Indiana Tribüne Explained

The Indiana Tribune was a German-language daily newspaper^[1] published in Indiana, US.

General

In August 1878, Louis D. Hild founded a new pro-Republican, German-language, four-page weekly newspaper, the Indiana Tribune. The circulation was originally 800 copies. In April 1882, the newspaper was purchased by the Tribune Company. The Tribune had a four-page daily circulation of 3,000 in 1882. On 7 March 1907, the publisher combined the two newspapers Indiana Tribune and Daily Telegraph into a single newspaper titled the Indianapolis Telegraph and Tribune. On 1 June 1918, the publishing house closed.^[2]

Other German-language newspapers in Indiana

Pro-Republican

• Free Press of Indiana (1853-66).
• Indiana German Newspaper (1874-77)

Pro-Democratic

• Indiana Volksblatt (1848-75)
• Daily Telegraph (1865-1907)

Notes and References

1. David J. Bodenhamer, Robert Graham Barrows: The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis. 1994, (Google Books)
2. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045241/ About Indiana tribune. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907