Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-05-30
Black Hills Newspapers,

The Spearfish Mail, the twelfth news
paper established in the Black Hills,
which by the way, we desire to say zen
passant," is numbered among our most
valued exchanges. supplements men
tion Of the proposed establishment OF
new paper at Terry with the following
resume of Black Hills newspaper his
tory. from perusal of which the
publisher of the new Terry paper will
find little encouragement, and the
general reader will be impressed with
the uncertain tenure Of life incident to
new ventures upon the surging sea OF
Black Hills journalism. Since the
creation of the Mail in March, 1880, tho
writer says, many new papers have been
established and several have passed out
of existence. The Whitewood Sentinel
died and the Plaindealer was born the
Tiiford Times was born, and later on
removed to Dsadwood, where it has
since been known as the Indepe ndent;
the Belt Daily Herald died lingering
death; democratic paper was estsb
lished at Lead, and also died after
brief existence about two years ago the
Daily Call was established at Lead
and appears to thrive; the Minnesota
Star passed peacefully away. and Edi-
tor Dawley has since done business
with the sturgis Advertiser; the Belle
Fourche Bee and the Belle Fourche
Times have both been established with
in the past four years the Elk Valley
Eagle and the Fort Meade Standard
have come into existence in Meade
county; The Mining Review is class
publication recently brought to light at
Deadwood The Hot Springs Hatchet
was born as a democratic paper, but
failed TO live; the Edgenont Express
and Advocate are not very aged papers,
though good ones the Black Hills
Democrat at Rapid died with Growers
first term, and the Union (populist) was
established on the ruins; the Hot
Springs Herald sprang from small be-
ginnings to daily, with press dis
patches, but later on lapssd into
weekly the Tin Miner and the Mining
News were established at Hill City,
the former, after a long struggle, finally
removing to Keystone the Nugget Is
also published at Keystone, the Hes
perisr, the only magazine published in
the Hills, was established at Hot Springs
last summer two papers have been in
existence at Beulah at different times,
first by Editor Payne, and later under
the able management of Sol Bunker,
the material being removed TO Terry
! something over n year ago, where 1t
gave birth TO the News; the Daily Bull
le,in in Spearfsb was also in existence
oyer FIVE years, and the Daily Register
gave up the ghost after ten weeks Of
hard work the Press is new weekly
, At Sturgis, Carbonate at one tims
and though small In size. was full oil
news and life for year: the Stocknan
at Rapid City has came into existence
within the past three or four years and
the Daily Republican passed out; the
CUSTER CHRONICLE is one of the old
timers in the Southern Hills which has
passed through good times, bad times,
fire, and still comes out fresh as daisy
every week the Daily Star was pub
lished at Hot Springs for several years,
but dropped into model weekly.
There are several other births and
deaths in the Black Hills newspaper
field which could also enter into the
history of the past seven or eight years,
but the foregoing is all that can be
brought to mind now. And notwiIh-
standing this, there are people who will
never be satisfied until they give the
thing trial and find out be experience
that newspaper mans path is not
always strewn with roses.