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HAMILTON, HANCOCK COUNTY
REPRESENTATIVE, 1859-1862: Edited by Thomas Gregg. Semi- monthly in 1860, monthly in 1862. P
GREGG'S DOLLAR MONTHLY AND OLD SETTLERS' MEMORIAL, May, 1873-December, 1875: Established and edited and published by Thomas Gregg. With vol. 3 Gregg's was dropped from the title. With vol. 4 the title was changed to H
DOLLAR RURAL MESSENGER, January, 1876-April. 1877: Gregg and Brown were editors and publishers. Issued simultaneously at Hamilton and Keokuk, Iowa. "A paper for the family circle, the farm, the garden, the orchard. A pure literature." "No immoral advertisements admitted." H
HAMPSHIRE, KANE COUNTY
GAZETTE, 1877 ----- (?) : Established by C. E. Howe. Short-lived.
HARDIN, CALHOUN COUNTY
CALHOUN COUNTY DEMOCRAT, 1871-1876: Albert G. Ansell was editor and publisher, 1871-1876. A Republican paper.
CALHOUN HERALD, 1872 to date: Established by a stock company with John Lammy as editor. In 1876 the plant was sold to Argust and Keating. In 1879 Greathouse and Argust were editors and publishers; James McNabb was editor, 1880-1886, then he sold to T. J. Selby, who was editor until 1890. J. D. Rose was editor and proprietor, 1890 to 1894; H. M. Cornick, 1894-1895; Charles H. Lamar, 1895-1902. H. M. Cornick, publisher of the Calhoun Times, established 1901, bought the Herald in 1902 and combined the papers as the Calhoun Times- Herald; 1903, Charles H. Lamar bought the entire plant, changed the name back to Calhoun Herald, and is still editor and proprietor. The paper is Democratic.
HARRISBURG, SALINE COUNTY
CHRONICLE, 1859 to date : Edited by John F. Conover, 1859-1867; J. F. Burks, 1867-1870; Mr. Conover again, 1870-1873; Con- over and F. M. Pickett, 1873-1876; J. W. Richardson, 1876; F. M. Pickett, 1876-1878; Harrisburg Printing Company, 1878- 1881; Otey and Richardson by lease from Mr. Pickett, 1881- 1885; Mr. Pickett, 1885 to 1889; Mr. Richardson and J. J.
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Pickett, 1889-1899; Richardson and Charles Scott, 1899-1902 ; Richardson, 1902-1908; A. H. Andrews and John H. Shup, 1908-1909; Shup and J. M. Hutchinson to date. Files to 1873 owned by Mr. Conover; files 1873-1896 destroyed by fire. In 1873 the Chronicle absorbed the Saline County Register, and in 1881 the Saline County Sentinel. The Chronicle is a Republican paper, having become so, after various changes, in 1878. E SALINE COUNTY REGISTER, 1869-1873; 1898 to date: Established by F. M. Pickett. Mr. Pickett revived the Register in 1898 and edited it until his death in 1906. At that time J. J. Pickett be- came editor and proprietor. The Daily Register was established November, 1908. August 21, 1909, the Register Publishing Company was incorporated with J. J. Pickett as president and E. M. DeAhna as secretary. Democratic until August 21, 1909. Since that date Republican. Files 1898 to date in the office.
SALINE COUNTY SENTINEL, 1878-1881+ : In 1879 John F. Conover was editor; J. F. Conover and J. R. Pearce, publishers. John F. Conover alone, 1880; in 1881 the Sentinel and Chronicle were combined as Chronicle-Sentinel. Later Sentinel was dropped from the name.
