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The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin

Compiled and Published Under the Direction of

J. D. Beck, Commissioner of Labor and Industrial Statistics

©1907 Democratic Printing Company, State Printer, Madison [WI]


Part VIII. The Wisconsin Press

Summary of the Wisconsin Press [p. 687]


The forgoeing pages with reference to the press show 728 papers and periodicals published in the state, of which
sixty-three are dailies, five hundred fifty-two weeklies and twenty-five semi-weeklies, a detailed summary follows:
 
Dailies, also publishing weekly issues .................................................................................................... 22
Dailies, also publishing semi-weekly issues ...............................................................................................8
Dailies, daily issue only ......................................................................................................................... 38
 
Total daily papers ...................................................................................................................................... 68
 
Weekly papers, weekly issue only ....................................................................................................... 534
Weekly in connection with dailies .......................................................................................................... 22
 
Total weeklies .......................................................................................................................................... 556
 
Individual semi-weekly papers .............................................................................................................. 24
Semi-weeklies with dailies ...................................................................................................................... 8
Bi-weekly .............................................................................................................................................. 1
Tri-weekly ............................................................................................................................................. 1
 
Total semi-weeklies ................................................................................................................................... 34
 
Total monthly publications ................................................................................................................................... 93
Semi-monthly publications .................................................................................................................................... 5
Quarterly publications ......................................................................................................................................... 12
Annual publications ............................................................................................................................................... 2
 
Total ........................................................................................................................................................ 112
 
As to Politics:
Republican ............................................................................................................................................... 332
Democratic .............................................................................................................................................. 109
Independent ............................................................................................................................................. 137
Religious .................................................................................................................................................... 33
Educational ................................................................................................................................................ 13
Prohibition and Temperance ......................................................................................................................... 7
Agricultural ................................................................................................................................................. 11
Populism ...................................................................................................................................................... 2
Socialism ..................................................................................................................................................... 3
Women suffrage ........................................................................................................................................... 1
Literary, fraternal, trade, etc. ....................................................................................................................... 66
Commercial ................................................................................................................................................ 13
Labor ........................................................................................................................................................... 2
 
Character not reported ......................................................................................................................................... 11
 
Total .......................................................................................................................................................... 746

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