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The Philadelphia ''Evening Telegraph'' was a newspaper published in
Chronicling America (summary by Penn State University Libraries), Retrieved 13 July 2018
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at Chronicling America (July 1864 - June 1871 available online as of July 2018) Defunct newspapers of Philadelphia Publications established in 1864 Publications disestablished in 1918
The Philadelphia ''Evening Telegraph'' was a newspaper published in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
, from 1864 to 1918.
The paper was started on January 4, 1864, by James Barclay Harding
James Barclay Harding (November 1, 1830 – October 29, 1865) was the publisher of the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph with Charles Edward Warburton.
Biography
He was born on November 1, 1830, to Jesper Harding
Jesper Harding (November 5, 1799 ...
and Charles Edward Warburton
Charles Edward Warburton (March 2, 1837 – September 1, 1896) was the publisher of the ''Philadelphia Evening Telegraph'' with James Barclay Harding.
Biography
He was born on March 2, 1837 in Philadelphia. He started the ''Philadelphia Eveni ...
. Warburton served as publisher until 1896, when he passed the newspaper and the publisher's job to Barclay Harding Warburton I
Major Barclay Harding Warburton I (April 1, 1866 – December 5, 1954) was the publisher of the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.
Biography
He was born on April 1, 1866 in Philadelphia to Charles Edward Warburton. At the death of his father he bec ...
. In 1911, Barclay Warburton sold the paper to Rodman Wanamaker
Lewis Rodman Wanamaker (February 13, 1863 – March 9, 1928) was an American businessman and heir to the Wanamaker's department store fortune. In addition to operating stores in Philadelphia, New York City, and Paris, he was a patron of the arts ...
, who ran it until it closed in 1918. Bought out by Cyrus Curtis
Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis (June 18, 1850June 7, 1933) was an American publisher of magazines and newspapers, including the '' Ladies' Home Journal'' and ''The Saturday Evening Post''.Ingham, John N. Biographical Dictionary of American Busines ...
, owner of the '' Public Ledger'', Curtis merged the ''Telegraph'' into the ''Ledger'' and thus acquired an Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American non-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association. It produces news reports that are distributed to its members, U.S. newspa ...
membership. The ''Ledger'' carried the full name of ''Evening Public Ledger and The Evening Telegraph'' through the end of 1918, and then dropped the ''Telegraph'' addition.About the evening telegraphChronicling America (summary by Penn State University Libraries), Retrieved 13 July 2018
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