HARVARD, McHENRY COUNTY
INDEPENDENT, 1865 to date: Established by Thomas G. Newman, with H. V. Reed as editor. In 1866 Reed became owner and asso- ciated with himself a Mr. Tuttle. In 1867 Tuttle and Reed were editors and publishers. The same year, Horniday and Blake bought the paper. Blake sold to Smith Hooker, who sold in turn to A. Mclaughlin; 1872, Mclaughlin and A. Leland; 1877, Gardiner and Knox. These owners soon sold to George White, who in a year sold to J. and G. W. Hanna (G. W. Hanna and Son), editors and publishers in 1879. After a year, the paper was sold to James White; then at a sheriff's sale, to N. B. Burtch, January 29, 1881. Burtch sold to O. S. Eastman, October 2, 1895. He retired August 29, 1895, and sold to Mer- ton J. Emerson and Eugene Saunders. Saunders sold to Emer- son April 1, 1908, and M. J. Emerson has continued the publi- cation. Vols. 2, 3, 17 to date in the office. Republican in politics.
HAVANA, MASON COUNTY
MASON COUNTY HERALD, 1851-1857: Edited and published by McKinzie and Roberts, 1851-1853; O. H. Wright, 1853; E. L. Grubb, 1853; Stout and Weeden, 1853; W. W. Stout soon be- came sole editor and proprietor. The Herald was an ardent Young America paper. F
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HENNEPIN, PUTNAM COUNTY
JOURNAL, 1857-1858: Run by J. J. Knapp. Moved to Mason City.
SQUATTER SOVEREIGN, 1859-1861: James M. Davidson was its editor.
POST, 1861 : A Democratic paper run by John B. Wright.
BATTLE AXE, 1862 : A Republican paper run by Robert L. Durdy. VOTER, 1864(?): A campaign paper. E
VOLUNTEER, 1865-1867 : A Republican paper run by W. W. Stout. DEMOCRATIC TRUE UNIONIST, 1866-1870: Selah Wheadon was editor and publisher in 1869. Democratic.
LEDGER, 1867-1870: In 1869 William Humphreyville was editor and publisher. Republican.
GAZETTE, 1869-1873: A Republican paper run by D. G. Swan. REVEILLE, 1870-1871 : A Republican paper established by D. G. Swan. Short-lived.
DEMOCRATIC CLARION, 1870-1877: Established by Selah Wheadon and William Humphreyville. In 1874-1877 Wheadon alone was editor and publisher. It was apparently continued as Mason County Democrat.
MASON COUNTY DEMOCRAT, 1878(?) to date : In 1879 Mounts and Murdock were editors and publishers. They sold to S. A. Mur- dock in 1879; he sold to S. D. McCaulley in 1889; John A. Muhlhof, 1890-1906; M. Bollam and Company, 1906 to date. Democratic.
MASON COUNTY REPUBLICAN, 1873 to date: From 1874 to 1880, F. Ketcham was editor; C. B. Ketcham, publisher. In 1882 Warner and Omstott were editors and publishers; P. F. Warner was editor and publisher in 1884 and in 1891. It was later owned by W. C. Mckinney and sold by his estate to R. B. Ruth about 1905. He sold in 1909 to Edward Wilson.
HENNEPIN, PUTNAM COUNTY
JOURNAL, 1837-1838: Edited and published by Dr. Wilson Everett. GENIUS OF UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION, November 8, 1838-Sep- tember 8, 1839: Edited by Benjamin Lundy, assisted by Zebina Eastman, who after Lundy's death, August 22, got out the later issues. The previous career of this publication is given as fol- lows in the first number issued in Illinois, on November 8, 1838, vol. 16, no. 1: "It was commenced in 1821; issued a few months in Ohio; nearly three years in Tennessee; eight years in Maryland and the District of Columbia; and the residue of the period stated it has been published irregularly in the city of Philadelphia. ... Its principal design has ever been and will
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continue to be the advocacy of Free Discussion; the TOTAL ABOLITION OF SLAVERY; and the firm establishment of the constitutional, inalienable, and 'universal' RIGHTS OF MAN." In Hennepin it was the organ of the Illinois Anti-Slavery Society. Genius has been called the first abolition paper in America. It
was printed at Lowell. SH
HERALD, 1845-1848: Edited by Philip Lynch.
