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Bust of Mark Twain This is a bust of Mark Twain created by the The Sacramento Daily Record Union to honor his pivotal role in the paper's rapid surge in popularity during the year of 1866 because of Twain publishing his voyage logs of his trip to the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) in the paper.
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Jersey City News, July 9, 1903 This issue from The Jersey City News shows the "help wanted" sections for both men and women. The fact that the newspaper includes jobs specific to men and women implies that The Jersey City News is intended to be read by all members of the community.
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Home Rule: Maximum Local Self-Government A breakdown of Home Rule in Alaska.
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‘The Greatest Man in the History of Alaska’
Article describing John Weir Troy.
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Alaska and the 19th Amendment
Alaska's history surrounding the nineteenth amendment.
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Alaska and the 19th Amendment
Alaska's history surrounding the nineteenth amendment.
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Articles Credited to the "United Press" Six articles credited to the "United Press"
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"Leave Skagway" An advertisement telling residents to "leave Skagway".
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The Publishers of The Daily Alaskan Two publishers of The Daily Alaskan
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John Weir Troy
A picture of Troy, for reference.
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Population demographics in Hawaii, 1860 to 1930 Durnad, E. Dana, and WM. J. Harris. “Thirteenth Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1910-Statistics for Hawaii,” 1913. https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-hi.pdf.
Lamont, R.P, and W.M. Steuart. “Fifteenth Census of the United States:1930 Outlying Territories and Possessions,” 1932. https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00476569ch3.pdf
Robert C. Schmitt, Demographic Statistics of Hawaii: 1778-1965. (Honolulu,1968). Robert C. Schmitt, Historical Statistics of Hawaii. (Honolulu,1977), http://www.ohadatabook.com/T01-01-13.pdf
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"Speaking of Overcoats", and other advertisements There were only three ads on this December 7th issue of the paper.
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Pages covering Republican declaration, and the death of Queen Victoria Republican declaration: first page, on right side
Death of Queen Victoria: second page, full page.
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Photo of Joseph Pulitzer from The Missouri Historical Society (c. 1880) Joseph Pulitzer was the founder and publisher of the New York Evening World printing company. Born in Mako, Hungary, he moved to Boston, Massachusetts in 1864 and served in the Union Army during the American Civil War After the war, he moved to St. Louis, Missouri and gained a profit from his share in the newspaper, the Westliche Post. The profit he made helped him to purchase the St. Louis Dispatch and St. Louis Post and merge them into one newspaper, known as the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. In 1883, Pulitzer moved to New York City and purchased the New York World from financial speculator, Jay Gould. The success of the New York Evening World came out of Pulitzer’s rivalry with William Randolph Hearst (founder of the New York Journal). According to Pulitzer biographers George H. Douglas and Nancy Whitelaw, the success of the New York Evening World came from Pulitzer’s decision to make daily newspaper prices cheap for consumers and focus on lower-class citizens as well as immigrants.
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Collection of advertisements A collection of 2 advertisements and inclusion of a statement that the paper is republican.
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Willa Cather A picture of novelist Willa Cather
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US Stamp of Willa Cather, 1973 Stamp of Willa Cather, 1973, US Post Office
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Sinking of the USS Maine, 1898 Front page of the New-York Tribune, February 16, 1898
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/data/batches/dlc_triumph_ver01/data/sn83030214/00175036817/1898021601/0281.pdf
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Jersey City News, March 17, 1896 This specific edition of The Jersey City news includes many different stories from Washington D.C., showing that the newspaper found political news to be significant. The news covered from Washington D.C. includes information on the supreme court and justices, and even congressional decisions. The editor could have included all of this information and news from Washington D.C. because decisions made in places such as congress and the supreme court could have a large impact on cities like Jersey City.
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Jersey City News, March 18, 1897
The Jersey City News reported on many different events that occurred throughout the United States, but the paper also highlighted major world-wide current events. For example, when a Greek schooner was sunk by the Sebenico, a gunboat under control of the British Admiral commanding the British squadron in Cretan waters, the Jersey City News included it as front page news. This expresses to us that not only did the editor believe that this was important news, but also that the audience is interested in current events outside of the United States.
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Jersey City News, March 18, 1897 The Jersey City News reported on many different events that occurred throughout the United States, but the paper also highlighted major world-wide current events. For example, when a Greek schooner was sunk by the Sebenico, a gunboat under control of the British Admiral commanding the British squadron in Cretan waters, the Jersey City News included it as front page news. This expresses to us that not only did the editor believe that this was important news, but also that the audience is interested in current events outside of the United States.
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Jersey City News, May 8, 1906 The newspaper includes advertisements for things like medicine or pills that people can buy, like a May 8, 1906 advertisement that depicts a stomach medication available for purchase in the city. This specific advertisement was directly in bold letters on the center of the page, showing that the audience will value the product’s services and the intended audience is essentially anyone in the Jersey City community.
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Jersey City News, July 29, 1902 This specific advertisement in The Jersey City News has a very large and obvious advertisement directly on the front page for a gas range, which implies that this product is something that many readers would need in their everyday lives. Advertisements on the front page are more likely to be read and more readers will be interested in the product.
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Jersey City News, July 29, 1902 This specific advertisement in The Jersey City News has a very large and obvious advertisement directly on the front page for a gas range, which implies that this product is something that many readers would need in their everyday lives. Advertisements on the front page are more likely to be read and more readers will be interested in the product.
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Jersey City News In the paper’s description of who wrote, edited and published the edition, The Jersey City News has the same quote on every issue, “The only Democratic daily paper published in Jersey City.” This expresses that the paper had a significant stance in the political and social world, which influences what audience would read and discuss the content.