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Newspaper The Rock Island Argus (Rock Island, Illinois; Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885 [Online Resource] Publisher's box: Daily Argus

About this Newspaper

Title

  • The Rock Island Argus (Rock Island, Illinois; Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885 [Online Resource]

Other Title

  • Publisher's box: Daily Argus

Dates of Publication

  • 1877-1885

Created / Published

  • Rock Island, Illinois : [publisher not identified], 1877-1885.
  • Rock Island, Ill. : Milton Jones
  • Rock Island, Ill. : Richardson & Powers
  • Rock Island, Ill. : J. W. Potter

Headings

  • -  Rock Island (Ill.)--Newspapers
  • -  Moline (Ill.)--Newspapers
  • -  Rock Island County (Ill.)--Newspapers
  • -  Illinois--Rock Island County
  • -  Illinois--Moline
  • -  Illinois--Rock Island
  • -  United States--Illinois--Rock Island--Rock Island

Genre

  • Newspapers

Notes

  • -  Daily (except Sunday and holidays), Aug. 1, 1882-Sept. 30, 1885
  • -  Began with 26th year (Mar. 5, 1877); ceased with volume XXXIII, no. 286 (September 30, 1885).
  • -  "Official paper of Rock Island City and County," May, 12, 1884-Sept. 30, 1885.
  • -  "Only Democratic Daily in the Eleventh Congressional District," May 12, 1884-Sept. 30, 1885.
  • -  Published an "Extra 8 O'Clock p.m." edition, July 26-27, 1877.
  • -  Suspended after July 9, 1882 issue; resumed with Aug. 2, 1882 issue.
  • -  Various volume, numbering, and date irregularities.
  • -  Issues have no page numbering.
  • -  Has occasional supplements, including yearly, unpaged supplements containing presidential message, Dec. 7, 1877-Dec. 7, 1880.
  • -  Originally issued in print.
  • -  Description based on: Twenty-sixth year (March 5, 1877); title from masthead (Chroniclingamerica.loc.gov, viewed March 4, 2015).
  • -  Latest issue consulted: Volume XXXIII, no. 286 (September 30, 1885) (Chroniclingamerica.loc.gov, viewed March 4, 2015).
  • -  Argus (Rock Island, Ill.) 2377-7052 (DLC) 2015218564 (OCoLC)904334741

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Call Number/Physical Location

  • ISSN RECORD

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2015218561

OCLC Number

  • 904332554

ISSN Number

  • 2377-6986

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Chicago citation style:

The Rock Island Argus Rock Island, Illinois; Rock Island, Ill. -1885 Online Resource. (Rock Island, IL), Jan. 1 1877. https://www.loc.gov/item/2015218561/.

APA citation style:

(1877, January 1) The Rock Island Argus Rock Island, Illinois; Rock Island, Ill. -1885 Online Resource. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2015218561/.

MLA citation style:

The Rock Island Argus Rock Island, Illinois; Rock Island, Ill. -1885 Online Resource. (Rock Island, IL) 1 Jan. 1877. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/2015218561/.