Green’s Dictionary of Slang

the Daily Mail.

1900		Sporting Times 6 Jan. 5/5: Are you aware that the Daily Wail is the only organ that is wise after the event?
1908		Sporting Times 18 July 1/5: I’d far sooner do it at Ranelagh Gardens or through the ‘Daily Wail,’ but Joe Lyons forestalled me at the one an’ the White City’s still monopolisin’ the other!