National Police Gazette - Revision history

Rowdytimothy: fix internal link

2007-10-15T22:50:05Z

fix internal link

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	* [http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Police/Sins/Pink.html More Information]		* [http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Police/Sins/Pink.html More Information]
	* Cover Samples [[:Image:NPG1.jpg\|#1]],[[:Image:NPG2.jpg\|#2]],[[:Image:NPG3.jpg\|#3]]		* Cover Samples [[:Image:NPG1.jpg\|#1]],[[:Image:NPG2.jpg\|#2]],[[:Image:NPG3.jpg\|#3]]
	* See also [[~~Boxer:Terry_McGovern:009044\|~~Terry McGovern's]] ''Police Gazette'' [[:Image:McGovernBelt.jpg\|Title Belt]]		* See also [[Terry McGovern]]'s ''Police Gazette'' [[:Image:McGovernBelt.jpg\|Title Belt]]

	[[Category:Publications\|National Police Gazette]]		[[Category:Publications\|National Police Gazette]]

Ric at 02:04, 2 August 2006

2006-08-02T02:04:56Z

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	* It claimed a weekly circulation of 150,000: [[:Image:NatPoliceGazette.jpg\|see here]]		* It claimed a weekly circulation of 150,000: [[:Image:NatPoliceGazette.jpg\|see here]]
	* [http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Police/Sins/Pink.html More Information]		* [http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Police/Sins/Pink.html More Information]
	* Cover Samples [[:Image:~~NPG3~~.jpg\|#1]],[[:Image:~~NPG3~~.jpg\|#2]],[[:Image:NPG3.jpg\|#3]]		* Cover Samples [[:Image:NPG1.jpg\|#1]],[[:Image:NPG2.jpg\|#2]],[[:Image:NPG3.jpg\|#3]]
	* See also [[Boxer:Terry_McGovern:009044\|Terry McGovern's]] ''Police Gazette'' [[:Image:McGovernBelt.jpg\|Title Belt]]		* See also [[Boxer:Terry_McGovern:009044\|Terry McGovern's]] ''Police Gazette'' [[:Image:McGovernBelt.jpg\|Title Belt]]

	[[Category:Publications\|National Police Gazette]]		[[Category:Publications\|National Police Gazette]]

Ric: provided links to 3 cover samples

2006-08-02T02:04:04Z

provided links to 3 cover samples

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	* It claimed a weekly circulation of 150,000: [[:Image:NatPoliceGazette.jpg\|see here]]		* It claimed a weekly circulation of 150,000: [[:Image:NatPoliceGazette.jpg\|see here]]
	* [http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Police/Sins/Pink.html More Information]		* [http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Police/Sins/Pink.html More Information]
			* Cover Samples [[:Image:NPG3.jpg\|#1]],[[:Image:NPG3.jpg\|#2]],[[:Image:NPG3.jpg\|#3]]
	* See also [[Boxer:Terry_McGovern:009044\|Terry McGovern's]] ''Police Gazette'' [[:Image:McGovernBelt.jpg\|Title Belt]]		* See also [[Boxer:Terry_McGovern:009044\|Terry McGovern's]] ''Police Gazette'' [[:Image:McGovernBelt.jpg\|Title Belt]]

	[[Category:Publications\|National Police Gazette]]		[[Category:Publications\|National Police Gazette]]

Ric: "clearly" divided source material from Notre Dame & Tom Wolfe

2006-05-14T02:35:31Z

"clearly" divided source material from Notre Dame & Tom Wolfe

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	"In its heyday under publisher/editor [[Richard Kyle Fox]] in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, the ''Gazette'' was America's leading illustrated journal of the lurid and sensational, focusing on crime, sex, the theater - and sports, especially boxing. Fox came to realize the potential of boxing for increasing circulation through his coverage of the [[Paddy Ryan]]-[[Joe Goss]] fight of 30 May 1880. He soon became the ring's foremost promoter, defining weight classifications, offering championship belts, and contributing greatly to boxing's new legitimacy. ''The Gazette'' is of decreasing interest after 1900, as sales declined and its journalistic techniques and subject matter were selectively appropriated by the New York dailies."		"In its heyday under publisher/editor [[Richard Kyle Fox]] in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, the ''Gazette'' was America's leading illustrated journal of the lurid and sensational, focusing on crime, sex, the theater - and sports, especially boxing. Fox came to realize the potential of boxing for increasing circulation through his coverage of the [[Paddy Ryan]]-[[Joe Goss]] fight of 30 May 1880. He soon became the ring's foremost promoter, defining weight classifications, offering championship belts, and contributing greatly to boxing's new legitimacy. ''The Gazette'' is of decreasing interest after 1900, as sales declined and its journalistic techniques and subject matter were selectively appropriated by the New York dailies."

