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The Daily Morning Astorian
Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon
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The London Times exclusively announced Lord Randolph Churchill's resignation by locking down its premises after a late-night meeting, preventing leaks until after competitors' press times.
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Lord Randolph Churchill's resignation was announced in the London Times exclusively, and this is how the "Thunderer" managed to retain its "scoop:"
Lord Randolph drove into Printing House square shortly after eleven at night and asked to see the editor. He was lodged with him for nearly an hour. As soon as Lord Randolph had been seen off the premises an order was issued to lock every door, back and front and take the keys to the editor's room. Dispatches, as they arrived through the night, were taken in at a window in the courtyard. Not a soul was permitted to leave the premises on any pretext whatever. The secret was till two o'clock in the morning locked in the breasts of the editor and two leader writers. The paragraph announcing the resignation and the articles commenting thereon were written and held back to the last moment. But even then, the hour being one at which other papers had gone to press, the doors were still locked, and it was not till the paper had gone to press that the doors were unlocked.
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London
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the times announced the resignation exclusively, retaining the scoop until after other papers had gone to press.
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Lord Randolph Churchill drove into Printing House square shortly after eleven at night and met with the editor for nearly an hour. The premises were then locked, with keys taken to the editor's room. Dispatches arrived through a courtyard window. No one was permitted to leave. The secret was kept by the editor and two leader writers until two o'clock in the morning. The announcement and articles were written and held until the last moment, with doors unlocked only after the paper went to press.