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary in North
America. Issued from the Union & Times Press, Buffalo.
*The Norm. November, 1885. Amateur, monthly, by M. P. Boechat,.
editor and publisher, 31 Arcade.
tNormal Thought. 1894-’96. Monthly, by the Standard Society of
the State Normal School in Buffalo.
The North and South. 1883. Monthly. Published at 191 Main
street. Devoted to emigration. J. T. McLaughlin, Academy of
Music Building. Discontinued about 1890.
tThe Northern Druggist. 1897. Monthly, by the Northern Druggist
Publishing Co., 483 Washington street.THE PERIODICAL PRESS OF BUFFALO
251
■$Nulli Secundus. Ca. 1891. Monthly, amateur, by John J. Ottinger,.
149 Arkansas street. (Yol. Ill, No. 1, June, 1892.)
La Nuova Patria. (Ital.:	“The New Country.'') Single issue
published at 332 Seneca street, by F. Magnani, Nov. 3, 1907.
x*Odd Fellows Magazine. January, 1900. Monthly, Chas. D. Bige-
low, editor and proprietor. January, 1902, it became Fraternity,.
and ceased March, 1902.
fThe Buffalo Official. 1890. Monthly, amateur. Frank J. Fellows,,
editor, 913 Niagara street. “Official organ of the Buffalo
Amateur Journalists' Club." Later editors were Arthur S.
Mann, 37 Allen street, and Elma A. Johnson, 392 Delaware
avenue. In September, 1892, the Buffalo Official became a sup-
plement to the Twinkling Star. In 1892 this paper states that
there are 25 amateur journals published in Buffalo, “more than
any other city in the world."
f * Official Daily Program of the Pan-American Exposition. May 1,
to Nov. 2, 1901. Published by the Pan-American Program Co.,
Frank J. Stockbridge, manager, 34 Wells street. No issues for
Sept. 14, the day of President McKinley's death, Sept. 15,
(Sunday), and Sept. 19, the day of the funeral, the Exposition
being closed on those days.
* Official Railway and Steamship Guide.	1903. Monthly, by the-
Niagara Frontier Publishing Co., 1048 Ellicott Square, C. R.
Hurley, manager.
Ojczyzna. (Polish: “Country.") July 22, 1885. Weekly, at 46
Broadway, by the Polish Publishing Ass'n (Ltd.). The first
Polish newspaper in Buffalo, edited by Stanislaus Slisz. In
1887, under the editorship of M. J. Sadowski, the name was
changed to Polak w Ameryce, q. v., and moved to 126 Town-
send street.
Old School Jeffersonian. 1842. Issued by Charles Faxon, 2d, as-
the weekly edition of the daily Gazette, q. v. It was an ardent
supporter of the administration of President Tyler. Discon-
tinued, Feb., 1843.
*The Olio. 1846-47. Weekly. Amateur paper, published Satur-
days, S. Relly Smith and Sebastian Everett, editors. Size of
page, 3 by 4 inches.
“On the Square." October, 1905. Monthly. Organ of the Niagara
Square Congregational Church, Rev. T. Aird Moffat, minister.
Small 8vo, with cover.
*Once a Month. 1895. Published by Emmanuel Baptist church.
The Open Door. Jan. 1, 1899. Bi-weekly in the interests of the
First TJniversalist Society, church of the Messiah, Special “Fair
Edition," December 5, 1899. Succeeded by Words of Cheer.
*The Opera. March 23, 1898. Published by C. A. Ellis, ill., 8vo,.
devoted to Wagnerian opera. Only a few numbers issued.
*Opportunity. Nov., 1908. Monthly, by the Western New York:
Publishing Co., 908 D. S. Morgan Bldg. Geo. W. Harrison,.252
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president. A magazine devoted chiefly to industrial progress and
the promotion of “independent” (as opposed to the Bell) tele-
phone interests in Western New York. Soon discontinued.
L’Ora;. (Ital.:	“The Hour.”) Weekly. Three political issues
of a four-page paper published at 164 W. Huron street, Oct.
12, 19, 26, 1912.
i**The Oracle. 1903. Five times a year, by the students of Lafayette
High School, under supervision of the head of the department
of English. Philip Becker Goetz and Charles Elbert Ehodes of
the faculty served as advisory editors. Notable special numbers
have been devoted to the lives of Lafayette, Lincoln, Dickens, etc.
*The Orator. 1856. Monthly. Later (1859) apparently quarterly.
Edited by D. T. Stiles.
Osa. (Polish: “The Wasp.”) 1904. Weekly. Humorous. Stanley
Kozello Poklewski, editor, 1023 Broadway. Continued about a
year. The editor’s name is said to have been an assumed one,
to conceal his identity as a political refugee much wanted in
Bussia.
Our Church Paper. Ca. 1899. Monthly, Bev. F. A. Kahler, editor.
*Our Church Record. Sept. 12, 1896. Weekly, by the Jefferson street
church of Christ. It succeeded The Christian Sower, and March
7, 1897, became Upward.
Jf*Our Church at Work. Jan., 1881. Monthly (10 issues per annum),
by the Lafayette avenue Presbyterian church. Beginning vol. V.
(Jan., ’86), under the auspices of the Young Men’s Ass’n of the
church; size reduced from 8 to 4 pp. Later enlarged (8vo,
pp. 16, with cover), published by the Emerson Bible Class for
Men of the Lafayette avenue church. It claims to be the oldest
church paper in the United States now published.
fOur Church Work. Dec. 7, 1877-1885. Semi-monthly or monthly.
Official paper of the Protestant Episcopal church, Diocese of
Western New York. Established as semi-monthly; published by
W. I. Thurstone, Beecher Building, Ellicott and S. Division
streets. See Church Work.
tOur Flag. Ca. 1892. Monthly, amateur.
tOur Good Samaritan. Sept., 1898. Monthly, conducted by C. G.
Buell. “Devoted to the promotion of true fraternity.”
tOur Leisure Moments. Feb., 1870. Monthly juvenile, by Albert C.
Ives and Fred S. Dellenbaugh, Y. M. Ass’n Building. 8vo,
pp. 16. 75 cents per year. Here first appeared as serial Dellen-
baugh’s story, “The Young Hero, or Adventures of Frank
Hardy.” Discontinued, 1871.
fOur Paper. Nov., 1891. Monthly, by and for scholars of Public
School No. 18. F. J. Fellows, editor, School street and Fargo
avenue. A creditable school paper, longer-lived than many.
■f*Our Presbytery Monthly. Feb. 1, 1894. Continued about three
years. New series of the Buffalo Presbytery News, vol. 3> Feb.,THE PEBI OBI CAL PBESS OF BUFFALO
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1894. Monthly. Published by the editorial committee of the
Presbytery of Buffalo, at 195 Main street.
Our Bailroad Men. 1887. Monthly, by the Railroad1 Dept., Y.M.C.A-
j*Our Becord. 1869. Monthly. Published for the Home for the
Friendless, 1500 Main street. Has had various changes of form.
Our Shield. 1915. By the Sabbath School of Temple Beth Zion.
t*Our Sunday-school at WorTc. Nov., 1894. Monthly, in the interest
of the Milnor street Mission, under auspices of the Christian
Workers ’ Ass ’n.
tOur Work. June 21, 1884. Monthly, in the interest of Calvary
Presbyterian church.
tOur Work in the Presbytery of Buffalo. Dec., 1891.
Our Young Folks. Ca. 1872. By Albert C. Ives. Data lacking. Mr..
Ives was a reporter on the Express.
Our Young Men’s Paper. 1871. By the Y.M.C.A. I. G. Jenkins,,
publisher. Short-lived. Re-established 1876.
t*The Pan-American. March 9, 1899. Weekly, then monthly. “A
journal of international trade and an illustrated history of the*
Pan-American Exposition of 1901. ’; Published Thursdays by
the Pan-American Pub. Co., first at 707 Mutual Life Bldg. With
vol. I, No. 5 (Oct., 1899) Richmond C. Hill became editor and
the publication was enlarged and changed from an uncertain,
weekly to a monthly, adding to its name the word “magazine.”
Other changes followed.
f*The Pan-American Herald. July, 1899. Semi-monthly, then,
monthly. An illustrated magazine devoted to the interest of the
Pan-American Exposition. Published by the Pan-American
Herald Co., corner Seneca street and Terrace. Various changes'
of editorial management and control.
*Pan-American International Gazette. See International Gazette.
f*The Pan-American Magazine. 1899. Monthly, succeeding the Pan-
American (q. v.). In 1900, published by the Pan-America^
Magazine Co., 532-534 Ellicott Square. Ceased with vol. III.,
1901. A handsome and for the most part well-edited pictorial
record of the Pan-American Exposition.
The Pansy. 1891. Monthly, amateur. Harry and Josiah Jewett,,
editors, 303 North street.
Parish News. 1910. Monthly, by the Church of the Ascension.
*Park Church Herald. 1905. Published “every little while” by the-
Christian Endeavor Society of the Park Presbyterian Church,
Crescent avenue and Elam place, Buffalo; later (1906) as a
church bulletin, by the pastor, Rev. P. A. Macdonald.
*The Parkside Press. 1904. Occasional. Neighborhood news and
advertising.
Buffalo Pathfinder. 1852. Weekly, by Charles Faxon, published
140 Main street. Soon disappeared.254	TSE PERIODICAL PRESS OF BUFFALO
La Patria, (Itah: i‘The Fatherland.'') March 30, 1912. Weekly,
at 213 Court street. Silvio Tremante, editor. It lasted but six
weeks.
t*The’ Buffalo Patriot.	1820. Weekly. Successor of the Buffalo
Gazette and the Niagara Patriot, q. v. It was successively under
the editorial charge of Wm. A. Carpenter, Harvey Newcomb and
Guy H. Salisbury. See Buffalo Daily Commercial Advertiser.
^Buffalo Patriot and Commercial Advertiser. Jan. 7, 1834, succeed-
ing the Buffalo WeeTcly Patriot. See Commercial Advertiser. For
many years the weekly issue bore the title, Patriot and Journal.
*Taglicher Buffalo Patriot. (Ger.:	“Buffalo Daily Patriot.'')
1857. Daily. Vogt & Jung, proprietors, E. Lindermann, editor,
over 157 Main street. Lived about a year.
The Pennsylvania. Ca. 1900. Weekly, by Scott Publishing Co.,
45 N. Division street.
^Buffalo Penny Press. 1841. Daily. By William Hilliard Busteed,
194 Main street.
.Penton’s Scientific Farmer and Literary Magazine. 1871. Office,
Hollister Bldg.
*The People. Feb. 19, 1898. Weekly. Harger & Poole, publishers
and proprietors, 457 Washington street. Chas. G, Harger, Jr.,
editor. “This paper is established because the people demand
fearless discussions of live questions.” (Salutatory).
-|The People’s Advocate. July 21, 1892. Weekly. Organ of the
People's Party. Published every Thursday at 496 Main street
by the Advocate Printing Ass 'n. Board of editors, C. M. Maxson,
J. M. Potter, H. B. Buddenburg, J. E. Dean. At first it was
a 16-pp. paper, two cols, to the page; in 1893 changed to news-
paper form and moved to 551 Main street; conducted by B. M.
Shultz, Chas. H. Fryer, editor. In 1894, published by Sehoepfiin
& Foster, 84 Terrace. Continued several years, as the organ of
the Populists.
*The People’s Medical Monthly. 1893. Monthly. F. E. DeCoursey,
publisher; John H. Dye, M. D., editor. “Devoted to the dissem-
ination of timely, useful, instructive and reliable information on
all subjects relating to health and disease, for all mankind”
The People’s Saturday Evening Pictorial Press. 1836. Weekly.
