Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. (1899)
Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, Pa., A. J. Holman & Co · leaf 245
cial and financialpapers found an origin in this period, the most successful of which wasThe New Orleans Prices Current, established in 1822. During this period the newspaper, whether daily or weekly, was distributed only to the regular subscriber, — the juice of a single copy on the street bein \… … newspaper could throw sufficient enterprise into its business to raise its circula-tion above 5000 copies. This kept the price of advertising low, and consequentlylimited a source of profit which has since grown to enormous proportions. The period ended with the advent of the penny press, in New…
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