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Newspaper The Minneapolis Journal (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939 Sunday journal / Journal junior / Evening journal / Minneapolis evening journal

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About The Minneapolis Journal (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939

The Minneapolis Journal began publishing on November 26, 1878 as the Evening Journal with Clarence A. French, Charles H. Stevens, and Frank E. Curtis as the founders. The Journal provided news coverage of Minneapolis as well as Saint Paul, the state, and the nation. Its first years of publication were chaotic and challenging, as they were for most daily newspapers of that time period. But the Journal survived and flourished for the next 60 years.

The Journal was politically Republican as was its main rival, the Minneapolis Tribune. The Journal covered sports, women’s issues, entertainment, theater, and business news. In 1888, the Journal hired a full time news photographer, Edwin A. Bromley. Political cartoons by Charles Bartholomew, known as “Bart.,” began to appear on the front page in 1890. These popular cartoons were reprinted in newspapers throughout the United States and Europe. In 1898, the newspaper began a “Junior Journal” section on Saturdays for young readers. Its locally produced content appeared for fifteen years. A highlight of the “Junior Journal” was its featured writing and artwork of schoolchildren from Minneapolis, greater Minnesota, and Northwestern states including Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Michigan, Montana, and Nebraska

Herschel V. Jones started as a reporter for the Journal in 1885. He became an influential business and commercial reporter and editor, helping the newspaper gain the support of the Minneapolis business community. In 1908, Jones purchased the Journal, and his family went on to manage the paper longer than any other owner. Jones was instrumental in developing the market page which documented the importance of Minnesota as a major wheat producer and Minneapolis as the milling center of the nation.

In 1939, the Journal was purchased by the Cowles family and merged with the Minneapolis Star to form the Minneapolis Star-Journal. In 1947, the “Journal” was dropped and the title became the Minneapolis Star . In 1982, the evening Star merged with the morning Minneapolis Tribune to form the Minneapolis Star and Tribune, which in turn became the Star Tribune in 1987.

Provided By: Minnesota Historical Society; Saint Paul, MN

About this Newspaper

Title

  • The Minneapolis Journal (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939

Other Title

  • Sunday journal
  • Journal junior
  • Evening journal
  • Minneapolis evening journal

Dates of Publication

  • 1888-1939

Created / Published

  • Minneapolis, Minn. : Journal Print. Co., 1888-1939.

Headings

  • -  Minneapolis (Minn.)--Newspapers
  • -  Minnesota--Minneapolis
  • -  United States--Minnesota--Hennepin--Minneapolis

Genre

  • Newspapers

Notes

  • -  Daily, Oct. 1, 1905-July 31, 1939
  • -  Oct. 1, 1888-Oct. 20, 1905; v. 27, no. 286 (Oct. 21, 1905)-61st year, no. 248 (July 31, 1939).
  • -  On Sundays published as: Sunday journal, .
  • -  Weekly children's supplement called The journal junior published Jan. 15, 1898-.
  • -  Available on microfilm from the Minnesota Historical Society, and the Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service.
  • -  Archived issues are available in digital format as part of the Library of Congress Chronicling America online collection.
  • -  Merged with: Minneapolis star (Minneapolis, Minn. : 1928 : Home ed.), to form: Minneapolis star the Minneapolis journal.
  • -  Minneapolis star (Minneapolis, Minn. : 1928 : Home ed.) (DLC)sn 90060576 (OCoLC)22644005
  • -  Minneapolis star the Minneapolis journal (DLC)sn 90060577 (OCoLC)22685287

Medium

  • volumes : illustrations ; 60 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Newspaper 8445-X

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • sn83045366

OCLC Number

  • 1757631

ISSN Number

  • 2151-3953

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Chicago citation style:

The Minneapolis Journal Minneapolis, Minn. -1939. (Minneapolis, MN), Jan. 1 1888. https://www.loc.gov/item/sn83045366/.

APA citation style:

(1888, January 1) The Minneapolis Journal Minneapolis, Minn. -1939. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/sn83045366/.

MLA citation style:

The Minneapolis Journal Minneapolis, Minn. -1939. (Minneapolis, MN) 1 Jan. 1888. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/sn83045366/.