Its primary owner was Antanas Olšauskas who was forced to sell the newspaper due to financial difficulties in 1917.
Stasys Rakošius (also known as Stanley Rokos, Rokosz or Ragaišis), owner of the printing press, decided to establish the first Lithuanian newspaper in Chicago Lietuva.
[1] At the time, there were three Lithuanian periodicals in the United States: Vienybė lietuvninkų, Saulė, and Garsas, and all of them were published in Pennsylvania.
[2] Rakošius had disagreements with newspaper's editor Jonas Girnius [lt] and quickly sold the printing press to Vincas Žaliauskas.
[2] Despite difficult economic conditions (see: Panic of 1893), the newspaper gained popularity and the printing press relocated to more spacious premises in 1894.
[4] Olšauskas established a successful bank and other businesses and was able to buy out other owners of Lietuva remaining the sole shareholder of the printing press in 1901.
[3] It published a daily two-page supplement with news from the war and Lithuania that was also edited by Balutis.
These included 28 books on fairytales, legends, novellas, 31 theater plays, 20 popular science works, 15 texts on history, ethnography, culture, and three dictionaries.