The Winslow Mail (Winslow, Ariz.)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
1,454 issues from 1897 to 1926, published in Winslow, Arizona, digitised for Chronicling America.
On January 3, 1894, the Buck Brothers established a newspaper in Winslow, Arizona. They quickly sold to the previous editor and publisher of the The St. Johns Herald, James F. Wallace, and the The Winslow Mail was born. Known fondly as “Uncle Jimmy,” Wallace participated in local politics, and his political interests permeated the Mail. The first page typically displayed election candidates or monetary exchanges, and the newspaper contained opinionated advice, agricultural and pharmaceutical advertisements, and reprinted stories.
After Wallace succumbed to injuries from a horse team accident in 1901, The Winslow Mail shifted hands several times over the next two decades. Owners and editors included Lloyd C. Henning from the Holbrook Argus and Snips and the St. John’s Herald; John F. Bauer, who had worked at the Holbrook Argus; and L.V. Root, a former editor of the Needles Nugget in California. From 1922-1925, Sam W. Proctor, who was involved in state politics, managed the paper with Charles P. Mason as editor. Winslow and neighbors appeared unaffectionate toward Proctor and Mason, such as in 1922, when The Holbrook News commented on a typographical error of “Chainman” instead of “Chairman,” questioning Proctor’s Democratic stance. The Mail published a response, urging the public to humanize editors, instead of criticizing them. Later in Proctor’s tenure, the newspaper’s slogan was “A Clean Wholesome Newspaper Published for the Home.”
The January 1, 1926 issue of the Mail…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Winslow, Arizona, 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