Published by Matthews, Northrup & Co., 42 Exchange street.
Jas. S. Metcalfe, editor and business manager. A 16-p. illustrated
journal, issued Saturdays; stories, fashions, juvenile dept., etc.
Worthy but short-lived.
The Period. Jan., 1897. Monthly. J. S. Hubbard, publisher, 34-38
Ellicott street. “In the interest of club women.”
*The Period of Progress. 1897. Monthly. “A magazine for club
women.” Official organ of the Federation of Women's Literary
and Educational Organizations of Western New York, J. S.
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The Phalanx. 1840. Daily and weekly, by Chas. D. Ferris. Lasted
about six weeks. It was the first daily paper published in
America devoted exclusively to the advocacy of the social reform,
and reorganization of labor, originated and taught by Charles
Fourier and Albert Brisbane, and what have been denominated
the doctrines of 1 ‘ Association.9 ’
*Le Phare des Lacs. (French: “Lighthouse of the Lakes.”) 1858.
Weekly, Thursdays. Published by Claude Petit, Bapst’s Build-
ing. Discontinued about 1877.
*The Buffalo Philanthropist. Feb., 1836. Monthly. 8vo, pp. 16,
by Nathaniel Potter, Jr., and Ferris. It advocated, among
other things, “universal peace and non-resistance.” One year
closed its labors of love.
The Buffalo Philatelic Press. 1890. Monthly, by Edward J. Fisch-
bach and Wm. B. Wemple, at 108 Spruce street. Of short career.
fThe Philistine. 1895. Monthly. A literary journal issued from
640 Elicott Square. Published until about 1903.
*Photo Play Topics. See Photo Play Vogue. In Oct., 1915, changed
from semi-monthly to monthly.
*	Photo Play Vogue. Aug. 20, 1915. Semi-monthly (5th and 20th
of each month), by Photo Play Vogue, Inc., Ellieott Square,
Frederic J. Knoll, editor. An attractive illustrated magazine in
the interest of the photo-play business. With the issue of Sept.
20 it became Photo Play Topics.
tThe Physicians’ and Surgeons9 Investigator. Jan., 1880. Monthly.
“Edited by the faculty of the College of Physicians and Sur-
geons, Published by the Association of Physicians and Sur-
geons,” office 51 W. Genesee street. The first editors were Drs.
S.JW. Wetmore and S. N. Brayton. In 1888, L. A. Bull, M. D.,
manager and editonr George T. Moseley, business manager. Not
continued after 1890.
Pierce-Arrow Salesman. 1915. Monthly, for employes of the Pierce-
Arrow automobile company.
Der Pilger. (Ger.:	“The Pilgrim.”) 1907. Monthly, by
Emmaus Lutheran church, 210 Southampton street.
Buffalo Daily Pilot. See The National Pilot.
tThe Pioneer Cooperator. March 1, 1886. Monthly, with the motto
“Each for all, all for each,” “devoted to the principles of
cooperation,” and the special organ of the Buffalo Pioneer
Cooperative Association, L. G. Hedges, business manager, Wm.
Guards secretary of the Board of Directors. Printed partly in
English, partly in German. Not known to have continued after
December, 1887. (Vol. II, No. 8.)
tDer Pioneer Kodperator. Title of the German pages of The
Pioneer Cooperator, q. v.
*	Pittsburg er Beobachter. (Ger.:	“ The Pittsburg Observer.”) Ca.
1910. Weekly. Published Fridays at 46 Broadway, in the
interest of St* Joseph’s orphanage. For some years issued from
a Buffalo office; later removed to Pittsburg.256
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*Plymouth Bulletin. Dec., 1901. Weekly. Published by Plymouth
Congregational church, Military road and Grote street.
*The Plymouth Bulletin. Sept. 12, 1915. Weekly. Published by
the Plymouth Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. Wm. S. Mitchell,.
D.D., pastor. Church office, No. 443 Porter avenue.
*Polak w Ameryce. (Polish:	“The American Pole.”) 1887.
Semi-weekly. Tuesdays and Fridays, at 126 Townsend street.
M. J. Sadowski, editor. A daily since 1888, and for a time
claimed to be “the only Polish daily in the Eastern Central
States/9 From its establishment it was the property of Rev. J.
Pitass, 389 Peckham street.
Poldk y Amerykanski± (Polish:	“The Pole in America.”) 1908.
Daily. Stanislaus SHsz, editor, 559 Fillmore avenue. Continued
by the Buffalo Polish Publishing Co., 559 Fillmore avenue. The
title was soon changed to Dziennik dla Wszystlcich, q. v.
fPopular Gardening.	1886. Monthly, by the Popular Gardening
Pub. Co., Elias A. Long, editor, 202 Main street. Flourished for
about a decade, then merged in American Gardening.
*The Buffalo Port and Trade List. Oet., 1877. Monthly. W. J.
Raymond, editor. W. F. Tieste, associate. Apparently under
the auspices of the Buffalo Board of Trade. A large 4-p. paper.
f*Buffalo Evening Post. Geo. J. Bryan's Queen City, established,
1850; in 1852 it was renamed Buffalo Evening Post, and Calvin
J. Mills was associate publisher and editor. In 1853, Mr. Bryan
again became sole proprietor. The Post was continued until
about 1877. In 1878 Mr. Bryan renamed his paper The Queen
City, q. v. continuing it until 1882.
Buffalo Post. Ca. 1902. Monthly, by the Buffalo Post Publishing
Co., Jos. Kollmeier, manager. 33 Mooney Bldg. Devoted to
insurance.
*The Buffalo Postal Guide. Ca. 1895. Quarterly. Published ('95)
by Otis H. Kean; later by Kean & Olmsted, under authority
of the Buffalo postmaster.
fThe Postman. April, 1891. Bi-monthly, amateur, by F. J. Fellows,,
202 Whitney place. Above its heading is printed:	“Supple-
ment to the Tomahawk.”
tBuffalo Presbytery News. See Our Presbytery Monthly.
Prescott’s Telegraph. 1842. Monthly. Wm. Prescott, editor and
proprietor, Chas. Faxon, printer, 4 Birckhead Block, Commer-
cial street.
tBuffalo Press. 1891. Monthly, amateur. Published 285 Pennsyl-
vania street.
*Press Clippings. 1895. Published by a medicine company.
The Daily Price Current and Live Stock Reporter. 1884. Daily, by
W. G. Webster, 106 Seneca street. Also semi-weekly and tri-
weekly. Succeeded and continued the Buffalo Live Stock Review.
*The Buffalo Printer. 1893. Monthly. Issued by the American
Type Founders Co., Maekellar, Smiths & Jordan, Buffalo Branch*
Continued several years.THE PERIODICAL PRESS OF BUFFALO
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Process Review and Journal of Electrotyping. Ca. 1904. Monthly,
by the Professional Photographer Co., 222 Washington street,
A. C. Austin, editor.
Weekly Produce Journal. 1894. Weekly, by Chas. H. Webster,
Ellicott street eorner S. Division street. In 1896, Buffalo
Weekly Produce Journal. Continued until about 1901.
*Tke Professional Photographer. 1896. Monthly. Published by
the Nesbitt Publishing Co., 220-222 Washington street. “An
illustrated monthly journal for the profession. ’' Editors. George
W. Gilson and Beattie Nesbitt.
The Professional and Amateur Photographer. 1902. Monthly, at
222 Washington street. Flourished for several years.
*Progress. 1902. Weekly. Chas. M. Nichols, editor, 718 Seneca
street. Later, published every Thursday at 1053 Ellicott Square.
“An independent newspaper advocating trades unionism.7’
^Buffalo Progressive.	Sept. 12, 1912. Weekly. Chauncey J
Hamlin, proprietor. W. J. J. Kunzie, business manager. Office,
380 Ellicott Square. In Jan., 1913, the size was reduced (4pp.,
8xll inches), and the office moved to 774 Main street. Under an
incorporation, C. J. Hamlin became president, Knowlton Mixer
vice-president, Walter V. Davidson, secretary and treasurer, Guy
J. Evans, business manager. Discontinued, Nov., 1914.
*The Buffalo Prohibitionist. Nov. 2, 1882. Weekly. F. W. Luxford,
editor and publisher. “A journal issued in the interest of
prohibition. ”
Przeglad Tygodinowy. (Polish:	(‘Weekly Review.”) Ca. 1895. By
John N. Wrzesinski, at No. 1093 Broadway. Short-lived.
*The Pulpit. Ca. 1886. Published at Nos. 41-43 Franklin street by
Edwin Rose. A magazine of sermons. “Sunday reading for
Christian families.’' First published elsewhere; issued1 dn
Buffalo about 1893-95.
The Pyramid Crescent. 1902. Quarterly, by the Pyramid Crescent
Publishing Co., 85 W. Eagle street. In the interests of Gamma
Sigma Fraternity.
Pythian Herald. 1909. Monthly. John Hornberger, editor, 392
Glenwood avenue. Published by Christopher Columbus Lodge
No. 325, Knights of Pythias.
4* Quality.” Monthly, at 44 Palace Arcade. Data lacking.
* Quarterly Record. 1839. “Published for the Erie County Com-
mon School Education Society. ”
*The Quarterly Reporter of Young Men’s Christian Associations in
North America, 1856. Published under the direction of a central
committee of 18, of whom Oscar Cobb, Wm. M. Gray, E. A.
Swan, Sanford Eastman and N. A. Halbert resided in Buffalo.
It was a neat 8vo, 32-p., periodical, issued from the press of
E. R. Jewett & Co., later the ‘ ‘ Commercial Advertiser Steam
Press.” In 1858-9 the editorial work was in the hands of N. A.
Halbert. The Quarterly Reporter developed into the Young
Men's Christian Journal, q. v.258
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The first organization of the Young Men's Christian Associa-
tion was in London, 1844. The first in America was in Montreal,
1851. Boston and New York took up the work in the same
year. By 1854, 26 Associations had been established through-
out the Union. Their first general convention, held in Buffalo,
June, 1854, established an alliance of the Associations in the
United States and Canada. It was as the organ of this American
Federation, as it was then styled, that the Quarterly Reporter,
and after it the Young Men’s Christian Journal, were published.
*Daily Queen City. Jan. 28, 1850. Daily. Published by Geo. J.
Bryan at 206 Main street, over Steele's book store. Soon moved
to Seneca street, then to Washington street. In 1852, it was pur-
chased by Calvin J. Mills, and became the Buffalo Evening Post,
g. v.
The Queen City. 1878. Weekly, Geo. J. Bryan, editor. Discon-
tinued, 1882.
Queries. 1885-92. Monthly. Conducted by C. W. Moulton. Pub-
lished by C. L. Sherrill & Co., 274-276 Main street. “ Devoted
to literature, art, science, education." It made a feature of its
prize question department.
*Quips of Buffalo. Oct. 22, 1892. Ceased, 1893. Weekly. Pub-
lished every Saturday by Quips Publishing Co., 418 Main street.
Irving S. Underhill and Walter C. Nichols, editors.
*Daily Racing Form. Issued in Buffalo daily during local race meet-
ings. In 1915, “Fort Erie Edition," vol. I., daily except
Mondays by the Daily Pacing Form Pub. Co., 74 Exchange
street. Also offices in other cities. An 8-p. compendium of
track and turf news, popularly styled the “Dope Sheet."
^Buffalo Rail Road Guide and Business Advertiser for the traveler,
manufacturer and tradesman. 1870. Monthly, from official
time-tables. E. O. Crawford & Co., 222 Washington street.
The Buffalo Railroad News. 1912. Semi-monthly. 35 Exchange
street. In 1913, removed or discontinued.
The Railway Magazine. 1855. Monthly, at 177 Main street, by
Geo. E. Allen & Co. Devoted to travel and transportation.
