The Greeneville Daily Sun (Greeneville, Tenn.)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
585 issues from 1918 to 1920, published in Greeneville, Tennessee, digitised for Chronicling America.
The weekly Greeneville [Tennessee] Sun was established by William R. Lyon and Joseph W. Howard in 1901. An increase in news wire reports during World War One prompted Lyon to begin a daily edition of the Sun, and the first issue was printed on March 28, 1918. The inaugural editorial stated that, “We have arranged to get the very latest press dispatches which will give war news and news of a general character up to 3:30 every afternoon. This will give our people a later service than is afforded them at the present time by any other daily newspaper that reaches Greeneville.” The daily edition was published every day except Sunday. A month-long trial subscription was offered for 40 cents, for which Lyon promised readers a continuation of reliable news “of such character that it can be read by every member of the family.” He also reminded local merchants of the inestimable value that advertising could provide.
Throughout the war, the Sun’s front pages featured large banner headlines, the United Press War Review, and other war reports received by wire from Washington, New York, and Europe. As an afternoon paper, the Sun was able to publish news of the Armistice on the day it happened, and the whole front page was dedicated to news related to the historic agreement. Inside a typical issue, readers could peruse local news ranging from marriage and death announcements to politics, agriculture, and sports. Poems appeared regularly, as did letters from soldiers overseas. News from…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Greeneville, Tennessee, 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