![]() 6ġ Paul Locher, “Wooster’s First Family of Print: Dixes Celebrate a Century of Publishing in Wooster.” The Daily Record. Today, Dix Communications (the media company that has evolved from the Dix family’s pursuits) operates seven daily newspapers. In addition to distributing the area’s news, the Daily Record and members of the Dix family served as notable employers, freedom of the press advocates, and active members of the community. The Daily Record has covered the local events that defined Wooster in the 20th century, from the flood of 1969 to the downtown revival. ![]() 5įive generations of the Dix family have captained Wooster’s newspapers since 1898. 4 They called it the Wooster Daily Record. The Dix family merged the Daily News and the Daily Republican to form the largest newspaper in the Wooster area. Emmett Dix found the ad by luck, realized it was in fact the Daily News, and used intermediaries to close the transaction for him. Reluctant to alert his rivals of the sale, he signed the ad “D.G.F.,” his initials in reverse. Daubel put the Daily News up for sale in 1919. The end of the Daily News is fairly interesting. Daubel of the Daily News allegedly refused to acknowledge the Daily Republican ’s existence. The papers hired away their opponent’s staff, constantly attempted to best each other in reporting news, and harbored general animosity-F.G. Even more trying than its struggle with the Evening Journal, the Daily Republican’ s contest with the Daily News lasted for fifteen years. The Wayne County Democrat Company led by John Hoffman first published the Wooster Daily News on July 12, 1905. 3 The Dix family had won the round-they would face another opponent in the wake of the Evening Journal ’s demise. The Evening Journal collapsed in 1906, and the Daily Republican acquired its circulation. Myers left town shortly after the incident. 2 The Daily Republican accused the the Evening Journal of faking cablegrams to build greater circulation. The two publications battled for sales during the Spanish American War. The Evening Journal was published in the same office as the Democratic Jacksonian, though it claimed to be non-partisan. ![]() The Dix family increased the Daily Republican’ s circulation even as it competed with Wooster’s other daily, Calvin D. In 1898 they invested their life savings into the struggling Wooster Republican Printing Company, which published the Wooster Republican (a weekly) and the Wooster Daily Republican. had ever seen, the father and son sought a new business start in Wooster. Reeling from the Panic of 1893, one of the worst economic depressions the U.S. Albert and Emmett Dix, newspapermen from Hamilton, Ohio, entered the game in Wooster as the local papers navigated a precarious existence. ![]() Small-town newspapers faced fierce competition at the turn of the century. This seal stood at the top of the Jissue to recognize the 100th year after Albert and Emmet Dix bought the Wooster Republican. After 100 years of publishing in Wooster, the Dix family celebrated with a commemorative issue of the Daily Record. ![]()
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