April
30, 1905 - The St. Paul
Globe went out of business today. The usual Sunday paper was issued and
there was little said to indicate that the end had come.
Tom Thurby’s cartoon on the first page represented a hand, presumably the hand of Death or Time, writing the familiar “30” (used by journalists and authors to designate THE END of a story or article) while the cartoonist in cap and bells, his worldly goods done up in a bandanna handkerchief slung over his shoulder on his crayon holder, was trudging into the cold world.
Fifty or more men and a few women will have to find new
jobs by the suspension of The Globe.
The mechanical force of the paper, belonging to the typographical union or to
one of the allied printer trades, will gradually be absorbed by other Twin City
printing concerns. Many of them, being single and footloose, will probably seek
work in other cities.
The counting room force will probably seek work in other cities.
Several hundred city carriers, mainly young fellows in school, will find their sources of income curtailed considerably. A newspaper route, particularly a large one in a good residential district, has a reasonably fixed commercial value, in many instances old and well established routes commanding several hundreds of dollars when offered for sale. The owners of The Globe routes will find themselves deprived of snug incomes while their routes are now worth nothing.
The editorial and reportorial staff of The Globe will mostly be scattered far and wide if they choose to remain in the newspaper business. Most of the Twin City newspapers having their forces unable to add this extra force will be thrown on the mercy of a cold world.
The counting room force will probably seek work in other cities.
Several hundred city carriers, mainly young fellows in school, will find their sources of income curtailed considerably. A newspaper route, particularly a large one in a good residential district, has a reasonably fixed commercial value, in many instances old and well established routes commanding several hundreds of dollars when offered for sale. The owners of The Globe routes will find themselves deprived of snug incomes while their routes are now worth nothing.
The editorial and reportorial staff of The Globe will mostly be scattered far and wide if they choose to remain in the newspaper business. Most of the Twin City newspapers having their forces unable to add this extra force will be thrown on the mercy of a cold world.
The Saint Paul Globe published its first issue on January 15, 1878.
The Minneapolis Tribune; “Finis; St. Paul Globe Ends Its Earthly Career As Metropolitan Newspaper. Many Employes (sic) Are Out In Cold World Looking For Steady Jobs. Editorial and Reportorial Force Scatter To Four Corners of the World.”; May 1, 1905; p. 6.
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