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. In 1845 Clarke started the first daily newspaper in Worcester, Massachusetts. ''The Worcester Transcript'' was started on the June 9, 1845.

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Bibliography

* Boston Daily Globe, ''JULIUS L. CLARKE DEAD. Ex-State Auditor and Insurance Commissioner of Massachusetts''. Page 32 (Nov 24, 1907). * New York Times
''Julius L. Clarke''
Page 9 (November 24, 1907).
Singer, Isidore: ''The International Insurance Encyclopedia'' CLARKE, JULIUS LAURENS
page 155 (1910).

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State auditors of Massachusetts 1828 births 1907 deaths 19th-century American newspaper publishers (people) American male journalists Politicians from Worcester, Massachusetts Politicians from Newton, Massachusetts Writers from Worcester, Massachusetts Massachusetts Republicans Businesspeople from Worcester, Massachusetts {{Massachusetts-politician-stub