in 1905, the "world" bought the "lawrence journal". they merged the "journal" and "world" in 1911 after a fire destroyed the offices of the "journal". the name "lawrence daily journal" dates back to 1880. however, that name just continued the name "republican daily journal". the name "republican daily journal" dates back to at least 1869. the "republican daily journal" seems to have been the successor through a sale and/or consolidation of earlier lawrence newspapers. one of those papers dated to 1858. for years, the "journal-world" said it started in 1858.