Kingston Daily Freeman

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Title:
Kingston Daily Freeman (31 December 1892 - 31 December 1959)
Also published as:
Rondout Daily Freeman (1871-1872)
Daily Freeman (1872-1878)
Daily Freeman(1969-Present)
Available online:
Dec 31 (1892-1894);
Aug 28, 1895 - Oct 17, 1895;
Jan 1, 1901; Jan 1, 1902;
Jan 1, 1903 - Jan 1, 1913;
Dec 31, 1913;
Dec 31, 1914;
Jan 1, 1916; Dec 30, 1916;
July 12, 1917 -July 13, 1917;
July 16, 1917 - July 17, 1917;
Jan 1 (1918-1921);
Jan 2, 1922;
Jan 1 (1923-1927);
Jan 2, 1928;
Jan 1 (1929-1932);
Jan 2, 1933;
Jan 1 (1934-1938);
Jan 2, 1939;
Dec 31 (1940-1943)
Dec 30, 1944;
Dec 31 (1945-1949);
Dec 30, 1950;
Dec 31 (1951-1959);
(3037 issues)
Region:
Ulster
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Currently Published at:
Contributing Organization:
Kingston Library
Ulster County Genealogical Society
The news of the year pages from the Kingston Freeman for the years 1913 to 1957 including marriages, deaths are also on line thanks to the Ulster County Genealogical Society.
LCCN:
sn85054405

The Rondout Daily Freeman made its first appearance on October 18, 1871, as a four-page, Monday-through-Saturday newspaper.

The newspaper changed its name from the Rondout Daily Freeman to the Kingston Daily Freeman, when the villages of Rondout and Kingston merged.

In 1891, Jay E. Klock, 25, became the newspaper's owner. It was under his guidance that the newspaper moved from what one historian called a small and insignificant paper to an institution respected and revered throughout the county and one of the most successful of all businesses.

Klock died in 1936, and his widow, Lucia, published the paper until 1966, when it was purchased by the noted television producers Mark Goodson and William Todman.

In October 1971, the newspaper began publication of a Sunday edition, ceasing its Saturday edition. In November 1974, it moved its headquarters for the first time in 63 years, taking over, renovating and expanding a former supermarket building in uptown Kingston. Simultaneously, the newspaper installed new, modern presses and computerized typesetting equipment.

In April 1987, in part to meet changing reading habits, and also to better facilitate newspaper delivery, the Daily Freeman became an A.M. or morning newspaper.

In 1998, the Daily Freeman was sold by the Goodson Newspaper Group to Journal Register Company. Within three months, it launched a Saturday edition, making it a seven-day-a-week publication for the first time in its history.

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1 Saturday, 1 December 1945
2 Sunday, 2 December 1945
3 Monday, 3 December 1945
4 Tuesday, 4 December 1945
5 Wednesday, 5 December 1945
6 Thursday, 6 December 1945
7 Friday, 7 December 1945
8 Saturday, 8 December 1945
9 Sunday, 9 December 1945
10 Monday, 10 December 1945
11 Tuesday, 11 December 1945
12 Wednesday, 12 December 1945
13 Thursday, 13 December 1945
14 Friday, 14 December 1945
15 Saturday, 15 December 1945
16 Sunday, 16 December 1945
17 Monday, 17 December 1945
18 Tuesday, 18 December 1945
19 Wednesday, 19 December 1945
20 Thursday, 20 December 1945
21 Friday, 21 December 1945
22 Saturday, 22 December 1945
23 Sunday, 23 December 1945
24 Monday, 24 December 1945
25 Tuesday, 25 December 1945
26 Wednesday, 26 December 1945
27 Thursday, 27 December 1945
28 Friday, 28 December 1945
29 Saturday, 29 December 1945
30 Sunday, 30 December 1945
31 Monday, 31 December 1945
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