*Real Estate Agents’ Daily Want Bulletin. 1896. Daily. Published
by Hubert K. Perry, 217 Real Estate Exchange.
fThe Real Estate and Builders’ Monthly. 1884. After his retire-
ment from the Courier David Gray, Sr., wrote for this paper, for
a short time. Published by Haas & Klein, 124 Seneca street.
f*Real Estate and Building News. 1890. Monthly, by Sidney G.
Sherwood, 73 W. Eagle street.
t*Buffalo Real Estate Bulletin and Insurance Journal. April, 1889.
Monthly, by Marsland, Willoughby & Stokes, later by the Bulle-
tin Publishing Co., 404 Main street. Geo. H. Marsland, editor.
Ceased Dec., 1889.
*Realty Record. April, 1912. Monthly or occasional. “Devoted
exclusively to East of Main street real estate and other businessTEE PERIODICAL PRESS OF BUFFALO
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interests.’ ’ Wm. J. J. Kunzie, 382 William street, editor and
proprietor.
*The Buffalo Record.	1893. Monthly. Lamar R. Leahy and Ed. H.
Culliton, editors and proprietors.
fThe Record. Feb. 10, 1897. Daily. Succeeding the Morning
Enquirer. Wm. J. Conners & Co. In May, 1897, Mr. Conners
bought the Courier, and the Record was merged with it; the
paper appearing May 10 as the Courier	Record, the last
name being soon dropped.
*The Record. May, 1913. Quarterly during the school year by the
Buffalo State Normal school. An 8vo magazine. Agnes B.
Reimann, editor-in-chief.
tThe Recorder. March, 1891. Monthly, amateur. Frank W. Lynes,
L. O. Robson, editors and publishers, L. A. Lynes, associate.
Published 155 Allen street.
*Red Jacket’s Arrow. Sept., 1912. In the interest of the Red
Jacket Press. Otto Retter, president, 559 Washington street.
Reforma. (Polish:	“Reform.”) Weekly, succeeding Glos Ludu
(1895), as organ of the Independent Polish church. Ceased
about 1899.
* Religious Tolerance.	1894. Monthly. Walter C. Rice, proprietor;
Arthur H. Rice, editor; Horace F. Rice, business manager.
“Published in the interest of religious harmony and humanity.
Our motto:	‘America, Liberty, Equality/ ” It was virtually
in opposition to the A. P. A.
tThe Reporter. May, 1891. Monthly, amateur. G. G. Ballard, Jr.,
Marshall Robinson, editors and publishers, 271 Carolina street.
t*The Republic. 1847. Daily and weekly.
The Republic, the first issue of which bears date Tuesday
evening, Jan. 26, 1847, was as announced in the initial issue,
“published every afternoon by an association of practical
printers:	Geo. W. Livingston, James Albro, James S. Stridiron,
P. J. Howden, Wm. F. Rogers/ ’ The business at first was
carried on under the firm name of Livingston, Albro & Co.;
the office in Wood & Miller’s Building, “over Oliver Lee & Co/s
bank, corner of Main and Exchange streets, directly opposite
the Mansion House/’ Feb. 23, 1847, the heading became
Buffalo Republic, and later, Buffalo Daily Republic. In politics
it was ‘ ‘ decidedly and uncompromisingly Democratic. ’ ’ By
March, Stridiron and Howden had "dropped out. Beginning
May 25, 1847, it was published by Quartus Graves. The daily
was suspended for four days. Oct. 21, 1847, the name of E. A.
Maynard first appears as its publisher and editor. He con-
tinued it as a Democratic paper, supporting the war with Mexico.
In Dec., 1847, it moved to Washington street, above the postoffice,
west side, and Benjamin Welch, Jr., became associated with Mr.
Maynard, Geo. J. Bryan being local editor. In 1849, it moved to
14 East Seneca street. In 1854, C. C. Bristol bought the interest
of E. A. Maynard & Co. In 1855, Henry W. Faxon, a humorous260
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writer (to whom has been ascribed, erroneously, the authorship-
of “Beautiful Snow”), was local editor. Here was published
his famous Silver Lake snake story. In 1856 the office was
moved to 186 Washington street. In 1857 the Buffalo Daily
Times was united with the Republic,' and under the title, Buffalo
Republic and Times it was issued for some years as daily, tri-
weekly and weekly. In 1859-60 Guy H. Salisbury was its editor.
The Republic, in 1861, passed into the hands of Jos. Warren &
Co., and was issued as a two-cent evening paper until the fall
of 1881, when the price was made one cent. Thomas Kean’s
connection with the paper began in 1859. He was managing
editor during the Lincoln-Douglas campaign of 1860, the paper
supporting Douglas. In 1861, Mr. Kean bought Mr. Bristol’s
interest, selling out a few months later to Jos. Warren & Co.,
proprietors of the Courier. They continued the Republic as an.
evening paper, at first under the style of Courier and Republic..
See Buffalo Courier.
Of the men who made the Republic, the most striking indi-
viduality was Henry W. Faxon. A member of the 24th Regi-
ment, N. Y. Cavalry, he died at Washington, Sept. 11, 1864. A
friend wrote at the time that he “was one of the most original
writers the press of this city has ever known, and but for
the want of proper self-discipline would have made himself a
name and position far beyond the local sphere to which his
labors were confined. His genius was of a peculiarly original
type, but it led him into ‘eccentricities’ for which the world has
no pity, until it is too late.” For few could Hamlet fs words be-
more aptly quoted:	“He was a fellow of infinite jest, of most
excellent fancy.”
James Albro was one of the founders of The Republic. His
brother Stephen was one of its editors, and also at one time'
edited The Buffalo Republican; and Stephen’s son, James Albro,
was for many years on the editorial staff of the Commercial
Advertiser.
*The Buffalo Republic and Progress.	1899. Weekly. Published
Thursdays by the Progress Publishing Co., 31 Church street.-
Jos. B. Ford, president. Independent.
f*The Buffalo Republic and Times. 1857. See The Republic.
La Republica. (Itdl.: “The Republic.”) Oct. 23, 1897, at the'
Jones Printing Co., corner Ellicott and S. Division streets. Wed-
nesdays and Saturdays. A political publication; only a few
issues.
f*The Buffalo Republican. March 26, 1828. Weekly. Democratic.
Wm. P. M. Wood, publisher. The first Democratic paper pub-
lished in this county.
In Sept., 1828, Smith H. Salisbury and Wm. H. Snow bought
it; in April, 1829, Mr. Salisbury became sole owner. In 1830'
ownership passed to Henry L. Ball, and in 1831 to Charles-
Faxon and Jas. Stryker, the latter acting as editor. October,
1834, Charles Faxon became sole owner, with Horatio Gates;
editor. In the spring of 1835 Charles Faxon bought the BulletinrTEE PERIODICAL PRESS OF BUFFALO
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which he merged with the Republican, and continued the pub-
lication of the Daily Star, the weekly edition being the Buffalo
Republican and Bulletin. Daily and weekly at this period, were
published at 156 Main street, Mr. Gates acting as editor. In
1836 the name of Charles Faxon appears with that of H. Gates,
&3 editor; in August, Mr. Gates was succeeded by Wm. L.
Crandall. The office was burned, Dec., 1838, and it was not
until February, 1839, that Quartus Graves issued the Buffalo
Weekly and Daily Republican, as continuations respectively of
the Weekly Republican and Bulletin and the Daily Star. In
1840 Stephen Albro succeeded Mr. Gates as editor of the
Republican, and was succeeded, April, 1841, by Samuel Caldwell,
he being soon succeeded by J. C. Bunner. In Dec., 1841,
Theodotus Burwell bought out Mr. Graves and changed the
name of the daily (Jan.,_1842) to the Daily Mercantile Courier
and Democratic Economist, q. v.
* Buffalo Republican and Bulletin. 1835. Weekly, Saturdays; Chas.
Faxon, proprietor, Faxon & Gates, editors. See Buffalo Repub-
lican.
II Republicano. (Ital.:	“The Republican.”) Oct. 18, 1913. A
political journal, for the campaign.
Der Taegliche Republihaner. (Gcr.:	“Daily Republican.”) Es-
tablished, Oct. 15, 1875. Daily, by Ismar S. Ellison. Continued
with the Sunday Tribuene as its weekly Sunday edition until
Jan. 1, 1878, when the property was acquired by the German
Republican Printing Association.
The Resorter. Weekly and monthly. A society paper (succeeding
The Summer Resorter and The Winter Resorter), published at
640 Ellicott Square.
fThe Buffalo Review. May 28, 1892. Every other Saturday. Amateur,
78 School street. “The only amateur paper in New York that
has an office of its own.” In Sept., 1892, F. J. Fellows was
editor; R. H. McKibbin, business manager; F. W. Lynes, cir-
culator. The Buffalo World, amateur, combined with it. By
use of plate matter, cuts, and cover, it developed more than
most amateur journals, and for some months proclaimed itself
“a fortnightly journal of progress and advancement.” June
25, 1892, it enlarged and moved to 913 Niagara street, and
July 30, became the Illustrated Buffalo Review.
The Illustrated Buffalo Review. 1892. Amateur. Consolidation of
the Buffalo Star and Buffalo Review. Relied mostly on plate
matter and soon ceased.
*The Review. 1893- Weekly. Published Saturdays at 357 Seventh
street. Devoted to music, drama, literature and art.
fBuffalo Review. 1898. Daily (except Sunday.) Published by
Buffalo Review Co., 42 N. Division street, Charles F. Kingsley,
president of the company and editor. Discontinued 1903.
The Rising Sun. July 23, 1834. Daily, printed at the Republican
office.262
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The Western Star, in its issue of July 28, 1834, said:	“The
Rising Sun is printed at the Republican office, having been
commenced after the appearance of our second number, and
was followed by the Daily News, from the office of the Buffalo
Whig. On Saturday last (July 26), W. Verrinder, Esq., issued
the first number of the Buffalo Daily Inquirer, from the office
of the Literary Inquirer.” Thus it appears that four daily
newspapers were started in Buffalo in July, 1834, the first of
which preceded the second by only two days. The Star said
(July 28) that it is “opposed by about half a dozen penny
papers,'' but named no others. There was at least one other,
the Daily Advertiser, published for a time in 1834. August
13th it made note:	“ It is said that the circulation of the
Penny Dailies—alias ‘Sheets of Tin,' alias ‘Nubs of Chalk,'
as they are sometimes styled, exceeds 30,000 per diem." The
Daily News ceased publication about the first of August, 1834;
a few days later, the Rising Sun set to rise no more; the Daily
Inquirer was discontinued August 13, 1834; and the Daily
Advertiser about that time. The Western Star still shines—
traditionally—in the Courier.
II Risveglio (Ital.:	“The Awakening.") Pet. 28, 1907, by the
Bisveglio Publishing Co., 457 Washington street. P. Ogliaoro,
editor. Moved to 131 Court street, Guiseppe Teresi, editor;
then moved to 148 Niagara street, and changed its name to
La Verita, q. v.
The Riverside WeeJcly. 1899. Weekly, by Pettit & Heiser, 1715
Niagara street.
*The Roaster. Jan. 30, 1899. Official organ of the Buffalo Turn-
verein; published in the interest of the “Jharmarkt" (fair) of
April 3-8, 1899, then discontinued. J. C. Valentin, chairman
of publication committee. Text in German and English. 4to, ill.
fThe Rochet. Eeb., 1891. Monthly, amateur, by Alfred L. Becker
and Reginald Smith; later by Mr. Smith, 360 Pennsylvania street.
f*The Roller Mill. July, 1882. Monthly. Devoted to milling, me-
chanics and kindred subjects. A. B. Kellogg, publisher and
proprietor. Edwin L. Burdick Co., publishers (1894). Chas.
