Sci-Fi and Fantasy Stories From The Sun
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1833, initially as the work of a
23-year-old printer named Benjamin H. Day. He got the idea….
The stories you are about to read were published during the
late 19th century in a popular newspaper of New York City,
called The Sun. This daily was published from 1833 to 1950,
beginning on September 3, 1833, initially as the work of a
23-year-old printer named Benjamin H. Day. He got the idea
from a co-worker, Dave Eamsey, at the printing shop of
the Journal of Commerce. Eamsey's dream was to create a
daily morning newspaper called The Sun that would sell for
one penny, when other newspapers were selling for 6 cents.
Not only would this paper be differentiated by its lower cost,
but also it would focus on the human-interest side of news,
appealing to both men and women, not the stuffy politics of
the other papers that appealed primarily to men. Eamsey
didn't act on his dream, but Day took to the idea and using
his own small savings began publication as a morning paper
with the slogan "It Shines for All".