Lawson, Victor Fremont (1850-1925)

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A Daily Paper for One Cent a Day: The Chicago Daily News

Victor Fremont Lawson to Jane Addams, September 26, 1903

Victor Fremont Lawson to Jane Addams, October 3, 1903

William Kent to Victor Fremont Lawson, May 10, 1911

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Birth Date

1850-09-09

Death Date

1925-08-19

Birthplace

Chicago, IL

Biographical Text

Victor Fremont Lawson was a businessman and publisher of the Chicago Daily News between 1876-1925. He was best-known for anticipating the popularity of low-cost newspapers; the Chicago News was the first western paper to sell for only a penny. He was a founder and leading member of the Associated Press. Lawson was a believer in keeping his newspaper independent of political influence, refusing to own shares in public service corporations. He was a supporter of the movement for government-funded savings banks. Lawson was also generous to a numver of Chicago charities, though he sought to keep his name out of the press. He funded individual familes, the Young Men's Christian Association in Chicago, and funded the Daily News Fresh Air Fund that helped poor children in ill health. He was also a supporter of settlement hosues. Lawson died of a heart attack in 1925.

Lawson married Jessie S. Bradley in 1880; she died in 1914. The couple had no children.

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Businessman

Journalist

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Photo by Henry Donovan, 1919.

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Public domain

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Hajo, Cathy Moran

Sciancalepore, Victoria

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Male

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1903

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"V. F. Lawson Dies from Heart Attack," New York Times, August 20, 1925, p. 1.

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“Lawson, Victor Fremont (1850-1925),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed September 30, 2023, http://mail.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/313.

Lawson, Victor Fremont (1850-1925)

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Chicago Daily News

Chicago Record-Herald

Victor Fremont Lawson to Jane Addams, September 26, 1903

Victor Fremont Lawson to Jane Addams, October 3, 1903

Albert G. Beaunisne to Jane Addams, October 6, 1903

Frank Brett Noyes to Jane Addams, October 19, 1903

Jane Addams to Richard Theodore Ely, February 26, 1904

Richard Theodore Ely to Jane Addams, February 29, 1904

Jane Addams to Richard Theodore Ely, April 4, 1904

Richard Theodore Ely to Jane Addams, June 1, 1904

Jane Addams to Richard Theodore Ely, June 4, 1904

Jane Addams to Richard Theodore Ely, November 9, 1904

Richard Theodore Ely to Jane Addams, November 16, 1904

Richard Theodore Ely to Jane Addams, June 24, 1905

Jane Addams to Richard Theodore Ely, June 27, 1905

Announcement of the Eighteenth Annual Competition for the Victor F. Lawson Medals, March 26, 1906

William Kent to Jane Addams, May 11, 1911

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, September 11, 1914

William Kent to Victor Fremont Lawson, May 10, 1911

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