Chicago Daily News
newspaper
<span><span>The </span><i>Daily News</i><span> was founded in</span><span> 1875 and began publishing early the next year. <span>It was the first one-cent newspaper published in Chicago. </span>It strove for mass readership. </span>The purpose was to establish a paper the price of which should be the lowest unit of American coinage, so that no one could get below them in price; then to make it just as good in point of news as any higher priced paper in the city; to let its price alone carry it to the lower classes of society, and make its tone as high as that of any paper, feeling assured that its price would take care of the lower classes, and relying upon its tone to give it character among the better classes. Their idea, in brief, was to give a five-cent paper for one cent; and they believed there was a fortune in it. The ideal they had in view for the </span><em>Daily News</em><span> involved other radical changes. </span>
Melville E. Stone, Percy Meggy, and William E. Dougherty (Founders, 1875)
Victor F. Lawson (Owner, 1876-1925)
1876-1978
Rebecca Parker
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newspaper
English
newspaper
19th - 20th Century Chicago
Chicago Tribune
newspaper
From its beginnings in 1847, the newspaper pledged to be a good citizen and an active participant in the life of Chicago. The Tribune was also a standard-bearer for innovative journalism. During the paper's formative years, the Tribune was a leading anti-slavery newspaper and was instrumental in the election of President Abraham Lincoln. In 1881, the Tribune reinvigorated the city after the Great Chicago Fire, helping to lure business to the rebuilt city. The Tribune introduced several advancements that would irrevocably change newspapers. The Tribune developed a thick Sunday edition full of features, analysis, and advertising. It established the first foreign news service staffed by Americans and later became the first paper to maintain a reporting staff on Capitol Hill. The Tribune also revolutionized the look of papers--using three-and four-color printing, and publishing the first color photograph.
James Kelly, John E. Wheeler, and Joseph K. C. Forrest (Founders)
http://www.chicagotribune.com
1847-Present
Rebecca Parker
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newspaper
English
newspaper
19th - 20th Century Chicago
The Chicago Times
newspaper
Chicago newspaper popular in the latter half of the nineteenth-century founded in 1854. The paper was originally published in the fifth story of the McCormick Block, on the corner of Randolph and Dearborn streets. The circulation was but little over one thousand, with no advertising patronage worth mentioning. In a very short time, these quarters were found to be too small, and a removal was made to No. 74 Randolph Street. The close of the Civil War found the <em>Times</em> one of the most prosperous newspapers in the city, and it was compelled to enlarge its quarters and press facilities. In 1866, a new building with a stone front was erected on the southwest corner of Dearborn Street and Calhoun Place. It was five stories in height and intended expressly for the <em>Times</em>. The newspaper merged with the <em>Chicago Herald </em>in 1895.
Isaac Cook, James Sheahan and David Cameron (Founders)
Wilbur F. Storey (Owner/Editor, 1861-1884)
James J. West (Owner/Editor, 1887-1895)
Clinton Snowden (Editor, 1887-unknown)
Charles Chapin (City Editor, 1888-1895)
Chicago Times Company
1854-1895
Rebecca Parker
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newspaper
English
newspaper
late 19th century Chicago
Skyscraper Article
Mercedes McCambridge
An article from the Mundelein College newspaper, "The Skyscraper", recounting senior student, Mercedes McCambridge, winning an award and a contract with NBC.
Skyscraper Newspaper
Women and Leadership Archives, Loyola University Chicago
Mundelein College
1937
K. Johnson
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Image
English
Article
1937