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GAZETTE, July 27, 1865-1891 : Established by Richard Couch and R. M. Carr, editors and proprietors. April 7, 1866, Carr purchased the entire interest in the office and remained editor and publisher until December II, 1868, when R. W. Coon pur- chased a half interest. Carr and Coon were partners until Coon's withdrawal, February 10, 1871. Carr was editor and proprietor to 1880 or after. He was succeeded by J. C. Essick, who con- ducted the paper until 1883, when Thomas Kelligar succeeded. In 1884 W. S. Childress was editor. Mrs. Elizabeth Weaver purchased Childress's interest in 1885 and conducted the paper until 1891, when it was discontinued. Republican in politics.
CENTRAL ORIENT, 1866-1868: Established June 20, 1866, by J. F. Harner, publisher and C. S. Hilbourn, editor; firm name, J. F. Harner and Company. Democratic in politics. Discontinued May, 1868.
PALLADIUM, 1869 to date: Established late in 1869 by S. D. Rich, who was succeeded April 23, 1870, by P. A. and J. J. Farley. After several years P. A. Farley's retirement left J. J. Farley sole proprietor and editor. March 15, 1877, he sold the office to A. W. Chabin. Except from June to September of that year, when Jacob Swallow was a partner, Mr. Chabin was sole proprietor and editor from the date of his purchase to March IO, 1879. On that date the office reverted to Farley Brothers, who sold it immediately to Jacob Swallow. Mr. Swallow was editor and owner until November 1, 1906, when Joraan Brothers bought his interest. It is now conducted with W. B. Jordan as editor. Issued daily and weekly. Democratic in politics.
CENTRAL HOMESTEAD, February to November, 1878: A monthly published by E. P. Sanders; printed at the office of the Gazette. WEEKLY ARGUS, 1879- - (?): Established by A. W. Chabin, March 15. 1879, upon his retirement from the Palladium. The first five numbers were printed in Shelbyville and brought to Pana for distribution. After this Colonel J. A. Hayward became joint owner with Mr. Chabin and the office was established in Pana. The Argus was Democratic in politics until January I, 1880, when Colonel Hayward became sole proprietor and editor, and made the paper Republican. Its politics was not again changed. Discontinued.
POST-OFFICE REGISTER, -(?) -- (?): Published by E. C Reese, and printed at the office of the Gazette.
PARIS, EDGAR COUNTY
ILLINOIS STATESMAN, 1836-(?) : Published for several years by Love- lace and Delay. H
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ILLINOIS STATESMAN, 1840-(?) : A Democratic paper started for campaign purposes. A
PRAIRIE BEACON, 1848-1864+: Founded by Jacob Harding; fol- lowed by S. L. Spink, and he by William Moore. AEF
WABASH VALLEY REPUBLICAN, June, 1853 to after 1854: A Dem- ocratic paper founded by W. D. Latshaw and G. W. Cooper, who conducted it, 1853-1854; then by Messrs. Dill and Cooper, who sold to St. Clair Southerland. F
VALLEY BLADE, 1853-1864+ : Joined to the Prairie Beacon in 1864 and known as
PRAIRIE BEACON AND VALLEY BLADE, +1864 until after 1879+ : In 1869 it was edited and published by Dr. H. W. Davis and William Moore. In 1870 William and C. W. Moore were editors, and the first named was publisher. The name was later changed to Beacon, which is still published. McFarren Davis is editor. Daily since 1888.
DEMOCRATIC STANDARD, 1860-1865+ : A Democratic paper estab- lished by McLaffy and Odell. Conducted for a time by J. F. Snow and Brother of Bloomington. It was bought and named WABASH VALLEY TIMES, +1865 -- (?) : By William D. Latshaw and John G. Provine. It was afterward sold to H. B. Bishop. In 1869 it was edited and published by Provine and Bishop. Democratic.
