The Daily Telegram (Clarksburg, W. Va.)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
3,611 issues from 1902 to 1916, published in Clarksburg, West Virginia, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Clarksburg [West Virginia] Daily Telegram grew out of its weekly counterpart—the Clarksburg Telegram —in 1902. The weekly Telegram had been in publication since 1861, when Robert Northcott founded the paper, then known as the National Telegraph, as a Unionist and Republican vehicle during the Civil War. In 1891, a group of Clarksburg men purchased the Telegram from Northcott, and for over a decade helped grow the paper into one the most prominent in central West Virginia. By 1902, the weekly Telegram‘s success induced its owners to purchase the local Clarksburg Daily Post, which became the Clarksburg Daily Telegram.
The Clarksburg Daily Telegram appeared six times a week (excluding Sundays) for 12 years. In 1914, the weekly Telegram was folded into its daily counterpart, and the name was simplified to the Clarksburg Telegram, which was published every day. In that same year, a new weekly version of the newspaper debuted; it was called the Sunday Telegram and continued to publish until 1927. The Clarksburg Daily Telegram varied in length throughout its existence, although eight to ten pages could usually be expected. Wilbur C. Morrison and William L. Geppert served as the editors. A former schoolteacher, Morrison worked for the Telegram for many years, his name becoming synonymous with the paper and earning him a reputation as “one of the best known editorial writers in the state.” Under Morrison’s leadership, the Telegram enjoyed a circulation of over 20,000 by 1926.…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Clarksburg, West Virginia, 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