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	The ''Police Gazette'' began publishing in 1846, with an emphasis on criminals. When the United States began war with Mexico, the War Department, plagued with desertions, subsidized the ''Gazette'', and the paper published detailed descriptions of those who had gone AWOL on its back page each week. For thirty years after the war, the paper grew dull. In time it got into deep debt, and a father-son engravers took over ownership.		The ''Police Gazette'' began publishing in 1846, with an emphasis on criminals. When the United States began war with Mexico, the War Department, plagued with desertions, subsidized the ''Gazette'', and the paper published detailed descriptions of those who had gone AWOL on its back page each week. For thirty years after the war, the paper grew dull. In time it got into deep debt, and a father-son engravers took over ownership.

Ric: expanded a bit more

2006-05-13T17:48:32Z

expanded a bit more

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	[[file:NPG04 17 1915.jpg\|~~left~~\|250px\|Sample cover]]		[[file:NPG04 17 1915.jpg\|right\|250px\|Sample cover with Jess Willard]]
	According to the [[Joyce Sports Research Collection]] of the University of Notre Dame:		According to the [[Joyce Sports Research Collection]] of the University of Notre Dame:

	"In its heyday under publisher/editor [[Richard Kyle Fox]] in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, the ''Gazette'' was America's leading illustrated journal of the lurid and sensational, focusing on crime, sex, the theater - and sports, especially boxing. Fox came to realize the potential of boxing for increasing circulation through his coverage of the [[Paddy Ryan]]-[[Joe Goss]] fight of 30 May 1880. He soon became the ring's foremost promoter, defining weight classifications, offering championship belts, and contributing greatly to boxing's new legitimacy. ''The Gazette'' is of decreasing interest after 1900, as sales declined and its journalistic techniques and subject matter were selectively appropriated by the New York dailies."		"In its heyday under publisher/editor [[Richard Kyle Fox]] in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, the ''Gazette'' was America's leading illustrated journal of the lurid and sensational, focusing on crime, sex, the theater - and sports, especially boxing. Fox came to realize the potential of boxing for increasing circulation through his coverage of the [[Paddy Ryan]]-[[Joe Goss]] fight of 30 May 1880. He soon became the ring's foremost promoter, defining weight classifications, offering championship belts, and contributing greatly to boxing's new legitimacy. ''The Gazette'' is of decreasing interest after 1900, as sales declined and its journalistic techniques and subject matter were selectively appropriated by the New York dailies."

	The ''Police Gazette'' began publishing in 1846, with an emphasis on criminals. When the United States began war with Mexico, the War Department, plagued with desertions, subsidized the ''Gazette'', and the paper published detailed descriptions of those who had gone AWOL on its back page each week. For thirty years after the war, the paper grew dull. In time it got into deep debt, and a father-son engravers took over ownership. Richard Fox then ~~took control~~ of ~~this~~ publication.		The ''Police Gazette'' began publishing in 1846, with an emphasis on criminals. When the United States began war with Mexico, the War Department, plagued with desertions, subsidized the ''Gazette'', and the paper published detailed descriptions of those who had gone AWOL on its back page each week. For thirty years after the war, the paper grew dull. In time it got into deep debt, and a father-son engravers took over ownership.

			Meanwhile, Richard Fox had come to America from Belfast in 1874. In time he got a job as an advertising salesman for the ''Commercial Bulletin''--deemed the ''Wall Street Journal'' of its day. Fox also sold ads for the crumbling ''Police Gazette''. The engraver owners sold their interest in the publication to Fox as a settlement of debts they owed him. It is claimed that Fox then invented the sports page, the gossip column, and the concept of the illustrated paper. (He used woodcuts, not photographs, for his illustrations.) He made prizefighters popular public figures. He began awarding a ''Police Gazette'' championship belt.

			Fox died a millionaire in 1922, the same year that [[The Ring Magazine\|''The Ring'']] magazine became "The Bible of Boxing." He had operated ''The Gazette'' for 20 years. Ten years later the publication went bankrupt, and it was taken over by [[Harold Roswell]], who made it a monthly paper. Then a Canadian outfit purchased it, and it limped on for some time before disappearing altogether.

