The St. Paul Globe
newspaper in Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1878 to 1905
The St. Paul Globe, at times the Saint Paul Globe, the Daily Globe, St. Paul Daily Globe, was a newspaper in Saint Paul, Minnesota, which was published from January 15, 1896, to April 20, 1905. The newspaper's existence coincided with a fivefold increase in the city's population.
History
The Globe was founded by Harlan P. Hall, founder of the Saint Paul Dispatch. In 1876, a stock company purchased the Dispatch and it "transformed over night" from a Democratic newspaper into "an aggressive Republican organ". When Hall founded the Globe in predominantly Democratic Saint Paul, the city council quickly voted to give the new newspaper its printing contract. Under Hall, the newspaper supported Democratic candidates and causes.
In 1881, the newspaper was acquired by a joint stock company consisting of local businessmen and politicians. In 1885, it passed into the hands of Lewis Baker, a Democratic politician from West Virginia.
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