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Le Petit Journal
Le Petit Journal
Konstantin Stoitzner (1863–1934):
„Le petit journal”
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner Moïse Polydore Millaud
Publisher Moïse Polydore Millaud
Founded 1863
Headquarters Paris
Circulation 1,000,000 Daily Charles Terront pictured on the front page of the 20 September
1891 edition of Le Petit Journal after his Paris-Brest et retour
Le Petit Journal was a daily Parisian newspaper published victory
from 1863 to 1944. It was founded by Moïse Polydore Mil-
laud. In its columns were published several serial novels endurance. Riders were fully self-sufficient, carrying
of Émile Gaboriau and of Ponson du Terrail. their own food and clothing and riding the same bicycle
for the duration. The public response to his articles was
Publishing so phenomenal that he had to change the rules and start
charging five francs entrance, as 300 riders including 7
In the 1890s, at the height of its popularity, the newspa-
women signed up, although the women were later re-
per had a circulation of a million copies, and by 1884 it
fused entrance. Each bicycle was given an ’official seal’ at
also included a weekly illustrated supplement.
a two-day ceremony in front of the offices of Le Petit Jour-
nal. The 280 sealed machines included 10 tricycles, two
Promotional events Tandem bicycles, and one Penny-farthing.[1]
Participation was restricted to French men[1] and 99
Paris–Brest–Paris cycle race of the 207 (or 280[1]) participants finished. Michelin’s
Charles Terront won in 71 hours 22 minutes after passing
In 1891, Le Petit Journal created the Paris–Brest–Paris road
Dunlop’s Jiel-Laval as he slept during the third night.
cycling race. Its editor Pierre Giffard promoted it as Paris-
Both had suffered punctures in their pneumatic tyres,
Brest et retour in his editorials which he signed "Jean-sans-
but still enjoyed an advantage over riders on solid tires.
Terre". It is now established as the oldest long-distance
The first race was a coup for Le Petit Journal and the
cycling road event. Le Petit Journal described it as an
organisers decided to run it every ten years. The second
"épreuve," a test of the bicycle’s reliability and the rider’s
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race in 1901 was again organised by Pierre Giffard but on
behalf of Le Vélo.
Georges Lemaître classified 1st in his Peugeot 3hp. Bicycle
manufacturer Adolphe Clément-Bayard was the front passen-
ger.
between a reliability trial, a general event and a race, but
the main prize was for the first across the finish line in
Rouen. 102 people paid the 10 franc entrance fee.[4]
On July 22, 1894, 69 cars started the 50 km selection
event that would show which entrants would be allowed
to start the main event, the 127 km race from Paris to
Rouen. The entrants ranged from serious manufacturers
like Peugeot, Panhard or De Dion to amateur owners, and
only 25 were selected for the main race.[4]
The race started from Porte Maillot and went through
Special ’Paris-Belfort’ edition of Le Petit Journal from 18 June the Bois de Boulogne. Count Jules-Albert de Dion was first
1892 into Rouen after 6 hours and 48 minutes at an average
speed of 19km/h. He finished 3’30” ahead of Georges Le-
Paris-Belfort running race maître (Peugeot), followed by Doriot (Peugeot) at 16’30”,
On 5 June 1892,[2] Le Petit Journal organised a foot-race René Panhard (Panhard) at 33’30’’ and Émile Levassor
from Paris to Belfort, a course of over 380 kilometers, (Panhard) at 55’30”. The official winners were Peugeot
the first large scale long distance running race on record. and Panhard as cars were judged on their speed, handling
Over 1,100 competitors registered for the event and over and safety characteristics, and De Dion’s steam car need-
800 started from the offices of Le Petit Journal, at Paris ed a stoker which was forbidden.[4]
Opera. This had also been the start point for the inau-
gural Paris–Brest–Paris cycle-race the previous year.[2] Paris Marathon
