The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-02-21
History of the Press of Kenosha County

philosopher and his homely philosophy
made this German paper great ia
vorite with the people of Kefiosha. J
After the death of Mr.. Giegold, the
paper was sold to Louis Eve, who con-
tinued its publication for many years
and after his death it was edited for a
short time by his step-daughter, Miss
Mathilda Holmes. 1t suspended publ
cation some five years ago.
The Daily Papers,
When the Southport American went
out Of existence in 1849, the city was
left without daily paper and il man
aged to get along without one until
after 1891. The first daily paper to
come to the city in the later years was
the Kenosha Daily Gazette. 1t was es-
tablished in 1892 by Frank G. Gully and
Frank Rudolph, his brother-in-law, and
it lived under different management for
ten years, suspending publication in
1902 when the portions of the plant
which were left were removed to Osh-
kosh as a nucleus for the publication
of the Oshkosh Times, another Ill
1dleu newspaper FeHCuIc.
Gully Civil War Veteran:
Frank C. Gully, better known among
his friends as "The Majah," was vet
Gran of the Civil War and one of the
most interesting characters ever in Ke-
nosha. He was Beau Brummel in
dress and he had a wealth of sarcasm
which was ever present in his paper.
T.. l. la IF Aba n q
vigorous editorial writer's in the state
and in his columns he dashed his enc
mics without mercy. Under the direc-
ton of "Majah" Gully the Gazette was
consistently Democratic. Mr.. Gully
was twice elected mayor of Kenosha
and during those years the Gazette had
the distinction of being the official pa
per of the city.
At the close of the nineteenth CEN
tury Mr.. Gully gave up newspaper work
for literature and shortly after his re-
tirement from the editorial sancbum he
issued d novel, Barbara" which at
tracted much favorable comment.
Editors Come and Go.
The retirement of Mr.. Gully from the
Gazette brought an end to its influence
and after his retirement it was not fl
nancially successful. For short time
it was published by G. Hadley and
York Hartman and then it was trans
ferred from one management to an
other until it wound up in the base
ment of the old Myers block on Market
street. Several efforts were made to
revive it, but none of them were sue
cessful and the men who had taken
possession of the plant as surety for
financial advances, finally disposed OF
it at song to the men who removed
it to Oshkosh.
Journal Short Lived Too.
No file of the Kenosha Daily Gazette
has been preserved for Kenosha his
torical purposes and the same can be
said of the "Kenosha Journal" the
next daily to enter the field in Keno
sha. 1t was owned and edited by w
l. O'Dette, who came to Kenosha from
Freeport in 1910 and its place of publ
cation was the room now occupied by
the Betsy Ross Candy Kitchen. O'Dette
was aided in the publication of the pa
per by his brother, who afterward
gained success as business manager OF
the Beloit Daily News, position which
he still holds and which has made him
one of the best known of the newspa-
per men of Wisconsin. The Journa
was a good paper, but it lacked tbs
financial backing necessary to make il
success from the standpoint Of the
E, box office and after an existence of 6
little less than a year the property OF
the company was turned over to the
creditors and sold at public auction.
The Kenosha Evening Herald.
Next in line came the Kenosha Even
| ing Herald. The Herald was owned By
stock company Of Kenosha men with
Thomas J. Dale as its president anc
Otis L. Trenary as secretary and treas
urer. The company was chartered By
the state in November of 1918 and the
! first issue of the Herald appeared or
February %, 1919. 1t was labelled ar
independent paper" and it's first edi
| tor was Guy A. Copeland, who came
from Ohio to direct its destinies.
! Mr.. Copeland was man Of brilliant
attachments, but his personality die
not fit in we'll with the daily newspaper
| field and he gave up his place in 8
short time after the establishment OF
| the Herald Later on j. c. Hansel
came from Richmond, Ind, to be tbs
editor of the paper and he remained in
| charge until it suspended publication
! on September "a, 1921.