sentences:  Finally, the "Public Ledger" merged with "The Philadelphia Inquirer" in the 1930s, and between 1962 and 1975, a line on "The Inquirer"'s front page claimed that the newspaper is the United States' oldest surviving daily newspaper.Six months after "The Inquirer" was founded, with competition from eight established daily newspapers, lack of funds forced Norvell and Walker to sell the newspaper to publisher and "United States Gazette" associate editor Jesper Harding.After Harding acquired "The Pennsylvania Inquirer", it was briefly published as an afternoon paper before returning to its original morning format in January 1830.