The San Francisco Call (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913
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The San Francisco Call began life on December 1, 1856, as the Daily Morning Call. Staunchly
Republican in political outlook, the Call was popular with the working classes, and it was the
city's leading morning newspaper for several decades. By the summer of 1864, the Call was
boasting the highest daily circulation in the city, and its readership continued to rise, going from
10,750 in 1865 to 41,066 in 1880. In 1884 it boasted a circulation double that of any other daily.
Originally a four page daily, the Call also put out a weekly, published on Tuesdays, and a
Sunday edition. One of the paper's early writers was Mark Twain, who served as Nevada
correspondent in 1863 and as reporter after he moved to San Francisco the following year. In just
over four months as full time beat reporter, Twain produced some 200 articles on crime and the
courts, theater and the opera, and politics.
Among the original owners of the Call were James Joseph Ayers, Charles F. Jobson, and
Llewellyn Zublin. Peter B. Forster soon joined the group, and, by May 1866, he became the
paper's publisher of record. In 1869, George K. Fitch, Loring Pickering, and James W. Simonton,
owners of the rival San Francisco Bulletin, purchased the Call and ran it for over two decades.
By the 1890s, the paper's staff had grown to over 40, including editorial writers, sports reporters,
and drama and art critics. In January 1895, after the deaths of Pickering and Simonton, the Call
was sold in probate court to Charles M. Shortridge, publisher of the San Jose Daily Mercury.
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913
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The San Francisco Call began life on December 1, 1856, as the Daily Morning Call. Staunchly
Republican in political outlook, the Call was popular with the working classes, and it was the
city's leading morning newspaper for several decades. By the summer of 1864, the Call was
boasting the highest daily circulation in the city, and its readership continued to rise, going from
10,750 in 1865 to 41,066 in 1880. In 1884 it boasted a circulation double that of any other daily.
Originally a four page daily, the Call also put out a weekly, published on Tuesdays, and a
Sunday edition. One of the paper's early writers was Mark Twain, who served as Nevada
correspondent in 1863 and as reporter after he moved to San Francisco the following year. In just
over four months as full time beat reporter, Twain produced some 200 articles on crime and the
courts, theater and the opera, and politics.
Among the original owners of the Call were James Joseph Ayers, Charles F. Jobson, and
Llewellyn Zublin. Peter B. Forster soon joined the group, and, by May 1866, he became the
paper's publisher of record. In 1869, George K. Fitch, Loring Pickering, and James W. Simonton,
owners of the rival San Francisco Bulletin, purchased the Call and ran it for over two decades.
By the 1890s, the paper's staff had grown to over 40, including editorial writers, sports reporters,
and drama and art critics. In January 1895, after the deaths of Pickering and Simonton, the Call
was sold in probate court to Charles M. Shortridge, publisher of the San Jose Daily Mercury.
New-York Tribune (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924
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Horace Greeley founded the New York Tribune as a Whig party, penny paper on April 10, 1841,
and would continue as its editor for the next thirty years. During Greeley's tenure the Tribune
became one of the more significant newspapers in the United States, and Greeley was known as
the outstanding newspaper editor of his time. In 1924 the Tribune merged with the New York
Herald to form the New York Herald Tribune, a publication which would remain a major United
States daily until its demise.
Distinguishing features of the early penny press were their inexpensiveness, their appeal to the
average reader, their coverage of more and different types of news, and, in some instances, a
marked political independence. Penny papers such as the New York Sun and the New York
Herald were known for their emphasis on lurid crime reporting and humorous, human interest
stories from the police court. The Tribune offered a strong moralistic flavor, however, playing
down crime reports and scandals, providing political news, special articles, lectures, book
reviews, book excerpts and poetry. As with other penny papers, the Tribune was not averse to
building circulation by carrying accounts involving sex and crime, but it was careful to present
this material under the guise of cautionary tales.
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The San Francisco Call began life on December 1, 1856, as the Daily Morning Call. Staunchly
Republican in political outlook, the Call was popular with the working classes, and it was the
city's leading morning newspaper for several decades. By the summer of 1864, the Call was
boasting the highest daily circulation in the city, and its readership continued to rise, going from
10,750 in 1865 to 41,066 in 1880. In 1884 it boasted a circulation double that of any other daily.
Originally a four page daily, the Call also put out a weekly, published on Tuesdays, and a
Sunday edition. One of the paper's early writers was Mark Twain, who served as Nevada
correspondent in 1863 and as reporter after he moved to San Francisco the following year. In just
over four months as full time beat reporter, Twain produced some 200 articles on crime and the
courts, theater and the opera, and politics.