			<small>Some of the above information is courtesy of Tom Wolfe's introduction to ''The Police Gazette'', edited by Gene Smith & Jayne Barry Smith (1972).</small>

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	* It claimed a weekly circulation of 150,000: [[:Image:NatPoliceGazette.jpg\|see here]]		* It claimed a weekly circulation of 150,000: [[:Image:NatPoliceGazette.jpg\|see here]]

Ric: temporary update; will add more later

2006-04-16T23:18:27Z

temporary update; will add more later

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	"In its heyday under publisher/editor [[Richard Kyle Fox]] in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, the ''Gazette'' was America's leading illustrated journal of the lurid and sensational, focusing on crime, sex, the theater - and sports, especially boxing. Fox came to realize the potential of boxing for increasing circulation through his coverage of the [[Paddy Ryan]]-[[Joe Goss]] fight of 30 May 1880. He soon became the ring's foremost promoter, defining weight classifications, offering championship belts, and contributing greatly to boxing's new legitimacy. ''The Gazette'' is of decreasing interest after 1900, as sales declined and its journalistic techniques and subject matter were selectively appropriated by the New York dailies."		"In its heyday under publisher/editor [[Richard Kyle Fox]] in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, the ''Gazette'' was America's leading illustrated journal of the lurid and sensational, focusing on crime, sex, the theater - and sports, especially boxing. Fox came to realize the potential of boxing for increasing circulation through his coverage of the [[Paddy Ryan]]-[[Joe Goss]] fight of 30 May 1880. He soon became the ring's foremost promoter, defining weight classifications, offering championship belts, and contributing greatly to boxing's new legitimacy. ''The Gazette'' is of decreasing interest after 1900, as sales declined and its journalistic techniques and subject matter were selectively appropriated by the New York dailies."

			The ''Police Gazette'' began publishing in 1846, with an emphasis on criminals. When the United States began war with Mexico, the War Department, plagued with desertions, subsidized the ''Gazette'', and the paper published detailed descriptions of those who had gone AWOL on its back page each week. For thirty years after the war, the paper grew dull. In time it got into deep debt, and a father-son engravers took over ownership. Richard Fox then took control of this publication.

	* It claimed a weekly circulation of 150,000: [[:Image:NatPoliceGazette.jpg\|see here]]		* It claimed a weekly circulation of 150,000: [[:Image:NatPoliceGazette.jpg\|see here]]

Ric: inserted sample cover

2006-03-06T19:15:48Z

inserted sample cover

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			[[file:NPG04 17 1915.jpg\|left\|250px\|Sample cover]]
	According to the [[Joyce Sports Research Collection]] of the University of Notre Dame:		According to the [[Joyce Sports Research Collection]] of the University of Notre Dame:

Ric at 01:54, 6 March 2006

2006-03-06T01:54:34Z

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	* It claimed a weekly circulation of 150,000: [[:Image:NatPoliceGazette.jpg\|see here]]		* It claimed a weekly circulation of 150,000: [[:Image:NatPoliceGazette.jpg\|see here]]
	* [http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Police/Sins/Pink.html More Information]		* [http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Police/Sins/Pink.html More Information]
	* See also [[Boxer:Terry_McGovern:009044\|Terry McGovern's]] ''Police Gazette'' [[:Image:McGovernBelt.jpg\|Title Belt]		* See also [[Boxer:Terry_McGovern:009044\|Terry McGovern's]] ''Police Gazette'' [[:Image:McGovernBelt.jpg\|Title Belt]]

	[[Category:Publications\|National Police Gazette]]		[[Category:Publications\|National Police Gazette]]

Ric at 19:12, 5 March 2006

2006-03-05T19:12:56Z

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	"In its heyday under publisher/editor [[Richard Kyle Fox]] in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, the ''Gazette'' was America's leading illustrated journal of the lurid and sensational, focusing on crime, sex, the theater - and sports, especially boxing. Fox came to realize the potential of boxing for increasing circulation through his coverage of the [[Paddy Ryan]]-[[Joe Goss]] fight of 30 May 1880. He soon became the ring's foremost promoter, defining weight classifications, offering championship belts, and contributing greatly to boxing's new legitimacy. ''The Gazette'' is of decreasing interest after 1900, as sales declined and its journalistic techniques and subject matter were selectively appropriated by the New York dailies."		"In its heyday under publisher/editor [[Richard Kyle Fox]] in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, the ''Gazette'' was America's leading illustrated journal of the lurid and sensational, focusing on crime, sex, the theater - and sports, especially boxing. Fox came to realize the potential of boxing for increasing circulation through his coverage of the [[Paddy Ryan]]-[[Joe Goss]] fight of 30 May 1880. He soon became the ring's foremost promoter, defining weight classifications, offering championship belts, and contributing greatly to boxing's new legitimacy. ''The Gazette'' is of decreasing interest after 1900, as sales declined and its journalistic techniques and subject matter were selectively appropriated by the New York dailies."