TRIBUNE, 1856-1859: Edited by Birney and Duncan. F
PUTNAM COUNTY STANDARD, 1860-1864: Established by Grable brothers, who went to war and left the paper to their father, J. F. Grable, with Thomas Stanton, editor. In 1861 it was edited by W. H. G. Burney, and in 1863 by J. S. Grable. Moved to Wenona.
PUTNAM RECORD, June 23, 1868, to date : Established by I. H. Cook, who was editor and publisher until his death, April 7, 1909. Publication is continued by C. W. Cook. Neutral in politics. Files in the office. U
HENRY, MARSHALL COUNTY
COURIER, 1852-1866: Edited by R. H. Ruggles, 1852-1863; C. S. and J. D. Woodward, 1863-1866. June, 1866, the Courier and the Marshall County Telegraph were consolidated as the Marshall County Republican. File, 1852-1863 of Courier, in possession of Mark Ruggles of Mendota, Illinois.
MARSHALL COUNTY DEMOCRAT, 1863-1864: Established by Charles R. Fisk, April 11, 1863. In July or August, 1864, F. M. Mills became publisher, continuing the paper but a few months.
MARSHALL COUNTY TELEGRAPH,1 April, 1865-1866+ : Established by Spencer S. Burdick. In September, 1865, George Burt, Jr., purchased an interest, and the firm became Burdick and Burt. June, 1866, a consolidation of the Henry Courier and the Marshall County Telegraph was effected and the paper changed to the
MARSHALL COUNTY REPUBLICAN, +1866 to date (1899): S. S. Burdick, George Burt, Jr., and J. D. Woodward were propri- etors from June to September, 1866; Burt and Woodward, Sep- tember, 1866, to January, 1869; George Burt, Jr., January, 1869-1899. At one time there was a separate edition of this paper issued as the Putnam County Register. The name finally became the Henry Republican. File, 1852-1863, in possession of George Burt. U
1 The information here given seems regular and credible, but a paper bearing the same name is listed by Coggeshall in his newspaper directory for 1856 as published in Henry. The directories often breathe a seeming life into papers long dead, and sometimes list papers merely projected and never started, but this is rather too farseeing as a forecast.
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HILLSBORO, MONTGOMERY COUNTY
BULLETIN, -(?)- - (?): A small paper, published several years.
REFORMED MISSIONARY, 1871 -- (?) : Edited by Rev. C. Cort, and printed for some time at the Republican office. It was moved away and in 1880 was defunct.
COMING WOMAN, -- (?) --- (?): Edited by Mrs. M. E. De- Geer, published for two years from the Republican office; after- ward moved to Chicago. By 1880 it had been discontinued.
HIGHLAND, MADISON COUNTY
ERZAEHLER, March 26-May 7, 1859+: Established by Rudolph Stadtmann and John Harlen, Stadtmann, editor. April 30 Stadtmann became sole publisher. On May 7, 1859, the name was changed to
HIGHLAND BOTE, +May 7, 1859-January 12, 1867+ : Peter Weiss and Peter Voegele became proprietors, Weiss editor, June 25- December 21, 1859. Peter Voegele became sole proprietor and publisher, with Heinrich Stiefel as editor from March 1, 1861, to August 17, 1862. On April 10, 1863, Voegele sold out to Timothy Gruaz, who changed the name to
HIGHLAND BOTE UND SCHUETZEN-ZEITUNG, +January 12, 1867- 1869+: June, 1868, Gruaz sold out to B. E. Hoffmann and Maurice Huegy, Hoffmann, editor. November, 1869, Hoffmann purchased Huegy's interest and moved the material to Edwards- ville, where the paper was continued as the Madison County Bote. The Bote was Democratic. Under the name of Bote und Schuetzen-Zeitung it was the official organ of the National Sharp- shooters' Association.
