Edith Daley

Edith Daley
Born	1874
Died	1948
Employer	San Jose Evening News, City of San Jose
Occupation	Journalist, author, librarian

Long-time San Jose librarian. Edith deserves much more credit for her time as a columnist and writer for the San Jose Evening News through 1922 where she wrote colorful and in-depth articles on local industries. Even though these were intended as flattering portraits, the articles give significant color and detail about local plants.

Edith also wrote the War History of Santa Clara County summarizing life in San Jose during World War I, and wrote a book of poetry entitled "The Angel in the Sun", reviewed in the Evening News in December 1917.

Cannery and Fruit Articles

Among others:

August 6, 1918 San Jose Evening News]: Coverall Clad Can Co. Girls Run Machinery. Edith Daley American Can Company article.

September 18, 1918 San Jose Evening News: About Prunes and Poems and 'Cover Crops'

September 21, 1918: Gov't O.K.'S Prune Alcohol.

October 1, 1918: Steel Bridge and Water Tank Known To Burn.

July 14, 1919 San Jose Evening News: Richmond Chase Cannery. (Edith Daley Richmond-Chase article)

July 14, 1919 San Jose Evening News: Hunt Brothers Packing Company. (Edith Daley Hunt Brothers article).

July 16, 1919 San Jose Evening News: California Cooperative Canneries. (Edith Daley Cooperative Canneries article).

July 19, 1919 San Jose Evening News: George N. Herbert Packing Company cannery. (Edith Daley Herbert Packing article).

July 22, 1919 San Jose Evening News: Bisceglia Brothers. (Edith Daley Bisceglia Brothers article).

July 23, 1919 San Jose Evening News: Pratt-Low Preserving Company.

July 24, 1919 San Jose Evening News: Salsina Packing and Canning Company. "Salsina isn't a man's name. I know because I inquired for him..." (Edith Daley Salsina Packing article.)

July 25, 1919 San Jose Evening News: J.F. Pyle Cannery. (Edith Daley Pyle Cannery article).

July 31, 1919 San Jose Evening News: California Packing Corporation Plant #4 at Seventh and Taylor. (Edith Daley Seventh Street Cannery article).

August 1, 1919 San Jose Evening News: Alba Canning Company, with Anthony and Gaspare Greco. Also mentions a past column on Salsina. (Edith Daley Alba Canning article.)

August 4, 1919 San Jose Evening News: Toma-Butter Soon to Appear on Every Table. (Greco Canning Company) (Edith Daley Greco Canning article.)

August 6, 1919 San Jose Evening News: Wired Washer Cleans fruit at Flickinger's. (Image reversed in Google News Archive)

August 8, 1919 San Jose Evening News: Shaw Family Cannery. "I spelled 'science' with a capital letter purposely. You would, too, after visiting the most delectably enticing place in a valley 'so full of a number of things', mostly canneries - that 'I'm sure we should all be as happy as Kings' used to be!"

August 11, 1919 San Jose Evening News: Contadina Co. Packs Many 'Love Apples'.

August 13, 1919 San Jose Evening News: Edith Daley Sums Up S.J. Canning Plants. (Edith Daley summary article) August 15, 1919 San Jose Evening News: American Can Girls Are a Triumph for Sex.

August 18, 1919 San Jose Evening News: Edith Daley Thanked for Suggestions.

December 20, 1920 San Jose Evening News True Christmas Story Brings Message That Stirs Hearts. Shaw Family Cannery gets letter from crusty old miner asking for an order of jam and dolls for the orphaned children who live on his road.

July 19, 1921 and July 20, 1921 San Jose Evening News: Pacific By-Products Company, Stanley Hiller, and Louis Clark.

Articles that ought to have been written by her

There are a few articles without by-lines that almost seem in the Edith Daley voice:

August 6, 1928 San Jose Evening News article on Larson Ladder. Unlikely to be Edith's work, but worth including in this list.

"Pretty Feet Defeat SP"

Other Articles

August 7, 1918 San Jose Evening News: Salvage Shop Full of Real Heart Stories.

August 12, 1918 San Jose Evening News: 'Joyful Work of Scientists Comforts Com.

August 13, 1918 San Jose Evening News: Social Service Is Big Hearted Home Charity

August 20, 1918 San Jose Evening News: Louis Sonniksen Tells of East In War Time

October 2, 1918 San Jose Evening News Scar On Hill To Be Landmark of Efficiency (Alum Rock "meteor")

October 3, 1918 San Jose Evening News Firemen Plant Tin Cans And Grow Roses.

October 4, 1918 San Jose Evening News 'Pigs is Pigs' They Must Be Fed With Care

October 11, 1918 San Jose Evening News Mistakes Make Heavy Hearts Let's Be Sure

July 29, 1919 San Jose Evening News: Joan Benett, nine year old actress.

July 30, 1919 San Jose Evening News: Catherine Comstock, painter, sister in law of W.S. Matthew Jr.

August 2, 1919 San Jose Evening NEws: 5 year old rock-throwing juvenile delinquent.

August 5, 1919 San Jose Evening News: Notre Dame College has its 60th anniversary.

August 12, 1919 San Jose Evening News: Arch-Bishop in Beautiful Rite for McLaughlin]

August 14, 1919 San Jose Evening News: Tells Pitiful Tale of Home Squalid, Dirty.

August 18, 1919 San Jose Evening News: Eyes are Misted as Boy's War Story Is Read.

August 19, 1919 San Jose Evening News Gives Absorbing Sketches of Alum Rock Park]

August 21, 1919 SAn Jose Evening News Kiddies Party Really Just Happened.

[September 18, 1922] and [September 19, 1922] San Jose Evening News: WInchester Mystery House.