1871 | Communications, Media
Communications, Media
Cables laid from Vladivostok to Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Singapore via Nagasaki speed communications in the Far East.
The first regular Japanese government postal service begins between Tokyo and Osaka.
Metal type and printing presses are introduced into Japan and the first Japanese daily newspaper begins publication.
The Chicago Tribune resumes publication 2 days after the great October fire that has destroyed its building (see 1855). The reborn paper carries Joseph Medill's editorial "Cheer Up." Medill runs for mayor on the Republican "Fireproof" ticket; he wins, will work to remove the municipal government from politics, and in 1874 will buy a majority of the Tribune Company stock.
The Chicago Times does not resume publication until October 18; the fire destroyed its 5-year-old five-story plant, tempting publisher Wilbur F. Storey to retire, but he uses improvised equipment, will have a fireproof building completed in 1873, and establish a London bureau in 1877.