UNION, October 24, 1863-1868+: German. Established by the German Literary Society. C. H. Seybt was editor until January 28, 1865, then Dr. Gallus Rutz. December 28, 1866, Dr. G. Rutz and J. S. Hoerner became proprietors, with Dr. Rutz, editor. October 22, 1868, the name was changed to
HIGHLAND UNION, +1868 to date: John S. Hoerner became sole proprietor and editor March 18, 1874. In September, 1898, Hoerner sold out to C. T. Kurz, who is still in possession, 1909. The Union has always been Republican.
HILLSBORO, MONTGOMERY COUNTY
PRAIRIE BEACON, 1838-1839: First published by Hayward and Holmes and edited by Aaron Clapp. Eugene Hayward of Indianapolis has a file. Files after 1885 in office of the Journal. PRAIRIE MIRROR, 1850-1856+: Published by Gilmore Brothers, and edited by Francis Springer, 1850-1851. A weekly paper of Whig sympathies. In the reconstruction of political parties the
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Mirror became the exponent of the Know-Nothing party. A file is owned by John W. Kitchell of Pana. Mr. Dickerson, as editor and proprietor, 1854-1856, changed the name to
MONTGOMERY COUNTY HERALD, +1856-1868+ : Published by James Blackman ; then by C. D. Dickerson; later by J. W. Kit- chell and F. H. Gilmore to 1860. From 1858-1860 it was an Independent paper. In 1860 it was sold to Davis, Turner and Company, who ran it through the campaign as a Democratic paper. In 1868 it came into the possession of E. J. C. Alexander, who changed its name to EF
DEMOCRAT, +1868-1874+ : Claiming to be a Democratic paper, it was in full accord with the Granger movement. In 1874 it became the
ANTI-MONOPOLIST, +1874 -- (?)+: A zealous exponent of the Granger movement. Mr. Alexander, the proprietor, changed the name again to the
BLADE, + --- (?)-1877+: A Republican paper, sold by Mr. Alexander in 1877 to James L. Slack, who changed the name to JOURNAL, +1877 to date: James L. Slack, 1877-1881; Charles R. Fruitt, 1881-1895; B. F. Boyd, 1895-1898; Josiah Bixler, 1898- 1907. It was bought by Sam Little in 1907.
ILLINOIS FREE PRESS, 1859-1862(?) : A Republican paper, edited by D. W. Munn; later by J. B. Hutchinson and James Munn. It was suspended, and revived as
UNION MONITOR, 1863 -- (?)+: Editors and proprietors : John W. Kitchell, 1863-1865; J. E. Henry 1865 --- (?). Mr. Alex- ander was for a time proprietor, but he sold to B. S. Hood. It was removed to Litchfield and became the Monitor. (Rowell states [1868] that Benjamin S. Hood and Company were editors and publishers at that date, and that the paper was published from the office of the Litchfield Union Monitor.) This paper is now the News-Monitor, published by the Litchfield Printing Company.
NEWS LETTER, 1869+ : An outgrowth of the Monitor, conducted by C. L. and E. T. Bangs. Slack and Tobin bought the News Letter and changed it to
JOURNAL, +-(?)-1875+ : C. T. Tobin sold to Slack, who sold to Ben E. Johnson and Charles T. Tobin in 1875. It had been Republican in politics. Johnson and Tobin changed it to
MONTGOMERY NEWS, +1875 to date: The paper now became Democratic. In 1876 Johnson sold his interest to George W. Paisley, and in 1882 Paisley and Tobin sold to Benjamin E. Johnson. In 1892 the paper was purchased by C. W. and C. P. Bliss, who are its present publishers. U
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HUTSONVILLE, CRAWFORD COUNTY
HINCKLEY, DEKALB COUNTY
REVIEW, 1878 to date: Established by M. N. Tomblin. After six months L. E. Tomblin was associated; in 1880 H. W. Fay entered the firm, which became Tomblin Brothers and Fay. Fay became sole owner in 1882. It was later conducted by Fay and Hubbard, who sold to R. D. Chappell, July 1, 1909.
