THE FIRST DAILY PAPER
"March 11 was ihe anniversary of the birth of the first daily paper in England, to wit, the "Daily Courant," say.-; the "Morning Post." "It was issued in tho year 1702, by 'E. Mallet, against the •fits* tn Fleet Street,' and it was cynically said of that worthy pioneer that he was the earliest journalist to ehow any jealousy for an accurate statement of i'act. He was at first content with u single shoot, printed in two columns on one side only, and professed to give nothing but foreign news. lie assured his readers that he would not take upon himself to give any comments of his own, 'supposing other people to havo sensu enough to make reflections for themselves.' "
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 206, 26 May 1919, Page 5
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124THE FIRST DAILY PAPER Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 206, 26 May 1919, Page 5
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