The Daily Morning Oasis (Nogales, Ariz.)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
904 issues from 1917 to 1920, published in Nogales, Arizona, digitised for Chronicling America.
With abundant walnut groves, silver mines, and railways ultimately “linking Mexico and the United States for the first time” in 1882, Nogales, Arizona, was closely connected to its “sister town” in Mexico, Nogales, Sonora. Journalist Alma Ready also described early newspapers in the Arizona-Mexico border town: “…one Sunday paper, six weeklies and four daily newspapers were established in Nogales between 1885 and 1905…” While most were short-lived, other titles like the Spanish-language paper El Monitor Fronterizo, the Border Vidette, and the Oasis had longer runs. These papers regularly included news from both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. Allen T. Bird established the Daily Morning Oasis in Nogales, Arizona, in December 1917, after publishing the weekly version of the paper. Both owner and editor, Bird adopted the slogan: “A Newspaper of the International Border. Devoted to the interests of Southern Arizona and the West Coast of Mexico.”
In the first issue, Bird described the purpose and need for the daily paper, separate from the weekly: “…to make The Daily Morning Oasis as truly representatice [sic] of the town and its best interests as has been The Oasis. The outside circulation of the weekly edition is too large and valuable to be abandoned, and it will continue to go to a large clientelle [sic] who desire the news of the international line, yet care not to have it daily.” Recurring columns included “Mexican News” and “Rippling Rhymes.” The Nogales Theatre and…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Nogales, Arizona, 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