The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-12-07
P~nEADAMlIE JOURNALISM.
Antiquarian Researches Into the History OF
the Boston Post and Its
t. Writers.
Newspaper Methods OF the Last Century
Some OF the Novelties of Early Bos-
ton Journalism. a


Bosros. Mass. Snecia, C,rrsanon,ancs
Nov. l4-One evening" recant,y = nnmhsr ~
| the well-known journalists of this citv dropred
into the 'hell-nox," Que by one. and. after
taxing seats. lighting cigar, and marking the
location Of the s%ritioon, proceeded 10 discuss
the result of the recent election aud the cause
which led to Bu'ler's defeat. But what is the
"nell-box"? is probably asked. That is tho
rame given tie room in the Office of a large
Boston daily newspaper where those who have
nHttlng to do fer the time beng meet socially.
hIaV poker, spin yarns aud smoke borrowed
poa"cH until the ilchtfui a@cuDaut of rhe'room
ssIS mau and turns out everybody most I'M
corempni"us V. On. the nextgoccasion, como
atI!er loom is selected, and so on. Among
tA2sA WHO made ND tho party was Tom Nd
sul!e, whom have nr,ri msly introduced 10
ihs readers of the PIONEER Press as tic jos
Iowa of Boston. Sad lom: M fa ~ B.
Il think The newspapers Of this city had y
Sroaf dtu to do with the defca' OF Bdlcr, es-
neclh!ty tie Herald, which Las fought him at
every turn since lie Las been in pnlI les. OF
th@ half dozen daihies in Boston but one sup
imFid But er, MS You Know. while lhe rest, in
Glni ns the Old Posi-, pl ched into him red-hat.
speaking OF the Post, bow 1t las died ont IN
power and proSperIty? Once it was the off
r' W 49," - '~'"Ns'i VI '!'G i't'4pilu du-
'nlnlsVrotion when Democratic presidents oc-
cEpioa the White hou-e aHl male money
raaid'y; now i is rtpudia,od by the State
Democracy, with the exception of the old
lin u. and ca / Scare Y keep its Head above
water. lr.membar The Pos, away back in its
Infancy, bus not at IL birth. Co. Char .es
Gordon Greene, who is still alive, was
It's founder. Col. Greene was born and
bred a journalist, a.d he .oyed
to be n most successfu! one. When a youth
io wurNrd on The Boston S atesman. which was
til predecessor OF tho Pos, and later, with
jam y. Jones Il think that was his Iame),
published the first daily newspaper in Pean-
Syivan'a, ] think AT Pnjla lclphia, Jopes was a
lhiladclp iaG. In 1881 IL started the Boston
Pos aid 'or over 70 tg yeats worked upon it
il one way or another, principally as editor. in
chief. He was u b. liant and witty writer, aud
talked sense" IL always lad an opinion.
and WAS never AFRAID torxpres. it. HIS friend
ship was cs eened by all N on, AID his ,rivate
room Vas ofton visi,ed by such men az Frank
III Pi, rec, GEORGE Bancroft, David Hcushaw.
who hrs, gave the printed tallu. 10 Mas-achu-
setts 70 crs, and esta blished the c aim that
Jurors sh, ud b. The Judges Of law as well as
OF fact; WIFI IN PIT fusScnden. Robert Ran
toul, Jr., Horace Greeley, Nathaniel p. Willis,
''' P'S', W NE tiitti bbSt I WIN lItt SLtIS
man, Cal b Cush ng and Others. Col Greene
rarely eyyr got angry AT ANYTHING, but il any
one tri Il 10 bu do2o INN, his t,mper
would get he better Of lis Judgment OCCASION
alv. He was slyA>a ina GGT,;ut, ea,t,, ~ ihe
: naper, 0re morning n GOOD mary vnars arn
| we'll remember he affair sn oc.or named
Haunt of ,hn cru nod h.,noI . ., s,rI, go
80 80 S",io
iH'o iiIc "iiiCh III ( 'eaI rage ana announced his
/ lllGl 1914 10 lick tie Whole SilDn on account of
AL a verse crltici m upon his acting which the
| Post had ma &c. The eo!oael answered the in
amy NJ dc for ,Lr ;,,ar vf,, L,i d.ra5 "a Gov
tLo+ ah.,7, -, 49,, ,.;o, =. - y
!" ~ ".'1f a." nHeN - pae's .ne i"te
actor. he snit'' ed nm down to tue best of
ms &blltS and Sralna'ly led him out to the
head of the sta rvay. Al iha' point the actor
saw how ho was being A, ft-sonnal n,d be.
