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The Free Press, which had the motto, "Newfoundland's Home Paper" included local, domestic and foreign news, shipping news, a family section and advertisements. The Free Press supported Whiteway in 1904 and 1905. In 1906, Robinson purchased the Daily News and the Free Press replaced the Weekly News as its weekly edition. After that time, it contained items reprinted from the Daily News and had a similar editorial policy. The Free Press was absorbed by the Observer's Weekly in 1935.

This newspaper's description was sourced from Suzanne Ellison's Historical Directory of Newfoundland and Labrador Newspapers.

Place of publication: St. John's

Dates of publication: 1901?-Aug. 20, 1935

Frequency: Weekly

Publisher:
Robinson & Currie, 1904-1905.
Robinson & Co., 1906-1935.

Editor:
John Alex. Robinson, 1901-1917.
John S. Currie, 1917- ?

Errata Missing Years:
1906,1915,1918,1919,1920,1923-1928
Missing Issues:
1907 July 30, Nov 5
1908 Jan 14, July 21, Oct 13
1909 Jan 5 (p. 1-6) then jumps to Jan 19, 1909
1910 Jan 18
1911 Jan 4 (p. 5-6)
1912 Jan 2
1913 June 3, 10, 17 - Sep 30
1914 Jan 6 p. 1-2
1914 Apr 14 p. 9-??
1914 Apr 21 p. 1-8
1911 First few dates say 1910 but should be 1911
1922 Jun 27 (p. 3-4) July 4 (P. 1-2) Sep 19 (p. 7-8)
1922 There is only one issue available after Dec 12. This issue has the date Dec 19 on it's front page but has Dec 27 on all it's remaining pages.
Not published on the following dates due to a labour strike by St. John's Typographical Union:
1921 May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, June 7, 14, 21, 28, July 5

Issues by Month

1903: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1904: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1905: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1907: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1908: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1909: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1910: Jan 1911: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1912: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1913: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1914: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1916: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1917: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1918: 1919: 1920: 1921: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1922: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1923: 1924: 1925: 1926: 1927: 1928: 1929: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

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