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''The Sacramento Union'' was a daily newspaper founded in 1851 in Sacramento, California. It was the oldest daily newspaper west of the Mississippi River before it closed its doors after 143 years in January 1994, no longer able to compete with ''The Sacramento Bee'', which was founded in 1857, just six years after the ''Union''. ==Founding== The birth of this storied newspaper institution began 156 years ago, when the city of Sacramento was in its infancy. Under the direction of its first editor, Dr. John F. Morse, who had attracted proprietors through letters to the ''New Orleans Delta'' and well-known literary attainments, The ''Union'' was initially printed as ''The Daily Union'' on Wednesday, March 19, 1851. Upon the front page of this 23-inch by 34-inch paper, Morse addressed the readers of The ''Union'', committing to “publish the first news in the best style and at the lowest prices” and “to have an efficient correspondent in every important town and mining region in the state.” The paper had evolved through the efforts of four ''Sacramento Transcript'' printers. The printers had introduced the idea of The ''Union''’s creation a year earlier, due to their frustrations with a labor dispute between the ''Transcript'' and the ''Placer Times'', which were the city’s first two newspapers. The battle between these two newspapers became so fierce that the papers sold advertising space for below the cost of composition for the mere purpose of undercutting their competition. Opening its operation at its 21 J St. headquarters, The ''Union'' endured very competitive times during its early years, when it was one of about 60 Sacramento newspapers. Sacramento’s status as a newspaper town, however, was short-lived, as all but two newspapers failed, leading to The ''Union''’s famous slogan, “The Oldest Daily in the West”. In addition to this fact, The ''Union''’s early years are also recognized for their famous contributors, who included Mark Twain, Bret Harte and Dan De Quille. ''The Daily Union'' evolved quite quickly as a leading newspaper, as its initial circulation of 500 was soon afterward expanded with an even wider circulation and the daily publication was joined by the semi-monthly ''Steamer Union'' (1851) for Atlantic states and European readers, the ''Weekly Union'' (1852), and the semi-annual ''Pictorial Union'' (1853), which featured drawings of towns, landscapes and other scenes of the era. The ''Union'', which was often referred to as the “Miners’ Bible” during its early years, passed a major test when it overcame a great fire on November 2, 1852, and continued printing on a small press that was saved from the flames. A brick building, which still stands today, was later constructed at 121 J Street to replace the paper’s original building. In 1852, Thomas Gardiner, one of the founders of the ''Los Angeles Times'', was publisher of the ''Union.''〔("San Diego County," ''Los Angeles Times,'' June 11, 1899, page A-7 ) ''Access to this link may require the use of a library card.''〕 On November 17, 1858, The ''Union'' became the first California newspaper to issue a double-sheet daily. The publication was also recognized as the largest double-sheet daily in the nation. The Sacramento Publishing Co. purchased the ''Sacramento Daily Union'', as it was then known, and the ''Daily Record'' in 1875, and merged them into one newspaper, calling it the ''Sacramento Daily Record-Union'' – a name that was later dropped. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Sacramento Union」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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