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Newspaper Auttaja (Ironwood, Mich.) 1906-19?? Auttaja, the helper

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About Auttaja (Ironwood, Mich.) 1906-19??

Auttaja (The Helper) was a weekly Finnish language newspaper published in Ironwood, Michigan. Its first publisher, Pietari Vuori (also spelled Wuori) purchased an existing Ironwood paper, Vapaa Sana (Free Word) and in January 1906 began to publish it under the name Auttaja. Vuori was a Christian minister who intended the paper to serve both as a source of spiritual advice and community news. He quickly donated the paper to the National Evangelical Lutheran Church (also known as the Finnish National Church), which was composed primarily of Finns and was particularly popular in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. In 1909, the Church purchased the printing plant where the paper was published, renaming it the Finnish Printing Company.

In 1915, the paper joined with many other ethnic newspapers that published a joint call for Americans to adopt a policy of strict neutrality toward all the combatants in World War I, refusing to “manufacture, sell or ship powder, shrapnel or shot of any kind or description to any of the warring nations of Europe, or Japan.” This article would later be included in hearings held in 1919 before a United States Senate subcommittee investigating “German and Bolshevik Propaganda.”

In 1943, Dr. Jalo Elias Nopola, a leader within the church, became the paper’s editor, a position he would hold until the paper ceased publication in Ironwood. In 1964, the Finnish National Church merged with the Missouri Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches. In early 1965 the paper became a publication of the Missouri Synod. The Synod transformed the paper from a weekly publication into a monthly and relocated it from Ironwood to St. Louis, Missouri.

Provided By: Central Michigan University, Clark Historical Library

About this Newspaper

Title

  • Auttaja (Ironwood, Mich.) 1906-19??

Other Title

  • Auttaja, the helper

Names

  • Finnish-American Ev. Lutheran National Church

Dates of Publication

  • 1906-19??

Created / Published

  • Ironwood, Mich. : Amerikan Suomalaisen Ev. Luth. Kansalliskirkon äänenkannattaja

Headings

  • -  Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod--Newspapers
  • -  Finnish-American Ev. Lutheran National Church--Newspapers
  • -  Ironwood (Mich.)--Newspapers
  • -  Gogebic County (Mich.)--Newspapers
  • -  Saint Louis (Mo.)--Newspapers
  • -  Finnish-American Ev. Lutheran National Church
  • -  Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod
  • -  Missouri--Saint Louis
  • -  Michigan--Gogebic County
  • -  Michigan--Ironwood
  • -  United States--Missouri--Saint Louis
  • -  United States--Michigan--Gogebic--Ironwood

Genre

  • Newspapers

Notes

  • -  Monthly, Jan. 1965-
  • -  Began in 1906.
  • -  "Published under the auspices of the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod for Finnish-speaking People by Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 1965- "
  • -  Archived issues are available in digital format from the Library of Congress Chronicling America online collection.
  • -  In Finnish.
  • -  Description based on: 1 vuosikert, no. 2 (Tammikuun 25 p. (Jan. 25) 1906).

Medium

  • volumes

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Newspaper

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • sn93060356

OCLC Number

  • 10051503

ISSN Number

  • 2694-3271

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Auttaja Ironwood, Mich. -19??. (Saint Louis, MO), Jan. 1 1906. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/sn93060356/.

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Auttaja Ironwood, Mich. -19??. (Saint Louis, MO) 1 Jan. 1906. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, aj.sunback.homes/item/sn93060356/.