EDGAR COUNTY GAZETTE, 1873-1874+ : A Democratic paper estab- lished by James Shoaff. He died in 1874 and the paper was renamed
PARIS GAZETTE, +1874 to date: Continued by T. B. Shoaff and L. A. G. Shoaff, sons of James Shoaff, until 1880. It is now owned by J. D. and F. L. Shoaff. Democratic.
REPUBLICAN, January, 1877-1881(?) : Established by J. M. Prior. In 1879 owned and edited by J. M. Sheets. Later joined with Prairie Beacon and Valley Blade as Republican Beacon. Dis- continued.
EDGAR COUNTY TIMES, 1874: Established by Philip Shutt, later edited by Frank Shutt; then Jacquith and Garner in 1884, when it was semi-weekly. Democratic. Sold to Gazette.
EDGAR COUNTY REPORTER, 1879: Monthly. Discontinued.
PARK RIDGE, COOK COUNTY
NORMAL HERALD, 1875-1876: S. W. Davis was editor and pub- lisher. Educational. "The only weekly in America devoted to phonetics and short-hand writing."
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PAW PAW, LEE COUNTY
NEWS, 1874-1879: W. H. Haskell was editor and publisher in U 1875-1879. Printed at the office of the Amboy Journal.
HERALD, November 23, 1877-(after 1895) : Established by R. H. Ruggles of Mendota. Mr. Ruggles was proprietor and editor. He was succeeded as editor by E. G. Cass and J. B. Gardner, in January, 1878. W. M. Geddes became editor in February, 1878, and bought the paper of Mr. Ruggles shortly after. He was still editor and proprietor in 1882. In 1884 San- ford and Lane were editors and publishers; C. A. Morris in 1891 and 1895. Republican. Discontinued.
LEE COUNTY TIMES, March 21, 1878 to date: Established by E. G. Cass and J. B. Gardner. Mr. Gardner retired in August 1878. In 1881 Mr. Cass was still sole editor. Upon the death of Cass, M. L. Goodyear succeeded him and later was succeeded by O. W. Briggs; he by E. G. Davis: and he by Ed. F. Guffin in February, 1905. Republican.
PAXTON, FORD COUNTY
FORD COUNTY UNION, 1864-1865+ : Established in 1864. Bought in 1865 by N. E. Stevens, who changed the name to
RECORD, +1865 to date: Established and still published and edited by N. E. Stevens.1 A daily edition was established September, 1897. Republican in politics. Files in the office. Record also publishes an edition known as Loda Times, for Loda, Iroquois county ; C. E. Healy, local editor.
FORD COUNTY LIBERAL, August, 1872-1874: Established by Charles D. Sibley. Thomas Wolfe bought it in November. Wolfe and Dodd were editors and publishers in 1874. Burned out in Oct- ober, 1874. Liberal and Greenback.
FORD COUNTY BLADE, July-December, 1876: A Democratic paper started by Creed and Doxsey.
FORD COUNTY NEWS, November, 1877-January, 1878+ : A Repub- lican paper started by Holmes and Colvin.
STANDARD, January, + 1878-1879 : Edited and published by Holmes and Colvin. Considered a continuation of the News, but was Greenback in politics.
APPEAL, November, 1879 to date : A paper established with Thomas Wolfe as editor and B. F. Hill publisher. J. C. Dunham bought it in 1880 and changed the name in 1881 to Eastern Illinois Reg- ister. J. W. Dunnan became editor and publisher in 1900. At first Greenback, Dunham made it Independent-Democratic.
1 N E. Stevens has been active as a newspaper editor for fifty-seven years. Since the death of B. F. Shaw of the Dixon Telegraph, Mr. Stevens has the longest record of service of all Illinois editors.
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REAL ESTATE BULLETIN, 1870-1871: An advertising sheet issued by Kinnear and Earl for nearly two years.
PAYSON, ADAMS COUNTY
COUNTY NEWS, June, 1875-1895: Founded by William D. Perry to aid the county fair. Continued as a monthly newspaper and later (1881) called News and Central Recorder. Discon- tinued in 1895.
