''The Times'' was a daily newspaper published from March 13, 1875, to August 11, 1902, in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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 ...
.
The paper was founded by
Alexander McClure
Alexander Kelly McClure (January 9, 1828 – June 6, 1909) was an American politician, newspaper editor, and writer from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1858 to 1859, the Penns ...
and Frank McLaughlin as an independent voice against party machine politics and corruption.
Despite this, by the mid-1890s it had become aligned with the city's ruling
Republican Party machine. The ''Times'', along with Philadelphia papers such as the
''Public Ledger'', the
''Press'', and the
''Evening Telegraph'' catered to a middle-class readership, and by 1880, it had the third-largest circulation in the city, with 32,500 copies sold daily. Though the ''Public Ledger'' maintained its circulation lead through the end of the 19th century, the ''Times'' effectively competed with its older rival, and in 1900 both papers claimed a daily circulation of about 70,000 copies.
became proprietor and editor of the ''Times'' in 1901. The following year, he purchased the Philadelphia ''Public Ledger'' and merged the ''Times'' into his new acquisition.
Notable people
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Mary Temple Bayard
Mary Temple Bayard (, Temple; after first marriage, Bayard, after second marriage, Jamison; pen name, Meg; July 23, 1853 – August 17, 1916) was an American writer and journalist. Her literary work was mostly written for magazines in the intere ...
(1853-1916), American writer, journalist
References
Defunct newspapers of Philadelphia
Publications established in 1875
Publications disestablished in 1902
1875 establishments in Pennsylvania
Daily newspapers published in Pennsylvania
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