Among the original owners of the Call were James Joseph Ayers, Charles F. Jobson, and
Llewellyn Zublin. Peter B. Forster soon joined the group, and, by May 1866, he became the
paper's publisher of record. In 1869, George K. Fitch, Loring Pickering, and James W. Simonton,
owners of the rival San Francisco Bulletin, purchased the Call and ran it for over two decades.
By the 1890s, the paper's staff had grown to over 40, including editorial writers, sports reporters,
and drama and art critics. In January 1895, after the deaths of Pickering and Simonton, the Call
was sold in probate court to Charles M. Shortridge, publisher of the San Jose Daily Mercury.
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913
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The San Francisco Call began life on December 1, 1856, as the Daily Morning Call. Staunchly
Republican in political outlook, the Call was popular with the working classes, and it was the
city's leading morning newspaper for several decades. By the summer of 1864, the Call was
boasting the highest daily circulation in the city, and its readership continued to rise, going from
10,750 in 1865 to 41,066 in 1880. In 1884 it boasted a circulation double that of any other daily.
Originally a four page daily, the Call also put out a weekly, published on Tuesdays, and a
Sunday edition. One of the paper's early writers was Mark Twain, who served as Nevada
correspondent in 1863 and as reporter after he moved to San Francisco the following year. In just
over four months as full time beat reporter, Twain produced some 200 articles on crime and the
courts, theater and the opera, and politics.
Among the original owners of the Call were James Joseph Ayers, Charles F. Jobson, and
Llewellyn Zublin. Peter B. Forster soon joined the group, and, by May 1866, he became the
paper's publisher of record. In 1869, George K. Fitch, Loring Pickering, and James W. Simonton,
owners of the rival San Francisco Bulletin, purchased the Call and ran it for over two decades.
By the 1890s, the paper's staff had grown to over 40, including editorial writers, sports reporters,
and drama and art critics. In January 1895, after the deaths of Pickering and Simonton, the Call
was sold in probate court to Charles M. Shortridge, publisher of the San Jose Daily Mercury.
The Sun (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916
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The New York Sun debuted on September 3, 1833, becoming the first successful penny daily,
popular with the city’s less affluent, working classes. Its publisher, Benjamin H. Day,
emphasized local events, police court reports, and sports in his four-page morning newspaper.
Advertisements, notably help-wanted ads, were plentiful. By 1834, the Sun had the largest
circulation in the United States. Its rising popularity was attributed to its readers’ passion for the
Sun's sensational and sometimes fabricated stories and the paper’s exaggerated coverage of
sundry scandals. Its success was also the result of the efforts of the city’s ubiquitous newsboys,
who the innovative Day had hired to hawk the paper. The Sun added a Saturday edition in 1836.
The paper’s true glory days began in 1868 when Charles A. Dana, former managing editor of the
New York Tribune, became part owner and editor. Dana endeavored to apply the art of literary
craftsmanship to the news. Under him, the Sun became known as “the newspaperman’s
newspaper,” featuring editorials, society news, and human-interest stories. A Sunday edition was
added in 1875 and, later, a Saturday supplement appeared, offering book notices, essays, and
fictional sketches by Bret Harte, Henry James, and other well-known writers. In the 1880s, the
paper’s size increased to eight pages and in 1887 the Evening Sun hit the streets in two editions:
Wall Street and Night
Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911
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Title:
Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911
Alternative Titles:
Daily Los Angeles herald
Los Angeles Sunday herald
Herald
Place of publication:
Los Angeles [Calif.]
Geographic coverage:
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
Publisher:
Herald Pub. Co.
Dates of publication:
1900-1911
Description:
27th year, no. 183 (Apr. 1, 1900)- ; -v. 38, no. 31 (Nov. 1, 1911).
Frequency:
Daily
The Ocala Banner (Ocala, Marion County, Fla) 1883-194?
September 28, 1906, Image 8
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Title:
The Ocala Banner (Ocala, Marion County, Fla) 1883-194?
Alternative Titles:
Ocala daily banner <Jan. 5-Apr. 29, 1889>
Daily banner
Banner
Place of publication:
Ocala, Marion County, Fla
Geographic coverage:
Ocala, Marion County, Florida
Publisher:
The Banner Pub. Co.
Dates of publication:
1883-194?
Description:
Vol. 17, no. 12 (Aug. 25, 1883)Frequency:
Weekly, <Jan. 3, 1890-Mar. 5, 1943>