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TheBoston Evening Traveller (1845–1967) was a newspaper published inBoston,Massachusetts. It was a daily newspaper, with weekly and semi-weekly editions under a variety ofTraveller titles. It was absorbed by theBoston Herald in 1912, and ceased publication in 1967.
TheBoston Evening Traveller was launched on April 1, 1845, by ReverendGeorge Punchard andDeacon Ferdinand Andrews. The pair served as co-editors and used the paper to advocate for thetemperance movement.[1] In June 1845,Roland Worthington, a former member of theBoston Daily Advertiser's business department, joined the paper as publisher.[2]
During Worthington's tenure as publisher, theEvening Traveller became the first Boston paper to employnewspaper hawkers to sell papers in the streets rather than rely solely on subscriptions; and was the first paper in Boston to use headline posters to advertise papers.[2] Compared to other papers in Boston in the 1840s, theTraveller was notable for its significantly lower retail price.[3] TheEvening Traveller's first office was located at 47 Court Street. It later relocated to theOld State House before moving into its own building at 31State Street.[2][4][5] Under Worthington's leadership, the paper supported the views of theFree Soil Party and the laterRepublican Party. The paper's shift to the Republican Party led to the departure of Ferdinand Andrews, who supportedDaniel Webster and theCotton Whigs. Andrews was replaced as managing editor by twenty-two year oldManton Marble. In 1857,Samuel Bowles joined the paper. Marble and Bowles were unable to work together and Marble left forNew York City. Bowles took over as managing editor on April 13, 1857, and soon thereafter merged theEvening Traveller with theBoston Atlas, theBoston Bee, and theIndependent Chronicle.[2][6] The merger was a failure and placed the paper in debt. Bowles left theEvening Traveler without notice on August 10, 1857, and returned toSpringfield, Massachusetts. Bowles was succeeded by Joseph B. Morss.[2] In 1859 Morss was succeeded by Reuben Crooke.[7] As of 1878, one guide described theEvening Traveller as "the largest four-page evening paper in New England: five editions daily; the semi-weekly and weekly of each week contains sermons ofHenry Ward Beecher; 'Review of the Week;' market and shipping reports; latest news and choice reading, prepared expressly for the family fireside."[8] In 1879, reporter James W. Clarke became the paper's managing editor. He remained with theEvening Traveller until 1885, when he accepted the position of chief of editorial writers forThe Boston Globe.[9] From 1885 to 1891, W. F. Whitcher served as editor in chief.[10] Whitcher was succeeded byAlbert Edward Winship. Roland Worthington sold the paper in June 1891. The new owners replaced Winship as editor, bringing back Reuben Crooke.[2][11]
In the 1900s, the paper was headquartered at 76Summer Street (c. 1902–1912). In 1912 theHerald bought theTraveler and merged the papers into theBoston Traveler and Evening Herald, now published from the Herald's facility at 171 Tremont Street.[12] From 1914 to 1918, futureTerritory of Alaska Governor andU.S. SenatorErnest Gruening served as the paper's managing editor.[13] In 1928, the new owners moved the paper away from Republican politics by dropping the editorial page and replacing it with a "People's Forum".[14] The morningHerald and the eveningTraveler were published until 1967, when, due to declining circulation, they were combined into a morning newspaper known as theHerald-Traveler.[15]
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