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Focuses on the strategy used by publisher Manchester Boddy to revive the newspaper "Illustrated Daily News" in Los Angeles, California in 1926. Improvements made by Boddy to the editorship of the newspaper; Actions taken by Boddy to obtain control of the paper; Career background of Boddy.

The article focuses on the history of the newspaper "The Weekly News" in the U.S. The paper was founded in 1927 by Francis B. Ierardi after he discovered that there was a need for a Braille newspaper during the first World War. He observed that the blind were relying on sighted persons for national and world news. The publication was distributed and mailed without postage costs to 3800 persons throughout the world.