PECATONICA, WINNEBAGO COUNTY
INDEPENDENT, May, 1859-1860: Edited by J. E. Duncan; con- tinued for a little more than one year. Republican. Copies in the News office.
ENTERPRISE, 1872-1880(?) : A trade paper edited by Farwell and Pierce. Not mentioned in Ayer for 1881. Copies in the News office.
NEWS, 1872 to date: Established by Colby Brothers. Now pub- lished by G. F. Colby. Republican.
PEKIN, TAZEWELL COUNTY
TAZEWELL TELEGRAPH, about 1837 : Listed by Peck in his Gazeteer for 1837.
TAZEWELL REPORTER, 1840 --- (?) : Established, edited and published by N. S. Trice. Whig. A
ILLINOIS PALLADIUM, July, 1842 -- (?): Edited by Willis G. Barbour; Published by T. J. Pickett. A Henry Clay organ. F MIRROR, 1848-1854+: Established by John S. Lawrence, who sold after about two months to John Smith, in October, 1848. He sold to Bernard Bailey in 1850, and with Adam Henderson bought it again in 1851. Smith sold to Merrill C. Young in the fall of 1854; Young consolidated the Mirror and Revielle in the weekly Plaindealer. Whig. AU
REVEILLE, 1850-1854+: A Democratic paper started by James Shoaff and E. S. Rogers. Sold to J. C. Thompson in 1851; to Merrill C. Young in the winter of 1853-1854. He consolidated it with the Mirror to form the
PLAINDEALER, +1854-1856+ : Published as an Independent paper by Young and Underwood until 1856, when it was bought by Thomas J. Pickett and named S
TAZEWELL REGISTER, +1856-1873+ : Thomas J. Pickett conducted it as an Independent paper with Republican tendencies, until the spring of 1858, when John McDonald bought it and made
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it Democratic. In 1869 William T. Meades was editor and publisher. It was sold to W. T. Dowdall and J. D. Irwin, and became the
TIMES, +1873 to date: Irwin soon became sole owner and in 1881 established the Daily Times. In 1886 the papers became the property of A. W. Rodecker and F. Shurtleff, under the firm name of Times Publishing Company. They are now Demo- cratic papers under the editorship and ownership of Judge A. W. Rodecker.
DER WACHTER AM ILLINOIS, 1852: Established by L. Reitzenstine, and continued for six months.
1854: A German paper established by Koeber and Lohman and sold to a Mr. Lugans. Lived but a short time.
TAZEWELL COUNTY MIRROR, 1855-1860: A revival of the Mirror conducted by Thomas J. Pickett until 1860, when John Smith became its owner, discontinued it, and began the
TAZEWELL COUNTY REPUBLICAN, 1860-1886: John Smith con- ducted the paper until 1862, when Hezekiah Naylor became the owner. He sold to W. W. Sellers, 1863-1872; after several changes it was bought by Mrs. Inez in 1886 and the Daily Post was established. J. B. Irwin was editor and manager at this time. The paper became the Post-Tribune in 1900 by con- solidation with the Tribune, established in 1895 by Mayron Corey. U
PATRIOT, 1862. Established by Hezekiah Naylor and O. White. Had a brief existence. Perhaps the date should be 1861. See Virginia, Cass County Independent.
FREIE PRESSE, 1867-1868: An auxiliary to a paper in Peoria. It was started by Julius Myer Pefer; later owned by a Mr. Luntz. INDEPENDENT, 1870: Established by Theodore Falk ; sold to Henry Fuss. A German paper which had a brief existence.
BULLETIN 1873-1876: Edited and published by William H. Bates. Became a daily in 1876.
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HERALD, -(?)-1875: Merged with the Republican in 1875 by D. W. Lusk.
FREIE PRESSE, June, 1876 to date: The old Freie Presse was resur- rected by John W. Hoffman. After several changes in owner- ship the paper was bought in 1884 by A. Weiss, who still owns it (1907).
