 Cover of The San Francisco Call, December 21, 1902 | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Founders |
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| Founded | 1856 |
| Ceased publication | 1965 |
| Language | English |
| City | San Francisco |
| Country | United States |
| ISSN | 2163-4874 |
The San Francisco Call was anewspaper that servedSan Francisco, California. Because of a succession of mergers with other newspapers, the paper variously came to be calledThe San Francisco Call & Post, theSan Francisco Call-Bulletin,San Francisco News-Call Bulletin, and theNews-Call Bulletin before the name was finally retired after the business was purchased by theSan Francisco Examiner.
The Call was founded on December 1, 1856, by five printers:James J. Ayers, David W. Higgins, Charles F. Jobson, Llewellin Zublin, and William L. Carpenter.[1] Between December 1856 and March 1895The San Francisco Call was namedThe Morning Call, but its name was changed when it was purchased byJohn D. Spreckels. In the period from 1863 to 1864Mark Twain worked as one of the paper's writers. It was headquartered atNewspaper Row.[2] TheMorning Call was reported purchased byCharles M. Shortridge of theSan Jose Mercury for $360,000 in January 1895.[3]
Shortridge became the sole proprietor and editor. He was elected to the California state legislature in 1898 representing the 28th district (San Jose).[4]John McNaught became editor in 1895, when Charles M. Shortridge purchased the paper. He was promoted as general manager of theCall on October 1, 1903, and continued in that position until 1906.[5]
In 1913M. H. de Young, owner of theSan Francisco Chronicle, purchased the paper and sold it toWilliam Randolph Hearst who in 1918 brought in editorFremont Older, former editor of theSan Francisco Evening Bulletin. In December of that year (1913), Hearst mergedThe San Francisco Call with theEvening Post and the papers becameThe San Francisco Call & Post.
Its most famous editor, crusading journalist Fremont Older, agitated for years against civic corruption and colluded with wealthy San Franciscan sugar baronRudolph Spreckels to bring down the Mayor,Eugene Schmitz and political boss,Abe Ruef.
On 29 August 1929, the newspaper name was changed again to theSan Francisco Call-Bulletin, when theSan Francisco Call & Post merged with theSan Francisco Bulletin. In 1959 theSan Francisco Call-Bulletin merged withScripps-Howard'sSan Francisco News becoming theNews-Call Bulletin. In 1965, theNews-Call Bulletin ceased publication after being purchased by theSan Francisco Examiner.
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