''The Baltimore Morning Herald'' was a

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published in

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in the beginning of the twentieth century.

History

The first edition was published on February 10, 1900. The paper succeeded the ''Morning Herald'' and was absorbed by the ''Baltimore Evening Herald'' on August 31, 1904, appearing on weekends as the ''Baltimore Sunday Herald''. Its offices wer
located
at the northwest corner of

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and East Fayette Streets, facing the recently completed

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of 1896-1900 (renamed for Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. in 1985). The building was devastated by the

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of February 1904 and stood on the northern edge of the "Burnt District". ''The Herald'' printed an edition the first night of the fire on the press of ''

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'', in exchange for providing photographs to ''The Post'', but could not continue this arrangement because of a long-standing arrangement between the ''Post'' and the '' Baltimore Evening News''. For the next five weeks ''The Herald'' was printed nightly on the press of the ''

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'' and transported to Baltimore on a special train, provided free of charge by the

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. In June 1906, the paper was purchased by competitor Charles H. Grasty, editor/owner of ''The Evening News'', and Gen.

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, owner/publisher of ''The Baltimore American''. Assets, staff and resources of the ''Herald'' were divided between the two publications, which later merged under the ownership of newspaper magnate Frank Munsey. The ''Herald's'' most notable writer and editor was

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, who described his experiences in ''Newspaper Days'' (1941), the second volume of his autobiographical trilogy.

References

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