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''The Topeka Capital-Journal'' is a daily newspaper in Topeka, Kansas owned by Morris Communications. ==History== The paper was formed following a series of mergers including the eventual merger of the ''Topeka Daily Capital'' and ''Topeka State Journal'' and numerous name changes: *1858: ''Kansas State Record'' starts publishing *1873: ''Topeka Blade'' founded by J. Clarke Swayze *1879: George W. Reed buys the ''Blade'' and changes it name to ''Kansas State Journal''. *1879: ''Topeka Daily Capital'' founded by Major J.K. Hudson as an evening paper but changes to morning in 1881. Its press is claimed to be the first electric motor press in the United States *1885: Frank P. MacLennan buys ''Journal'' and renames it ''Topeka State Journal'' *1888: ''Capital'' absorbs the ''Commonwealth'' which had earlier bought the ''Kansas State Record'' *1899: Frederick Oliver Popenoe buys a 51 percent controlling interest in the ''Capital''. *1900: Charles M. Sheldon, saying that "newspapers should be operated as Christ would operate them," sends the ''Capital'' circulation skyrocketing from 12,000 to 387,000 forcing it to print papers in New York and Chicago *1901: Arthur Capper buys ''Capital'' and become sole owner in 1904 *1940: Oscar S. Stauffer buys the ''Journal'' *1951: Capper dies and the ''Capital'' become employee owned *1956: Stauffer Publications buys Capper Publications, including the ''Capital'' *1962: Former MacLennan home Cedar Crest becomes the Kansas Governor's Mansion *1973: Brian Lanker wins 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography *1975: Susan Ford, daughter of Gerald Ford, and Chris Johns (future photo editor of ''National Geographic'' magazine) intern at paper during the summer *1981: Stauffer merges the papers into ''The Capital-Journal'' distributed in the morning *1982: Oscar S. Stauffer dies at 95 *1994: Stauffer Communications merges with Morris Communications〔(Morris buys Stauffer ), ''Fort Scott Tribune'', July 27, 1994〕 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 Topeka Capital-Journal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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