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The Daily News, [2] formerly the Galveston County Daily News and Galveston Daily News, is a newspaper published in Galveston, Texas, United States. It was first published April 11, 1842, making it the oldest newspaper in the U.S. state of Texas. The newspaper founded The Dallas Morning News on October 1, 1885, as a sister publication. [3]
In 1923 Moody purchased the Galveston Daily News, the oldest newspaper in Texas, from Alfred H. Belo. He later expanded his media interests by acquiring the Galveston Tribune. [3] In 1930, Moody founded the National Hotel Company. [1] His holdings at one time included the Galvez Hotel in Galveston and the Menger Hotel in San Antonio, Texas.
In 1872 he participated in the founding of the Galveston Cotton Exchange and served as the president from 1877 to 1882, 1884 to 1888, and 1898 to 1900. [2] In 1894 W.L. Moody and Company built the first dockside cotton compress in Texas. [2] With his son, William Lewis Moody Jr., he opened a bank. Moody Bank soon merged with the National Bank ...
Shearn Moody Jr., was born on May 23, 1933, to Shearn Moody Sr. and Frances Moody Newman in Galveston, Texas. [5] His father died in 1936, while he was an infant. [6] Moody was well known for eccentric behavior, such as building a slide from his bedroom window to a swimming pool, where he kept pet penguins, and wearing house slippers wherever he went. [3]
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Southern Newspapers Inc. (SNI) is a publishing holding company headquartered in Houston, Texas. [1] The company was founded as Southern Newspapers, Inc., of Tennessee in 1967 by Carmage Walls . Its flagship paper, the Galveston County Daily News is the oldest newspaper in Texas, founded in 1842.
Mitchell was born to Greek immigrant parents in the port city of Galveston, Texas in 1919. [2] His father, Savvas Paraskevopoulos, was from the village of Nestani in Arcadia, tended goats before immigrating to the United States in 1901, arriving at Ellis Island at the age of 20.
Contemporary Galveston Daily News article pertaining to the discoveries of the bodies of Johnson and Shaw; 2015 Houston Chronicle news article pertaining to the murders of Rhonda Johnson and Sharon Shaw; Michael Lloyd Self, Appellant v. The State of Texas, Appellee: Details of Self's 1974 appeal to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (September ...