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| Founded | 1884 (1884) |
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| Ceased publication | June 15, 1951 (1951-06-15) |
| Headquarters | St. Louis |
TheSt. Louis Star-Times was a newspaper published inSt. Louis, Missouri. Founded asThe St. Louis Sunday Sayings in 1884, it operated independently until 1951, when it was purchased by theSt. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The newspaper was founded by a printer and a reporter in 1884 asThe St. Louis Sunday Sayings. RenamedThe Evening Star-Sayings, it emerged as a competitor to theSt. Louis Post-Dispatch, which had been founded by the merger of two newspapers in 1878.
The newspaper became theSt. Louis Star in 1896, and theStar-Chronicle in 1905. It returned to the nameSt. Louis Star in 1908; theNew St. Louis Star in 1913; and then back to theSt. Louis Star in 1914.[1] In 1918,The Star's circulation eclipsed that of local rivalThe Times,[2] which had exceeded 100,000 from 1916 to 1918.[3]
In June 1932,The Star purchased The American Press, publisher ofThe Times, to createThe St. Louis Star and Times.[3]The Times wasRepublican, whileThe Star considered itself nonpartisan.
After several money-losing years that publisher Elzey Roberts attributed to "ever-mounting labor and material costs",[4] theStar was sold in 1951 toPulitzer Publishing Co., publisher of thePost-Dispatch. TheStar published its final edition on June 15, 1951.