The Cedar Rapids Gazette Turns Fifty Years
The Gazette celebrates fifty years as Cedar Rapids’ community champion. It details its founding in 1883 at 309 First Avenue, key figures Clarence L. Miller Fred W. Faulkes and Verne Marshall, and early growth from a weekly farmer focused paper to a daily circulation over 2000 by 1885. It notes independent editorial policy and battles against corruption.
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Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Clarence L. Miller
Fred W. Faulkes
Harry L. Marshall
John L. Miller
James N. Faulkes
Verne Marshall
Zette
Donnan
Independence
Weekly
Associated Press
M. L. Healy
Faulkes
Circle of Friends
Miller
Harry Marshall
Opes
Mitchell
Marshall
TG van Ween
Smith, Henderson and Co
L. Benedict
First Avenue
Asso
Gazette founders and heirs guide Cedar Rapids paper
The Cedar Rapids Gazette details the lineage of leadership from founder Clarence L. Miller and Fred W. Faulkes to son John L. Miller and James N. Faulkes. Verne Marshall, editor since 1932, helped shape the paper's growth, while the 1914-1932 era saw significant circulation gains and a new home on First Avenue with a 32 page New Year edition and editorial on public interest.
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James N. Faulkes
The
Gazette Company
Fred W. Faulkes
the Gazette
Washington High School
University of Iowa
Verne Marshall
Gazette
May’s Island
Third Avenue West
Rockford Road
Clare Marshall
H. N. Marshall
Fred Lazell
Old Republican
John Carey
Sioux City
Minneapolis Tribune
Johnson and Snyder
Faulkes
Founding of The Cedar Rapids Gazette and its early champions
The Cedar Rapids Gazette was launched on January 10 1883 by Lucian Post and E L Otis amid Cedar Rapids prosperity. Otis left in 1883. Post led alone until 1884 when Clarence L Miller and Fred Faulkes bought the paper, which grew into a leading Iowa daily with fights for municipal water works control, advertising integrity, and rapid expansion aided by new presses and linotypes.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
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Gazette
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Post
Mr. Post
Clarence L. Miller
Fred W. Faulkes
John L. Miller
Gazette Company
Miller
Cedar Rapids Business College
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Independence
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Faulkes
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Cedar Rapids Daily Newspaper History and Consolidation
The piece recalls Cedar Rapids journalism from 1851 to 1927, detailing the rise and mergers of local papers. It notes The Gazette purchasing The Republican in 1927, leaving The Gazette as the city’s oldest surviving daily and outlining early changes in publication and office locations.
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Evening Times
Morning Republican
Cedar Rapids
D. O. Finch
Gazette
Republican
The
W. C. Babcock
Times
New Times
George Brad
Sands
Grinnell
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