LEGAL TENDER, December, 1877-1879: Issued by B. S. Heath and Company in the interest of the "Greenback Labor" party. Frank M. Castle and James Vogan acquired the property in
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July, 1878; Vogan withdrew in December; James and Herbert Whitfield bought it in May, 1879. Later discontinued.
PEORIA, PEORIA COUNTY
ILLINOIS CHAMPION AND PEORIA HERALD March 10 (22?), 1834- 1836: A Whig paper founded by Abraham S. Buxton and Henry Wolford. In the first few numbers the paper made a bid for popularity by advocating the removal of the state capital to Peoria. Before April, 1836, it was sold to J. S. Armstrong and Jacob D. Shewalter, who changed the name to A
ILLINOIS CHAMPION AND PEORIA REPUBLICAN, +1836-1837+ : Jerome L. Marsh was employed to edit and conduct the paper. In 1837 it was sold to S. H. Davis, who changed the name to REGISTER AND NORTHWESTERN GAZETTEER, +1837-1842+ : S. H. Davis was editor. Its politics were Whig. Davis sold in 1842 to Samuel and W. Henry Butler, who reduced the name to APHE
REGISTER, +1842-1845+: In 1845 the Butlers sold to Thomas J. Pickett who took H. K. W. Davis as a partner for an unknown time, and changed the name to Monmouth F
WEEKLY REGISTER, + 1845-1848(?)+ : Three years later a Mr. Woodcock was a partner of Pickett, and the two issued the DAILY REGISTER, +June-August, 1848: It was the first daily paper in Peoria.
DEMOCRATIC PRESS, February, 20, 1840-1857 : Edited by John S. Zieber, 1840-1846; Thomas Phillips, 1846-1849; Washington Cockle, 1849-1851; Enoch P. Sloan, 1851-1856; Mr. Corn- well for a short time and then George W. Raney until the estab- lishment was destroyed by fire in 1858. From 1853 to 1854 there were a weekly and a tri-weekly issue; from 1854 to 1856, a weekly and a daily issue. Monmouth PAF
GERRYMANDER, March-fall, 1843: Edited by S. DeWitt Drown. A campaign paper ridiculing the work of the legislature of 1842- 1843 in dividing the State in such a way as to make but one Whig congressional district in seven.
AMERICAN, July, 1845-1850: Established and published by James Kirkpatrick. First paper in Illinois to put the name of "Rough and Ready" at the head of its columns.
NINETEENTH CENTURY, September -- (?), 1848: Established by J. R. Watson and D. D. Irons as a National Reform paper. After a few months sold to James Kirkpatrick, who merged it with American.
CHAMPION, 1849-1850: Issued daily by Pickett and Davis. The burning of the office and press ended the life of the paper.
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REPUBLICAN, June 1, 1850-1857: A Whig paper established by Thomas J. Pickett. Editors in succession were: Baily and Pickett; Pickett and Waite; Pickett and Samuel L. Coulter. Sold in 1856 to Samuel L. Coulter, and discontinued a year or two afterward. It was at first issued as a weekly, but beginning January 17, 1853, it was issued daily and weekly.
