Száztíz éve jelent meg az első titeli magyar lap, A Csajkás (1908)
The 110th Anniversary of Publishing A Csajkás (1908) the First Hungarian Press in Titel

Summary/Abstract: In the history of the city located in the southern part of the Titel plateau a significant turning point represented the abolition of the so-called Šajkaš region, which existed from the beginning of the 18th century and was ruled by the city of Vienna. After the region was abolished the city was integrated in Bacs-Bodrog County together with several other settlements. In that way a new chapter began in the life of a multi-ethnic city where aproximatelly four thousand citizens, mostly Serbs, Hungarians, Germans, Slovaks, Croats and Shokacs lived. The end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century was marked by the significant development of the city, reflected in the founding of several institutions and associations (Magistrate’s office, District Court, Notary, Civil Government, Boys` School, Steamboat Station, Railway Station, Post Office, Telegraph Office, two savings banks, two reading clubs, Catholic circle, Self-help group, Economic Union, Funeral Association, River Boat Association, etc.). About a thousand Hungarian inhabitants of Titel in 1908. already had a need for local Hungarian press. For that reason in January 1908. the newspaper Čajkas (A Csajkás) was launched in the Sime Suboticki printery, which first appeared on Saturdays, later on Sundays as a “weekly for society, economy and various contents”. This well-edited newspaper, which was published on 4–8 the page in three-column printing was useful not only to the Hungarians in Titel, but also to their neighbours, since it regularly reported on the most important local and world events. From 1908 to 1917, the paper was edited by Dr Gyula Bartunek, while in the last year of publishing (1917) the editor was Simo Subotički. For nine years it was the newspaper of Hungarians in Titel, and it stopped going out probably because of paper shortage during the First World War. After that period it was more or less forgotten, so in this article, on the occasion of the hundred and tenth anniversary of the newspaper, we are trying to remember it.

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