Le Petit Journal

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The suicide of Général Boulanger in the cemetery at Ixelles (1891)
The suicide of Général Boulanger in the cemetery at Ixelles (1891)

Le Petit Journal was a daily Parisian newspaper that appeared between 1863 and 1944. It was founded by Moïse Polydore Millaud.

In its columns were published several serial novels of Émile Gaboriau and of Ponson du Terrail.

At its apogee, about 1890, its circulation attained millions of copies.

As early as 1884, it included a weekly illustrated supplement (circulation about 1 million copies in 1895).

[edit] Athletic competitions

Le Petit Journal organized the first automobile race in history: the 1894 Paris-Rouen Horseless Carriage Competition (Concours des Voitures sans Chevaux). The race was won by Count Jules de Dion on a De Dion-Bouton.

Le Petit Journal also created in 1891 the Paris-Brest-Paris road cycling race.

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