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Newspaper Rock Island Argus (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920 Argus

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About this Newspaper

Title

  • Rock Island Argus (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920

Other Title

  • Argus

Dates of Publication

  • 1893-1920

Created / Published

  • Rock Island, Ill. : J.W. Potter, 1893-1920.
  • Rock Island, Ill. : J.W. Potter Co.

Headings

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

Genre

  • Newspapers

Notes

  • -  Daily (except Sunday and various holidays), Jan. 1, 1919-Mar. 24, 1920
  • -  Vol. 42, no. 40 (Dec. 2, 1893)-v. 55, no. 301 (Oct. 3, 1906) ; 55th year, [no. 302] (Oct. 4, 1906)-69th year, no. 133 (Mar. 24, 1920).
  • -  "Official paper City of Rock Island," Mar. 3, 1917-Mar. 24, 1920.
  • -  "A Western Illinois paper for Western Illinois," June 19, 1919-Mar. 24, 1920.
  • -  Holiday publication is very irregular.
  • -  Nov. 26, 1895 issue called also "Thanksgiving Number"; "Issued by the Ladies Auxiliary of the Young Men's Christian Association."
  • -  Issue for Oct. 25, 1896 is an "Extra" published on Sunday.
  • -  Issue for Feb. 21, 1896 includes "Extra Evening ed."
  • -  Issue for July 2, 1898 includes an "Extra Noon" edition.
  • -  Issue for July 4, 1898 includes an "Extra War" edition.
  • -  Issue for Sept. 4, 1899 called also "Labor Day Edition."
  • -  Issue for Dec. 17, 1899 called also "Special ed."
  • -  Issues for Mar. 14, 1903-Oct. 25, 1904 called also "Last Edition / 4:30 O'Clock."
  • -  Issues for Apr. 3, 1907 and Apr. 8, 1908 include "Extra Election" edition.
  • -  Issue for Dec. 14, 1907 called also "Merchants' Annual. Shoppers' Edition."
  • -  Issue for Oct. 16, 1908 includes a "Midnight / Fire extra" edition.
  • -  Issue for Nov. 2, 1908 includes "First Edition Political Situation" edition.
  • -  Issue for Nov. 4, 1908 includes "Extra Election, Morning Edition."
  • -  Issue for Nov. 27, 1912 called also "Sixtieth Anniversary Achievement Edition."
  • -  Issue for Oct. 22, 1914 "prepared by students of the high school"; issues for Oct. 28, 1915 and Oct. 26, 1916 "edited by Rock Island high school students."
  • -  Issues for Oct. 8-13, 1915 called also "Extra."
  • -  Issue for Dec. 31, 1915 called also "Annual Year-End Number."
  • -  Issues for July 5, Sept. 6, Nov. 25, and Dec. 25, 1915; Jan. 1, and May 30, 1916; Jan. 1, 1917; May 30, July 4, and Dec. 25, 1918; Jan. 1, 1919 called also "Noon Edition."
  • -  Issues for Dec. 25, 1916; May 30, Sept. 3, Nov. 29, and Dec. 25, 1917 called also "1 o'clock edition."
  • -  Issues for June 22, July 4, and Sept. 4, 1916; Jan. 21 and 28, 1918 called also "2 o'clock edition."
  • -  Issue for Dec. 30, 1916 called also "Sixty-Fifth Annual Review Number."
  • -  Issues for Dec. 31, 1917 and Dec. 31, 1919 called also "Year-End Review."
  • -  Issue for Sept. 19, 1919 includes "Mercer County Fair Edition."
  • -  Irregular number of pages published per issue.
  • -  Various incorrect chronological, volume, issue numbering, and page designation.
  • -  Issue for Fifty-seventh year, no. 264 (Aug. 21, 1908) erroneously designated as "Weekly Edition."
  • -  Issue for Sixtieth year, no. 22 (Nov. 11, 1910) erroneously designated as "Weekly Edition."
  • -  Issue for Sixtieth year, no. 220 (June 30, 1911) erroneously designated as "Weekly Edition."
  • -  Issue for Oct. 4, 1906 lacks numbering.
  • -  Some issues include supplements.
  • -  Archived issues are available in digital format as part of the Library of Congress Chronicling America online collection.
  • -  Weekly ed.: Rock Island Argus (Rock Island, Ill. : Weekly), <1899-1908>
  • -  Merged with: Rock Island daily union (Rock Island, Ill. : 1908), to form: Rock Island Argus and daily union.
  • -  Rock Island daily union (Rock Island, Ill. : 1908) (DLC)sn 92053932 (OCoLC)26835933
  • -  Rock Island Argus and daily union 2377-7060 (DLC)sn 92053933 (OCoLC)26846808

Medium

  • volumes : illustrations, portraits, maps

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Newspaper

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • sn92053934

OCLC Number

  • 26846738

ISSN Number

  • 2332-0680

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Rock Island Argus Rock Island, Ill. -1920. (Rock Island, IL), Jan. 1 1893. https://www.loc.gov/item/sn92053934/.

APA citation style:

(1893, January 1) Rock Island Argus Rock Island, Ill. -1920. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/sn92053934/.

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Rock Island Argus Rock Island, Ill. -1920. (Rock Island, IL) 1 Jan. 1893. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/sn92053934/.