Echoes of the Włocławek events of 1905 in the pages of “Kurier Warszawski”

In the Warsaw Governorate, Włocławek was the second largest city after Warsaw. There was a noticeable close relationship between the publishers and publicists of these two centers. One of the press titles most frequently distributed by colporteurs in Włocławek was “Kurier Warszawski”. The events that took place in Włocławek in 1905 were reported in the Warsaw press, although coverage was limited to the most significant incidents. At the same time, inhabitants of Włocławek used this widely read newspaper to publish advertisements and commercial announcements. The objective of this study was to determine the extent to which events from the early period of the 1905–1907 revolution, including the school strike, were reported in “Kurier Warszawski” and how the image of the city was presented in this context. A comparative analysis of three sources from 1905 was conducted: “Kurier Warszawski”, “Echa Płockie i Włocławskie”, and “Dziennik Chicagoski”. Reports from Włocławek appeared in 197 regular issues and morning supplements of “Kurier Warszawski”, as well as in 98 regular and 8 supplementary issues of the American-based “Dziennik Chicagoski”. In the Warsaw newspaper, most of the information was published in sections such as “From the City”, “From Sport”, “Ordinances and Notices”, “Casualties” and classified ads. Notably, after the school strike, events such as the August regatta began to receive more extensive coverage.