S. Parke, editor. Discontinued, 1909.
The Roller SJcater. 1884-85. By Homer E. Dudley. A not very
serious by-product of the roller-skating craze of that period.
t*Rough Notes. March 20, 1852. Daily. M. Cadwallader, editor.
Geo. Reese & Co., publishers, West Seneca street. A morning
Whig journal. In 1853 H. L. Rann, who had been one of its
editors from the start, acquired a third interest; in 1854 Rann
& Cowan became proprietors, and the same year it was united
with the Democracy, q. v.
Round the World. 1871. Monthly. W. T. Horner, publisher.
Royal Templar and Index. 1879. Weekly. Successor to the Index
(1875) and in 1881 became the Royal Templar of Temperance,
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Royal Templar of Temperance, Successor in 1881 of the Royal
Templar and Index, Weekly. It was bought by Rev. Robert
Dick and renamed Law Gospel Tribune, In May, 1883, Dr.
Hill resumed control and continued the paper under the title
Standard and Royal Templar, with office at 329 Main street.
*Saengerbund Carnivalia. (Ger.)	Humorous newspaper, issued
daily during the Buffalo Saengerbund carnival, Deb., 1870;
also in Deb., 1880, and perhaps in other years.
*St. Andrew’s Gazette, Ca, 1897, by St. Andrew's church, Goodell
street, near Michigan. Weekly or occasional.
f*The St, Louis Bazar Chronicle, Oct. 22, 1888. Daily. Oct. 22
to Nov. 10, 1888. Published by a committee for the ehurch
bazar; printed by Peter Paul & Bro., 420 Main street. Valuable
for history of St. Louis R. C. church.
St, Louis Birchen Glocken. (Ger,:	“St. Louis Church Bells.")
Rev. H. H. Dleer, editor, 337 Richmond avenue; Jos. Gram, Ji.,
46 Brayton street, until about 1902.
St, Paul’s Chimes, 1913. Monthly. By the Brotherhood of St.
Andrews (Prot. Episcopal).
f*Buffalo Sanitary Bulletin, Jan. 31, 1908. Monthly, by the
Buffalo Dept, of Health. Continues the series of reports pub-
lished 1894 to 1904 under the title “Monthly Report of the
Department of Health." Dor many years prior to 1892 the
weekly reports were entitled:	“Statement of Mortality," etc.
*The Saturday Mail, 1893. Weekly. Published Saturdays by the
Mail Publishing Co., 15 Terrace. “A family story paper."
1‘ Original, sparkling, up with the times.'' Soon ceased.
^Buffalo Saturday Night. December 11, 1915. An illustrated weekly,,
published every Thursday morning at 158 Ellieott street. The
initial issue, claiming to be “strictly non-partisan, non-political
and non-sectarian,'' consisted of three 4-page sections, one headed
“Women's Saturday Night," one “Pinancial Saturday Night."
*The Saturday Tidings. Ca. 1881. Weekly. W. K. Miller and J. A.
Rogers, editors and proprietors. “Original, sparkling, tart, up
with the times, ripe with the news," was the modest editorial1
claim for itself.
liSaturn Evening Globe. Deb. 6, 1904. Saturn Club humorous pro-
duction. Only one issue.
tSaturnalia. Jan. 1, 1890- Saturn Club humorous paper. One
issue only.
The School-bag. 1892. Monthly, amateur. Durther data lacking.
Buffalo School Herald and Love joy News. Weekly, by the Buffalo
School Herald Pub. Co., Broadway, corner Person street.
The Buffalo School Journal. 1877. Monthly, by Alexander Gordon.
Published by R. M. Evans & Co., 194 Main street. Suspended,
1879.264
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The School Reader, 1842. Weekly. It. W. Haskins, editor, A. W.
Wilgus, printer, 203 Main street. Died for lack of support
after three months.
The School Room, 1898. Monthly, by the School Eoom Publishing
Co., 534 Main street. Continued about four years.
Schul und Hausfreund. (Ger.:	“School and House Friend.”)
March 9, 1853, to Dec. 15, 1853. Semi-monthly. Conrad Baer,
editor and proprietor, No. 7 E. Seneca street.
The Scientific Commercial, 1876. Weekly, by the Scientific Com-
mercial Co. Green's Block, corner Washington and N. Division
streets. Continued 20> weeks. One of its editors was Alexander
J. Sheldon, first librarian of the Grosvenor library. Soon after
Mr. Sheldon's death, March 23, 1876, the paper was discontinued.
tThe Scrap-BooTc. 1891. Monthly, amateur. “A journal for every-
body,'' conducted by Henry Payne, 144 Chenango street.
Scientific News, 1893. Monthly, by R. Bruce Chamberlain, 306
Main street. Later, by S. S. Stewart.
f*The Search Light, June, 1896. Monthly, by the Young People's
Society of Christian Endeavor, Delaware avenue Baptist church.
Early issues were in small 8-p. newspaper form, but soon (Dec.
'96) changed to the 8vo magazine form.
*	Select Knights Journal. 1879. Monthly, later quarterly. Official
organ of the Order of Select Knights.
*	Selling Power, 1914. Occasional. “The Pratt & Lambert dealers'
magazine. A practical paper for dealers,'' etc. 111., pp. 12-
Pratt & Lambert, Tonawanda street.
The Buffalo Sentinel. 1839. See “The Buffalo Centinel.”
Buffalo Sentinel. June, 1853. Weekly. A Catholic journal owned
and edited by Bernard Doran Killian. The original office was
on Washington street, “two doors from the postoffice.'' Killian
had worked in the office of the American Celt and when that
paper removed to New York, the Sentinel took its place in
Buffalo. In 1854 Michael Hagan became editor and pro-
prietor and enlarged the paper, the full title appearing as
Buffalo Sentinel and Advocate. From 1855 to 1861 the Sentinel
office was in old Dudley Hall, 93 Main street. It removed to'
111 Main, in 1865 to 158 Main, and soon after ceased.
In his “Life and Times of Rt. Eev. John Timon,'' Mr. Chas.
G. Deuther says:	“Mr. Hagan felt justified in pursuing a
certain course and policy in the control of his paper, not alto-
gether in accordance with the Bishop's views, and, as no terms
of agreement could be settled upon, the Bishop withdrew his
name and influence from the paper.'' The Western New York
Catholic was established, 1864, as the official organ of the
Diocese.
The founder of the Sentinel, B. Doran Killian, served in a
Missouri regiment during the Civil War, and afterwards for
many years practiced law in New York City. He was a prolific
writer with some reputation as a poet. He died in Brooklyn,
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An incident in editor Hagan’s career was his arrest for libel,
in April, 1865, on complaint of John Magee, mine owner, of
Fall Brook, Pa. In July, 1865, Mr. Hagan crossed over into
Canada.
La Sentinella del Niagara.	(Ital.: ‘1 The Sentinel of the Niagara.”)
First Italian newspaper bearing Buffalo imprint, but it was
printed in New York City, February 25, 1884, by A. J. Oishei
and C. A. Be Stasio, editors and proprietors, who had a banking
and steamship office at 163 Exchange street, Buffalo. It was
probably the intention to continue the paper in Buffalo, but
only the original issue above noted is known.
Senza Paural (Ital.:	“Without Fear!**) Feb., 1898. Weekly,
independent humorous journal, edited by Gennaro Borso and
others; later by A. Leoncavallo. Suspended after a lively
career of 13 weeks. See La Vendetta.
Sila. (Polish: “Power.”) 1896 7. Weekly. Four pages, organ
of the Radical Socialists. Published on Broadway near Jefferson.
Among its editors or leading contributors were Helen Piatrowska
and A. F. Kowalski. After some two years of precarious exist-
ence, it was moved to Shamokin, Pa., renamed Sila i Postep
(“Power and Progress”), and later transferred to Chicago.
The Sixteenth Amendment.	1884. Weekly. Prohibition Organ
issued by the Sixteenth Amendment Co. (Ltd.), W. H. H.
Bartram, editor. Coal & Iron Exchange.
*The Slcirmisher. 1911. “Published in the interests of Grace
Universalist church and the community thereabout.”
*	Slocum’s Shorthand Magazine. May, 1896. Monthly. Wm. H.
Slocum, editor and publisher, 550 Ellicott Square. “The object
of the publication of this magazine is to elevate the standard
of the shorthand profession.”
Slonce.	(Polish:	“The Sun.”) 190'2. Weekly, by George Mirski,
471 Fillmore avenue. Moved to St. Paul about 1905, then to
Milwaukee.
^Buffalo Socialist. First issued Oct., 1911. There were at least
three issues prior to June 6, 1912, which is marked “Vol. I.,
No. 1.” Weekly (occasionally irregularly) by the Buffalo
Socialist Publishing Co., Max Sherover, manager (1914), Teck
Theater Building. See New Age.
*	Satiety 4 Jan., 1894. Weekly. Published every Saturday by
Society Pub. Co. Offices, 35 Morgan Bldg., (editorial) and 306
Main street, (business).
*Society Comique. Aug. 15, 1898.	111. Issued the 1st and 15th
of the month. Edward J. Hall, editor; Glenn F. Gaskill, society
editor; H. Howard Frost, business manager. Society Comique
Co., 335 Washington street. * ‘ Society, theatrical, comic. ’ ’
Short-lived.
Socyalista.	(Polish: “Socialist.”) 1892. Semi-monthly, by Joseph
Zawisza, 49 Mills street. Biscontinued about 1894.266
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Sonntags-Blatt. (Ger.:	“Sun-day Journal.”) 1854. Weekly.
German literary paper, published one year by Brunck, Held &
Co., Mohawk street near Main.
Buffalo Sonntags Her old. (Ger.:	“Sunday Herald.”) Sept. 5,.
1875. Weekly. Published by Haas, Nauert & Co., 200 Main
street. The first German Sunday paper in Buffalo, it aimed to-
be a “strictly first-class family journal, independent in all
political and religious questions.” Lived eight months.
IDie Sonntagspost. (Ger.:	“Sunday Post.”) 18191. Weekly.
Published Sundays by Hermann Hoffman, editor and publisher,,
46-48 Broadway. Devoted to humor, the theater, literature,
music, etc. The founder of this ably-conducted, attractive journal
died in Jan., 1896.
Sonntags-Zeitung des Telegraph. 1864. By P. H. Bender, Main
near Mohawk. Later (1873, etc.), by F. Geib, 46-48 Batavia,
street (Broadway). See Der Telegraph.
South Buffalo Advocate. 1906. Discontinued May, 1911. Monthly.
Published by Ellis Bros. Printing Co., 581-583 South Park
avenue.
*The South Buffalo Journal.	1892. Weekly. Published every Satur-
day at 356 Elk street, by James Stratton.
*The South Buffalo Minim. Ca. 1890. Weekly. Published Satur-
days at 352 Elk street, J. Dodge, editor.
South Buffalo Progress. Nov., 1899. Weekly. In Feb., 1902, became
a labor paper styled Progress, q. v., and merged with the*
Republic. See Republic and Progress.
*The South Buffalonian. 1893. Weekly. Published every Saturday
at 824 Clinton street. “Devoted to the interests of South
Buffalo.”* Katherine M. Buddenborg, editor.
* South Side Topics. 1913- Monthly, “in the industrial interests of
the Elk street district and adjacent territory.” “Delivered free
to 5,000 homes.” Wm. Carroll, editor, 316 Elk street. One of
several Buffalo journals which in recent years have been fairly
successful on the free-circulation basis.
*The Buffalo Spectator. 1836. Weekly. Thursdays, at 150 Main
street, T. & M. Butler, publishers. Rev. Stephen Peet, editor.
