Goodwin's Weekly : A Thinking Paper for Thinking People (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
906 issues from 1902 to 1919, published in Salt Lake City, Utah, digitised for Chronicling America.
When Goodwin’s Weekly first appeared on May 17, 1902, the newspaper promised to bring culture, literature, and refinement to the people of Salt Lake City. Self-anointed as “A Thinking Paper for Thinking People,” the premier edition declared: “There is no ambition behind this publication save that involved in the merchant’s idea of giving good goods for good money; no especial hope save that it will not add to the monotony of journalism.” The weekly largely lived up to its aspirations, avoiding journalistic tedium by filling its pages with news from the world of sports, theater, and high society, along with a regular feature called “Literary Notes.”
Its editor, Charles Carroll Goodwin, was also the father of the newspaper’s owner and manager, James T. Goodwin. And by the time the newspaper debuted, he had already made a name for himself as one of the literary lights of the Old West. Originally from upstate New York, C. C. Goodwin traveled west in the 1850s, settling in California during the Gold Rush and setting up a legal practice. Goodwin later made his way to Nevada, where he won election as one of the state’s first district judges in 1864.
In addition to his legal duties, Goodwin also served as editor of the Washoe Times, in Washoe City, Nevada, and later joined the Daily Territorial Enterprise in nearby Virginia City, where he became chief editor. In 1880, Goodwin left Nevada for Utah to become the editor in charge of the Salt Lake Tribune. His reputation as a skilled…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Chronicling America
- Licence or status
- None stated by the archive
- Rights
- The Library of Congress believes that the newspapers in Chronicling America are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions. Newspapers published in the United States more than 95 years ago are in the public domain in their entirety.
- Credit
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Who can read it
- Teens profiles and older (placed by Invisible Network from what the archive says; archives give no ratings)
- Archive
- Library of Congress