St. Joseph News-Press Souvenir Issue, Final Edition, June 30, 1988

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Name/Title

St. Joseph News-Press Souvenir Issue, Final Edition, June 30, 1988

Entry/Object ID

AM2015.18.1

Scope and Content

St. Joseph News-Press Souvenir Issue, Final Edition, June 30, 1988. Final edition before the evening News-Press merged with morning. St. Joseph Gazette to create one newspaper per day in St. Joseph. Historic information in this issue about News-Press and Gazette. Chronology of St. Joseph News-Press 1879-1988 Daily Evening News founded on May 3, 1879 by Judge Andrew Royal and George H. Cross Newspaper purchased on April 19, 1881 by W. F. Bassett and J. W. Spencer Newspaper was purchased by Byron Dunn and George W. Martin 1888 St. Joseph Daily News purchased by the News Corporation which formed for that purpose by C. B. Palmer and E. B. Haskell 1889 On September 21, 1903 newspaper renamed St. Joseph News Press 1928 The News Corporation purchased the St. Joseph Gazette which had been founded on April 1845 Publication of both papers continued. 1951 Henry D. Bradley publisher of the newspapers became the majority stockholder and renamed the company News-Press Gazette Co. 1988 final edition of the St. Joseph News-Press was published July 1988 the News-Press, an afternoon news-paper is merged with the St. Joseph Gazette a morning newspaper, and will continue as the St. Joseph News/Gazette.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Newspaper

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Serial

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Newspapers

Search Terms

St. Joseph News-Press, St. Joseph Gazette, St. Joseph Gazette & News-Press Merger

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Jan 15, 2016

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Andrew Royal

Person or Organization

George H. Cross

Person or Organization

W. F. Bassett

Person or Organization

Spencer, J. W.

Person or Organization

Gilbert W. Spencer

Person or Organization

Bryon Dunn

Person or Organization

George W. Martin

Person or Organization

Palmer, C. B.

Person or Organization

Haskell, E. B.

Person or Organization

Bradley, Henry D.