Draft:Daily Argus

Not to be confused with the Saily Argus News of Fordsville, Indiana or the Argus published in Montreal

For other newspapers with similar names see Argus

The Daily Argus, also known as the Republican Argus, was a newspaper in Baltimore Maryland. (published for an African American audience.) It had a lot of variations on its name.

Baltimore’s mayor and city council advertised footways in the paper.

Several libraries have editions of the paper and the Library of Congress has entries (somewhat conflicting) on it. R. M. Cloud & Co. are listed as its publishers. In 1847 C.F. & R.M. Cloud were listed as publishers. Cloud also published the Spirit of Democracy. In the late 1820s C. F. Cloud had launched the Baltimore Sunday Visitor with Lambert A. Wilmer.

Charles Newsome Otey, who had earlier edited the People’s Advocate, was an editor of the paper.

History
The Baltimore Republican and Commercial Advertiser the Daily Argus in 1840 and formed the Republican & Daily Argus in 1842.