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Billy Ireland
William Addison Ireland (1880 – May 29, 1935), a native of Chillicothe, Ohio, was a self-taught cartoonist well known throughout Ohio. The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum was named in his honor in 2009. Career Shortly after his 1898 high school graduation, Ireland was hired by ''The Columbus Dispatch'' in Columbus, Ohio. Ireland worked his entire life for the ''Dispatch'', drawing four to seven editorial cartoons each week in addition to his weekly feature, ''The Passing Show''. Ireland was best known for ''The Passing Show'', which debuted on February 9, 1908, with its title inspired by George Lederer's ''The Passing Show'' (1894), the first successful American revue-format entertainment. In Ireland's full-page color Sunday strip, he commented on everything from local politics and visiting celebrities to the trials and tribulations of the Ohio State University football team. For the September 30, 1923 ''Passing Show'' page, Ireland created a character inspired by Ohio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Columbus Dispatch
''The Columbus Dispatch'' is a daily newspaper based in Columbus, Ohio. Its first issue was published on July 1, 1871, and it has been the only mainstream daily newspaper in the city since ''The Columbus Citizen-Journal'' ceased publication in 1985. As of November 2019, Alan D. Miller is the newspaper's interim general manager. History The paper was founded in June 1871 by a group of 10 printers with 900 in financial capital. The paper published its first issue as ''The Daily Dispatch'' on July 1, 1871, as a four-page paper which cost 4¢ (¢ in ) per copy. The paper was originally an afternoon paper for the city of Columbus, Ohio, which at the time had a population of 32,000. For its first few years, the paper rented a headquarters on North High Street and Lynn Alley in Columbus. It began with 800 subscribers. On April 2, 1888, the paper published its first full-page advertisement, for the Columbus Buggy Company. In 1895, the paper moved its headquarters to the northeast c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |