''Westliche Post'' (literally ''"Western Post"'') was a
German-language
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daily newspaper
published
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in
St. Louis, Missouri
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. The ''Westliche Post'' was
Republican
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in politics.
Carl Schurz was a part owner for a time, and served as a
U.S. Senator from Missouri for a portion of that time.
History
The ''Westliche Post'' was established September 27, 1857. The first publishers were
Carl Daenzer, and F. Wenzel. The initial investment, supplied by Daenzer and friends, was $1,275, comparatively small, but the paper paid its way from the beginning. It did business under the firm name of Daenzer & Wenzel. Wenzel sold his part in 1859 and Carl Daenzer left the paper in 1860 due to health reasons. During the
Civil War
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,
Theodore Olshausen was
editor-in-chief
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of the ''Westliche Post''. At the end of the war, he sold his interest in the ''Westliche Post'' and returned to Europe on account of ill health, settling in
Zurich.
In April 1864, Theodore Plate became publisher and
Emil Preetorius acquired an interest in the paper and became editor-in-chief. In 1867, Arthur Olshausen acquired an interest, and in May of that year
Carl Schurz became a partner and an associate of Emil Preetorius in the editorial management. The publishing firm was then Plate, Preetorius, Olshausen & Schurz. Plate and Olshausen gradually disposed of much of their interest, and Preetorius and Schurz became the principal owners; it was then published under the auspices of the Westliche Post Association, Emil Preetorius, president; Felix Coste,
secretary
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and
treasurer
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. Schurz, still retaining a