1890 · event
The Budget: letters between scattered communities
A newspaper founded in Sugarcreek helped Amish and Mennonite communities remain in contact through local letters.
Also searchable as: Samuel H. Miller · The Budget · Sugarcreek
Samuel H. Miller founded The Budget as a weekly newspaper at Sugarcreek, Ohio, in 1890. Its distinctive contribution was the publication of letters describing life in scattered communities. Readers could learn of happenings among fellow believers beyond the reach of their own congregation or settlement.
The exhibit remembers its growth into a national publication for Amish and Mennonite readers. Its place in this history is therefore the maintenance of relationships across distance: families and congregations that migrated apart could still share news of ordinary work and community life. The founding date is the historical milestone recorded here; no current circulation figure is supplied by the panel.
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