"The Newspaper of Record" (New York Times, Oct. 1924)

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THE NEWSPAPER OF RECORD

October 26, 1924, THE NEW YORK TIMES, pg. 55 ad:
   _The Newspaper of Record._
The New York Times is the newspaper of record. (...)
(Did the New York Times coin this for itself?  The NY Times Index is mentioned--ed.)

September 18, 1926, THE NEW YORK TIMES, pg. 20 (Comments on the New York Times on its 75th Anniversary):
   The New York TImes is the newspaper of record.

March 12, 1939, pg. 154:
   Since this is the paper of record...

April 24, 1958, pg. 30:
   Since The New York Times is known throughout the world as a paper of record...

September 23, 1959, pg. 38 (Felix Franfurter):
   ...rightly characterized as the nation's greatest paper of record.


ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PRINT

December 4, 1890, THE NEW YORK TIMES, pg. 4:
   The excellence and interest of _The Times_ as a general newspaper are proverbial.  It is its business to print the news, all the news that it is worth anybody's time to read.

October 9, 1896, pg. 7:
   All the news that's fit to print.


THE OLD GRAY LADY

Not here??
(See ADS-L archives for HARPER's from the 1950--ed.)