Reconstituição histórica do jornal O Celeiro de Santo Augusto/RS em seus 50 anos

Abstract

The present article has as a general objective a historical reconstitution of the printed newspaper O Celeiro, located today in Santo Augusto, a city in the countryside of Rio Grande do Sul, being a rescue of its 50 years. The narrative is told through a documentary research carried out in the Celeiro Region, more specifically in the cities of Três Passos and Santo Augusto. The methodology used, rescues through historical archives, what were the needs found in the local community and region, which led the businessman Benno Adelar Breitenbach to give birth to the newspaper and how it remained for its 50 years, without regional competitors but with a community that modernizes and becomes more and more demanding. As a main conclusion, it is pointed out that printed newspapers go through great difficulties with the advance of technology, but that, like the newspaper O Celeiro, we can still perceive its importance within its society.