The Washington Herald was an American daily newspaper in Washington, D.C. , from October 8, 1906, to January 31, 1939.
5-609: The paper was founded in 1906 by Scott C. Bone , who had been managing editor of The Washington Post from 1888 until that paper was taken over by John Roll McLean in 1905. Clinton T. Brainard, president of the McClure Newspaper Syndicate , bought the paper in 1913. William Randolph Hearst , who already owned the Washington Times , took over the paper in November 1922. Though he consolidated
10-644: A fictional newspaper in the 1993 film The Pelican Brief , in The X Files (3x15) 1996 , the 1996 film Eraser , and in the 2013 political drama series House of Cards . It is used in John Feinstein 's book series featuring child reporters, including Last Shot , Vanishing Act , and Cover Up . This article about a Washington, D.C. newspaper is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Scott Cordelle Bone Scott Cardelle Bone (February 15, 1860 – January 26, 1936)
15-601: The operations of the papers, they still published separately except for a joint Sunday edition. Cissy Patterson was appointed editor by Hearst in 1930. The Herald was merged with the Times on February 1, 1939, with the combined publication known as the Washington Times-Herald . In 1954, the Times-Herald was purchased by and merged with The Washington Post . The Washington Herald appears as
20-818: Was born in Shelby County, Indiana . He led a very productive life, belonged to numerous organizations and held almost as many positions, such as: chairman of the Alaska Bureau of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce , delegate-at-large to the Republican National Convention , member (and at one time president of) the Gridiron Club , member of the National Press Association , director of publicity for
25-504: Was the fourth Territorial Governor of Alaska , serving from 1921 to 1925. A Republican , he was appointed by President Warren G. Harding . He is perhaps best known for making the decision to use dog sleds to transport diphtheria antitoxin 674 miles rather than use a plane in the now-famous 1925 Serum Run , (also known as the "Great Race of Mercy") from which the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race stems. Bone
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