The Boston Journal

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The Boston Journal
The Boston Journal The Boston Daily Journal April 10 1865.PNG
The Boston Journal
The April 10, 1865, front page of
the Boston Daily Journal
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s)Ford & Damrell (1833–1841)
John Sherburne Sleeper, John A. Dix, Henry Rogers (1841–1845)
Sleeper and Rogers (1845–1854)
Henry Rogers & Charles O. Rogers (1854–1855)
Charles O. Rogers (1855–1869)
Estate of Charles O. Rogers (1869–1896)
William D. Sohler (1896–1899)
Stephen O'Meara (1899–1902)
Frank Munsey (1902–1913)
Matthew Hale (1913–1914)
Walton A. Greene, Frederick Enwright, & Hugh Cabot (1914–1917)
Charles Eliot Ware Jr. (1917)
James H. Higgins (1917)
PublisherJournal Newspaper Company
FoundedFebruary 5, 1833
LanguageEnglish
Ceased publicationOctober 1917 (merged with the Boston Herald ) [1]
Headquarters264 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Boston Journal Office in the late 1800s Boston Journal Office (left side) (Boston Public Library) (cropped).jpg
Boston Journal Office in the late 1800s

The Boston Journal was a daily newspaper published in Boston, Massachusetts, from 1833 [2] until October 1917 when it was merged with the Boston Herald . [1]

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The paper was originally an evening paper called the Evening Mercantile Journal. When it started publishing its morning edition, it changed its name to The Boston Journal. [2]

In October 1917, John H. Higgins, the publisher and treasurer of the Boston Herald, [3] bought out its nearby neighbor The Boston Journal and created The Boston Herald and Boston Journal. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Boston Papers Merged.; Herald Absorbs The Journal and Will Use the Joint Title" (PDF). The New York Times. October 6, 1917. p. 12.
  2. 1 2 Stanwood, Edward (1886), Boston Illustrated, Boston and New York: James R. Osgood & Co., and Houghton Mifflin & Co, p. 102
  3. "James H. Higgins, Retired Publisher; Also Was Treasurer of Boston Herald for 10 Years After Merger With Traveler Dies at Central Valley In 1917 He Bought The Boston Journal and Consolidated It With The Herald. The New York Times , page 13, August 1, 1938.
  4. Bacon, Edwin Munroe (1886), Bacon's Dictionary of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts and New York, New York: Houghton Mifflin & Co, The Riverside Press, p. 220, hdl: 2027/mdp.39015027752982