Title

1905-03-15
- Ayer Annual1
- Content: Independent
- Established: 1889 - 1914
- Pages: 8
- Size: 18x24 in.
- Editor: E.M. Reed
- Publisher: Reed and Coe; Yakima Herald Pub. Co. (later 19??)3
- Frequency: Thursday; Weekly3
- Coverage
- Region: South Cascades2
- County: Yakima
- Unique ids
- LCCN: sn88085523
- OCLC: 17416264
Digitization plan
2008-2009 grant
- Also adding Recordak film (permission received from publisher) 1893-1899, 1905 (3 reels)
- Checking to see if 1905 from Recordak film can be added
- Plan to digitize 1900-1912 (12 reels), perhaps also 1905 from WSL (1 reel)
History
Essay Notes
1989-02-26 Yakima Herald Republic article:
- 1889 M Reed and James R Coe buy subscription list from Democrat, start "independent" paper.
- Reed worked for JM Adams at the Signal. Bought the Signal. Coe bought the Signal, changed the name to Democrat. Reed and Coe form partnership, change name of paper to Herald.
- 1885 controversy over whether to move the town. Republic was advocate of railroad interests. Signal was critical of the gov't land grant plan to give the railroads 40 sections of public land for each mile of track.
- WSU battle in 1890s.
- WW "Colonel" Robertson buys Republic in 1898. Purchases the herald in 1912, runs it as a parallel paper. The two merge in 1968.
Essay Draft
E.M. Reed and James R. Coe founded the Yakima
Herald in February 1889. Both men had owned other Yakima newspapers prior to this jo
int venture and had been attracted to Yakima area's potential for growth. The
Herald was founded dur
ing Wash
ington's transition from territory to state, and North Yakima sought to be named state capital and the site of the state agricultural college. North Yakima lost both contests, but ma
inta
ined its population of five thousand and developed as an important agricultural center.
The presence of the Northern Pacific Railroad had a strong impact on the development of the city. The residents of the old city of Yakima refused to give the railroad land to build a depot, so the railroad decided to built the l
ine several miles north of the town site.
In 1884-1885 the railroad formed the community of North Yakima and offered to assist the residents
in relocat
ing. Many residents stubbornly refused, and this tension even resulted
in the bomb
ing of the office of the
Signal [LCCN 88085526] (a newspaper which preceded the
Herald and advocated mov
ing the city to North Yakima). This tension still colored the atmosphere of the city when the
Herald was organized
in 1889. The town of North Yakima is now called Yakima.
The
Herald went through several changes
in ownership dur
ing its early history. Coe left the paper
in 1892 for health reasons. Reed retired from the paper
in 1893, and Coe returned as bus
iness manager, while W.W. Watson became editor.
In 1894 Watson left and Reed returned as editor. Reed cont
inued the paper until 1897 when Charles F. Bailey and George N. Tuesley of M
innesota bought the paper.
In 1898 Robert McComb also purchased an
interest
in the paper and George Tuesley's brother Walter jo
ined the staff. Bailey left the paper
in 1899 to work for a steamboat company. These frequent changes
in ownership might reflect the f
inancial difficulties that the Yakima Valley faced between follow
ing the Panic of 1893.
"Tuesley, McComb & Tuesley" controlled the paper until 1904 when Walter Tuesley and McComb sold their
interest. E.L Boardman briefly served as editor. On Novemeber 28, 1905 George Tuesley
installed a l
inotype mach
ine and started publish
ing the Yakima
Morning Herald [LCCN 86072043] daily
in addition to the weekly
Herald. He sold the paper to his primary competitor Wilbur Robertson, owner of the Yakima
Daily Republic [LCCN 88085521],
in 1913. Robertson cont
inued both daily papers for many years. Though both were republican papers, he ma
inta
ined a separate staff for the
Daily Republic and the
Morning Herald and encouraged the writers and editors to develop a dist
inct voice for each paper. The weekly
Herald ceased publication
in 1914.
Research
- N.W. Ayer & Son's American newspaper annual -- 1889 -- 524
- NDNP Candidate Title List (Appendix A1.2)
- Chronicling America record (LOC) - Yakima Herald
- WorldCat record - Yakima Herald
- WSL record - Yakima Herald
- UW record - Yakima Herald
Reel
- Filmed by: OCLC for UW; Recordak for WSL?
- Positives held by: WSL and UW
- Negatives held by: UW and ProQuest?
- Positive Holdings
- Location: UW MicNews; WSL
- Call Number: UW A2973; WSL 24/224
- Library holds: UW 1900-1912 (minus 1905) (12 reels); WSL 1889-1905 (6 reels)
Notes
Seems to be labeled and cataloged
incorrectly. The paper was filmed with
Yakima Morning Herald targets and labled as such. WSL has copies of both Yakima Herald and Yakima Morn
ing Herald labeled film. Yakima Herald film created by Recordak, Yakima Morn
ing Herald mislabled film filmed by OCLC. I checked both copies at WSL and pages from 1900-1904 are identical. 1905 (miss
ing year from UW film) is available on Recordak film. UW/OCLC film seems better, has targets and 20x reduction.
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