The Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.)
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1,158 issues from 1892 to 1897, published in Brownsville, Texas, digitised for Chronicling America.
During the 1892 state Democratic convention, James B. (“Jim”) Wells, local Democratic Party boss, persuaded Jessie O. Wheeler of Victoria to publish a Democratic-affiliated newspaper in Brownsville. Wheeler had experience managing The Victoria Advocate and The Victoria Review. Soon after arriving in Brownsville, Wheeler purchased the Daily Cosmopolitan, renamed it The Daily Herald, and published its first issue on July 4, 1892. Wheeler published the paper under this title until 1897. Succeeding titles of The Daily Herald (for example, The Brownsville Daily Herald), have been published continuously in Brownsville to the present day. The Daily Herald was issued daily in the afternoon, except for Sundays, at an annual subscription rate of $8.00. By the end of its run, The Daily Herald enjoyed a modest circulation of 480 subscribers, and throughout its lifetime it measured 15 by 22 inches.
Born in Alabama, a veteran of the Confederate Army, and described by a journalist colleague as an “energetic newspaper man,” Wheeler brought an outspoken, enterprising flavor to The Daily Herald. The paper’s editorials championed Democratic policies and candidates (likewise denouncing Republicans and Independents), and it also published proceedings from the Cameron County Democratic Convention. Its energy was not only confined to politics; the paper also emerged as a prominent booster for Brownsville and Cameron County. An 1893 advertisement stated it well: The Daily Herald “is entirely…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Brownsville, 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