The Oasis (Arizola, Ariz.)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
990 issues from 1893 to 1912, published in Nogales, Arizona, digitised for Chronicling America.
The weekly newspaper, the Oasis, of the Oasis Publishing Company, was launched in Arizola, Arizona, on May 11, 1893, by founder and editor Allen T. Bird. The paper was dedicated to the news in southern Arizona and its surroundings and was considered highly knowledgeable on the subject of mining.
The Oasis continued in Arizola until May 10, 1894; moved to Benson from May 17 through November 22, 1894; and finally, relocated to Nogales on December 6, 1894, according to Estelle Lutrell’s Newspapers and Periodicals of Arizona 1859-1911.
Like many early papers, partisanship had its effects on the Oasis, which originally began as a Republican newspaper, but would change to Democratic around 1914. Contention among editors were commonplace at the time, and while in Nogales, Bird would find himself involved in such disagreements. On one occasion, a scuffle even arose between Bird and Nogales Herald owner,Hamilton R. Sisk. William H. Lyon maintains in Those Old Yellow Dog Days: Frontier Journalism in Arizona 1859-1912 that later “Bird apologized after being condemned at a mass meeting.”
Working in the newspaper business during this period left much to be desired. The profession was known for its long hours and minimal pay. In Those Old Yellow Dog Days: Frontier Journalism in Arizona: 1859-1912, Lyon characterizes newspapermen in Arizona as “’rank suckers’”–poor businessmen “who let sentiment interfere with profits, ran notices and advertisements at a fraction of their proper cost,…
- 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