HOMER, CHAMPAIGN COUNTY
JOURNAL, 1859-1870: It was edited by George Knapp for a com- pany of citizens until he entered the army. In 1865 John W. Summers resuscitated the Journal, which soon passed into the hands of W. H. Rhodes. Mr. Rhodes was succeeded by John S. Harper, who continued it until 1870. Mr. Harper was con- tinually moving the office from place to place in the county. (See Brink, McDonough's History of Champaign County, 43.)
PRESS, 1873-1876: Established by John S. Harper and Son. In 1876 W. Harper and E. P. Dill were editors, Ed. S. Harper pub- lisher.
ENTERPRISE, 1877 to date: Established by J. C. Cromer; J. B. Martin, editor. Erwin A. Baker, 1882-1884; J. B. Martin, 1891-1895. Republican.
NEWS, 1877 to date (1879) : J. H. Young was editor and publisher in 1879.
HOOPESTON, VERMILLION COUNTY
CHRONICLE, January, 1872 to date : Established by Seavey and Wal- lace as North Vermillion Chronicle, and continued under that name for one year. Sold January, 1877, to L. F. Watson. July, 1877, Mr. Watson sold to Dale Wallace, member of the firm of Seavey and Wallace, who established the paper. July, 1882, Charles W. Warner bought the paper and is still in editorial charge. J. J. Pittser became partner and business manager in 1903, but retired four years later leaving Charles W. Warner in sole charge. Republican. Daily and weekly. One file of the paper is owned by Dale Wallace; one is in the office.
HUEY, CLINTON COUNTY
CLEMENT REGISTER, 1875(?)-1883: Established by J. W. Peter- son at Clement (now Huey) and continued until 1883, when he merged it in the Carlyle Banner.
HUTSONVILLE, CRAWFORD COUNTY
WABASH SENTINEL, June 5, 1852-1853+ : A politically independent paper published by George W. Cutler. Changed to
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JOURNAL, +1853-1854: It was a Whig paper under the control of E. Callahan. Edited at first by Charles T. Cutler.
CRAWFORD BANNER, 1857-1858: A non-partisan paper edited by W. F. Rubottom. It was moved to Palestine.
NEWS, 1874-1875: N. M. P. Spurgeon was editor and publisher.
HYDE PARK, COOK COUNTY
SOUTH SIDE NEWS, 1871-1875: Van Sant and Company were editors and publishers in 1875.
NEWS, 1872 : S. Usmar Downs was editor and publisher.
DAILY SUN, 1872-1878(?): H. L. Goodall and Company were editors and publishers. (See Chicago.)
ILLINOISTOWN, ST. CLAIR COUNTY
AMERICAN BOTTOM REPORTER, 1841-1842: Published by Vital Jar- rott and Company. Gustav Koerner in his Memoirs has said that this was a Native American paper, published in 1841-1842.1 NATIONAL BANK, fall of 1842: A Whig campaign paper edited by W. Weigley and published by S. D. Sumrix. It was to be "devoted to the advocacy of Henry Clay for the presidential chair, a National Bank, the tariff, and the protection of home industry."
ILLIOPOLIS, SANGAMON COUNTY
CITIZEN, 1879-1880 : J. W. Wolfe was editor and publisher. Printed at Mt. Pulaski as an issue of a paper there of identical name.
IPAVA, FULTON COUNTY
FULTON PRESS, 1874+ : Established by G. A. Hyde. Soon passed to Mr. Flake, who changed the name to
FULTON PHOENIX, +1874+ : And after a short time removed it to Astoria. In 1877 it was purchased by Leigh and Miller, who returned the office to Ipava and changed its name to
INDEPENDENT, +1877+ : After a period of two months they sold the entire establishment to A. H. McKeighan, who immediately changed its name to
STREAM OF LIGHT, +1877-(after 1879) : McKeighan continued as editor and proprietor for several years
JACKSONVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY
WESTERN OBSERVER, May, 1830: Published by James G. Edwards. "Devoted to politics, education, and religion."
