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Aiken Standard in Aiken, South Carolina
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1973
Page
9
New Stamp Honors the Colonial Postrider
A new stamp honoring the postrider, the colonial mounted mailman who carried newspapers and mail, was issued on June 22 as the third in a series on colonial communications. It notes the postrider’s role as a key news carrier for about a century and explains the time spent delivering newspapers slowed mail.
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Colonial Times
Pioneers of American Journalism and their Newspapers
Benjamin Franklin published the Pennsylvania Gazette from 1729 to 1776 and pushed postal reforms for better paper delivery. Isaiah Thomas promoted cheaper papers for workers, and James Gordon Bennett founded the New York Herald in 1835 using telegraphy and bold headlines. Benjamin Day launched the New York Sun in 1833 as a penny paper with crime stories.
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Benjamin Franklin
Pennsylvania Gazette
Thomas
Isaiah Thomas
England
James Gordon Bennett
The
New York Herald
Telegraph
Benjamin Day
New York Sun
Inventor of the Interview Horace Greeley Legacy
Horace Greeley founded the New York Tribune in 1841 and built a leading daily. He pushed labor rights anti-slavery and women’s rights reforms. In 1859 he printed Brigham Young’s exact words, sparking debate about interviews.
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Horace Greeley
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New York Tribune
Brigham Young
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