Douglas Daily Dispatch (Douglas, Ariz.)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
2,267 issues from 1926 to 1933, published in Douglas, Arizona, digitised for Chronicling America.
Douglas, Arizona, located along the U.S.-Mexico border, saw the debut of its first two newspapers within a month of each other in early 1902. The weekly Douglas International (later titled the Daily International-American) appeared first, followed by the weekly Douglas Dispatch. Experienced publisher and editor Albert Franklin Banta started the Dispatch, but within a year, Franklin B. Dorr purchased the paper and took Banta’s place as editor and proprietor.
Under Dorr, the newspaper started publishing daily, except Mondays, in 1903, and the paper’s name was changed to the Douglas Daily Dispatch to reflect this. The Bisbee Daily Review from the neighboring town commented that “a daily paper at Douglas is but another evidence [sic] of the wonderful growth of that town.” Initially, the Daily Dispatch focused on local issues, with a 1904 slogan “What is home without the Dispatch?” The paper featured a “Local and Personal News” column and listed accomplishments of community members. Douglas was the home to smelters for nearby copper mining operations, and the paper regularly reported mining news. The Bisbee Daily Review commented on the Daily Dispatch’s Annual Industrial Edition in 1904, noting that its mining news coverage crosses the border into Mexico. Even with the local focus, the paper often ran wire stories from the Associated Press to provide readers with national and international news. The newspaper also covered local and national politics. As a Republican…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Douglas, 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