The Akron Press

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The Akron Press was a newspaper serving Akron, Ohio. It was founded in 1898.

It began as the Akron edition of the Cleveland Press Penny, [1] printed in Cleveland and was transported to Akron by train. It gained local flavor when it began being printed in Akron. [2] By 1903 it was described as "distinct". [3]

By the early 1920s it was competing with the Akron Times. The two then joined together on March 14, 1925 [1] to be The Times-Press, [4] [5] [6] as the town wasn't big enough for both. [2]

L. E. Judd, Akron-Press editor, [7] since circa 1921, [8] was editor of the combined newspaper. [1] [2] [9] [10]

Its stereotyping department was headed by Joseph J. Metker, [11] an international stereotypers, [12] [13] and in 1929 his son Robert succeeded him. [11]

In 1923, for a brief period, Henry C. Segal, worked as a reporter for the Akron Press. [14]

In 1927, the newspaper was named: The Akron Times-Press [15] which existed till 1938. [16]

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  2. 1 2 3 Price, Mark J. (2015-07-20). Lost Akron. Arcadia Publishing. p. 140. ISBN   978-1-62585-107-9.
  3. ↑ Fourth Estate: A Weekly Newspaper for Publishers, Advertisers, Advertising Agents and Allied Interests. Fourth Estate Publishing Company. 1903. p. 3.
  4. ↑ Editor & Publisher. Editor & Publisher Company. 1925. p. 28.
  5. ↑ Editor & Publisher. Editor & Publisher Company. 1925. p. 25.
  6. ↑ "Akron Times-Press Building, 1926". www.summitmemory.org. Retrieved 2021-01-11. (in 1926 photo, the building bears both signs: Akron Press and Press-Times).
  7. ↑ "L. E. Judd, 83, Akron Editor Helped in '26 Murder Case (Published 1975)". The New York Times. 1975-08-14. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  8. ↑ Sales Management. Dartnell Corporation. 1933. p. 360.
  9. ↑ Scripps-Howard News. 1929. pp. 9, 24.
  10. ↑ Scripps-Howard News. 1928. p. 17.
  11. 1 2 Scripps-Howard News. 1929. p. 5.
  12. ↑ Typographical Journal. International Typographical Union. 1904. p. 197.
  13. ↑ International Stereotypers' and Electrotypers' Union Journal. 1919. p. 48.
  14. ↑ "Henry Segal Dead at 84". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 1985-07-23. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  15. ↑ "The Times-press". National Endowment for the Humanities. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  16. ↑ "The Akron Times-Press (Akron, Ohio) 1927-1938". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
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