The [Bronxville] News

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Title:
The [Bronxville] News (25 April 1912 - 26 September 1913)
Available online:
Apr 25, 1912-Sept 26, 1913
(75 issues)
Region:
Westchester
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Contributing Organization:
Bronxville History Center
LCCN:
sn2001063848

The News, a magazine style news weekly, began publication in Bronxville, NY on April 25, 1912. It was owned by more than 20 of “the best known and most prominent men in Bronxville, each of whom has only a comparatively small interest.” The publisher, the Eastchester News Company, announced that it had “no axes to grind,” was “absolutely free of any entanglements and it is not a personal organ.” Its purpose was “to promote and maintain the prosperity and happiness of Bronxville, Scarsdale and Tuckahoe.” By its fourth issue, The News had become the official newspaper of Bronxville, supplanting The Bronxville Review, controlled by the family of William Lawrence (the father of suburban Bronxville), and taking pride that it was “not a ‘one man’ paper.”
The short-lived News concentrated on village infrastructure, most particularly the need to eliminate Bronxville’s “deadly” railroad grade crossing, and took issue with positions taken by the Lawrence family. In its first months, the paper profiled prominent villagers and government officials, including current and former presidents (mayors), including Frank R. Chambers, William P. H. Bacon, Alfred E. Smith, Leonard Kebler and H. Ward Leonard. Bronxville artists were also featured: Will H. Low, A. Phimister Procter, G. H. Smillie, Walter Clark, William Smedley and Hobart Nichols.
After 17 months, The News ceased publication asserting that it had “fulfilled the purpose for which it was organized,” but noting that “local papers of this kind do not pay expenses, and must be supported by those who own them.”

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1 Wednesday, 1 January 1913
2 Thursday, 2 January 1913
3 Friday, 3 January 1913
1 issue
4 Saturday, 4 January 1913
5 Sunday, 5 January 1913
6 Monday, 6 January 1913
7 Tuesday, 7 January 1913
8 Wednesday, 8 January 1913
9 Thursday, 9 January 1913
10 Friday, 10 January 1913
1 issue
11 Saturday, 11 January 1913
12 Sunday, 12 January 1913
13 Monday, 13 January 1913
14 Tuesday, 14 January 1913
15 Wednesday, 15 January 1913
16 Thursday, 16 January 1913
17 Friday, 17 January 1913
1 issue
18 Saturday, 18 January 1913
19 Sunday, 19 January 1913
20 Monday, 20 January 1913
21 Tuesday, 21 January 1913
22 Wednesday, 22 January 1913
23 Thursday, 23 January 1913
24 Friday, 24 January 1913
1 issue
25 Saturday, 25 January 1913
26 Sunday, 26 January 1913
27 Monday, 27 January 1913
28 Tuesday, 28 January 1913
29 Wednesday, 29 January 1913
30 Thursday, 30 January 1913
31 Friday, 31 January 1913
1 issue