Here’s to the “little old Appeal”!
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Hellraisers Journal – Sunday March 9, 1919
Appeal to Reason Returns to “Good Old Name”
From the Appeal to Reason of March 1, 1919:
Back to the Good Old Name
Beginning with this issue, No. 1213, the Special Amnesty Edition, this paper will be known as the Appeal to Reason. In returning to our old name we are doing nothing but accepting the judgment and wishes of our readers. Ever since December, 1917, when the old name was changed to The New Appeal, we have been receiving letters from our workers and subscribers urging us to go back to the good old name. In addition we have been impressed with the fact that in spite of the many months that have passed, half of our mail today is addressed, “Appeal to Reason, Girard, Kans.” Not only does the Socialist world stick to the old name, but even capitalist newspapers and magazine in referring to us either name us by the old title or speak of “The New Appeal” formerly “Appeal to Reason.” When, after a year’s use of a name, it is necessary to identify it, plainly the best thing to do is to go back to the good old, familiar name, Appeal to Reason. Of your practically unanimous approval of this change we are confident. Here’s to the “little old Appeal”!
[Emphasis added.]
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SOURCE & IMAGE
Appeal to Reason
(Girard, Kansas)
-Mar 1, 1919
https://www.newspapers.com/image/67587269/
See also:
The New Appeal
(Girar, Kansas)
-Dec 22, 1917
https://www.newspapers.com/image/67313008/
-Feb 22, 1919
https://www.newspapers.com/image/67587259/
From The New Appeal of December 22, 1917:
From The New Appeal of February 22, 1919:
The Appeal to Reason
https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/appeal-to-reason/index.htm
After founder Wayland died by suicide in 1912, the Appeal slowly lost its vitality. Wayland’s sons were not temperamentally suited to the newspaper business. After a series of editorials attacking American militarism and conscription policies during the First World War, the federal government rescinded the paper’s second-class mailing rights. This, combined with the post–Russian Revolution “Red Scare” and the restrictions of the Espionage Act (as well as infighting among American socialists), led to a drastic reduction in subscriptions. The paper was sold to Marcet and Emanuel Haldeman-Julius, the latter an editor of the paper. The paper alienated a good part of its antimilitarist socialist readership by endorsing the American war effort. From issue #1151, dated December 22, 1917, to issue #1212 of February 22, 1919, the paper carried the title New Appeal to denote its new patriotic orientation.
[Emphasis added.]
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