COMING provoked a, ne ia, ~ hs;nr howod
;.,n IN, =, ~ os's 80
," ~ -, ~ ''o'I'''S any s"dei"o-
''oH' aitheu q Llo" at the coioAel. his was too
much for the fighting ed tor, and he gave the
on,~ .i,;.y, ,,I.r ,bo ;,, -.
-"
seHt MN mean over heeiS down the ehtire night
of stars. The comp si;ors. hearing the noise,
rushed ont and saw tho c,l.usl runn,no down
IT, - - -: =. ~ - \ io wv"
''d's' paie ana ifi5htene", "hiie W the bot
''ai lay 'ne nc OF perfectly motlon'css, paie
ana apparently ileiess' After a mone"t or
painful suspense Hiupt sprang 10 his feet and
| Sou cd to the col1Aei, .Yon sna,l hear from
me orain sir, vbrr.,,non tho o,loro, CO..
rs.,varnc rr,m hi, r,,nt s..1 nn,.,a.
.lv,o,h ia - -
h"hN o'o' | helr from yoa Eow, s's; and
"eht oack 70 ms once 10 Congratulate himself
that he had not killed the fol ow.
GA ano. her occasion a Oh inese musician
WHO Wa. nerformnr in tLa iii, ba,., p. y
! most iu.anc oyer something ib,t haI h.nI s.n1
atnu, his n.rfDrn,ur j., Jhn po.t Ar,,r 'ha
cu.irm of hi, conntry he Vi nI tho col NAP
,.tic, and yi,Ieptl, oe;n,rlr tna. Ia sha,l1
nu,-h tue affair iy kiln, hin, Tha cni MAJ
r,n ~ ROT ,I,e ia /, On +, hv ~ ali =. 81 IL
| hos N, ofhis IA NJ, ',,5s arI r,n /; -, ~ -
| mo sidewalk wunr. he tn5 H.. emma man Hat
, IL bo was il, = h,,rrv !, Ia. ma a., orral ani a,
h,rk t., n,, taiI,. M NJ. c,u,j IN ,,n,.oIs
! Auo hGrf1lnv Ihi1r r'm> nbcr abont inc
6 10 C, wa. bis ell bra ed nouce of one of the
u,,.,G F., l. a"S a.a;t.J 49,. -, ~ y.
81, .f,n,a,ni,,r l;Ea ~ IA nto,,oi
H.. VIII ~ ia N"'' "au o'S"''"
Nv. 100 ~
Of wnica We can aad nni,h p .hasa 5tr tail lsar'
| pfve I,s q ,iino Tor ,y,s',n, 10 -, u -
| 10 y. N kind Of dramatic ,laIk' i, which rarss I,nd
blank in everything elsc) between two or three
j4ck- o'-!anthotns, a lot of lightning bugs and n
gar tish. written under the Inspiration OF %carbonic
aclI' gas aHo cold water at 50 dog. fahrenheit upon
IA iSvnerE. IL IS certainly a supernatural thing
'o'" "''' "'u''o"e'
THE POST EARLY METHODS.
IN NV cary GUYS Oh lhe iost mere was fe6t-
" out iitIe work donsln the securing OF news.
Inc paper ma my q pended upoh the l~0nrnsis
p'i"tcd III New YORK for its news outside of
New EA5iaHl. All o'hcr news Came by mail.
trom . day TO a week or more old. Blu the
pubilc did not care SO mach about news then,
AS 1t dos now. The only communicate be-
tween the new and old world was by packets,
aud very often nothing was heard from Europe
Tor a IN Ihti. Whenever a. PACKET arrived in
port, ttieh INC papers Wpnli snow tier cnter-
pI's3 ny moi gong 20 pres IN Ii after Z O'Clock
IN the evening. A. sooh as q p4cKet was
sish'ea a RAGS won Z: DC mad by The repreeen-