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Posted on: January 9, 2025 at 11:58:36 CT

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St. Louis won the lottery by getting a newspaper. Back in 'Nam, we never thought we'd see St. Louis get its own newspaper, let alone a Worlds Fair.

Or maybe it was it was 146 years ago next month.

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Yesterday was the last St. Louis Post Dispatch to ever - TheWildcat MU

- 1/9 11:26:47

STAN THE MAN KROENKE STRIKES AGAIN!-Rossi(nm) - Fire Marshall Bill A - 1/9 13:02:03

It's a little late for STAN-ta Claus, but he swung by STL - Carlos Rossi KC - 1/9 13:42:43

so damn stupid - Fire Marshall Bill A - 1/9 14:04:15

I subscribed to it many years ago. When they went on strike - alstl MU - 1/9 13:02:00

Does it matter where Pravda is printed? (nm) - BigDave MU - 1/9 12:15:13

146 years ago today, - AllThingsKC KC - 1/9 11:58:36

ha (nm) - phrejd KC - 1/9 12:05:23

They already had a newspaper. The Globe Democrat.(nm) - Erwin Fletcher STL - 1/9 12:04:47

That is when both sides of the political spectrum were open - TigerFan92 STL - 1/9 12:06:47

Truth(nm) - Erwin Fletcher STL - 1/9 12:38:45

kc star is printed in Iowa, I think. - RHAYWORTH MU - 1/9 11:56:56

It is and the giant relatively new printing press in DT KC - KC rules MU - 1/9 12:53:32

Who still gets an actual physical paper? - tgr MU

- 1/9 11:55:26

I get the Sunday New York Times - Dallastiger MU - 1/9 13:24:04

A slow death to the newspapers(nm) - Erwin Fletcher STL - 1/9 11:43:59

It’s tradition for things to leave St Louis(nm) - FIJItiger MU

- 1/9 11:42:56

Nice flex - Shu MU - 1/9 13:18:03

Not to mention the NBA Kings, NHL Scouts, MLB A’s, - RolandMiz MU - 1/9 14:07:27

How could that happen in a D run city? - Reagan STL - 1/9 12:03:31

it’s moving to Columbia (nm) - pickle MU

- 1/9 11:41:47

So if the truck wrecks on 70, no papers (nm) - TheWildcat MU

- 1/9 11:42:51

:( -implode, GAT, and alstl(nm) - CulturedDan MU

- 1/9 11:51:39

i had 3 uncles and a couple of cousins who were union - 90Tiger STL - 1/9 11:38:26

what year was this, 1908? - Joeboo MU

- 1/9 11:58:34

probably 60's and 70's mainly (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 1/9 12:10:22

Luke Mann is my cousin's son; my cousin played for - 90Tiger STL - 1/9 12:15:36

I think I might be confused on what a printer is? It sounds - Lt. J. Dangle MU - 1/9 13:28:16

Union Printers, worked at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch; - 90Tiger STL - 1/9 13:38:59

so like a summer rec league (nm) - phrejd KC - 1/9 13:43:35

no, nothing like that at all (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 1/9 21:24:25

Your cousin's son is your cousin. - kmawv8 MU - 1/9 12:24:19

2nd cousin, actually (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 1/9 13:38:10

The son doesn't change it from 1st to 2nd. - kmawv8 MU - 1/9 14:06:09

so not just "cousin". It's once removed. (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 1/9 21:25:05

decent chance his aunt is also his mom - phrejd KC - 1/9 12:45:16

wait, does that make him his own father?(nm) - Joeboo MU

- 1/9 13:25:56

on this fb page, my uncle is one of the obits - 90Tiger STL - 1/9 12:11:22

I hope they all had awesome old-timey baseball names - Joeboo MU

- 1/9 13:25:21

it was the 1960's and 1970's, not the 1860's and 70's (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 1/9 21:25:44

As my son would say, way back in the 1900's - kmawv8 MU - 1/9 12:02:37

unions are parasites that kill their business - fatrat MU - 1/9 11:44:54

The KC Star has been printed in Des Moines for a few year - DHighlander NWMSU - 1/9 11:30:25

Oops, I missed your post on that. - RHAYWORTH MU - 1/9 11:58:00