Staten Island History in the Late 1880's
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In late March of 1886, the Richmond County Advance was first published.
Almost 30 years later, John J. Crawford, a printer, and James C. Kennedy, a businessman, put their minds together and created the four-page weekly paper. This became the forerunner to the Staten Island Advance. There were nine newspapers on the Island at the time, but the Advance surpassed all others. The paper wanted to provide "a live, independent, local newspapers, devoted to the interests of Staten Island."
Its name changed to Daily Advance before it became known as the Staten Island Advance.
National Prohibition Park. Courtesy of Library of Congress |
July 1888, Prohibition Park in Westerleigh became a model community for temperance supporters.
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