The daily press. (Atlanta, Ga.)

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Title:
The daily press. : (Atlanta, Ga.) 1894-1???
Place of publication:
Atlanta, Ga.
Geographic coverage:
  • Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia  |  View more titles from this: City County, State
Publisher:
Thomas E. Watson
Dates of publication:
1894-1???
Frequency:
Daily (except Sun.)
Language:
  • English
Subjects:
  • Atlanta (Ga.)--Newspapers.
  • Fulton County (Ga.)--Newspapers.
  • Georgia--Atlanta.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01204627
  • Georgia--Fulton County.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01211153
Notes:
  • Also on microfilm: Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Libraries.
  • Description based on: Vol. 1, no. 41 (Aug. 16, 1894).
LCCN:
sn 89053715
OCLC:
20067391
Holdings:

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The daily press. July 4, 1894, Image 1

Thomas E. Watson and his company, the People’s Paper Publishing Company, printed the first issue of The Daily Press on July 4, 1894 in Atlanta, Georgia. In the paper’s first issue, Watson’s leading editorial, titled “Listen to Stephens,” drew comparisons between his new daily venture and Alexander H. Stephens’ Atlanta Daily Sun. The four-page paper circulated every day except Sunday and advocated for the principles of the Populist Party. Its editor-in-chief, Watson, was a prominent Populist leader and played an instrumental role in the establishment of the Peoples’ Party of Georgia in 1892. The Daily Press was the daily extension of Watson’s other newspaper, the People’s Party Paper, which he founded in 1891. Although the Populist Party had an influential following, it was insufficient to sustain both a weekly and daily newspaper in Atlanta, and The Daily Press was out of print by 1895.

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