A journal devoted to religion, temperance, missions, abolition
of slavery, etc. Published by a Presbyterian association. Motto:
“Holiness to the Lord.” It lived about two years.
*The Spectator. 1895. Weekly. Published Saturdays, F. Z. S.
Peregrino, editor and publisher, 326 Ellicott street. “The-
only colored (people’s) newspaper in Western New York.”
“The greatest good of the greatest number of our race.”
^Buffalo Spirit News. June, 1897. Weekly. Published Satur-
days, by the Buffalo Spirit News Publishing Co., Fred S. Hatch,
proprietor. “Devoted to the interests of the liquor trade of*
Buffalo and vicinity. We are here to stay.” Short-lived.THE PERIODICAL PRESS OF BUFFALO
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The Sporting Record. Dee. 9, 1897. Weekly. Issued every Thurs-
day by W. J. J. Kunzie, publisher and proprietor, 11 Brown
Building. ‘ ‘ Official organ associated cycling clubs. ’ ’ D. E.
Serviss, editor. Published about four years.
Sporting World. 1883. Saturdays. Endres, Hausauer & Reinhart,
91 Main street. Probably the first paper published in Buffalo
devoted wholly to sport.
*The Sporting World. March 3, 1894. Weekly. Published every
Saturday morning at No. 15 Terrace. H. E. Thomas, publisher.
The Spy. See Buffalo Journal (amateur).
Stageland. 1907. Weekly. Issued Saturdays by Stageland Publi-
cation Co., 507 Mooney Bldg.
The Standard and Royal Templar. 1883. Monthly. Published by
Clayton L. Hill, M. D., editor and proprietor, 329 Main street.
See Royal Templar of Temperance.
t*Buffalo Daily Star. Nov. 10, 1834, being the continuation of the
Western Star (est. July 21, 1834), which was the first daily in
Buffalo. It was issued mornings, except Sunday, by James
Faxon & Co., “No. 6 Terrace Buildings, opposite the Market.”
With the change of name the paper appeared considerably en-
larged, 4 cols, to the page, and for the first time really worthy
to be called a daily newspaper, though its news offering was*
usually meager. It continued neutral in politics, and increased
its price to two cents, or $5 per year. It was issued from the
office of the (Weekly) Buffalo Bulletin, established, 1830, later
the Republican and Bulletin, the Republican dating from 1828.
Charles Faxon was the first editor of the Star; later, Faxon &
Gates were carrying it on at 165 Main street. Horatio Gates1
retired as editor, August 4, 1838, was succeeded by Wm. L.
Crandall, and the Star became an evening paper, devoted to the
principles of the Democratic party. In 1839 the daily Star
became the daily Republican (q. v.), and later evolved into the
daily Courier (q. v.).
In 1835, Charles Faxon, office in the Exchange Building, 156
Main street, was advertising his papers as follows:
“The Republican and Bulletin, having a circulation greater
by one third than any other paper in Western New York, affords
a medium for advertising superior to any in the city; and the
Daily Star, being a morning paper, issued jilst in time to be
distributed on board the steam boats, which sail every morning,
offers an early abstract of the important news of the day.”
See notes under “Western Star.”
fThe Star. Feb., 1892. Monthly, amateur.. B. Henn, editor. G.
Sidford, proprietor. W. Milne, manager, 789 Prospect avenue.
Consolidated with the Buffalo Review, taking the new name
Illustrated Buffalo Review.
*The Buffalo Star. May 6, 1899. Weekly. Issued Saturdays at
28 Cassy street. Published by a board of managers. David
Grant, Jr., editor.268
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fThe Sun-Crescent. 1891. Monthly, amateur. The Sun and the
Crescent consolidated; Chas. H. Williams and Chauncey D.
Cowles, editors and proprietors, 121 N. Pearl street, and 16
Arlington place.
Sunday-School Standard.	1866. Monthly, J. E. Gilbert, publisher,
185 Main street. Continued less than two years.
^Buffalo Sunday Star. Ca. 1885. Weekly. Office: Robinson’s Musee
Building—better known as the Arcade. Theatrical and sporting
news, etc.
Star of Hope. 1901. Monthly, by Star of Hope Missionary and
Benevolent Society, 67 Washington street.
t* Statement of Mortality. Weekly publication of the Buffalo
Board of Health. Changed to a monthly, 1892; in 1893 title
changed to “Official Monthly Report,” etc., and in 1908 to the
Buffalo Sanitary Bulletin, q. v.
The Public Library file runs from Jan 8, 1881—Aug. 31, 1892.
* Stenographers’ Exchange Bulletin. June, 1894. Weekly or bi-
monthly. H. P. Burns, editor and manager. “A journal for
stenographers. ’ ’
Stimmen aus Zion. (Ger.:	“Voices of Zion.”) 1886. Monthly,
by J. F. H. Dieckmann, 71 Locust street.
Straight Tips. Feb., 1890. Monthly. Conducted by Straight Tips
Pub. Co. until Jan., 1891, when it became The American BooTc-
binder (q.v.), official organ of the United Bookbinders of America.
Straps and BucTcles. 1895. Monthly. By E. L. Burdick Co., 87
Erie Co. Bank Bldg. Devoted to harness and kindred interests.
*Sublime Patriot. 1841. Semi-monthly. Edited by Th. Jefferson
Sutherland. Devoted to the release of American prisoners in Van
Diemen’s Land. Ceased, 1842. Sutherland had been a “gen-
eral” of the so-called Liberating Army of Canada, was active
in the so-called Patriot War, and was the author of “ Loose
Leaves from the Port Folio of a late Patriot-Prisoner in
Canada,” and another volume, “A Letter to Her Majesty the
British Queen,” etc.
The Summer Resorter. 1897- Weekly. Society and travel paper
issued from 640 Ellicott Square. See The Resorter.
^Buffalo Daily Sun. July 1, 1838. Daily (later, weekly), by Abraham
Dinsmore. A two-cent morning journal, carried on for some
months by Palmer & Dinsmore, publishers and editors, Kremlin
Block. Beginning with vol. II., July 1, 1839, it was published
by Eastabrooks & Palmer, Mr. E. H. Eastabrooks, editor. The
partnership ceased in July, 1839, and Mr. Eastabrooks formed a
new partnership with William Runcie. The Buffalo Weekly Sun
was started by them July 27, 1839; on April 1, 1840', the daily
Sun was enlarged; on June 30, 1840, Mr. Runcie withdrew, Mr.
Eastabrooks continued as sole proprietor, and Horatio Gates
shared in the editorial work. In the campaign that year the
Sun supported Van Buren for President, and developed into aTHE PERIODICAL PRESS OF BUFFALO
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staunch Democratic journal. The Sun was continued about three
years.
Ebenezer Howard Eastabrooks, founder of the Buffalo (weekly)
Sun, was born in Providence, R. I., Aug. 30, 1809. The family
removed to Illinois, where he was apprenticed and learned the
printing trade. Going to New York, he was for a time with the
Methodist Book Publishing Society; then engaged in business
for himself at Montrose, Pa., where he published the Montrose
Volunteer, a weekly. Removing to Buffalo he bought the daily
Sun and started the weekly, as above noted; Some years later
he sold the paper, continuing in the book and job-printing busi-
ness. On Oct. 24, 1843, at St. Paul's church, Mr. Eastabrooks
was married by Rev. Wm. Shelton, to Mary Ann Day, daughter
of Ebenezer Day. Mr. Eastabrooks died in Oct., 1862.
The Saturday Morning Sun. 1882. Weekly. Published at 208
Washington street. Of short life.
iThe Sun. April, 1891. Monthly, amateur, Jas. P. White, Jr.,.
Chauncey D. Oowles, editors, 18 Arlington place.
Daily Sun. 1894. Daily, by Landsittel, Metke & Go., 473 William
street.
The Sunbeam. 1859. Weekly, A. P. Dunlap & Co., proprietors;
Dr. C. D. Griswold, editor, at No. 3 Niagara street.
*Szabadsag. (Hungarian:	“Liberty.") Published weekly at
Cleveland, O., but an office, said to be the principal distributing
agency for this paper in America, is maintained (1915) at 41
Exchange street, Buffalo, B. L. Namenyi, agent.
Buffalo Tageblatt. (Ger.:	“Buffalo Journal.") May, 1845, by
Ernest Oesten, who for a time continued the Freimuthige as its
weekly issue; but in August both daily and weekly ceased. Its
successor was the weekly Telegraph, q. v.
*;* Taglicher Buffalo Democrat. See Buffalo Democrat.
Taglicher Buffalo Telegraph. See Der Telegraph.
f*Taglicher Buffalo VolTcsfreund. See Buffalo VolJcsfreund.
*The Tatler. Jan., 1889. Monthly, amateur. Yol. I, No. 2, bears
the claim:	“Founded 1882."
*Morning Tattler. 1840- Daily by Langdon, Frechette & Schaeffer.
Edited by Geo. W. Bungay, later by Thos. L. Nichols. It later
became the Morning Times, q. v.
The Techtonian. Ca. 1906. Occasional. Published by the Technical
High School.
Der Telegraph. (Ger.) Nov., 1845. Weekly. A Whig paper,
established soon after the death of the Tageblatt; published by
H. B. Miller, edited by Adolph Heilman. Louis Tickers and C.
Essellen were successive editors. May, 1853, it became a daily
(except Sunday and Monday), published by Miller & Bender;
in 1857, Philip H. Bender became sole proprietor. On the-
formation of the Republican party it became a strong Repub-
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morning and evening. _ Eriedrick Geib succeeded Bender as
proprietor and the paper was discontinued in 1874.
Henry B. Miller, born in Lebanon Co., Pa., in 1819, had
started at least three newspapers in Michigan towns before
1845, in which year he came to Buffalo, and in 1846 established
the Buffalo Telegraph, a German newspaper, at first weekly,
later daily and weekly, which had a fairly successful career for
some 30 years. Miller was appointed lighthouse superintendent for
one of the Lake districts; served two terms in the State Legis-
lature; is said to have made large profits from Erie Canal con-
tracts; in 1865 removed to Chicago, where he engaged in brewing,
was elected county treasurer, served a term in the Illinois Legis-
lature, and was known as “Buffalo Miller,’; perhaps in refer-
ence to his former home, but probably because he had a buffalo’s
head over the entrance to his brewery. He established distilleries
and became president of the National Distillers ' Association.
He was the organizer of the first whisky pool, under the name
of the Western Export Association. In connection with certain
“Whisky ring” prosecutions he was arrested' and imprisoned,
but soon released. He removed to South Bend, Ind., where in
1888 he was the Republican candidate for mayor, but was
defeated. He died in Chicago, Nov., 1889.
Before coming to Buffalo, Mr. Miller had published a paper
at Kalamazoo, Mich., named the Telegraph, which in later years
was edited by Alexander Sheldon, a native Buffalonian, who
afterwards returned to Buffalo, was the first librarian of the
Grosvenor Library, and edited the Scientific Commercial.
t*The Telegraph. 1880. Daily. Published by the Telegraph Pub-
lishing Co., 153 Main street.
In the fall of 1880 the Messrs. Scripps came to Buffalo,
bought the building^ No. 153 Main street; and on October 30
the first number of the Evemng Telegraph was issued by the
Telegraph Publishing Co. The company consisted of Jas. E.
and George Scripps of the Detroit Evening News; John Sweeney,
later of the Cleveland Penny Press; E. W. Scripps, later of
the Cincinnati Evening Post; Michael Dee, managing editor of
the Detroit Evening News; and Judge Randall of Detroit. An
able staff was engaged; and although various changes occurred,
in the controlling ccfrnpanyJ, it cointinued a “Scripps and
Sweeney” enterprise, and a particular rival of the Evening
News, then also a newly established one-cent afternoon daily.
