Boston illustrated; . y and fearlessly,he agreed to do so in a maimerthat, if it failed to convince, shouldnot offend. The promise has beenfaitlifully kept. Tlie Post has fre-quently maintained the unpopularside in political controversies, but ithas always done so in such a manneras to make almost as many friendsamong those it opposed as among per-sons of its own political faith. It liasalso always maintained a reputationfor liveliness and cheerful humor thathas been well deserved. Like theAdvertiser it devotes a lai-ge por-tion of its space to conimercial andmarine news, and addresses itself
Boston illustrated; . y and fearlessly,he agreed to do so in a maimerthat, if it failed to convince, shouldnot offend. The promise has beenfaitlifully kept. Tlie Post has fre-quently maintained the unpopularside in political controversies, but ithas always done so in such a manneras to make almost as many friendsamong those it opposed as among per-sons of its own political faith. It liasalso always maintained a reputationfor liveliness and cheerful humor thathas been well deserved. Like theAdvertiser it devotes a lai-ge por-tion of its space to conimercial andmarine news, and addresses itself tobusiness men. The Post was firstpublished in its present commodiousquarters on the morning of August31, 1874. It had been driven, bystreet improvements, from the build- Boston Post Building. ing occupied during the previous five years. The Post Building has a fine ironfront, with a bust of Franklin, and is admirably arranged internally. Thestreet floor is used for a counting-room and the upper floors for editors and. 102 BOSTON ILLUSTRATED. compositors rooms. The Post is a large folio, and is sold at two cents a copy. It publishes a weekly edition which circulates in different sections of New England. The Boston Journal is both a morning and an evening paper. It long ago obtained an excel-lent reputation asa general newspa-per, both for the(ouuting-room andthe family circle-It has a very largesale tliroughoutMassachusetts,Maine a n d NewHampshire, and inconsequence of thepeculiar characterof its constituencyhas always beenespecially strong inits New Englandintelligence. TheJournal was found-ed in 1833, appear-ing for the firsttime on February5 of that year aSthe Evening Mer-eantile Journal.()n the beginningthe publication ofa morning edition,The Boston Journal BuMdmg j^. ^^^j^ j^g present name. The Journal was the first newspaper in Boston to procure a Hoe several years it used two, — one of six cylinders, and the other of two Hoe perfecting pre
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