Talk:Timeline of newspapers in Birmingham
Sorting it out
The primary reason I created this page was to try to sort out the many contradictory things found in other BhamWiki articles, particularly during the late 19th century. I'm going to start a list here as separate topics for reference and discussion. --Lkseitz 11:19, 5 February 2010 (PST)
Daily Iron Age
From Birmingham Iron Age:
- Birmingham Iron Age was a weekly newspaper published from 1874 to 1884. [...] On May 1, 1884, the paper changed its name to The Weekly Iron Age.
- In July 1881 Evans relocated to Birmingham and bought a one-half interest in the Weekly Iron Age. That December he and W. C. Garrett expanded the paper's operations into a daily, reorganized under the Iron Age Publishing Company in 1882 with Evans as president. Forced by ill health to resign in 1883, Evans returned to publishing ... in January 1884....
From Birmingham Post-Herald:
- The Jefferson Independent lasted for two years before it was bought by Willis Roberts and Frank M. Grace, who again changed the name, this time to The Weekly Iron Age. In 1881, the paper again changed hands. The new owners, W.C. Garrett and R.H. Thornton, again changed the name to The Daily Birmingham Age and began daily publication for the first time.
The Birmingham Public Library has the newspapers showing the Iron Age was still a weekly in December 1881. And that the name didn't change from Birmingham to Weekly until 1884. A closer inspection of the papers will be necessary to establish the owners/publishers throughout its history.
Obviously something happened in 1881 involving W. C. Garrett and Birmingham newspapers. His name is found in the masthead of the Iron Age as proprietor starting in at least January 19, 1881. A search found his name there up until August 1882, but given the quality of the print it could still be there later. If he started a daily, it was separate from the Iron Age. --Lkseitz 11:19, 5 February 2010 (PST)