Storey County
Edward Blake
Biography
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Nevada Genealogy Trails Storey County Edward Blake Biography |
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EDWARD BLAKE: The Chronicle, a seven-column, twenty-three by thirty-two
daily evening paper, published at Virginia City, Nevada, by J. M. Davis. William Harrington and E. D. Blake, in the interests of the Democratic party, was founded in 1872 by John I. Ginn and E. I. Bean. In the early seventies it was purchased by Dennis McCastry. who had been editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, and was one of the ablest newspaper men who ever resided in Nevada. Under his management the paper had as contributors Mark Twain and others equally gifted, and was by far the best newspaper then published in the state. The present publishers and editors are native sons of Nevada, and very enterprising and gifted gentlemen. Mr. Edward Blake was born and educated in Virginia City, and learned the printer's trade upon the Chronicle, having been connected with it for the past ten years. His entire business career has been given to journalism, and he is a man who thoroughly understands his business and appreciates its great possibilities. He is a son of S. A. Blake, a pioneer of the state, now one of the county commissioners of this county. The Chronicle has a large circulation, not only in the state but through out the west, and is noted for its adherence to the principles of Democracy, and the strength and virility of its editorials. As a news organ it is also excellent, and the entire get-up of the paper reflects credit upon its publishers and editors, as well as upon Virginia City itself.
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