Honolulu Advertiser Henry M. Whitney Claus Spreckles

Businessman and son of Congregational missionaries Henry M. Whitney founded the Pacific Commercial Advertiser in 1856, a weekly newspaper that was circulated primarily in the whaling port of Honolulu. The inaugural edition was published on July 2 of that year with a quote from Whitney, "Thank Heaven, the day at length has dawned when the Hawaiian nation can boast a free press, untrammeled by government patronage or party pledges, unbiased by ministerial frowns or favors." The most important story in the first edition was a report of the wedding of Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma. However, the front page was devoted almost exclusively to advertisements. Throughout the paper, Whitney posted fifty-two advertisements for sailing ships in port at Honolulu Harbor with three hundred vessel timetables. In 1870Events January 6 The inauguration of the Musikverein ( Vienna). January 10 John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil January 15 A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the United States Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking, Whitney became broke and was forced to sell the Commercial Advertiser to James Black and William Auld, local printers. Whitney remained as the editor.

2 Claus Spreckles

In 1880Events January 1 Construction of the Panama Canal begins February 2 The first electric streetlight is installed in Wabash, Indiana February 13 Thomas Edison becomes the second person to observe the Edison Effect. February 17 Bomb explodes in Winter Palace, Black and Auld sold the Pacific Commercial Advertiser to Claus SprecklesClaus Spreckles formally Adolph Claus J. Spreckles ( July 9, 1828- December 26, 1908), his last name has also been spelled officially as Spreckels was a major industrialist in Hawai'i during the kingdom, republican and territorial periods of the islands'. Vehemently opposed to Spreckles' conservative pro-monarchy political stance, Whitney the devout annexationist resigned as editor. Wallace Rider FarringtonWallace R. Farrington formally Wallace Rider Farrington ( May 3 1871- October 6 1933) was editor of the Honolulu Advertiser and Honolulu Star-Bulletin newspapers and Territorial Governor of Hawai'i. Farrington was born in Orono, Penobscot County, Maine on, future GovernorIolani Palace. The Governor of Hawaii also called Ke Kia‘aina o Hawai‘i is the chief executive of the State of Hawaii and its various agencies and departments, as provided in the Hawaii State Constitution Article V, Sections 1 through 6. It is a directly of the Territory of HawaiiTerritory of Hawai‘i abbreviated officially as T. was established on 7 July, 1898 and dissolved on 21 August, 1959. Congress passed the Newlands Resolution which annexed the former Kingdom of Hawai‘i and later Republic of Hawai‘i to the United States. arrived from MaineMaine is a state of the United States. It is probably named after the French province of Maine. Another possibility for the name 'Maine' is that the people living on islands along the coast of Maine used to speak of going to the mainland as 'going over to to become the new editor. Spreckles' royalist slants in his newspaper articles were deplored by most American businessmen residing in Hawaii. Business suffered as a result forcing Spreckles to sell the Pacific Commercial Advertiser.

3 Lorrin A. Thurston and Son

In 18881888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). In Germany, 1888 is known as the 1888 Year of Three Emperors. Events January 3 91cm telescope first used at Lick Observatory January 12 ? Blizzards in Dakota and Montana, Minnesota, Nebr, Spreckles sold his newspaper to the Hawaiian Gazette Company. It in turn sold the newspaper in 1895 to Lorrin A. Thurston, a cabinet minister in the administration of David Kalakaua. Thurston would later become the architect of the overthrow of the monarchy and end the existence of the Kingdom of Hawaii. He was the author of the infamous Bayonet Constitution of 1887 which he and an armed militia forced Kalakaua to sign at gunpoint with a bayonet at his throat. The constitution stripped the monarchy of its authority, took away the right of native Hawaiians to vote in their own elections while voting rights were granted to Americans who did not have legal Hawaiian citizenship.

In 1921, Thurston changed the name of the Pacific Commercial Advertiser to become the Honolulu Advertiser. The following year, Thurston hired Raymond S. Coll to be the newspaper's new editor. He served in that capacity until his retirement in 1959.

In 1931, Lorrin P. Thurston took over from his father as editor and president of the Honolulu Advertiser. He would later become chairman of the Hawaii Statehood Commission. Upon the retirement of Coll, Thurston hired George Chaplin, former editor of the World War II military newspaper Pacific Stars and Stripes, to become the Honolulu Advertiser's new editor. He would serve as editor for 28 years.

4 Thurston Twigg-Smith and George Chaplin

In 1961, Thurston Twigg-Smith continued family ownership as he inherited the Honolulu Advertiser from his uncle. He remained publisher and president until 1986. With the coupling of Chaplin and Twigg-Smith, the Honolulu Advertiser shifted its political slant from a staunchly conservative pro- Big Five newspaper to become a more moderate, racially progressive newspaper. Both were enormously influenced by the rising local Chinese American, Filipino American and Japanese American readership and worked to cater to these communities' news interests. In 1986, Twigg-Smith sold the newspaper to Persis Corporation and retired.

5 Gannett Pacific Corporation

In 1992, the Honolulu Advertiser was purchased by the Gannett Pacific Corporation, a subsidiary of Gannet Company Incorporated. It became Gannett's first morning edition publication in its corporate history. The company had already owned the other major newspaper Honolulu Star-Bulletin since 1973. From 1962 to 2001, both dueling newspapers were administered under a joint operating agreement under which they shared printing and advertising operations but kept separate editorial staff and printing functions. The agreement ended when the Honolulu Star-Bulletin was sold to a separate company.

6 Advertiser Building

The Honolulu Advertiser staff occupies the Advertiser Building on 605 Kapiolani Boulevard in downtown Honolulu. Built in 1929 by the architectural firm Emory & Webb in the beaux arts style, the Advertiser Building is a National Historic Landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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