The Acquisitions Table: The Other Side

The Other Side (Bloomington, IL).  Apr. 14, 1868.  Vol. 1, no. 4.

This is a campaign newspaper printed in broadside format.  It was a Republican paper edited by C.F. Merriman, a long-time newspaper editor of this town.  Though stating it was to be published daily, output was irregular, and it claimed a circulation of 2,000.  The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library is the only other institution that has any copies of this title.

Published by

Vincent Golden

Curator of Newspapers and Periodicals, American Antiquarian Society

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