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE, March 4, 1851 - - (?): Established by Dr. J. W. Hitchcock. F
ILLINOIS BANNER, February 18, 1852-1858, 1859+: The first German paper in Peoria; established by J. Wolf and A. Zotz. Wolf withdrew after four months, and Zotz continued the paper as a weekly, then a tri-weekly, and then a daily, until January 14, 1858, when he sold to Edward Rummel and a Mr. Kappis. Kappis withdrew after a year, and Rummel changed the paper's name to Deutsche Zeitung. Democratic. The Banner was revived for a short time in 1859 by William Geilhausen. SF
DEUTSCHE ZEITUNG, + 1859-1878: The paper became Republican under Rummel, who conducted it alone until the close of the war, when Captain Fresenius bought an interest. In 1869 Rummel became secretary of state and sold his interest to Fresenius, who sold on January 1, 1871, to Rudolph Eichenburger. He con- tinued it until November 9, 1878, when he sold to the Demokrat. U
DAILY MORNING NEWS, May 26, 1852-1857+: Established by George W. Raney in opposition to the Democratic Press, and fought Douglas. In 1858 Raney bought the equipment of the defunct Press and, discontinuing the News, began the PF
DEMOCRATIC UNION, +1857-1862: This paper, under George W. Raney, was the leading Democratic organ until September, 1862, when upon Raney's going to war. its publication ceased. Daily. PAF
MEMENTO, August, 1854-1861, 1867-1870. A monthly publication devoted to literature and Odd-Fellowship. William Rounseville was editor and N. C. Nason publisher. It was discontinued in 1861, revived by Nason in April 1867, and finally discontinued in May, 1870. C
TRANSCRIPT, December 17, 1855-1898+: The first number of the weekly Transcript appeared January 1, 1856. Edited at first by William Rounseville and published by Rounseville and N. C. Nason. Soon it was transferred to Caleb Whittemore and Sanford Moon. After a short time it was bought by James G. Merrill, who sold in the fall of 1859 to Nathan C. Geer. Roun- seville had remained editor up to this time, and had supported
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Democracy. Geer assumed editorship and changed the politics of the paper to Republican. He sold in 1860 to Enoch Emery and A. Andrews. In 1865 Emery bought out Andrews and was sole owner until 1869, when it was transferred to the Peoria Tran- script Company. Emery was editor from 1860 until the end of 1880, and made the Transcript one of the most influential polit- ical papers of the state. Through 1880 the paper was conducted by Emery and R. H. Whiting; Whiting was succeeded at the close of the year by Alexander Stone, who remained manager until 1892. In that period the paper was edited successively by Welker Given, William Hoyne, E. P. Brooks, William S. Brackett and R. M. Hanna. In March, 1893, a new Transcript company was organized; I. N. Garver was made manager, and Thomas R. Weddell editor. In 1898 the paper was merged in the Herald (established 1889), which has since that time been called Herald Transcript. Daily. Files (daily), 1857-December, 1898 (weekly), February, 1858-December, 1892, in the Peoria Public Library. EPAVE
ILLINOIS TEACHER, 1856-1873+: A monthly established as the organ of the Illinois Teachers' Association, with Charles E. Hovey as editor and N. C. Nason as publisher. Newton Bateman was editor in 1858. At the close of that year the publi- cation became independent of the association. It was published by Hill and Nason until 1860, and by Nason alone until 1873, when the publication was sold to the Schoolmaster, Normal, and a new name, Illinois Schoolmaster, resulted. SCHU
CHRISTIAN SENTINEL, 1856-1858: A monthly magazine devoted to the interests of the "Christian" Church; issued by O. A. Bur- gess, J. N. Carman, and John Lindsey. It was in its third vol- ume when first published in Peoria, and was continued in Eureka after 1858.
FILLMORE UNION, September 8-November, 1856: A campaign paper edited by a committee. F
DEMOKRAT, August 18, 1860 to date: Established and edited by Alois Zotz, 1860-1864; Bernard Cremer, and Christian Pohlmann for a short time, then Bernard Cremer alone, October 24, 1864, to date. Published by B. Cremer and Brothers since January, 1874. Files at the office. German daily. P MORNING MAIL, -: Established by George W. Raney. Files in the Peoria Public Library, January, 1863-June, 1864. This paper was succeeded by P STAR, and
POST, both short-lived adventures of George W. Raney, the exact dates of which are not known.
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NATIONAL DEMOCRAT, September, 1865-1886(?) : Daily and weekly. W. T. Dowdall, editor and publisher. PHU
TEMPERANCE MAGAZINE, July, 1867 -- (?): Edited and pub- lished by Boyle and Franks. Monthly. S
ADVERTISER, March, 1871-1878+ : An advertising sheet published by Elderkin and Bissell and distributed gratuitously. In 1873 Elderkin and Chapman; in October, 1873, Chapman was suc- ceeded by Harry Reynolds, the paper was enlarged and a sub- scription price charged. Reynolds retired in 1875. In 1878 the name was changed to
SUN, + October, 1878-after 1880: In January, 1880, R. E. Laurer entered the firm and the Sun Publishing Company was organ- ized.
