The Daily Star-Mirror (Moscow, Idaho)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
3,703 issues from 1911 to 1923, published in Moscow, Idaho, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Moscow area’s first permanent settlers came in 1871 when homesteaders moved to the area – many from Walla Walla, Washington. The settlement, first named Hog Heaven then Paradise Valley, attracted settlers with its abundant grassland and timber. By 1875 a business district was established, and the town was called Moscow. Moscow was incorporated in 1877. In 1885, the Columbia and Palouse Railroad connected Moscow to Connell, Washington. Rail access spurred population growth. In 1889, Idaho’s Territorial Legislature decided that the University of Idaho would be located in Moscow – inciting even more growth. The land-grant college opened in 1892, two years after Idaho achieved statehood.
The Daily Star-Mirror was published in Moscow from 1911–1939. The Mirror was established and first edited by John F. Yost and Peter LeDow Orcutt. Yost and Orcutt both had experience in the Idaho newspaper business. Yost published and edited Rathdrum’s Silver Blade newspaper for a few years after its founding in 1895. Prior to establishing the Daily Mirror, Orcutt edited the Troy Weekly News. After founding the Mirror, Orcutt purchased Orofino’s Clearwater Republican in 1913. As the title indicates, the Star-Mirror was published daily, except Sundays and holidays. It usually had four pages with six columns, with occasional six-page issues. It was the official paper of the town of Moscow, but covered news from Moscow, Coeur d’Alene, Lewiston, Bethel, Potlatch, Harvard, Princeton, Lenville,…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Moscow, Idaho, 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