Page History: Commonwealth (Everett)
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Title info
- Ayer Annual 19121
- Publish day: Friday
- Content: Socialist
- Established: 1911
- Pages: 8
- Size: 11x16 in.
- Editor: Anna Moley; J.T. Hazard.(Nov. 29, 1912) 3
- (Ayers misprint: Early editor was Anna Agnes Maley, 1912 candidate for governor. Confirmed from microfilm)
- (According to 1915-02-04 issue of succeeding paper (The Washington Socialist), The Commonwealth was first published on 1911-02-04, under editor O.L. Anderson. This issue of the paper details the history of the Commonwealth/Washington Socialist during its first 5 years. DB)
- Publisher: Commonwealth Publishing Company
- Frequency: Weekly
- Coverage
- Region: Northwest
- County: Snohomish
- Unique ids
- LCCN: sn 84025731
- OCLC: 10353705
Digitization plan
2008-2009 grant
- Plan to digitize 1911-1914 (1 reel)
History
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"The work of THE COMMONWEALTH will not be done until the day the true commonwealth in which all are in possession of that which is truly their own is established. THE COMMONWEALTH will continue to call upon the people early and late, to rise and claim that which is their own." Thus proclaimed the first issue of this Everett-based newspaper, February 4, 1911.
First edited by O.L. Anderson, the four column, eight-page weekly joined into the fractious debates typical of the state's multiplying Socialist factions. Editors came and went in quick succession, the most notable being Anna Agnes Maley (Sept 1911-May 1912). Having written for one of the most important Socialist papers in the country, THE APPEAL TO REASON, Maley made her mark nationally through her political and women's rights activities before coming to Washington State. Coverage of notable national and international events expanded under her hand, without deminishing detailed reports on Socialist activities around the state. Maley left the paper in order to run for State Governor, the first woman and first Socialist to do so. She came in third, with a respectable 12% of the vote.
THE COMMONWEALTH continued under six more editors, struggling financially until early 1915.
Research
- N.W. Ayer & Son's American newspaper annual -- 1912 -- 967
- NDNP Candidate Title List (Appendix A1.2)
- Chronicling America record (LOC) - The Commonwealth
- WorldCat record - Commonwealth
- WSL record - Commonwealth
- UW record - Commonwealth
- Washington Socialist issue 1915-02-04
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- Filmed by: UW
- Positives held by: UW (WSL has copy as well)
- Location: UW
- Call Number: Microfilm A3100
- Lib. Has Jan. 1911- Apr. 1914,Incomplete
- Negatives held by: UW
===Notes===
Part of batch2 - delivered to OCLC in WSL_Metadata_2009-04-01 zip file.
lrobinson, 2009/04/01 10:12
Corrected reel StartDate to reflect the issuedate of the first issue on the reel (though not technically the reel date range of the issue - see See
Workflow StartDate under
Reel metadata.
lrobinson, 2009/04/01 10:36Date of first issue on reel is incorrect. Dana's research notes:
"Commonwealth did not begin publication until Feb, 4 1911 (see Washington Socialist, Feb 4, 1915). This issue makes reference to the year 1912 within the text. Also: "Entered as second-class matter March 9, 1911 at the post office at Everett, Washington under the act of March 3, 1879," also, reports that Suffragette Emily Davison had been sentenced to prison for setting fire to mailboxes, an event which occurred in Dec. 1911 (www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wdavison.htm and www.espomandewellhistoryexplorer.org.uk/Davison.html.)" lrobinson, 2009/03/12 14:44Evaluation
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Commonwealth eval spreadsheets (Google)Totals
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