Old Donaldsonville Newspapers
The Ascension Republican


The Ascension Republican was first published by Mr. Superveille; later around 1870 it was published by Marx Schoenberg, a German-Jew  merchant who became Donaldsonville mayor in 1870 & was brutally murdered during the November 1870 election violence.


The Ascension Republican, March 11, 1871

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