The Telegraph won an unenviable reputation by its exploitation
of the Cleveland-Halpin scandal of the campaign of 1884. The
paper was not a financial success and was bought, August, 1885,
by E. H. and J. Ambrose Butler, and merged in their Evening
News, the first consolidated issue being on August 18, 1885.
Of several capable writers whose work made the Telegraph,
none merits mention in this connection more than Allen Gilman
Bigelow. Born in Buffalo in 1854, his newspaper work began
with the weekly Bohemia. He did editorial work on the Tele-
graph, the Boiler Mill, the Lockport Journal and the Buffalo
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chiefly to the poetic and literary opportunities of his profession.
He died Aug. 8, 1891.
Buffalo Temperance Standard. 1842. Monthly. A. M. Clapp, editor,
H. A. Salisbury & Clapp, printers, Exchange Building. Survived
one year.
Tent and Temple. 1896. Quarterly, then monthly, by Rev. Owen O.
Wiard, editor and proprietor, 85 Laurel street. Devoted to the
interest of the United Brethren church.
There and Back. 1905. Monthly, by W. H. Coffrin Publishing Co.,
Erie Co. Bank Bldg. “A unique railroad guide.’’
Saturday Tidings. 1890. Weekly. Pirst published by John A.
McCann, 193 Main street; later by Miller & Rogers.
^Tidings from the North Church. 1898. Monthly, under auspices
of the Men’s Association of the North Church. Chas. C. Rob-
bins, editor.
Morning Times. 1841. Daily. John S. Walker, editor and pro-
prietor, 194 Main street. The successor of the Morning Tattler,
started in the summer of 1840. The Times did not outlive the
year of its birth.
t*The Buffalo Daily Times. Aug., 1857, by the Times Association.
In 1858, merged with the Eepuhlic, q. v.
fBuffalo Evening Times. Sept. 7, 1879, Norman E. Mack issued
his first Sunday Times, at 200 Main street; a few months later
the office was moved to 50 Seneca street (upstairs), where was
published the Daily Morning Times, q. v. This office burned,
February, 1883. A new office was established at 272 Washing-
ton street; on May 13, 1883, the plant moved to 191 Main street,
where on Sept. 13, 1883, the Daily Times was started as a two-
cent morning paper, and so continued until Dec. 2, 1886, when
it became a one-cent paper with morning and afternoon editions.
The morning edition was soon dropped, the paper appearing
as the Buffalo Evening Times, and the Buffalo Sunday Times.
June 15, 1885; The Times Co., Ltd., was incorporated, Norman
E. Mack, president. The property 195-197 Main street was
acquired, from which has since been issued the Buffalo Evening
Times (with various> enlargements), The Illustrated Times
(Sunday), The Times-Eepuhlic, the Morning Journal (in the
political campaign of 1897), the National Monthly, etc.; and the
Illustrated Sunday Magazine, established 1907, issued as a sup-
plement of the Sunday Times and (in 1914) of 16 other journals
, in as many cities, with a total weekly circulation, as reported,
of 1,600,000 copies. No other Buffalo-made periodical has ever
attained equal circulation.
The style of name of the daily Times has been various:
Buffalo Evening Times, Buffalo Daily Times, Daily Times,
Daily Morning Times, again Buffalo Daily Times, and again
Buffalo Evening Times. From its start, the dominating spirit
has been Norman E. Mack.
1 The Daily Morning Times. March 31, 1881. Established by Nor-
man E. Mack. The heading was The Daily Times until April272
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7th, when it became Daily Morning Times, and on April 29thr
as above, it announced itself “an independent morning news-
paper, devoted to news, literature, politics and art.” Ceased
publication, May 28, 1881. See Buffalo Evening Times.
The Times-Republic. 1893. See Buffalo Evening Times.
fBuffalo Sunday Times. See Buffalo Evening Times.
t*The TomahawTc. 1890. Monthly, amateur. F. J. Fellows and,
Marshall Clinton, editors, 202 Whitney place.
tThe Torpedo. 1890. Monthly, amateur. Miss Annie Clinton and
Wm. Sizer, editors, 54 Johnson place.
tThe Trained Nurse. Aug., 1888. Monthly. Margaret Elliott
Francis, editor. Lakeside Publishing Co., 41-43 Franklin street..
A journal of practical nursing for hospital and home. Bemoved
to New York.
The Transcript. July 13, 1835. Daily and weekly; established by
Henry Faxon, edited by E. J. Roberts, who was succeeded Dee.,.
1835, by Edward H. Thompson. It lasted about six months.
•	*The Buffalo Daily Transcript. 1877. Daily by the McKillop Com-
mercial Agency. Bought, Jan., 1882, by Clifton & Webster.
Published at No. 31 Coit Block, West Swan street. “A morning
journal containing an accurate and official transcript of Erie
County records, calendars, and proceedings of the various courts,
real estate news and general local intelligence. ’ ’ Feb., 1882, W. G.
Webster sold his interest to Edward Clifton, who in turn sold,
a half interest to J. B. Van Duzee, but later rebought it. Various
changes followed. C. H. Webster became manager; and Feb. 13,
1883, it became The Daily Transcript and Business Record..
Later, E. Clifton, editor and publisher.
The Sunday Transcript. 1874. Weekly. Published Sundays by
George Bros. & Co., 188 Main street. Lasted about a year.
*	Traveler’s Guide, to Niagara Falls, Saratoga, etc. 1866. Monthly,.
by Felton & Bro., 159 Main street.
The Triangle. 1900. Monthly. Official organ, American Fraternal:
Insurance Union. Published by the Supreme Council, 332
Mooney-Brisbane Building.
Buffalo Tribuene.	(Ger.) Jan., 1876. Weekly. Second German
Sunday paper in Buffalo. Steehholtz & Miller, publishers. The
Labor party, organized 1877, made it its organ, and in Sept,
of that year the Taegliche Tribuene was begun, the Sunday edi-
tion being continued. In April, 1878, the German Republican
Printing Association acquired both papers, discontinued the-
daily but continued the Sunday issue, changing it to Taeglicher-
Republilcaner. Nov., 1878, the printing association sold its news-
paper interests to Reinecke & Zeseh, the RepubliTcaner was
stopped and the Buffalo Tribuene became the Sunday issue of the
Buffalo Freie Presse.
La Tribuna Italiana. (Ital.:	“The Italian Tribune.”) Oct. 29,.
1910. Weekly, by Vito Christiano, 100 Law Exchange, then 301
Broadway; discontinued publication in January, 1912.THE PEBIODICAL PBESS OF BUFFALO
273
^Buffalo Tribune.	1893. Weekly. 111. Published Fridays by the
Tribune Publishing Co., 80-84 Terrace.
The Saturday Tribune. 1886. Weekly. Published by Crotts &
Hurley, 4 N. Division street. Mark S. Hubbell, editor.
*Trinity Church News. 1910- Weekly but suspended June-Sept.; sm.
4 pp., giving Parish calendar and church news. Published by
Trinity Episcopal church.
tThe Trinity Scroll. 1915. Monthly, for the young people of Trinity
church.
tTriumphs of Faith. Jan., 1881. Monthly. Conducted by Carrie
E. Judd, 260 Connecticut street. “A monthly journal devoted
to faith healing and to the promotion of Christian, holiness.7 7
Later the phrase “Divine healing,;; was employed. The editor
became Mrs. Montgomery, and the magazine was removed to
Beulah, Mills College P. O., Cal. (Yol. XVI., 1896.)
*The Trumpet. Aug. 7, 1912. Published for Troop I, 1st N. Y.
Cavalry. 4to. Only occasional, and not too serious.
t*The Sunday Truth. 1882. Last issue, July 9, 1893. Weekly.
Sundays, by Truth Publishing Co., 200 Washington street. In 1893,
published by S. B. Kirkpatrick & Co.; S. B. Kirkpatrick, editor.
Later, Hausauer & Rapp old; Sidney G. Sherwood, publisher;
Coe & Praney. Its style and appearance varied much from time
to time. Among its editors were C. E. Morse and Leslie Thom.
With vol. 24, 1893, a “new series*7 was begun with an engraved
heading, showing the word “Truth” in the rays of a search-
light; R. C. Hill and C. R. Cobb, editors and proprietors.
*	Truth. 1903. Weekly. 111. Saturdays. Pounded and conducted
by Mark S. Hubbell, editor and proprietor, until his death,
Nov. 10, 1908; continued by his son, Mark H. Hubbell, 459
Washington street. A 16-p. journal with' cover, largely devoted
to town talk, social and amusement topics, with the motto: 1 ‘ The
paper that dares. Clinical but never cynical.”
*	Turner7s Monthly Journal and Commercial Beporter. Jan., 1856.
Published by Turner Bros.
tThe 20th Century Meview. Jan., 1890. Monthly. 111. By Chas.
Wells Moulton. Biographical and critical. Ceased, April, 1890.
fThe Twinkling Star. 1891. Monthly, amateur, by Miss Alma A.
Johnson, 392 Virginia street, and S. H. and Miss M. Stilling,
1256 Delaware avenue. An attractive paper, with cover.
*The Two Step. 1890. Monthly. By H. N. Grant, 485 Main street;
later by H. Layton Walker, 649 Main street. ‘ ‘ A monthly maga-
zine devoted to dancing, acting and music.” Ten issues a year.
*The Um-zoo-ee Beview. Jan. 1, 1882. Ended with vol. I., No. 1,
but the editor and his Staff improved their opportunity while-
they had it, and evidently enjoyed their adventure in journalism.
Among other things it was “devoted to the interests of mem-
bers of the Um-zoo-ee Literary and Musical Club of Buffalo”;
and “dedicated to all that is moral, instructive, scientific, artis-
tic and aesthetic. Musical and terpsiehorean accomplishments274
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specially fostered.” Samuel G. Walker, editor; Miss Lena M
Chamot, assistant editor; Will E. Chapin, artist.
*Uncle Sam and National Digest and Advertiser. May, 1912.
Monthly. Donald Bain, editor and proprietor, Ellicott Square.
With the issue for July, 1912, marked “vol. 2, No. 3” (!), the
title is shortened to Uncle Sam, published monthly by the IJncle
Sam Publishing Co.; Donald Bain, editor. Not continued.
Unia Polska. (Polish: “Polish Union.”) 1896. Monthly. Pub-
lished by the Polish Eoman Catholic Union, Stanislaus Slisz,
editor, 227 Lovejoy street. Discontinued about 1908.
Die Union. (Ger.)	1863. Monthly. Bev. C. Liebenpfeiffer, editor,
391 Main street. Later, Rev. W. Semler, editor, 509 Main street.
Continued until about 1873.
Die Buffalo Union. (Ger.) Beginning Peb. 22, 1864, Reinecke &
Storck published a daily Republican paper under this name. Dr.
C. Lauenstein, editor. After the second day, the venture was
dropped.
Daily Union Press and Workingmen’s Advocate. 1864. The com-
piler has no evidence that this paper was issued, but a pros-
pectus, published in April, 1864, announced it as an evening
paper, to be issued at $1.00 per quarter or two cents per issue,
by M. Hagan & Co., editors and proprietors, No. Ill Main
street, Buffalo. No other record of it has been found, nor is
any copy of it known.
United Friends. Oct., 1882. Eirst published at 81 Seneca street.
Edited by E. W. Beach, in the interest of the order called
United Friends.
The United Irishman. 1869. Weekly. Patrick O’Day, publisher.
Terrace, corner Main street. Ceased, 1870.
The United States Mail. 1852. Monthly. Jewett, Thomas & Co.,
publishers.