			* It claimed a weekly circulation of 150,000: [[:Image:NatPoliceGazette.jpg\|see here]]
	* [http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Police/Sins/Pink.html More Information]		* [http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Police/Sins/Pink.html More Information]
	* See also [[Boxer:Terry_McGovern:009044\|Terry McGovern's]] ''Police Gazette'' [~~http~~:~~//www.boxrec.com/media/index.php/~~Image:McGovernBelt.jpg Title Belt]		* See also [[Boxer:Terry_McGovern:009044\|Terry McGovern's]] ''Police Gazette'' [[:Image:McGovernBelt.jpg\|Title Belt]

	[[Category:Publications\|National Police Gazette]]		[[Category:Publications\|National Police Gazette]]

Ric: linked to more information

2006-03-05T19:09:17Z

linked to more information

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	"In its heyday under publisher/editor [[Richard Kyle Fox]] in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, the ''Gazette'' was America's leading illustrated journal of the lurid and sensational, focusing on crime, sex, the theater - and sports, especially boxing. Fox came to realize the potential of boxing for increasing circulation through his coverage of the [[Paddy Ryan]]-[[Joe Goss]] fight of 30 May 1880. He soon became the ring's foremost promoter, defining weight classifications, offering championship belts, and contributing greatly to boxing's new legitimacy. ''The Gazette'' is of decreasing interest after 1900, as sales declined and its journalistic techniques and subject matter were selectively appropriated by the New York dailies."		"In its heyday under publisher/editor [[Richard Kyle Fox]] in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, the ''Gazette'' was America's leading illustrated journal of the lurid and sensational, focusing on crime, sex, the theater - and sports, especially boxing. Fox came to realize the potential of boxing for increasing circulation through his coverage of the [[Paddy Ryan]]-[[Joe Goss]] fight of 30 May 1880. He soon became the ring's foremost promoter, defining weight classifications, offering championship belts, and contributing greatly to boxing's new legitimacy. ''The Gazette'' is of decreasing interest after 1900, as sales declined and its journalistic techniques and subject matter were selectively appropriated by the New York dailies."

	See also [[Boxer:Terry_McGovern:009044\|Terry McGovern's]] ''Police Gazette'' [http://www.boxrec.com/media/index.php/Image:McGovernBelt.jpg Title Belt]		* [http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Police/Sins/Pink.html More Information]
			* See also [[Boxer:Terry_McGovern:009044\|Terry McGovern's]] ''Police Gazette'' [http://www.boxrec.com/media/index.php/Image:McGovernBelt.jpg Title Belt]

	[[Category:Publications\|National Police Gazette]]		[[Category:Publications\|National Police Gazette]]

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	* It claimed a weekly circulation of 150,000: [[:Image:NatPoliceGazette.jpg\|see here]]		* It claimed a weekly circulation of 150,000: [[:Image:NatPoliceGazette.jpg\|see here]]
	* [http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Police/Sins/Pink.html More Information]		* [http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Police/Sins/Pink.html More Information]
	* Cover Samples [[:Image:~~NPG3~~.jpg\|#1]],[[:Image:~~NPG3~~.jpg\|#2]],[[:Image:NPG3.jpg\|#3]]		* Cover Samples [[:Image:NPG1.jpg\|#1]],[[:Image:NPG2.jpg\|#2]],[[:Image:NPG3.jpg\|#3]]
	* See also [[Boxer:Terry_McGovern:009044\|Terry McGovern's]] ''Police Gazette'' [[:Image:McGovernBelt.jpg\|Title Belt]]		* See also [[Boxer:Terry_McGovern:009044\|Terry McGovern's]] ''Police Gazette'' [[:Image:McGovernBelt.jpg\|Title Belt]]

	[[Category:Publications\|National Police Gazette]]		[[Category:Publications\|National Police Gazette]]

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	* It claimed a weekly circulation of 150,000: [[:Image:NatPoliceGazette.jpg\|see here]]		* It claimed a weekly circulation of 150,000: [[:Image:NatPoliceGazette.jpg\|see here]]
	* [http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Police/Sins/Pink.html More Information]		* [http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Police/Sins/Pink.html More Information]
			* Cover Samples [[:Image:NPG3.jpg\|#1]],[[:Image:NPG3.jpg\|#2]],[[:Image:NPG3.jpg\|#3]]
	* See also [[Boxer:Terry_McGovern:009044\|Terry McGovern's]] ''Police Gazette'' [[:Image:McGovernBelt.jpg\|Title Belt]]		* See also [[Boxer:Terry_McGovern:009044\|Terry McGovern's]] ''Police Gazette'' [[:Image:McGovernBelt.jpg\|Title Belt]]

	[[Category:Publications\|National Police Gazette]]		[[Category:Publications\|National Police Gazette]]