The Times proved less efficient than advertised). Walter bought the logography's patent and with it opened a printing house to produce a daily advertising sheet. The first publication of the newspaper "The Daily Universal Register in Great Britain" was 1 January 1785. Unhappy because the word "Universal" was frequently omitted from the name, Walter changed the title after 940 editions on 1 January 1788 to "The Times". In 1803, Walter handed ownership and editorship to his son of the same name. In spite of Walter Sr's sixteen-month stay in Newgate Prison for libel printed in "The Times", his pioneering efforts to obtain
The Welshman (newspaper) The Welshman (newspaper) The Welshman (established in 1835) was a weekly 'radical' English language newspaper, reporting local and national news and information. It was published in Carmarthen and distributed in the Cardiganshire area and through much of South Wales. From 1840 to 1942 it was known as "The Welshman and general advertiser for the Principality of Wales", reverting to its original name in 1942. In the late 1940s the paper was bought by the owners of the "Carmarthen Journal" and it ceased publication in 1984. There are 2,032 issues of the paper (from 1835 to 1910) free online at the