The Washington Post

===19th century===
In April 1878, about four months into publication, ''The Washington Post'' purchased ''The Washington Union'', a competing newspaper which was founded by John Lynch in late 1877. The ''Union'' had only been in operation about six months at the time of the acquisition. The combined newspaper was published from the Globe Building as ''The Washington Post and Union'' beginning on April 15, 1878, with a circulation of 13,000.<ref>{{cite news |title='The Post' as an Absorbent |issue=April 16, 1878 |publisher=The Washington Post and Union |date=April 16, 1878 |page=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Masthead |publisher=The Washington Post and Union |date=April 15, 1878 |page=1}}</ref> The ''Post and Union'' name was used about two weeks until April 29, 1878, returning to the original masthead the following day.<ref>{{cite news |title=Masthead |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=April 30, 1878 |page=1}}</ref>

In 1889, Hutchins sold the newspaper to [[Frank Hatton (U.S. politician)|Frank Hatton]], a former Postmaster General, and [[Beriah Wilkins]], a former Democratic congressman from Ohio. To promote the newspaper, the new owners requested the leader of the [[United States Marine Band]], [[John Philip Sousa]], to compose a march for the newspaper's essay contest awards ceremony. Sousa composed "[[The Washington Post (march)|The Washington Post]]".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.washpost.com/gen_info/history/timeline/1889.shtml |title=1889 |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060312152421/http://www.washpost.com/gen_info/history/timeline/1889.shtml |archive-date=March 12, 2006 }}</ref> It became the standard music to accompany the two-step, a late 19th-century dance craze,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/r-rosas/souscoll.htm |title=John Philip Sousa Collection |website=University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531000910/http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/r-rosas/souscoll.htm |archive-date=May 31, 2009 }}</ref> and remains one of Sousa's best-known works.

In 1893, the newspaper moved to a building at 14th and E streets NW, where it would remain until 1950. This building combined all functions of the newspaper into one headquarters – newsroom, advertising, typesetting, and printing – that ran 24 hours per day.<ref name=Goodbye>{{cite news | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/goodbye-old-washington-post-home-of-the-newspaper-the-grahams-built/2015/12/07/023a0382-5d54-11e5-9757-e49273f05f65_story.html | title = Goodbye, old Washington Post, home of the newspaper the Grahams built | first = Marc | last = Fisher | date = December 10, 2015 | newspaper = The Washington Post | access-date = March 24, 2017 | archive-date = February 6, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170206144016/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/goodbye-old-washington-post-home-of-the-newspaper-the-grahams-built/2015/12/07/023a0382-5d54-11e5-9757-e49273f05f65_story.html | url-status = live }}</ref>

In 1898, during the [[Spanish–American War]], the ''Post'' printed [[Clifford K. Berryman]]'s classic illustration ''[[Remember the Maine]]'', which became the battle-cry for American sailors during the War. In 1902, Berryman published another famous cartoon in the ''Post'' – ''Drawing the Line in Mississippi''. This cartoon depicts President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] showing compassion for a small bear cub and inspired New York store owner [[Morris Michtom]] to create the teddy bear.<ref>{{cite web|title = Clifford K. Berryman Political Cartoon Collection|url = https://www.archives.gov/legislative/research/special-collections/berryman/|website = www.archives.gov|access-date = August 12, 2015|archive-date = September 5, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150905152127/http://www.archives.gov/legislative/research/special-collections/berryman/|url-status = live}}</ref> Wilkins acquired Hatton's share of the newspaper in 1894 at Hatton's death.