The Cincinnati Daily Star ([Cincinnati, Ohio])
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
1,533 issues from 1875 to 1880, published in Cincinnati, Ohio, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Cincinnati Star began in 1872 with the creation of the Cincinnati Evening Star by Charles and John Karr and Lewis Alexander Leonard. The group only stayed together until 1873 when M.D. Hanover, a lawyer with political aspirations, purchased the Karrs’ stakes. Leonard edited the paper and would go on to become influential in the newspaper industry. The paper changed its name to the Star in 1874, but a year later the heading changed again to the Cincinnati Daily Star.
While most papers in Cincinnati had a political affiliation, the Star remained independent, focusing less on politics and more on the happenings of the greater Cincinnati area. The Star reported on national news, with a sprinkle of international news, but catered mainly to the needs of the readers in the Cincinnati area and the neighboring cities in Kentucky across the Ohio River. With a large reader base, the Star was also a prime spot for “Wanted” and other advertisements for various business, manufacturing, and agricultural interests.
The Star grew rapidly, reaching a circulation of 20,000 readers by 1878, which made it the most read newspaper in Cincinnati during its time in publication. A contributing factor to the dominance of the paper was its printing equipment. The Star used the first “perfect press” west of Pittsburgh, a technique that allowed a sheet of paper to be printed on both sides at once. With the speed that the Star was able to leave the printing press, the citizens of Cincinnati were…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Cincinnati, Ohio, 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