EVENING REVIEW, 1873-1884(?): Established by Sheldon and Baldwin. Bought by Thomas Cratty, who associated with him Leslie Robinson. In January, 1873, Dowdall of the Democrat and Enoch Emery of the Transcript bought the paper. But the staff changed printing offices and with Robert J. Burdette as editor, continued the paper until June, when Dowdall bought it again and continued it. Afterward discontinued. P
WESTERN SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL, 1874-1876(?): Edited and pub- lished by L. O. Wilson and Mr. Morris. Monthly, UE
SATURDAY EVENING CALL, April, 1877-1886(?) : Established by R. Henderson and Company (S. R. Henderson, J. D. Weaver, J. W. Clifton), editors and publishers in 1879. A "family" paper. Discontinued.
EVENING JOURNAL, December 1, 1877 to date: Established by E. F. Baldwin and Jacob B. Barnes. Edited by E. F. Baldwin until 1885. It then became the property of a stock company composed of Baldwin, Barnes, M. N. Snider and Charles Powell; after a short time after some changes Barnes became chief owner, and was editor until about 1890. In 1900 the paper was bought by James P. Dawson, and Charles Carroll became editor. In 1905 Henry M. Pindell was owner and Robert P. Hanna editor. Independent Democratic. C
PHARMACEUTICAL NEWS, July, 1878 -- (?) : Established by J. T. Skinner, who was succeeded by Dr. H. Steele.
SONNTAGS-ZEITUNG, 1878-1880(?): Edited in 1879 by Adolph Zwanzig. Evidently short-lived, as it was not mentioned in Ayer in 1881.
SONNE, April 17. 1879 to date: Established by L. P. Wolf, William J. Brus, and Joseph Wolfram. The Sunday edition, begun in
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1880, is called Sonntags-Glocke. In 1886 L. P. Wolf became editor and publisher, and has so continued. German daily and weekly
ILLINOIS TRADESMAN AND MANUFACTURER, 1879-1881: Con- ducted by John A. Monger.
PEOTONE, WILL COUNTY
EAGLE, 1877-1888: An advertising sheet mentioned in Ayer for 1881. Established by James Barnhart. Files in possession of Mr. Barnhart.
PERRY, PIKE COUNTY
PARAGRAPH, 1878-1880(?): H. C. Cobb was editor and publisher. Short-lived.
PERU, LA SALLE COUNTY
NINAWA GAZETTE, May 16, 1840-1841: Established by Allen N. Ford and edited by G. W. Holley. A Harrison paper. Moved to Lacon. A
BEACON LIGHT, afterwards the Junction Beacon, 1846-1848: Estab- lished by Nash and Elliott, published by Mead, Higgins and Boyle and later by T. W. Mead. F
TELEGRAPH, 1848-1853+ : Published by Holbrook and Underhill. Freesoil. In 1853 it was sold to J. F. and N. Linton and the name changed to F
CHRONICLE, +1853-1856: For ten months of the life of the Chron- icle, Messrs. Linton published a daily. Ottawa
DEMOCRAT, 1850-(?) : Edited by Thomas W. Welch.
RATTLESNAKE, 1855+: Founded by Guy Hulett. Changed to
LA SALLE COUNTY SENTINEL, +1855-after 1858: A Democratic paper published by J. L. McCormick and Guy Hulett; after- ward by J. F. Meginness. Faithfully supported Douglas. F COMMERCIAL AND VOLKSFREUND (German), 1858-(?) :
HERALD, 1858-1884+ : Published by H. S. Beebe, 1858-1860. F. M. Sapp purchased it in 1860, in 1861 the materials of the defunct German paper, and in 1863 the materials of the collapsed Chron- icle. Mr. Sapp was sole editor, 1863-1870; Gallagher and Wil- liams, 1870-1876; W. B. Tapley, editor, Spencer Ellsworth, publisher, 1876-1884.
