The numbers make your head hurt. No, not the numbers from the government shutdown and its impact on the country. It’s the 150-year lifespan of a daily newspaper in Chattanooga, and the scope of what was reported in those pages over the decades.
Sunday’s story by Davis Lundy about the daily paper and the headlines reflecting the times was interesting.
It’s hard to believe all the advancements in so many areas – and the setbacks in others – of my less than 50 years. It’s also crazy to think that The Daily Times, which became the Chattanooga Times, which was merged with the Free Press, was here long before the Walnut Street Bridge was built (1890) or Hixson High was opened (1909 – and no, we do not think Mayor Coppinger was there just yet) and so much more.
Jay GreesonIt also made me wonder what else happened in 1869.
Several states across the South outlawed the KKK in an effort to improve racial relations. Sadly, 150 years later, we still are looking for ways to improve racial relations.