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The Philadelphia ''Evening Telegraph'' was a newspaper published in
Chronicling America (summary by Penn State University Libraries), Retrieved 13 July 2018
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at Chronicling America (July 1864 - June 1871 available online as of July 2018) Defunct newspapers of Philadelphia Newspapers established in 1864 Publications disestablished in 1918
The Philadelphia ''Evening Telegraph'' was a newspaper published in Philadelphia
Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the Unit ...
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...
, from 1864 to 1918.
The paper was started on January 4, 1864, by James Barclay Harding and Charles Edward Warburton. Warburton served as publisher until 1896, when he passed the newspaper and the publisher's job to Barclay Harding Warburton I
Major Barclay Harding Warburton I (April 1, 1866 – December 5, 1954) was the publisher of the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.
Biography
He was born on April 1, 1866, in Philadelphia to Charles Edward Warburton. At the death of his father he ...
. In 1911, Barclay Warburton sold the paper to Rodman Wanamaker
Lewis Rodman Wanamaker (February 13, 1863 – March 9, 1928) was an American businessman and heir to the Wanamaker's department store fortune. In addition to operating stores in Philadelphia, New York City, and Paris, he was a patron of the ar ...
, who ran it until it closed in 1918. Bought out by Cyrus Curtis, owner of the '' Public Ledger'', Curtis merged the ''Telegraph'' into the ''Ledger'' and thus acquired an Associated Press
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Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association, and produces news reports that are dist ...
membership. The ''Ledger'' carried the full name of ''Evening Public Ledger and The Evening Telegraph'' through the end of 1918, and then dropped the ''Telegraph'' addition.About the evening telegraphChronicling America (summary by Penn State University Libraries), Retrieved 13 July 2018
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at Chronicling America (July 1864 - June 1871 available online as of July 2018) Defunct newspapers of Philadelphia Newspapers established in 1864 Publications disestablished in 1918