The St. Louis Star-Times was a newspaper published in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded as The St. Louis Sunday Sayings in 1884, it operated independently until 1951, when it was purchased by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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| Founded | 1884 |
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| Ceased publication | June 15, 1951 |
| Headquarters | St. Louis |
History
editThe newspaper was founded by a printer and a reporter in 1884 as The St. Louis Sunday Sayings. Renamed The Evening Star-Sayings, it emerged as a competitor to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, which had been founded by the merger of two newspapers in 1878.
The newspaper became the St. Louis Star in 1896, and the Star-Chronicle in 1905. It returned to the name St. Louis Star in 1908; the New St. Louis Star in 1913; and then back to the St. Louis Star in 1914.[1] In 1918, The Star's circulation eclipsed that of local rival The Times[2], which had exceeded 100,000 from 1916 to 1918.[3]
In June 1932, The Star purchased The American Press, publisher of The Times, to create The St. Louis Star and Times.[3] The Times was Republican, while The Star considered itself nonpartisan.
After several money-losing years that publisher Elzey Roberts attributed to "ever-mounting labor and material costs"[4], the Star was sold in 1951 to Pulitzer Publishing Co., publisher of the Post-Dispatch. The Star published its final edition on June 15, 1951.
References
edit- ^ Parker, Steve (July 5, 2011). "Press Club to reminisce about St. Louis Star-Times". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
- ^ "St. Louis Times (St. Louis, Mo.) 1869-1873". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
- ^ a b "St. Louis Star Purchases The Times to take". The St. Louis Star. June 23, 1932. pp. 1, 3. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
- ^ Roberts, Elzey (June 15, 1951). "An Announcement". St. Louis Star-Times. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
External links
edit- St. Louis Star-Times Papers finding aid at the St. Louis Public Library