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About Fort Worth Daily Gazette (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891

On June 30, 1882, the Fort Worth Daily Gazette published its first issue. The rancher George B. Loving created the Gazette by combining the resources of the Fort Worth Democrat and the Texas Livestock Journal, and by renaming the Democat the Gazette. Published by Alfred Britton’s Stock Publishing Company, the Gazette inherited the editorial successes of the Democat, and from its ranks acquired two editors who would oversee the new paper, Buckley B. Paddock and Walter Malone. Today, the Gazette stands as one of the few sources of information on day-to-day events in early Fort Worth. The paper underwent numerous ownership changes until 1885 when the Democrat Publishing Company assumed ownership. The Gazette enjoyed praise from its peers and subscribers, but struggled financially until 1891, when its sister publication the Fort Worth Weekly Gazette was suspended. Thereafter, the Fort Worth Daily Gazette was succeeded by the Fort Worth Gazette.

The Fort Worth Daily Gazette reigned as the only North Texas daily west of the Trinity River. When it started in 1882, the Gazette a true daily “printed every day of the year,” enjoyed a circulation of 6,000 subscribers at an annual rate of $10, numbered eight pages each issue, and measured 15 x 22 inches. The paper’s nameplate employed hand-tooled Gothic typefaces in a distinguished, uncluttered front-page banner. In an advertisement from those first years, the Gazette publishers claimed to serve North, Central, and West Texas, and with faster railroad delivery than its competitors. The Gazette affiliated itself with the Democratic Party, but maintained that “its mission is to give the news, and to this end the best efforts of the management will be directed.”

The Gazette‘s first editor, Buckley B. Paddock, also spent time as a lawyer, mayor, civic leader, and regional historian. His successor, Walter Malone worked as a “printer’s devil,” or apprentice, at the Fort Worth Whig Chief and later served as editor and publisher of papers in Texas, Mississippi, and Missouri. Malone added to the Gazette special features such as short stories and ladies’ columns, and he succeeded in departmentalizing the news in some respects. Later, he published a special edition of the Gazette devoted to Fort Worth history. With Malone, the Gazette expanded its reach and claimed one of the highest circulations in the state.

The Gazette prided itself on promoting the progress of Fort Worth, a city that, as recently as the early 1870s, could be caricatured as being so drowsy a panther could lie down on Main Street. Paddock and Malone tirelessly advocated in favor of modernization and public improvements. The Gazette‘s courting of trade did not consist entirely of whitewashed boasting, however. The paper’s reporting on Fort Worth’s thriving vice district known as Hell’s Half Acre typically consisted of brute honesty flavored with a bit of editorializing.

Provided By: University of North Texas; Denton, TX

About this Newspaper

Title

  • Fort Worth Daily Gazette (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891

Other Title

  • Daily gazette

Dates of Publication

  • 1882-1891

Created / Published

  • Fort Worth, Tex. : Stock Journal Pub. Co.

Headings

  • -  Fort Worth (Tex.)--Newspapers
  • -  Texas--Fort Worth
  • -  United States--Texas--Tarrant--Fort Worth

Genre

  • Newspapers

Notes

  • -  Daily
  • -  Began in 1882.
  • -  -v. 15, no. 149 (Mar. 13, 1891).
  • -  Archived issues are available in digital format as part of the Library of Congress Chronicling America online collection.
  • -  Description based on: Vol. 6, no. 230 (Sept. 10, 1882).
  • -  Fort Worth gazette (Fort Worth, Tex. : Daily) 2151-5239 (DLC)sn 86071158 (OCoLC)13196952

Medium

  • v.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Newspaper

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • sn86064205

OCLC Number

  • 13695711

ISSN Number

  • 1946-6080

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