I was surprised when I recently came across this French language weekly newspaper that was published in America between 1883 and 1929. Echo de l'Ouest was produced in Minneapolis, Minnesota for French Canadians who lived in Minnesota and the surrounding Upper Midwest region. Find out about the paper's history here.
Of course, it's just one of the foreign language newspapers that were published in the USA to cater for immigrant communities during the time of mass immigration to the country.
Front page of Echo de l'Ouest, 5 May 1922. Image source.
As the historical appraisal says, the four page paper usually contained the following mix - a serialised novel, a directory of French Canadians engaged in Minneapolis public affairs, advertising, columns of news reports of French Canadian communities in the state, commercial reports as well as an editorial page listing meetings of French-Canadian organisations. Check out the full list of papers on the Chronicling America website.
Some examples of other newspapers that catered for the immigrant population in the US at the same time as the French one mentioned above include -
POLISH Dziennik Chicagoski catered for the Polish community in Chicago and was published in Polish between 1890 and 1971. It included an English language section from 1939.
ITALIAN L'Italia served the Italian community in San Francisco. It's masthead said that it was the first and largest Italian daily language newspaper. You can search through the years 1887-1943.
SPANISH La Revista de Taos was a Spanish language weekly newspaper that was published in New Mexico between 1905 and 1922.
CZECH Svět was a Czech newspaper that was produced in Cleveland, Ohio between 1911 and 1939.
IRISH the Irish Standard catered for Irish-born Minnesotans and their descendants. It first appeared in 1886 and lasted until 1920.