United Workman. 1878. Semi-monthly. Wm. M. Bennett, pub-
lisher, 169 Scott street. Became The Fraternal Censor, q. v.
f* The University Bison. March, 1913. Monthly, during the college
year. Published by students of the University of Buffalo. Yol.
I. was edited by L. J. Malone, chemistry dept.; vol. II., C. O.
Baysor, law dept.; vol. III., J. H. McKnight, dental dept.
Among contributors have been Dr. Chas. A. Richmond, president
of Union College; and Rev. A. V. V. Raymond, Bishop Wm.
Burt, Frank S. Fosdiek and others.
to Bate. Jan. 16, 1896. Weekly. Published at 201 Main
street. “A paper for every one.” Chiefly sporting and soeiaL
*The Uplift* March, 1915. Monthly, “for the extension of the
National Chautauqua Idea.9 ’ The Uplift Press, 482 Washington
street. An enterprise originating with Lewis Yan Allen.
*Upward. Weekly. Published by the Jefferson street Church of
Christ, succeeding Our Church Becord without change of vol.
or series number. In 1915 (vol. XIX.) Rev. Benj. S. Ferrall,
editor, 243 Laurel street.THE PERIODICAL PRESS OF BUFFALO
275
*	Yarnisli Talks, The Pratt & Lambert Magazine. 1914. Occasional,
advertising products of Pratt & Lambert, Tonawanda street.
111., pp. 12.
La Vendetta, {Ital.) Ca, 1898. Short-lived.
Venezuela Notes, 1902. Quarterly, at No. 931 Clinton street, by the
Venezuela Mission.
*Der Vereinsbote. (Ger,:	“The Union Messenger.”) Ca. 1891.
Monthly, by the Walther Liga, 213 Southampton street. A paper
for German Lutheran Young People's societies.
*Vereinsstimmen. (Ger.:	“Association Echoes.”) Ca. 1897.
Monthly, by the German -Dept., Y. M. C. A. Later, a weekly.
La Verita. (Ital.:	“The Truth.”) 1900. Monthly, successor
of the La Voce della Verita, q. v. Became semi-weekly, then
weekly. Published by Rev. G. B. Giambruno, assisted by Mrs.
Giambruno, at 54 Carroll street. Italo-American evangelical
“patriotic and literary” journal. Maintained an English depart-
ment.
La Verita. (Ital.:	“The Truth.”) April 10, 1909. Continuation
of II Risveglio. P. Oglialore, editor; published first at 139
Court street, then at 125 Georgia street; discontinued in June,
1909.
La Verita. (Ital.: “The Truth.”) One political issue of a four-
page paper, Oct. 4, 1911.
Vincenzo Bellini. (Ital.) Feb., 1910* Monthly organ of the Bellini
Musical Circle, published at 216 Front avenue. Lasted four
months.
Sunday Visitor. 1852. Weekly. Reed & Moore, publishers, corner
Seneca and Washington streets.
The Visitor. 1891. Monthly, amateur. Bata lacking.
The Visitor. Ca. 1903. Monthly. A. Eirmann, editor, 335 Richmond
avenue. In the interests of St. Luke's Evangelical church.
*	Vocational Education. May, 1911. Occasional. Published by the
Vocational schools of Buffalo. Wm. B. Kamprath, editor-in-
chief. A handsomely printed and illustrated periodical.
La Voce della Verita. (Ital.:	“The Voice of Truth.”) 1899.
Monthly or semi-monthly. 4to. Organ of the Methodist Epis-
copal Union of Buffalo. Rev G. B. Giambruno, editor, 73 Seneca
street. Later (Ca. 1900) it became La Verita, q. v.
*	Voice of the People. 1899. Weekly. Saturdays. Published at
160 Clinton street, by The Voice of the People Pub. Co., M. H.
Heavey, editor. Apparently ceased 1901.
VolksMatt fur Stadt und Land. (Ger.:	“People's Paper for
City and Country.”) 1877. Daily. Outgrowth of the weekly
Evangelische Gemeindezeitung, q. v. Discontinued Jan., 1880.
Der Volksfreund. (Ger.:	“The People's Friend.”) 1840. Weekly,
by Adolphus Meyer. Discontinued after the election of that
year.276
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f*Buffalo VolTcsfreund. (Ger“The People's Friend.") Aug. 1,
1868. Daily and weekly by the Buffalo German Printing Associa-
tion. The first editor was L. W. Koelkenbeck, succeeded 1871 by
Mathias Rohr. In 1915, published by the Buffalo Yolksfreund
Printing Co., 46-48 Broadway, Ignatz Woeppel, president.
Der Volks Schild. (Ger.: “The People's Shield.") 1840. Weekly.
P. H. Singer, editor and proprietor. Apparently short-lived.
t*The Volunteer. 1864. Peb. 22-27. Daily for six days during the
Great Central Pair of the Ladies of the Christian Commission
of Buffalo.
*Die Wachende Kirche. (Ger.: 1 ‘ The Wide-awake Church.'') 1866.
Monthly, then semi-monthly; first edited by Rev. J. A. A. Grabau,
to 1878; after him, by the following Lutheran pastors and
teachers:	1878-81, Rev. Martin Burk, Buffalo; 1881-84, Prof.
Alexander Lange, Buffalo; 1885-93, Rev. J. A. Grabau, La
Salle; 1894-1900, Rev. J. N. Grabau, Buffalo; 1900-1906, Rev.
H. Maekensen, Detroit; 1906-09, Prof. Prederick Plenz, Buffalo;
1909-13, Prof. Rudolf Grabau, Buffalo; 1913-14, Rev. Chas.
Hoessel, Milwaukee. Official organ of the German Lutheran
Synod of Buffalo, and published in Buffalo (in 1915, at 184
Goodell street), even when the editor resides in another city
of the Buffalo Synod, which extends over several states.
The Warning. 1828. Fortnightly or irregularly, by Rev. Jabez B.
Hyde. The Warning, according to an early record, “was a
little periodical published once a fortnight during 1828 by Rev.
Jabez B. Hyde, and which was entirely devoted to the explana-
tions of the personal wrongs and grievances sustained by him,
in consequence of the action of the Buffalo Presbytery upon his
ministerial functions as missionary among the Indians. It was
a curious specimen of typography, as Mr. Hyde bought some
old type, and learned to set them in his old age, for the purpose
of spreading his case before the public, and composed the matter
with his own hands without much reference to the rules of
the art."
Warta. (Polish:	“Watchman.") 1898-1911. Weekly. Published
at 179 Sobieski street, by Rt. Rev. Stephen Kaminski. Organ
of the Independent Catholic Polish Church of America.
Der Buffalo WecTcer. (Ger.:	“The Buffalo Waker.") Oct., 1880.
Weekly, by E. C. Eckart. Lived seven weeks.
Wedrowiee. (Polish:	“The Traveler.") 1908. Monthly, by
W. K. Missall, 242 Gibson street; in 1909 at 964 Sycamore
street.
*The WeeTc in Review. 1911. Weekly. Published every Friday at
the Broadway Vocational School of Printing. “Devoted to the
advancement of the cause of vocational education." The pupils
of the Broadway Vocational School set the type and printed the
paper.
Der Welfburger. (Ger.:	“The Citizen.") Dec. 2, 1837, to Nov.
29, 1845. Weekly. Buffalo's first German paper, published byTEE PEBIODICAL PEESS OF BUFFALO	277
Col. George Zahm, first edited by Stephen Molitor, then by Zahm,
until his death, Sept. 28, 1844. In 1845, the paper was carried
on by Dr. F. K. Brunck and J. Domedion, who made it a semi-
weekly. In 1854, by a merger, it became Per Demokrat und
Weltburger ; daily, weekly and semi-weekly, by Brunck, Held &
Co. See Buffalo DemoTcrat.
Col. Zahm was Buffalo's first German journalist. At a liberty-
pole raising in Cheektowaga, the pole fell and killed him.
*The West Side. 1911. Weekly. Published Thursdays at 1724
Niagara street by Alf E. Tovey, John S. Bichardson, editor and
manager. An 8-p. journal devoted especially to West Side and
Black Bock interests, “delivered free to 5,500 homes."
^Buffalo West Side Advertiser. May 27, 1897. Weekly. Published
Thursdays by the Advertiser Co., 514 Niagara street.
The West Side News. Weekly, at 1724 Niagara street.
*West Side Topics. Ca. 1900. Weekly. Published Wednesdays at
80-84 Terrace by the Bensler Press; Orville G. Victor, editor.
‘ ‘ Devoted to the interests of the West Side.'1
Western Advertiser. 1827 or '28. Devoted to Anti-Masonry. Weekly,
by Charles Sentell and Billings Hayward. On March 19, 1828,
it was merged with another paper, under the heading Buffalo
and BlacTc Bock Gazette and Western Advertiser. Soon after
the former paper became the Buffalo Gazette, and the Western
Advertiser subscriptions were transferred to the Buffalo
Patriot. For a time (1828-29) the style was Buffalo Patriot and
Western Advertiser.
'*The Western Cataract. Jan., 1845, weekly, established by Lyman
P. Judson. It later passed into the hands of Chauncey Hurlburt,
with James DuBois as editor. He was succeeded by W. B.
Williams. It was issued on Thursdays at No. 4 Terrace, “over
Colston's Temperance Grocery." It was devoted to temperance
and Mr. Hurlburt changed its title to the Western Temperance
Standard, q. v.
Western Evangelist. June, 1846. Weekly. L. S. Everett and
Stephen Hall, proprietors, Bev. L. S. Everett, editor, 136 Main
street. Universalist. Continued one year.
The Wester-i Galaxy. Aug. 26, 1834. Data lacking.
•f*The Western Literary Messenger. July, 1841. Semi-monthly. Es-
tablished by John S. Chadbourne, with the title Literary Messen-
ger. In July, 1842, Chas. D. Ferris acquired a half interest,
and the Messenger, renamed as above, became a weekly. In 1843
Mr. Ferris sold his interest to Jesse Clement. May, 1846, Mr.
Chadbourne retired and was succeeded by Chas. Faxon 2d. Messrs.
Clement & Faxon carried it on successfully for several years,
during which the Messenger gained a national reputation as “ a
family magazine of literature, science, art, morality and general
intelligence." For a time, it was carried on by Jewett, Thomas
& Co., being discontinued in 1857.
Western New York Catholic. 1864. Weekly. D. M. Enright, pub-
lisher, 176 Washington street. Continued about four years. As<278
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the organ of the Catholic Church in Buffalo it succeeded the
Buffalo Sentinel.
* Western Presbyterian. March, 1841. Monthly. Rev. John C. Lord*
editor. “Devoted to the defence of the doctrine and order of
the Presbyterian Church.' ’ Published at 159 Main street (over
Butler ;s Bookstore) by Robt. D. Poy. Discontinued after a
year or so.
tThe Western Star. Monday, July 21, 1834. Daily, except Sundays,,
by James Faxon & Co., No. 6 Terrace Buildings.
The first daily published in Buffalo, and the progenitor, as it
were, of the Buffalo Courier, as the Gazette was of the Buffalo*
Commercial. The Western Star was sold for a cent; a small
4-p. paper, 3 cols, to the page. It announced that ‘/ all political
matter will be excluded from the columns of the Star, as it is
intended to be circulated among all parties. ’ ’ After the first
few issues, it carried a crude woodcut of a newsboy blowing a.
horn, with the legend:	“Be it our object to please.” J. C.
Brayman did! most of the editorial work, though but little was
required. Nov. 10, 1834, it became the Daily Star, q. v.
A much-repeated error, in published sketches of the early press
of Buffalo, is that the first daily was the Star, issued in 1831.
