"We have stony hearts toward the living and we erect monuments of stone to the dead. A living memorial is the only kind worthy of living beings, whether they are with us here or have gone Beyond. Better name after him the street in or near which he lived than to erect some obstruction in stone, for the one comes into our life and the other we pass by carelessly. But better set to work the noble ideas which he had and do, as far as we may and can, that which he longed to do. Thus he remains in our lives, the living factor that he was, and the memory of him does not become part of a tombstone or a static statue." -- William Z. Spiegelman.

Friday, January 27, 2012

Jewish Daily Bulletin (archives)

Note: the Jewish Telegraphic Agency maintains a very complete archive of all the issues of the Jewish Daily Bulletin. William Z. Spiegelman was the editor of this newspaper for exactly five years. His first issue was October 15, 1924, and his last issue was October 13, 1929 (the issue for October 16, 1929 carries the news of his resignation).

If one looks at the issues published prior to October 15, 1924 -- even the issue published right before William Z. took over as the editor -- one finds that it was not really a newspaper, but a news letter. That is to say, it was simply a series of typewritten pages that were mimeographed and then stapled together. From the moment that William Z. took over, the Jewish Daily Bulletin was a true newspaper: composed into columns by a professional typesetter and then printed by a professional printer.
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