The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-20
TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY.
First Wichita Daily Eagle Was Pub.
ished MAY 20. 1884.

Today the Daily Eagle is twenty years
old. This issue is the beginning of vol
ume 70. Just fifth of a century ago the
initial number of the Daily Eagle was
taken from the press. but the weekly
edition of the paper had been running
for years
Many things of Importance and interest
to the city. state and country have trans
pired during those twenty years and The
Eagle has lived and prospered through
them all. In that length of time five presi-
dents were elected. rev territory has been
acquired, new industries have sprung up
and Wichita has grown into magnificent
city.
Twenty years ago the times were turbu-
lent for the launching of daily publica-
ton. Wichita was not as fourishing as
it might have been. the adjacent country
was not as healthy, financially as it
has been since and general conditions
were not as congenial to fresh enter
prises as could be wished for.
Illustrative of the relentless energy and
ambition and of TIE broad and hopeful
outlines and plans of Editor-in-chief NJ
NJ. Murdoch the following, taken from the
first issue of the Daily Eagle. is given:
1T has been our lifes ambition to stand
at the head of a daily journal For this
in the early days of this city. we severed
ties which bound very strongly. left the
people who not only sympathized with
and sustained US for long term OF
years. but who honored us over and again
above our deserts. to come TO a town in
whose future we thought we saw some of
the grand possibilities now being realized.
For six years past we have laid away
in boxes the necessary extra material for
a daily paper, awaiting the suspicious
hour when the demand should warrant
the venture" This is taken from an edi-
torial which was headed, Although and
But That Now"
The leading feature in the way of tele-
graphic news was the Erie Bank Failure
in Pennsylvania There was also some
important Washington correspondence
given besides many stirring news items
from various parts of the country. The
Geographic service on the first issue was
the first of the kind in the city.
In looking over the file of the first num-
Der the following advertisers were found,
each having large amount of space:
ROCK * N els, y. Slnllll, hlleen d
StockinGer, Carvin & Rhodes, Hacker &
Jackson, J. p. Allen, John Davidson, w.
l.. McBee, b X. Brown. Frooman 81
Peckham. j. f. Stafford, Oliver Brothers.
Edman Brothers. Israel Brothers, NJ. A.
Nawlin, Smith & Hahn, ]. Z. Richmond
w. 3. Mead. Larimer & Stnson, Shell
lenbarGer, Imboden & oliver, William
Kassel. Robinson Brothers, ]. NJ. Allen,
II. w. Kendle. Hollowell & Doran. S. d.
Pallett. Kansas State bank. n F. Neid-
erlander, w. L. Jett & Co, Frank C.
Weir. f. Ross. Hibarger Brothers. the
Davidson Loan company, Manuel & Ores
ser, II. c. Wilson, Peckham & Hellar.
II. +. Friend & Co., the German Grocery,
Bank of Commerce Lombard Mortgage
company, Wichita National bank, Citi-
zens' bank, Cooper stables NJ Kohn &
Co. Boss & Melvin. Innes & Ross, Law
renee Drug company and several other
smaller ones.
The paper was then an eight column
folio, since having been changed TO a
seven column paper with ten and twelve
pages on week days and twenty eight
pages on Sundays