The Times (Philadelphia)

The Times
Type Daily newspaper
Founded 1875
Ceased publication 1902
Headquarters Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
OCLC number 10288632

The Times was a daily newspaper published from March 13, 1875 to August 11, 1902 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1][2]

It was founded by Alexander McClure and Frank McLaughlin as an independent voice against party machine politics and corruption.[3] Despite this, by the mid-1890s it had become aligned with the city's ruling Republican Party machine.[4]

Adolph Ochs became proprietor and editor of the Times in 1901. In the following year he purchased the Philadelphia Public Ledger and merged the Times into his new acquisition.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "About The Times". Chronicling America. The Library of Congress. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
  2. ↑ "About The Philadelphia Times". Chronicling America. The Library of Congress. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
  3. 1 2 Wainwright, Nicholas B. (1962). The History of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia. p. 20.
  4. ↑ Vitiello, Domenic (2013). Engineering Philadelphia: The Sellers Family and the Industrial Metropolis. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press. pp. 196–197. ISBN 978-0-8014-5011-2.
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