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Newspaper The Newark Star and Newark Advertiser (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909 Evening star / Newark star

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About The Newark Star and Newark Advertiser (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909

In the first decade of the 20th century, Newark transitioned from being primarily a manufacturing city to one that was both a manufacturing and a commercial hub. By 1909, its downtown was thriving. Bamberger’s, Plaut’s, and Hahne’s (“Newark’s Store Beautiful”) were the major department stores that established themselves in downtown Newark. These stores offered a new way of shopping, providing a wide range of goods at fixed prices, a focus on the customer, and an attractive appearance both inside and out. Plaut’s advertised the completion of “The Great White Way,” the illumination of North Broad, Market, and South Broad streets with streetlights, which was designed to appeal to the female shopper. The stores boasted that they were as good as any in New York. Newark’s downtown shopping district was busiest in the mornings, as women from the city and the suburbs came to do their shopping.

To reach women, who had come to be viewed as primary household consumers, stores turned to local newspapers, and in turn, newspapers looked to expand advertising as a major generator of profits. In April 1909, the Newark star and Newark advertiser boasted a circulation of 75,000, “Greater than any other newspaper in New Jersey.” On July 2, the paper ran a large front page graphic depicting a woman in a rocking chair reading The Star under the banner “New Jersey’s Home Newspaper.” To appeal to the female reader, the Newark star and Newark advertiser offered a nightly two-page magazine, “News of Women For Women and the Home,” with fashion features, advice columns, serialized stories, and a “news for shoppers” column, which talked about what new goods could be found in the department stores. Around Thanksgiving in 1909, Hahne’s department store advertised its Christmas wares, justifying Christmas shopping prior to Thanksgiving by recommending that shoppers complete their Christmas shopping by December 10.

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About this Newspaper

Title

  • The Newark Star and Newark Advertiser (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909

Other Title

  • Evening star
  • Newark star

Dates of Publication

  • 1909-1909

Created / Published

  • Newark, N.J. : Newark Daily Advertiser Pub. Co., 1909.

Headings

  • -  Newark (N.J.)--Newspapers
  • -  New Jersey--Newark
  • -  United States--New Jersey--Essex--Newark

Genre

  • Newspapers

Notes

  • -  Daily
  • -  Vol. 78, no. 78 (Apr. 2, 1909)-v. 78, no. 280 (Nov. 26, 1909).
  • -  "Evening Edition" appears with masthead ornament Apr. 3, 1909-Apr. 30, 1909.
  • -  Archived issues are available in digital format from the Library of Congress Chronicling America online collection.
  • -  Newark evening star and Newark advertiser (DLC)sn 91064011 (OCoLC)23987933

Medium

  • volumes

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Newspaper

Library of Congress Control Number

  • sn91064010

OCLC Number

  • 23987793

ISSN Number

  • 2766-5542

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Chicago citation style:

The Newark Star and Newark Advertiser Newark, N.J. (Newark, NJ), Jan. 1 1909. https://www.loc.gov/item/sn91064010/.

APA citation style:

(1909, January 1) The Newark Star and Newark Advertiser Newark, N.J. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/sn91064010/.

MLA citation style:

The Newark Star and Newark Advertiser Newark, N.J. (Newark, NJ) 1 Jan. 1909. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/sn91064010/.