Corvallis Gazette (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
865 issues from 1900 to 1908, published in Corvallis, Oregon, digitised for Chronicling America.
Launched by John D. Daly in 1897, the Corvallis Oregon Union went through a handful of mergers and title changes during its 12-year tenure.
A New York native and staunch Republican, Daly came to the West by way of California in 1864, first settling in San Francisco and then in Stockton, where he was engaged in successful business ventures. Arriving in Oregon in 1878, Daly first settled in the Yaquina Bay area, where he reportedly got his start in the newspaper industry as an editor and publisher, before moving to Corvallis.
Following the Republican ideals of its founder, the Union tagline read “TARIFF FOR REVENUE, INCIDENTAL PROTECTION AND SOUND MONEY.” Published every Friday, the four-page, seven-column folio included current news at the local, national, and world levels, as well as local social pieces, agricultural news, business and service advertisements, and occasional editorial commentary. At its inception, an annual subscription cost $1.00 per year.
In 1899, the Union merged with the Corvallis Gazette to form The Union Gazette . Though the Corvallis Gazette was one of the oldest papers in the state (established in 1862 as a staunch Republican, pro-Lincoln newspaper), its proprietors succumbed to the young Union in the merger. An editorial in the first issue of the new paper explained that the proprietors of the Corvallis Gazette were retiring from the field in order to provide better service to the party and public through a consolidation of interests, “leaving…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Corvallis, Oregon, 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