''The Times'' was a daily newspaper published from March 13, 1875, to August 11, 1902, in

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 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 ...

. The paper was founded by

Alexander McClure Alexander Kelly McClure (January 9, 1828 – June 6, 1909) was an American politician, newspaper editor, and writer from Pennsylvania. He served as a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representative ...

and Frank McLaughlin as an independent voice against party machine politics and corruption. Despite this, by the mid-1890s it had become aligned with the city's ruling Republican Party machine. The ''Times'', along with Philadelphia papers such as the ''Public Ledger'', the ''Press'', and the ''Evening Telegraph'' catered to a middle-class readership, and by 1880, it had the third-largest circulation in the city, with 32,500 copies sold daily. Though the ''Public Ledger'' maintained its circulation lead through the end of the 19th century, the ''Times'' effectively competed with its older rival, and in 1900 both papers claimed a daily circulation of about 70,000 copies.

Adolph Ochs Adolph Simon Ochs (March 12, 1858 – April 8, 1935) was an American newspaper publisher and former owner of ''The New York Times'' and ''The Chattanooga Times'', which is now the ''Chattanooga Times Free Press''. Through his only child, Iphigene ...

became proprietor and editor of the ''Times'' in 1901. The following year, he purchased the Philadelphia ''Public Ledger'' and merged the ''Times'' into his new acquisition.

Notable people

* Mary Temple Bayard (1853-1916), American writer, journalist

References

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