The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
2,242 issues from 1893 to 1903, published in Houston, Texas, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Houston Daily Post had several precursors under the Post banner, but none measured up to the quality of its coverage and its commercial success. Officially formed in 1886, when its publisher, the Houston Printing Company was re-organized into a stock company, the Daily Post established itself as the premier paper in Houston and one of the leading daily publications in Texas. The paper was led by its editor and future U.S. Senator Rienzi M. Johnston and its business manager Julius L. Watson. Shortly after its formation and building on the success of its predecessor–the Houston Post, The Houston Daily Post could claim a circulation of 6,000. By 1901, circulation had climbed to 14,207. In 1888, the paper’s content was spread across eight pages, each measuring 15 x 22 inches. By 1903, the paper had expanded to 10 to 12 pages measuring 17 x 22 inches. Through its lifetime, the Daily Post maintained an $8.00 annual subscription rate. Its affiliation with the Democratic Party was unwavering.
Besides effectively directing the content of the Daily Post, Johnston proved himself a master recruiter of star talent. During his tenure as editor, he secured the services of William Sydney Porter (O. Henry), Marcellus E. Foster, William Cowper Brann (the vitriolic columnist who later published the monthly Iconoclast), Judd Mortimer Lewis, Hugh Nugent Fitzgerald, Clarence Ousley, and Sam Houston Dixon among others.
In 1895, soon after reading an issue of Porter’s short-lived weekly The…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Houston, Texas, 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