1 Evidently this is the same paper as American Bottom Gazette of East St. Louis (of which Illinoistown was the earlier name).
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ILLINOIS PATRIOT, December/ 20, 1831-1837+: It was a Whig paper edited until 1837 by Charles Jones and James G. Edwards, who later founded the Burlington Hawkeye. Edwards was succeeded by Governor Duncan. In 1837 Josiah M. Lucas became its owner and he changed it to the AEM
ILLINOISAN, +1837-April 9, 1844: It was first edited by A. H. Buckner and Colonel John J. Hardin and afterwards by Mr. Lucas himself until 1843, when he leased the office to J. M. Hodge and William C. Swett. Hodge became editor about May 1, 1843, and Hodge and Swett were publishers until April 9, 1844, when the paper was discontinued. HA
JACKSONVILLE BANNER AND MORGAN COUNTY ADVERTISER, 1832- -(?): Published by Charles Jones and Company, who evi- dently had withdrawn from his connection with Edwards in the Patriot. A
NEWS, April, 1834 -- (?)+: Established by Robert Goudy, Sr.1 By the beginning of 1835 it had been combined with the next following paper.
ILLINOIS STATE GAZETTE, October, 1834- - (?)+: Probably established by S. S. Brooks. By the beginning of 1835 it had been combined with the News as
ILLINOIS STATE GAZETTE AND JACKSONVILLE NEWS, +1835(?)- - -(?) : The issue for January 17, 1835, bears the double num- bering 13 and 35 for the respective numbers of the combination. The paper was then edited and published by S. S. Brooks and John H. Pettit. On February 10, 1836, the double numbering was dropped, the older series being retained. Pettit withdrew July 12, 1836, and Brooks continued the paper alone for a time. After a period of suspension publication was resumed April 22, 1837, by S. S. Brooks, W. W. Curran, and D. G. Day. This partnership was dissolved November 11, 1837, and Brooks alone continued the paper for a short time. Democratic. A LIBERTY'S SENTINEL, August, 1835 -- (?) : Edited by William H. Coyle. "Devoted to the interests of the Federal party." Prob- ably short-lived.
COMMON SCHOOL ADVOCATE, January, 1837- - (?): The first publication devoted exclusively to the cause of education pub- lished in the " Great Far West." Edited and published by Calvin and Ensley T. Goudy.2
ILLINOIS STANDARD, March 10, 1838-1839: A Democratic paper, published by S. S. Brooks. It was probably a continuation of Gazette and News. Toward the close of 1838 the title was
1 Trans. Ill. State Hist. Soc., 1907, p. 316.
2 Ibid. 1906, p. 336, Rev. Theron Baldwin is mentioned as editor. See Introduction.
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changed to Spirit of the West and Illinois Standard. Publication stopped about the close of 1839. It was resumed as A
ILLINOIS DEMOCRAT, May 20, 1840-1842: A. V. Putnam was pub- lisher; he was succeeded after a few months by William C. Swett. A
CHRISTIAN MESSENGER, 1843(?) : Published by A. V. Putnam, pre- sumably after he discontinued the Illinois Standard. It was at the office of this paper that the Illinois Statesman was printed.
