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Newspaper Collection

New Monmouth (Middletown Township) Newspapers

Preface

New Monmouth is a section of Middletown Township. It was known at one time as Chanceville.

This listing of the MCHA's Monmouth County newspapers is an update of the 1976 publication of Stellhorn and Wright's Directory of New Jersey Newspapers 1765-1970. It follows this publication's layout and, except in a few cases, uses its date spans and name changes.

The newspapers are grouped by town and within the town, alphabetically by newspaper title. (The appendix lists the newspaper titles alphabetically, with references to the town of publication.) An index to the newspapers is noted, when one is known to exist. Newspapers and serials published by schools and organizations are filed within the school or organization's manuscript collection and are noted in those collections' finding aids.

The date spans held by the MCHA are noted as being in either microfilm [mf] or hard copy [hc]. Hard copies of newspapers may not be photocopied.

The following symbols are used to denote frequency of publication:

d daily

w weekly

bw biweekly

trw triweekly

m monthly

q quarterly

irr irregular

[ ] incomplete run

The Bright Side: A Journal of Pasttime. ?, ca. 1870

MCHA holdings:

undated (v. 1, n. 3, 5 - 10) [hc]

Gossip. w, 1868 - 1870 Mar 25
"A journal devoted to the fanciful." Became The Gossip.

MCHA holdings:

1870 Feb 1 - Mar 25 [hc]

The Gossip. m/w, 1870 Apr - 1871 Mar
Published by Alvin B. Hallenbake, a shopkeeper and insurance salesman. Followed Gossip, and became The Gossip: A Journal Devoted to the Fanciful.

MHCA holdings:

1870 Apr, May, Aug [hc]
1870 Dec 8 - 1871 Jan 5 [hc]
1871 Jan 19 - Feb 9 [hc]
1871 Feb 23 - Mar 2 [hc]

The Gossip: A Journal Devoted to the Fanciful. bw, 1871 Mar - ?
Published by Alvin B. Hallenbake, Printer. Followed The Gossip.

MCHA holdings:

1871 Mar 30, Apr 13 - Jun 8 [hc]

The Semi-monthly Shanghai. bw, 1858 Feb ? - ?
Followed Shanghai Monthly.

MCHA holdings:

1858 Apr 1; May 1; Jun 1, 15 (v. 1, n. 14, 15, 17, 18) [hc]

The Shanghai Monthly. m, 1857 Jun - 1858 Jan
Became Semi-Monthly Shanghai.

MCHA holdings:

1858 Jan (v. 1, n. 8) [hc]

The Shanghai : Something Tall. irr, 1855 Aug 18 - ?

MCHA holdings:

1855 Aug 25, Dec 29 (v. 1, n. 2, 17) [hc]
1856 Jan 5, 19; May 10; Jul 12 (v. 1, n. 18, 20, 34, 43) [hc]

Spirit Of The Age. bw, 1873 Jan 1 - 1875?

MCHA holdings:

1873 Jan 1 - Apr 30 [hc] [Jan 1 is v. 1, n. 1]
1873 May 28 - Aug 6 [hc]
1873 Sep 3 - Oct 1, 29 [hc]
1873 Nov 26, Dec 10 [hc]
1874 Jan 21, Feb 4, Mar 4 [hc]
1874 Apr 1 - Jul 22 [hc]
1874 Aug 19, Dec 30 [hc]
1875 Jan 13, 27 [hc]

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