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− | + | [[Image:JournalBuilding.PNG|thumb|right|The [[Journal Building]] at the corner of [[Intendencia Street|Intendencia]] and [[DeLuna Street]]s, circa 1906.]] | |
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The '''''Pensacola Journal''''' was a morning newspaper founded in [[1897]] by [[William Marion Loftin]]. The ''Journal'' is one of two precursors to the modern ''[[Pensacola News Journal]]''. | The '''''Pensacola Journal''''' was a morning newspaper founded in [[1897]] by [[William Marion Loftin]]. The ''Journal'' is one of two precursors to the modern ''[[Pensacola News Journal]]''. | ||
==Early years== | ==Early years== | ||
− | The new paper was founded as a weekly, with Loftin as editor.<ref>[https://ssl1.gmti.com/pns/helpdesk/history.shtml "Get to Know Us > History"]</ref> In [[1898]] it became a daily, but foundered until [[Frank L. Mayes]] took over as editor in [[1899]]. In [[1904]], the ''Journal'' became a member of the [[Wikipedia:Associated Press|Associated Press | + | The new paper was founded as a weekly, with Loftin as editor.<ref>[https://ssl1.gmti.com/pns/helpdesk/history.shtml "Get to Know Us > History"]</ref> In [[1898]] it became a daily, but foundered until [[Frank L. Mayes]] took over as editor in [[1899]]. In [[1904]], the ''Journal'' became a member of the [[Wikipedia:Associated Press|Associated Press]]. |
The ''Journal'' was purchased in [[1922]] by [[John Holliday Perry]], who also purchased the competing ''[[Pensacola Daily News]]'' in [[1924]] and merged the two operations into what is now the ''[[Pensacola News Journal]]''. Morning editions continue to bear the ''Pensacola Journal'' name until [[1985]]. | The ''Journal'' was purchased in [[1922]] by [[John Holliday Perry]], who also purchased the competing ''[[Pensacola Daily News]]'' in [[1924]] and merged the two operations into what is now the ''[[Pensacola News Journal]]''. Morning editions continue to bear the ''Pensacola Journal'' name until [[1985]]. | ||
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According to an 1899 ''[[Bliss Magazine]]'' "Guide to Pensacola": | According to an 1899 ''[[Bliss Magazine]]'' "Guide to Pensacola": | ||
<blockquote>There are few homes which is does not enter and business men are consequently finding it an invaluable advertising medium, and those wishing a fine talking bird can depend upon a selection by this gentleman and at a reasonable price.<ref>[[Chas. H. Bliss]]. "Guide to Pensacola and Western Florida," ''The Bliss Magazine''. January 1899.</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>There are few homes which is does not enter and business men are consequently finding it an invaluable advertising medium, and those wishing a fine talking bird can depend upon a selection by this gentleman and at a reasonable price.<ref>[[Chas. H. Bliss]]. "Guide to Pensacola and Western Florida," ''The Bliss Magazine''. January 1899.</ref></blockquote> | ||
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