"The Debunker"

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: OGLMC-421

Scope and Contents

This collections contains the very first issue of The Debunker. The entire issue is 32 pages in length and contains the following articles: "Introduction" "The Jamestown Mess" "School for Criminals" "Minot Milk Graft" "Egotistical Public Asses" "Rat Riley" "Assinine Anti-Alcoholism" "The Friend of Labor" "Corruption in Our Courts" "Senator Bankhead" "The Decline and Fall of Elizabeth Preston Anderson" "Pinning Back the Ears of W. P. A. Critics"

Dates

created: 1939

Creator

Equity Publishing Company (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Biographical or Historical Information

The Debunker, a political magazine dealing with life in North Dakota, was edited and published by the Equity Publishing Company of Bismarck, North Dakota. The object of the magazine was "to publish the truth about such matters of interest to the ordinary people of the State and Nation, uncolored by political or personal prejudice or bias." The editors summed it all up by writing that "WE WILL RAISE PLENTY OF HELL, AT 25¢ THE COPY" (emphasis theirs). The first edition was published in 1939, on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the state of North Dakota.

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