The fact is, the first daily was the Western Star, first issued, as
above stated, in July, 1834, more than two years after Buffalo'
became a city. In that year, due to the activity of'lake and
canal traffic, the growth of the town, and the vast prospects
which seemed to be opening, there developed a veritable craze
for daily newspapers. One of the most precarious of business
ventures, it tempted many men, though apparently but little
capital was enlisted. The modern conception of a daily news-
paper did not then exist; but merely as matter of historical record
it is worth while to note that the Western Star, which was the
first, was followed in the same month—July—by the Rising Sun,.
the News and the Inquirer, all dailies. The daily Advertiser
—not to be confused with the Commercial Advertiser— appeared
about that time, apparently in August; and another sheet, the
Western Galaxy, may have had daily publication for a brief
period. Thus the infant city hadi in 1834 half a dozen dailies—
and one or two more were started in 1835. All soon died except
the Star, which after many changes and consolidations, is the
Courier of today; and the Commercial Advertiser, continuously
published since Jan. 1, 1835.
The Western Temperance Standard. Ca. 1847. Weekly, successor
of the Western Cataract, Chauncey Hurlburt, proprietor, Young
& Carpenter, publishers, 165 Main street. Discontinued, 1848.
Westminster Chimes. Dec., 1915. Monthly, by a boys' printing class
at Westminster House.
Westminister Church Bulletin. Church service order and bulletin.
Nov. 19, 1893. Weekly. In 1894, title changed to Order of
Services, together with the Church Bulletin. June 10, 1906, the
name became Order of Service, etc. Established immediately
after installation as pastor of the Rev. Samuel Van Vranken
Holmes, D. D., which occurred Nov. 14, 1893. Issued everyproduced. Size of original, 7^ by 9% inches.
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Sunday since. Regularly of 4 pp., but expanded on occasion.
(An unbroken file is preserved by the Church.)
tWestminster Index. Jan., 1885, by the Westminster Presbyterian
church.
Buffalo Whig. 1834. Weekly. David M. Day. In 1835 it was
united-with the Journal. See Buffalo Whig and Journal,
The Daily Whig. A campaign paper so called had a brief existence
in 1835.
■^Buffalo Whig and Journal. 1835. Weekly, by David M. Day. Jan.
1, 1836, M. Cadwallader and Dr. H. R. Stagg became associated
with Day, and in Feb., ’36, began issuance of the Buffalo Daily
Journal, q. v.
'The Whip. Ca. 1888. Weekly. A sporting publication started by
Charles J. Griffiths. The Whip was short-lived, its founder and
editor subsequently continuing for several years as a writer on
one of Buffalo’s dailies, until his death, about 1898.
The Winter Resorter. Ca. 1898. Monthly. Published at 640 Ellicott
Square.
The Wool Grower, and Magazine of Agriculture and Horticulture.
1847. Monthly. T, C. Peters, editor and proprietor. Corner
Washington and Exchange streets. Discontinued 1852. At one
period its title was The Wool Grower and Monthly Review.
*Words of Cheer. Sept. 21, 1907. Weekly. Saturday (Sept, to
July) at 134 Richmond avenue, Rev. L. O. Williams, editor,
owner and publisher. In the interest of the Church of the
Messiah (1st Universalist).
*WorTdng Men9s Bulletin. June 5, 1830-Nov. 27, 1830. Weekly, by
Horace Steele. Enlarged Aug. 14, 1830. See Buffalo Bulletm.
The Buffalo World. Ca. 1885. Weekly, by David Paine; 271
Washington street.
'The Buffalo World. 1892. Monthly, amateur. Data lacking.
*The Buffalo World. Saturday. February 7, 1914. A ‘ ‘ prospectus
number ” of a proposed one-eent morning daily, every day in the
year. Published by the Erie Publishing Co., 445 Ellicott Square.
Yol. I, No. 2, bore no date, and was issued by the Buffalo World
Publishing Co., 1004 D. S. Morgan building. Jas. G. Rendell,
president; Jacob B. Young, secretary; Geo. H. Gleber, treasurer.
June 18th (No. 6), Dr. J. B. Young was announced as editor.
In July the price was advanced to two cents per copy. The
business office was moved to 241 West Ferry street and the size
of the paper was reduced. In February it had proclaimed that
there is “no newspaper here now,” “all mere partisan and per-
sonal organs which ignore, suppress and dodge news.” By Sep-
tember 25, 1914, it had sent forth eleven issues, with three styles
of heading, a reduction in size and an advance in price. No
subsequent issue is knowm.
The World9s Review. 1899. Monthly (except July and August).
Office 35 Exchange street. Weekly and monthly, at 102 Seneca
street, by W. Hazelton.
Die Worte des Tempels.	(Ger.: “The Words of the Temple.”)
1902. Monthly. Philip Paulus, editor, 26 West Peckham street.280
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The Wreath. 1847. Edited by young ladies of the 3d dept., Public
School No. 10.
fThe Wyoming Literary Monthly. Nov., 1881. “Devoted to the
study of literature, original literature, current literature, college
life. ’ ’ By Chas. Wells Moulton, 402 Main street. Later con-
tinued as Literature, q. v., by C. W. Moulton and1 0. A. Wenborne.
t*The X-Ray. Jan., 1898. Monthly. Published by the students of
the Buffalo Commercial and Electro-Mechanical Institute.
The XVIth Amendment. See Sixteenth Amendment.
*The Xi Psi Phi Quarterly. 1909. Published by the Fraternity four
times during the college year. C. L. Storms, A. B., D. D. S.,
editor and business manager, 915 Main street. Official organ
of the Xi Psi Phi Fraternity, published under authority and
direction of the Supreme Chapter.
The Young American. 1869. Monthly, by pupils of the Buffalo
Academy. Office, 133 Franklin street.
Young American. Ca. 1870. Monthly, amateur, by Fred W. Breed,
Jr., and Porter Norton. Printed by E. H. Hutchinson.
Young Hickory. 1852. Weekly. Published during the campaign
of 1852, supporting Pierce for the Presidency. Geo. J. Bryan,
editor.
*The Young Ladies’ Magazine. 1895. Monthly. Yolger & Wild,
publishers. 359-363 Washington street. Miss M. A. Barney,
editor.
* Young Men’s Christian Journal. Jan., 1859. Monthly. Organ of
the Confederation of Young Men’s Christian Associations in
North America. Appears to have succeeded the Quarterly Re-
porter, q. v., with which the vol. nos. are continuous. In 1859’
N. A. Halbert was editor of the Journal.
Young Men’s Paper. 1876. Monthly. Published by the Y. M. C. A.,.
345 Main street.
The Young Men’s Temperance Herald. 1835. Carried on for about
a year by Abel M. Grosvenor and Ezra B. French. The first
temperance paper published in Buffalo.
fThe Youth’s Casket. 1852. An illustrated magazine for children*
Yol. I., Harley Thorne, editor; vol. II., 1853, Jas. O. Brayman,
editor. First published by Beadle & YanDuzee, later by E. F.
Beadle, then by Beadle & Adams. Continued until about 1860.
Zeichen der Zeit. (Ger.:	“Signs of the Times.”) June, 1855.
Weekly, by John Drexler. In 1858 Gottleib Ade became its
editor.
Die Zeitschrift. (Ger.:	“The Journal.”) Ca. 1858. Weekly.
Conrad Baer, editor and proprietor, 3 E. Seneca street. Published
about four months.
Further data regarding Buffalo periodicals and some of the men
who have edited them will he found under “Editorial Notes,” in sub-
sequent pages of this volume.SOME
PIONEER PRINTERS
AND REPRESENTATIVE
EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS
OF THE
EARLIER BUFFALO

281HEZEKIAH A. SALISBURY
Bounder (with his brother) of Buffaloes first newspaper. The Gazette,
1811; publisher The Friend of Youth, 1839.
282GUY H. SALISBURY
The most distinguished genius of the early Buffalo Press. Connected
with several papers.
283JAMES FAXON
Publisher Buffalo Bulletin, 1831. Founder of Buffalo's first daily
newspaper, The Western Star, 1834.
284DANIEL PECK ADAMS
Editor and publisher, the Black Bock Advocate, 1836-1837.
285Gen. MASON BRAYMAN
Editor Buffalo Bulletin, 1831-35; editor Buffalo Courier and Pilot,
1846; and other papers in the West.
286JAMES O. BEAYMAN
Editor and Part owner, Buffalo Courier, 1851; associate editor,
The Standard, Chicago; editor of Youth’s Casket, Buffalo.
287BOSWELL W; HASKINS
Editor, Buffalo Journal, 1822-1826; later had editorial connection,
with the Patriot and Journal, the National Pilot and the Express.
288Rev. ASHER WRIGHT
Missionary fo the Senecas, 1831-1875. Translator, editor and
printer of The Mental Elevator,'at the Seneca
Mission House, now at South Buffalo.
289Hon. THOMAS D’ARCY McGEE
Editor American Celt and Catholic Citizen, 1852-1853;
assassinated, 1868.
290Rev. PATRICK CRONIN
Editor Buffalo Catholic Union and Times, 1874-1905.
291EBENEZER HOWARD ESTABROOKS
Editor and publisher Buffalo. daily Sun, 1839^1842. Founder of
the weekly Sun, 1839.
292Rev. JOHN E. ROBIE
Founder of The Buffalo Christian Advocate, 1850.
293RUFUS WHUULER
Proprietor Commercial Advertiser and weekly Patriot and Journal,
1861; later with various newspaper interests.
294Igfll
BRADFORD A. MANCHESTER
Foreman of the Commercial Advertiser at its start, January 1,
1835; part owner until 1838; publisher The Buffalo Gazette,
1843-44; founder The National Pilot, 1846.
295296
FOUR OLD-TIME COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER MEN
liVnm O i»ni*A /]n miAWAAl'rr'nn AwmArl Vvtt +L a "DitPPoIa TTi«+At»^/ini C!a/iJAMES D. WARREN
Editor and owner, the Commercial Advertiser, 1877-1886.
297JOSEPH STRINGHAM
Editor and proprietor, Buffalo Mercantile Courier and weekly
Economist, 1842. Styled “The Father of the Courier.”
298FREDERICK HELD
Founder of the Buffalo daily Democrat, 1852, and proprietor until
his death, 1885.
300FRIEDRICH REINICKE
Founder Buffalo Allgemeine Zeitung, 1856, and of the Freie
Presse, 1866.
SOI\
JAMES N. MATTHEWS
Editor and proprietor of the Express, 1878-1888.
303STEPHEN ALBRO
Editor Age of Progress, 1854-1858, and other journals.
304OTTO F. ALBING
Editorial writer for the Courier for many years prior to his death
in 1905.
305DAVID GRAY
With The Courier, 18^9-1884; as managing editor, 1876-1882
307FRANCIS ASBURY CRANDALL
Managing editor The Express, 1878-1886. Later with the Courier
and Times. .
508Hon. ALBION W. TOURGEE
Editor and proprietor The Basis, 1895-1896.
30<>CHARLES WELLS MOULTON
Editor Queries, 1885-1889 ; editor and. proprietor Magazine^ op
Poetry, 1889-1896.
311EDWARD H. BUTLER
Editor and proprietor Sunday Morning News, 1873-1914, and of
the Evening News, 1880-1914.
312STOCK CERTIFICATE IN THE BUFFAEONIAN FREE PRESS ASSOCIATION, 1839
Facsimile (reduced one-half) from an original in the possession of the Buffalo Historical Society.JOSEPH WARREN
Identified with The Buffalo Courier, 1854-1876.
299302JOSEPH O’CONNOR
Managing editor Buffalo Courier, 1882-1895.
S06FRANCIS F. FARGO
Editor of various Western journals; associate editor of the Buffalo"
Express and the Times.
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