This is the best image I can find so far showing the farewell edition of the Cincinnati Post, which ended 126 years of publication early this afternoon. The loss of any newspaper is a tragedy.For anyone wondering about the last main headline: "-30-" has been used to signal "the end" or "over and out" since the Civil War, Wikipedia says, when telegraphers tapped "XXX" to end transmissions. (Tellingly and alarmingly for an industry that can't keep up with new media, I found this photo on Flickr member ctrent'spage. I couldn't find it on the websites of the Post or the Cincinnati Enquirier.)
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