ILLINOIS STATESMAN, April 29, 1843-May 27, 1844: Jonathan B. Turner was editor and proprietor and the paper was printed at the office of the Christian Messenger. It stood for "true Repub- licanism against all Locofocos and Demagogues, whether pre- tended Whigs or Democrats " and was remarkable for its inde- pendence. SH
MORGAN JOURNAL, 1845-1858+ : It was a Whig paper edited by William H. Sigler and published by W. C. Swett; J. B. Shaw was editor in 1847 ; later Dr. E. R. Roe, Paul Selby, under whom the paper became Republican at the time the party was organized, and W. H. Collins, who changed the name in 1858, when it be- came the SF
JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL, +1858 to date: First under the manage- ment of William H. Collins with H. Barden as printer; Collins left the paper September 26, 1861, putting the management in the hands of W. C. Brown. Barden soon became publisher and continued until November 17, 1864. Through this critical time H. J. Atkins, William W. Jones, and others were editors. Bar- den was succeeded by Ironmonger and Mendenhall; they were succeeded by Ironmonger and Colonel G. P. Smith, editor, in 1865. The Daily Journal was started April 14, 1866; Colonel Smith was editor and sole proprietor from 1867-1869. Horace Chapin and Lyman B. Glover, editor, were publishers from 1869-1874, when Mr. Glover sold to Horace R Hobart, who was part proprietor for one year. In 1875 Hobart sold to Milton F. Simmons, who became editor. Chapin sold in April, 1876, to Charles M. Eames; Simmons withdrew in 1878, and Eames was sole proprietor and managing editor until 1886, when the paper was incorporated under the name of the Jacksonville Journal Company. At present Hawes Yates is president, S. W. Nichols is treasurer and W. L. Fay is secretary. Mr. Nichols is editor. Files since 1859 in the office. SE
WESTERN STAR, January 7, 1845-1846(?) : A publication edited by Rev. A. Bailey. "Devoted to religion, virtue, and knowl- edge." Baptist semi-monthly, printed by Wm. C. Swett. H
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JACKSON STANDARD,1 about 1847: Mentioned in Illinois Annual Register for 1847. Edited by J. S. and E. W. Roberts. Demo- cratic.
CONSTITUTIONIST, 1852-(after 1855) : Its editors were Dr. E. R. Roe ; T. H. Cavanaugh; John M. Taggart. A daily was tried for a while but failed. A file of the Daily Constitutionist, February, 1854-May, 1855, is in Illinois College Library, Jacksonville. AS TRI-WEEKLY PRESS, 1852: A Whig paper published by T. H. Cavanaugh. S
HATCHET, November, 1855: edited and published by W. T. Davis. ILLINOIS SENTINEL, 1855-1876: Edited by J. R. Bailey, 1855-1873;
Fanning and Paradice, 1873-1874; Gershom Martin, 1874- 1876. It was published weekly and advocated the cause of first the Whigs and next the Democrats. Illinois was dropped from the title. Combined with Enterprise to form the Courier. Files S owned by Mrs. J. H. Hackett, Jacksonville.
ARGUS, 1859: Published by N. B. Walker. Short-lived.
CAMPAIGN ARGUMENT, 1860: Issued by C. J. Sellon. Short-lived. DISPATCH, 1861-1862: Published by E. S. Trover.
INDEPENDENT, 1869-1874: Established by Ironmonger and Fink. Henry E. Fink was editor; Ensley Moore, assistant editor. In 1873 it was sold to Gershom Martin; later W. Y. Dowdall pur- chased an interest; later Fanning, Paradice, and Company of of the Sentinel. S
DEAF-MUTE ADVANCE, 1870 to date: A four-page weekly for deaf and dumb persons. Established by Phillip G. Gillett and Frank Read. Edited and published by Frank Read until 1892, when he associated with him Frank Reed, Jr. In January, 1898, the name was changed to New Era, and in 1903 to Illinois Advance. The publication was turned over to the Illinois School for the Deaf in 1900, since which time W. H Clifford has been editor. NATIONAL CROP REPORTER, 1873: Greene and Coulter were editors and publishers.
ENTERPRISE, 1874-1876+: Established by James S Hambaugh. Daily established in 1876. In 1876 T. D. Price and Company purchased this and the Sentinel office and changed the name to ILLINOIS COURIER, +1876 to date : Edited by J. D. Price and Com- pany, 1876-1882; Doying and Hinrichsen, 1882-1886, and from 1886-1892 Mr. Case was a partner; G. E. Doying and G. E. Doying's Sons, 1892 to date. The Courier is Republican. The files in the office are incomplete until after 1882.
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