
The Chesaning Argus, January, 1878
Local happenings in the village of Chesaning (and the surrounding area) during the month of January, in the year 1878.
Local happenings in the village of Chesaning (and the surrounding area) during the month of January, in the year 1878.
Today we look at the suspiciously brief Chesaning sojourn of barber Charles Bostwick, and what it reveals about an obscure but intriguing corner of Saginaw Valley history, the sensationalist journal known as the Bay City Growler.
While the second issue doesn’t contain anything as singular as last week’s frolic with a naked wild man, it does capture an important moment in Chesaning’s transition away from the lumbering industry to a more diversified economy.
We begin with the very first issue of The Chesaning Argus, brought to us courtesy of its two young publishers, Dewitt Clinton Ashmun and George La Munyon. The village had benefited from having its own locally produced news sources in the past, but had been without a regular newspaper ever since The Chesaning Times had ceased publication in 1874.
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