Oceanside Blade-Tribune
newspaper published in Oceanside, California
The Oceanside Blade-Tribune was a daily newspaper published in Oceanside, California. The paper originated in 1887 and charged ownership and names over decades until finally ceasing in 2013.
History
In December 1887, Henry Talbot Martin founded the weekly San Marcos Herald in San Marcos, California. The press was ordered a few months earlier from Chicago. In April 1888, J. Chauncey Hayes founded the South Oceanside Diamond in Oceanside, California. In January 1889, Martin moved his press to Oceanside and relaunched his paper as the Oceanside Herald. In December 1888, Martin died. In September 1888, Hayes sold the Diamond to Horace Greeley McPhee, who moved it to Perris, California.
In November 1891, the Herald, now managed by the founder's son, James Merritt Martin, acquired and absorbed the Diamond. In August 1892, A. Bert Bynon founded the Oceanside Blade.
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