Henry “Harry” Alloway (1856-1939) was an American journalist, publisher, and the financial editor of ''

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'' from 1896 to 1906. He also owned several New York and New England newspapers, including ''The New Haven Palladium'', ''The New Haven Union'', ''The Hartford Evening Post'', and ''The Wall Street Daily News''. Alloway was born into a Quaker family near

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, and began his career with the ''Exeter News-Letter''. In 1878, he became editor of '' The Daily Freeman'' in

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, and left the following year to join ''

'' as a financial writer. Alloway initiated the '' NYT'' takeover in 1896 by Adolph S. Ochs and helped the

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journalist negotiate the buyout. After leaving the '' NYT'' to run his own newspapers, Alloway maintained a regular column in the ''

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'', “By-the-Bye,” which appeared regularly for fourteen years.

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