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Newspaper The Evening Argus (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871 [Online Resource] Publisher's box: Rock Island Argus / Publisher's box: Daily Argus

About this Newspaper

Title

  • The Evening Argus (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871 [Online Resource]

Other Title

  • Publisher's box: Rock Island Argus
  • Publisher's box: Daily Argus

Dates of Publication

  • 1861-1871

Created / Published

  • Rock Island, Ill. : Danforth & Jones, 1861-1871.
  • Rock Island, Ill. : J.B. Danforth, Jr.
  • Rock Island, Ill. : Danforth & Jones
  • Rock Island, Ill. : McNeal & Jones
  • Rock Island, Ill. : Argus Printing Co.

Headings

  • -  Rock Island (Ill.)--Newspapers
  • -  Rock Island County (Ill.)--Newspapers
  • -  Illinois--Rock Island County
  • -  Illinois--Rock Island
  • -  United States--Illinois--Rock Island--Rock Island

Genre

  • Newspapers

Notes

  • -  Daily (except Sunday and holidays)
  • -  Began November 29, 1861.
  • -  -20th year (June 17, 1871).
  • -  "Official city & county paper," June 17, 1870-Apr. 14, 1871.
  • -  "The Union must be preserved," Jan. 2-.
  • -  "Official paper for the Post Office and City Council," Sept. 26, 1866-Jan. 17, 1867.
  • -  Numbering begins with Apr. 11, 1870 issue.
  • -  Various date irregularities.
  • -  Originally issued in print.
  • -  Description based on: Jan. 2, 1862; title from masthead (Chroniclingamerica.loc.gov, viewed October 1, 2014).
  • -  Latest issue consulted: December 31, 1869 (Chroniclingamerica.loc.gov, viewed October 1, 2014).
  • -  Rock Island Argus (Rock Island, Ill. : 1871 : Online) 2377-6072 (DLC) 2015218560 (OCoLC)904057935

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Call Number/Physical Location

  • ISSN RECORD

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2014218620

OCLC Number

  • 891775150

ISSN Number

  • 2375-205x

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Chicago citation style:

The Evening Argus Rock Island, Ill. -1871 Online Resource. (Rock Island, IL), Jan. 1 1861. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2014218620/.

APA citation style:

(1861, January 1) The Evening Argus Rock Island, Ill. -1871 Online Resource. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2014218620/.

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The Evening Argus Rock Island, Ill. -1871 Online Resource. (Rock Island, IL) 1 Jan. 1861. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, aj.sunback.homes/item/2014218620/.