Union Gospel News
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- D. L. Davis
- R. M. Kurtz
- F. M. Barton
| Type | weekly |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Gospel News Company |
| President | D. L. Davis |
| Editor |
|
| General manager | Horace H. Barrett |
| Founded | 1888 |
| Ceased publication | June 28, 1906 |
| Headquarters | Caxton Building |
| City | Cleveland, Ohio |
| Country | U.S. |
The Union Gospel News (1888-1906) was an American evangelical weekly newspaper of Cleveland, Ohio. It was published on Thursdays,[1] from 1888 through June 28, 1906, by the Gospel News Company, which was located in the city's Caxton Building.[2] The Union Gospel News was a 16 page undenominational religious paper, with circulation to ministers and laymen of all religious denominations. The subscription price was US$.50 per year.[3][4] The Union Gospel News had a number of departments that made it attractive as a family paper. These included Editorial, Sermon (by Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman of New York), Bible Study, Sunday School Lesson Page, Young People's Society Notes, Inner Life Articles, Science Notes, Stories, Children's Page, Puzzle Column, and general reading.[4]
The Union Gospel News began publication in 1888 in Cleveland, Ohio.[3] On July 8 of that year, copies of the publication were distributed to Cleveland's central police station.[5] The following year, the publication was provided to the Elyria Free Reading Room, in the Eady & Foster block of Elyria, Ohio.[6]
In April 1890, Minnie Harpster, of West Cairo, Ohio was appointed stenographer and private secretary for D. L. Davis,[7] president of the Gospel News Company and the publication's editor.[8][9] Horace H. Barrett served as the publication's manager in 1891.[10] After marriage, Minnie Harpster Hartness and her husband continued to be connected with the publication while attending the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.[11] In the early 1890s, L. H. Nelson served as secretary and treasurer of the Union Gospel News Company.[12] In 1896, the average number of copies of each issue was 125,000.[13] That year, Rev. Vesey, of Toledo, Ohio served as itinerant and collecting agent for the Union Gospel News Company,[14] Mr. Reilley served as pressman,[15] and Alta Gilliland accepted a position as stenographer.[16] R. M. Kurtz served as editor in 1899.[17]
In 1900, F. M. Barton was managing editor.[18] In August of that year, the Union Gospel News had raised and forwarded to India nearly US$15,000 for the famine sufferers, and, in response to an appeal for help, the paper opened a fund for the purpose of assisting native Christians in China.[19]
It was a distributor of successive issues of Marshall Everett's The Japanese Russian War in 1904.[20]
