The ''Genesee Democrat'' was a major paper in
Flint, Michigan printed from 1845 to 1906 under different names. It was an early paper in the county being challenged by the ''
Wolverine Citizen'', and the ''Flint Globe''.
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The History of Genesee County, MI
History
Original the ''Democrat'' was named ''The Flint Republican'' and started publication in 1845 by Daniel S. Merritt. Price at that time was $1.50 cash or $2 in produce. In 1848, the ''Republican'' was acquired and renamed to ''Genesee Democrat'' by Royal W. Jenny. With the death in 1876 of Jenny, Mrs. Jenny, a poem book author, ran the paper for several weeks until it was sold to H. N. Mather for five hundred dollars. Mather added a Sunday Edition. He was editorially in support of the Democratic Party.
While Flint Mayor in 1878,
Jerome Eddy purchased the ''Genesee Democrat'' from Mather. Soon afterwards, his son managed and edited the ''Democrat''. In 1884, the ''Daily News'' was launched as a daily paper to complement the weekly ''Genesee Democrat''.
William H. Werkheiser and Sons of
Easton, Pennsylvania
Easton is a city in, and the county seat of, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The city's population was 28,127 as of the 2020 census. Easton is located at the confluence of the Lehigh River, a river that joins the Delaware R ...
purchased the papers in 1884. In 1887, Werkheiser and this two sons, George and Frank F., began editing the paper. W. V. Smith, of
Olean, New York purchased the papers in 1905 and operating them until sold to H. H. Fitzgerald in 1906. Fitzgerald fold the ''Democrat'' and the ''Daily News'' into his
other newspapers.
References
Newspapers published in Michigan
Mass media in Flint, Michigan
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