[MassHistPres] query

[Harnden Tavern]

Here's an interesting question -

Does anyone know anything about the history of the old Boston Post 
newspaper?  In particular, I am interested in a feature they ran in the 
1940's titled "The Old Home Town."  As best as I can tell, every week it was 
a sort of cartoon compendium of history and trivia about a selected town.  I 
am asking because I have a photocopy of one of these pages - I'm not sure 
where it came from, I found it in an old file - and I am wondering if anyone 
knows how reliable the "facts" cited in these cartoons are, who "researched" 
them.  I am talking about something printed over 60 years ago, so I know 
this information might be a bit obscure.  But I know the Boston Post was, at 
one time, a very popular newspaper, it seems someone might have written a 
book (or at least an article) about it.  I've had less luck than I would 
have expected getting information about the newspaper online.  (There is a 
wikipedia article about it, but it is brief and doesn't cite much in the way 
of sources)

Terry McDermott
Curator
Wilmington Town Museum at the
Col. Joshua Harnden Tavern, c.1770
430 Salem Street
Wilmington, MA  01887
978.658.5475
htavern at town.wilmington.ma.us
http://www.town.wilmington.ma.us/old/hist.htm

The Wilmington Historical Commission can also be reached at the above 
addresses and phone number.