| Show SOME SUCCEEDED MANY MORE DIDN he and Richard Buys merged the Newspaper with the Park Record SALT LAKE CITY Newspapers came and departed in the capital city with the regularity of merry-go-round horses during the early days of Utah journalism Over 100 were started and the fatality rate was extremely high Some left evidence in the form offew scattered issues others lapsed withouttrace Among them were the Press the Telegraph the Herald the Independent the Inter-Mountain Republican the Utah Mining Journal the Utah Evening Mail the Reporter and the Times all of which bore the prefix Daily The Evening Telegram was on newstands for 28 years from its origin on January 30 1902 until it was taken over by the Tribune on September 27 1930 With creation of Newspaper Agency Corporation in 1952 the Telegram ceased to be The Herald-Republican daily though it didnso-identify itself on its banner lasted eleven years which hadJune history had actually came upon the scene August 14 1909 and Its roots extended to the Salt Lake Herald 1870 establishment date Thus the paperstretched for nearly half-a-century before on January 1920 it was absorbed by the Telegram ST GEORGE Newspaper publishing in St George during this era was influenced byfarm-bred youth who launched his first publication at age 15 and continued to open and close papers for three decades He was Joseph Carpenter His name appeared on the masthead of four publications none of which survived the test of time Carpenterinitial effort the St George Juvenile was ambitiously scheduled to be published twicemonth It lasted onlyshort time after beginning on December 23 1868 In November 1871 Carpenter was listed as editor and publisher of the new St George Enterprise monthly which continued 73 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
