The Boston Journal

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name = The Boston Journal


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type = Daily newspaper
format = Broadsheet
foundation = February 5 1833
ceased publication = October 1917 (merged with "The Boston Herald") ["New York Times" "Boston Papers Merged.; Herald Absorbs The Journal and Will Use the Joint Title". "The New York Times", page 12, October 6, 1917.]
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language = English
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headquarters = 120 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts USA (from September 1860), 264 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts USA
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[Citation |last = Stanwood | first = Edward| year = 1886 | title = Boston Illustrated | page = 102 | publisher = James R. Osgood & Co., and Houghton Mifflin & Co | location = Boston, Massachusetts and New York, New York | date = 1886 ]

"The Boston Journal" was a daily newspaper published in Boston Massachusetts from 1833 [Citation |last = Stanwood | first = Edward| year = 1886 | title = Boston Illustrated | page = 102 | publisher = James R. Osgood & Co., and Houghton Mifflin & Co | location = Boston, Massachusetts and New York, New York | date = 1886 ] until October 1917 when it was merged with the Boston Herald. ["New York Times" "Boston Papers Merged.; Herald Absorbs The Journal and Will Use the Joint Title". "The New York Times", page 12, October 6, 1917.]

The paper was originally an evening paper called the "Evening Merchantile Journal" when it started publishing its morning edition it changed its name to "The Boston Journal". [Citation |last = Stanwood | first = Edward| year = 1886 | title = Boston Illustrated | page = 102 | publisher = James R. Osgood & Co., and Houghton Mifflin & Co | location = Boston, Massachusetts and New York, New York | date = 1886 ]

In October 1917 John H. Higgins the publisher and treasurer of the the Boston Herald ["New York Times" "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.] bought out its next door neighbor "The Boston Journal" and created "The Boston Herald and Boston Journal" ["New York Times" "Boston Papers Merged.; Herald Absorbs The Journal and Will Use the Joint Title". "The New York Times", page 12, October 6, 1917.]

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ee also

* "The Boston Daily Advertiser"
* "The Boston Evening Transcript"
* "The Boston Globe"
* "The Boston Herald"
* "The Boston Post"
* "The Boston Daily Advertiser"