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8 unusual facts about San Francisco Call


Arthur E. Redfern

As reported by the San Francisco Call of November 7, 1907 that said he was working as a chauffer for trainer/owner Charles Durnell.

Carlton E. Morse

From 1922 to 1928, Morse was employed at the Sacramento Union, the San Francisco Illustrated Daily Herald, The Seattle Times, Vancouver Columbian, Portland Oregonian and The San Francisco Bulletin.

When the Bulletin was absorbed into the San Francisco Call in 1929, Morse lost his job, soon after marrying his first wife, Patricia DeBall.

Fremont Older

In his later years at the Bulletin, Older was offended by the owner's rewriting of his editorials and refusal to commit to a lifelong appointment, so after twenty-three years of service, he resigned in 1918 and went to William Randolph Hearst's paper, the San Francisco Call.

Harriet Lane Levy

Instead, she graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1886 and became a prominent writer for popular San Francisco publications, like the San Francisco Call.

Jeon Myeong-un

The statement was translated and first printed by the San Francisco Call.

Joe Corbett

For the next five years, Corbett was a sportswriter for the San Francisco Call and pitched semi-professional ball.

William Henry Irwin

For the San Francisco Call several years later he wrote an article on the city's rebirth entitled "The City That Is".


New Montgomery Street

Landmarks and notable buildings along New Montgomery Street include the Palace Hotel (1875, rebuilt in 1909), the Sharon Building (1912), the Montgomery (1914, headquarters of the San Francisco Call until 1950) the Rialto Building (1902, rebuilt in 1910) and San Francisco's first skyscraper the PacBell Building (1924).


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Fremont Older

In 1895, Older became managing editor of the San Francisco Bulletin (later merged with the San Francisco Call in 1929), and gained notoriety when he took on the Boss Abe Ruef machine in San Francisco, during the mayoralty of Eugene Schmitz, which led to the corruption trials during the rebuilding of San Francisco following the 1906 Earthquake and fire.

Jimmy Hatlo

The two papers later merged as the San Francisco Call-Bulletin, part of William Randolph Hearst's publishing empire.