American newspaper
The San Francisco Call ( Post )
was a
newspaper
that served
San Francisco, California
. Because of a succession of mergers with other newspapers, the paper variously came to be called
The San Francisco Call & Post
, the
San Francisco Call-Bulletin
,
San Francisco News-Call Bulletin
, and the
News-Call Bulletin
before the name was finally retired after the business was purchased by the
San Francisco Examiner
.
History
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Between December 1856 and March 1895
The San Francisco Call
was named
The Morning Call
, but its name was changed when it was purchased by
John D. Spreckels
. In the period from 1863 to 1864
Mark Twain
worked as one of the paper's writers. It was headquartered at
Newspaper Row
.
[1]
The
Morning Call
was reported purchased by
Charles M. Shortridge
of the
San Jose Mercury
for $360,000 in January 1895.
[2]
Shortridge became the sole proprietor and editor. He was elected to the California state legislature in 1898 representing the 28th district (San Jose).
[3]
John McNaught
became editor in 1895, when Charles M. Shortridge purchased the paper. He was promoted as general manager of the
Call
on October 1, 1903, and continued in that position until 1906.
[4]
In 1913
M. H. de Young
, owner of the
San Francisco Chronicle
, purchased the paper and sold it to
William Randolph Hearst
who in 1918 brought in editor
Fremont Older
, former editor of the
San Francisco Evening Bulletin
. In December of that year (1913), Hearst merged
The San Francisco Call
with the
Evening Post
and the papers became
The San Francisco Call & Post
.
Its most famous editor, crusading journalist Fremont Older, agitated for years against civic corruption and colluded with wealthy San Franciscan sugar baron Rudolph Spreckels to bring down the Mayor,
Eugene Schmitz
and political boss,
Abe Ruef
.
On 29 August 1929, the newspaper name was changed again to the
San Francisco Call-Bulletin
, when the
San Francisco Call & Post
merged with the
San Francisco Bulletin
. In 1959 the
San Francisco Call-Bulletin
merged with
Scripps-Howard's
San Francisco News
becoming the
News-Call Bulletin
. In 1965, the
News-Call Bulletin
ceased publication after being purchased by the
San Francisco Examiner
.
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See also
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References
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Brechin, Gray (2006-09-03).
Imperial San Francisco: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin
. University of California Press. p.
178
.
ISBN
9780520250086
.
Newspaper row san francisco.
- ^
"Clipping from The San Francisco Call - Newspapers.com"
.
Newspapers.com
. Retrieved
2018-10-20
.
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"Charles M. Shortridge elected to CA state legislature, November 1898. - Newspapers.com"
.
Newspapers.com
. Retrieved
2018-10-20
.
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Irvine, Leigh H. (1905).
History Of The New California, Its Resources And People
. The Lewis Publishing Company. p. 130.
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Associated Press, "Adeline Daley, News Humorist,"
Chicago Tribune,
May 17, 1984, Page IV-13
External links
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Wikisource
has original text related to this article:
- Image of the
San Francisco Call
- Works by The San Francisco Call
at
LibriVox
(public domain audiobooks)
- Chronology of San Francisco newspapers
mirror from Internet Archive as of 2007-08-07
- History of the
San Francisco Call
from the Library of Congress
Chronicling America
Project
- Browse Issues by Calendar:
The Call
. San Francisco, CA (1895-1913)
, at the Library of Congress
Chronicling America
Project, Images provided by: University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA
- Browse Issues by Calendar:
The Morning Call
. San Francisco, CA (1878-1895)
, at the Library of Congress
Chronicling America
Project, Images provided by: University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA
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