Historical eventDecember 91888

Argosy (magazine)

The first edition of the Argosy magazine was published under the title The Golden Argosy.

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When
Sunday, December 9 1888138 years ago
Category
Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
Era
19th century · 1880s
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Russia, Greece and some other countries used the Julian calendar into the early 20th century, so local records may show a date up to 13 days earlier.

At a glance

Dates: 1882 – 1978.

Type: magazine and pulp magazine.

Founded / initiated by: Frank Munsey.

Timeline

Follows: Junior Munsey.

What happened

Argosy was an American magazine, founded in 1882 as The Golden Argosy, a children's weekly, edited by Frank Munsey and published by E. G. Rideout. Munsey took over as publisher when Rideout went bankrupt in 1883, and after many struggles made the magazine profitable. He shortened the title to The Argosy in 1888 and targeted an audience of men and boys with adventure stories. In 1894 he switched it to a monthly schedule and in 1896 he eliminated all non-fiction and started using cheap pulp paper,

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December 9 1888 — 138 years ago, on a Sunday.

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