Newspaper circulation dramatically increased as the On July 18, 1896, Giffard organised the inaugural Paris
French public followed the progress of race participants, Marathon on behalf of Le Petit Journal, although he was
380 of whom completed the course in under 10 days. In editor of Le Vélo, suggesting a cooperative commercial
Le Petit Journal on June 18, 1892, Giffard praised the event relationship.[2] The event followed on from the success
as a model for the physical training of a nation faced of the marathon in the 1896 inaugural Olympics. Gifford
by hostile neighbours.[2] The event was won by Constant started the race before a large crowd at the Porte Maillot,
Ramoge in 100 hours 5 minutes.[3] and it followed a course to Versailles and finished in
Conflans-Sainte-Honorine. The race and the 200-franc
Paris–Rouen. World’s first motor-race prize were won by Len Hurst, a 24-year-old brick maker
In 1894, Pierre Giffard organised what is considered to from England.[5] It was the last marathon held in Paris
be the world’s first car race from Paris to Rouen,[n 1] until the mid-1980s.[2]
sporting events were a tried and tested form of publicity
stunt and circulation booster. The paper promoted it as a
Competition for Horeseless Carriages (Concours des Voitures
sans Chevaux) that were not dangerous, easy to drive, and
cheap during the journey. Thus it blurred the distinctions
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Editors and staff
Pierre Giffard
Hippolyte Marinon[6][n 2] asked Giffard to reorganise the
newsroom of the daily paper, Le Petit Journal. He began
work on 1 October 1887. There he started a diary which,
in the tradition of the paper, he signed with a pseudo-
nym: Jean-sans-Terre. He stayed at the paper for 10 years.
Gallery
• 10 October 1891.
The suicide of Georges Boulanger in Ixelles Cemetery
• 23 December 1893.
An anarchist bomb thrown into the French National
Assembly.
• 2 July 1894.
The Assassination of French Prime Minister Sadi Carnot.
• 13 August 1894.
Intrigues in Korea on the eve of the outbreak of the Sino-
Japanese War.
• 19 August 1900.
The hosts of France. Mozaffar al-Din, Shah of Persia.
• 3rd July 1904
French Victory
Emperor Wilhelm II congratulates Léon Théry the winner
of the
Gordon-Bennett Cup.
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• 7 October 1906.
Lynchings in the United States. Massacre of negroes in
Atlanta (Georgia).
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Notes
[1] A previous motoring event had been held in 1887
but received only a single entrant. Georges Bouton
and his passenger the Comte Jules-Albert de Dion
had completed the 2 mile drive from the Bois de
Boulogne to Porte Maillot in a steam powered
vehicle of their own manufacture, the genesis of
the De Dion-Bouton.
[2] Hippolyte Marinon was known for his invention of
the rotary press.
References
[1] ^ A Hands - A short history of Paris Brest Paris by
Gary Smith
• Solar eclipse of April 17, 1912 [2] ^ Randonneurs Ontario, Profile of Pierre Giffard
[3] La Marcha De Gran Fondo:Entre La Competicion Y
El desafio, By Bernardo José Mora
[4] ^ Forix, Autosport, 8W - Welcome to Who? What?
Where? When? Why? on the World Wide Web. The
cradle of motorsport by Rémi Paolozzi, May 28, 2003
[5] Running through the ages By Edward Seldon Sears,
p160
[6] FrWiki Hippolyte Auguste Marinoni
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External links
• Every issue of Le Petit Journal from 1863 to 1940,
viewable online in Gallica, the digital library of the
BnF. (French)
• Issues of Le Petit Journal illustré from 1884 to 1920,
viewable online in Gallica, the digital library of the
BnF. (French)
Bibliography
• W. Schneider, An empire for the masses: the Fench
popular image of Africa 1870-1900 (Westport 1982). On
the way French newspapers, and the Petit Journal in
particular, shaped representations of imperialism in
the French public mind.
• 29 March 1914.
Madame Caillaux assassinates Gaston Calmette, publisher
of Le Figaro.
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