NEWS, 1879-1884+ : Established as a semi-weekly by H. S. Corwin. In 1884 he bought the Herald and combined the two as Twin City News-Herald. A daily edition was started in 1886 called
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News-Herald, and the Twin City News-Herald was made a weekly. W. B. Tapley was editor of the combined papers. In 1891 H. S. Corwin was editor.
PETERSBURG, MENARD COUNTY
EXPRESS, 1854-1855+ : Edited by S. B. Dugger. Changed to MENARD INDEX, +1855-1863: Edited by H. L. Clay, 1855-1858; Hamilton and Brooks, 1858-1863. At first neutral as to politics, then friendly to Douglas, but finally became Republican. which greatly enraged the citizens. SAF
FILLMORE BUGLE, 1856 : A campaign paper edited by William Glenn. MENARD COUNTY AXIS, 1859-1867+: Democratic in politics; edited by C. Clay, 1859-1867. He sold it to a joint stock com- pany and its name was changed to
DEMOCRAT, +1867- to date: Edited by M. B. Friend, 1867-1871 ; E. T. McElwain, 1871-1877; A. E. Mick (with S. S. Knoles as associate editor, 1878), 1877 --- (?). In 1907 Wilkinson and Oustott were editors and publishers.
MENARD REPUBLICAN, 1868-1874(?) : J. T. McNeely was editor and publisher; Bennett and Zane, 1872; W. S. Bennett, 1873; Bennett and Bryant, 1874. It had evidently suspended by 1875, as it was not mentioned in Rowell of that date.
MENARD COUNTY TIMES, 1873-1877(?): Established by John Frank. In 1876 Frank and Parks became editors and publishers ; Francis M. Taylor was editor and proprietor in 1877. S OBSERVER, 1876 to date: Established by Cain and Parks, editors and publishers; A. N. Curry, 1882; W. R. Parks, 1884+. In- dependent; Greenback in 1880. In 1905 it was classified as Republican, with L. F. Watson as editor.
REPUBLICAN, 1879-(after 1880): Martin and Davis were editors and publishers in 1880.
PHILO, CHAMPAIGN COUNTY
HERALD, (?): Listed in Rowell for 1869 as edited and published by Harper and Lane. This is one of John S. Harper's numer- ous ephemeral publications. It is not remembered by any old inhabitants of the village. Printed at the office of the Homer Journal.
PINCKNEYVILLE, PERRY COUNTY
PERRY COUNTY TIMES, 1856-(?) : Edited by William Ewing.
PERRY COUNTY BANNER, 1869-1871: Edited and published by John A. Wall and D. B. Van Syckel. Independent. In 1870 Van Syckel's interest was purchased by E. H. Lemon, Esquire.x
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>Lemon made it Republican. In 1871 W. K. Murphy and John Boyd were editors. In four months it was sold to Messrs. Kim- ball and Taylor who removed the office to DuQuoin. (See Du- Quoin Republican.)
INDEPENDENT, 1875-1878+: John A. Wall was editor and pro- prietor. In 1878 the office passed into the hands of C. E. H. Willoughby, who changed the name to U
PERRY COUNTY DEMOCRAT, + 1878 to date : It passed from C. E. H. Willoughby to J. J. Sargeant and Thomas K. Willoughby. In 1880 Sargeant bought out Willoughby's interest. In 1881 pub- lication was suspended. In a month the office was purchased by W. A. Penny. J. J. Penny, a brother, became a partner, and took editorial charge. It was sold to Roy Alden in 1892, and to Orah E. Meyer in 1903. In 1906 Joseph E. Brey was editor, and on March 1, 1907, T. L. Baxter became publisher. He con- tinues so at the present time. Perry County seems to have been dropped from the title at some time after 1881.
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