Title
- Ayer Annual1
- Publish day: Evenings except Sunday
- Content: Republican
- Established: 1905
- Pages: 4
- Size: 13x22
- Editor: None listed
- Publisher: World Publishing Co.
- Frequency: Daily
- Coverage
- Region: North Cascades
- County: Chelan
- Unique ids
- SN: sn86072041
- OCLC: ocm14402228
Digitization plan
2008-2010 grant
- Text not converted this grant cycle
- Digitized 1905-1910 (13 reels)
TopHistory
- Continues: NA
- Continued by: The Wenatchee World 1971-current
- WSL publish history chart: NA
NEH Approved Essay
The
Wenatchee Daily World was founded
in 1905 by C.A. Briggs and Nat Ament, as a Republican paper. The paper was the town’s first daily newspaper and
initially consisted of four pages.
In 1907, Briggs and Ament sold the ail
ing paper after threats were made on their lives over their anti-saloon stances. Rufus Woods, who had previously published the
Wenatchee Advance [LCCN: sn87093051] and written for the
Republic [LCCN: sn87093278], purchased the paper with his tw
in brother Ralph as a silent partner. Woods struggled
in the early years because he decided to support the Progressive or “Bull Moose” branch of the Republican Party and many of his advertisers deserted the paper. Woods relied on creativity and publicity stunts to boost bus
iness and canvassed around the state for subscriptions. By 1910, circulation reached 2,700, a 600%
increase over March 1907.
The
Wenatchee Daily World’s ma
in competitor
in its early days was the
Republic, especially after the latter became a daily
in 1912. On April 30, 1913, the
Republic ran an article titled “The Sordid Motives of Our Strumpet Contemporary”
in which Woods was described as a “crook, briber, cunn
ing knave, brazen blackmailer, shrewd scoundrel, gr
inn
ing clown” and h
inted at unsavory rumors about Woods’ f
inancial deal
ings. The
Republic eventually folded
in 1914, and Woods and the
Daily World recovered. Woods used the paper as a platform to advocate for development promot
ing and support
ing better roads, m
ining development, conservation, hydro-electric power, reclamation, local manufactur
ing, and better government for central Wash
ington. The
Wenatchee Daily World is best known for Rufus Woods’ July 18, 1918 editorial argu
ing that divert
ing the Columbia River would allow for the irrigation of arid Central Wash
ington farmlands,
introduc
ing the public to the Grand Coulee dam proposal. Woods and the
Wenatchee Daily World were central figures
in the 23-year fight to complete the project. Woods rema
ined publisher of the paper until his death
in 1950, when his son, Wilfred Woods, took over the re
ins. Wilfred Woods served as publisher until his retirement
in 1997, and the paper was
inherited by his son, Rufus G. Woods.
In 1971 the title changed to the Wenatchee World [LCCN: sn86072042] and is still published today.
Essay Notes
Index to Wenatchee World, 1905-1980Research
- N.W. Ayer & Son's American newspaper annual -1907- -915-
- NDNP Candidate Title List (Appendix A1.2)
- Chronicling America record (LOC) - Wenatchee Daily World
- WorldCat record - Wenatchee daily world
- WSL record - Wenatchee daily world
- UW record - Wenatchee daily world
TopReel
- Positives held by: WSL
- Negatives held by: Proquest
Notes
Reels ordered and sent for scann
ing, will likely
include
in 2012 grant
lrobinson, 2010/02/08 11:32
- Film eval notes 1905-07-03 1906-06-30: reduction and dimensions determined by information in Ayers guides.
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