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Joseph P. Caldwell

Charlotte Observer editor

Charlotte Observer editor

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  1. 1892 · 1892-01-01

    In January 1892, Joseph P. Caldwell and D.A. Tompkins purchased the Charlotte Chronicle, the paper Caldwell would edit and Tompkins would publish.

    Charlotte ChronicleD.A. Tompkins

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  2. 1892 · 1892-03-13

    The Charlotte Chronicle began appearing as the Charlotte Daily Observer on March 13, 1892, with Joseph P. Caldwell as editor and D.A. Tompkins as publisher — the paper that continues today as the Charlotte Observer.

    Charlotte ObserverCharlotte ChronicleD.A. Tompkins

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  3. 1912

    Joseph P. Caldwell edited the Charlotte Observer from its 1892 relaunch until his death in 1912, shaping it into an influential voice of conservative Democratic politics and New South boosterism.

    Charlotte Observer

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