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UTICA, LA SALLE COUNTY
ENTERPRISE, 1876-1877: Established by D. L. Hennessey; printed in Peru; discontinued after one year. Monthly.
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VANDALIA, FAYETTE COUNTY
ILLINOIS INTELLIGENCER, +1820-1832 + : Moved from Kaskaskia to Vandalia where Elijah C. Berry was succeeded by a brother, Wil- liam Berry, and William H. Brown. The Intelligencer for Feb- ruary 15, 1823, contained a severe criticism of the convention legislators, written by Brown. To the article was appended a note: "The above 'extraordinary legislative proceedings' have been published by my partner, Wm. H. Brown, esq., without my approbation, and shall be answered next week. William Berry." The next number bears Blackwell's name instead of Brown's and contains signed articles by William Berry, Wm. H. Brown, and R. Blackwell, explaining the change. The paper now became pro-slavery. For some time between March 19, and May 7, 1824, Berry was financially embarrassed and the paper was suspended for a short time. Governor Coles fur- nished David Blackwell money to run the paper, and stipulated that it should support the anti-convention party. Samuel D. Lockwood was editor, representing Coles, but his name does not appear in the paper. On the surface, Berry disposed of his interest to David Blackwell, whose prospectus asserting that he would "give his uniform opposition" to the convention was publisbed May 14. David Blackwell published the Intelligencer until February 4, 1825, when Robert Blackwell and Company, printers to the state and publishers of the laws of the United States, became the publishers. With the number for June 24, 1825, Robert Blackwell alone became publisher. With Robert Blackwell's return to control, the paper again became friendly to slavery. Judge James Hall bought a half interest January 17, 1829, and was editor until 1832, when he left Illinois. The paper supported Adams, but "felt no animosity to Jackson and stood ready to do the same justice to him as to Adams." In March, 1832, Hall sold to Sherman and Greiner, owners of Illinois Whig, and the two papers were combined, with S. C. Sherman as editor. EMWUHSA
VANDALIA INTELLIGENCER1, 1822: Established by anti-conven- tionists led by Governor Coles and Daniel P. Cook. Edited by David Blackwell, Secretary of State.
ILLINOIS MONTHLY MAGAZINE, October, 1830-September, 1832: The first literary periodical published in Illinois. It was con- ducted by James Hall, and for one year it was published at Van- dalia, where it was printed by Robert Blackwell, public printer. After the first year the magazine was issued from Cincinnati In
1 This item, found in the earlier edition of this bibliography, is apparently based on a misconception. There is no evidence to show that such a paper ever existed .- F. W. S.
ILLINOIS ADVOCATE.
VOLUME I.
EDWARDSVILLE, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1831.
NUMBER 2.
BY AUTHORITY.
LAW'S OF THE UNITED STATES, PAS-ID AT THE. :: '0: 05180% OF THE TWENTY- FIRST COSGRESS. [Public-No 1]
bu of the carod court of the district of West use and bearfit of schools in Lawrence county. in said State, in heu of the sixteenth section
Is it enacted by the Senate and House of sold and patented to Will Whitehead.
Representatives of the Failed Males of America Congress assembled, That it shall be the duty person appointed by order of the Probate of the District Judge of Tennessee, to hold a Court in and for the county of Lawrence, be. from of the circuit court at Nashville, for the and he is hereby. authorized to locate the
Friet of West Tennessee, on the Gret Mon- ( quanti'y of land vamed in this act, for the pur- [AN ACT making appropriations for the pay- ' sy in March, in each year, who shall have po-e above onmed.
. Approved, January 13. 1931.
aver to make all necessary rules ond order. Ling any sud, action, appeal, writ of er.
.m. procras, pleadings, or proceedings, that a RESOLUTION in relation to the transmission
may ' speeding iu baid circuit court, or that may have issued returuable to the cire In court to be holden on the first Monday io September next, preparatury to the heating, trial or decis-
Resolved by the Senate and Home of Repre- seniatices of the United States of America in son of such action, suit, appeal. writ of error. i Congress arembled, That nothing contained in process, plraibazu ur proceedings; an all the act to reduce into one thr seral acts es. walls and process may bestation he retornable tablisking and regulating the Post Office De- to the sad counts to be holden on the host Mon- partment, approved March third, one thousand Ity in March, in the same manis as to the eight hundred and twenty-five, shall be con- missions of the curent courts directed by law Sigurd to repeal or limit the operation of the to be held at Nashville on the list Monday in net authorizing the transmission of certain September of each year; and the write and documents free of postage, approved Decem- nther process returnable to the said circun ; ber oicetreuth, one thousand eight hundred and wirt on the first Monday in September, inay tariş une bear test on the first Monday in March.
Sre 2 .Ind he it further enacted, "That the
[Public -- No. 1] sufficient evidence to the legislation, and many of their establishments MANHAwijane Joelargy asiff, toursprosite. But this reil ginally gisen by them to the Goveromrot of is more appareut to the "geueral. goverbmebl.
Be it exacted by the Senate and House of the United States, and that no part of the If there be a government on earth those du-
amount has been received by them, orsatisfied, ties are merely to protect, it is that of the ilirectly or indirectly, froin the agents through ; I'nde Siates under the present constitution. whom they sold or contracted.
ANDREW STETENSON,
Speaker of dir House of Representatives JUIN C CALHOUN. Speaker of the Sein!r
Approved, January 27 IRJI. ANDREW JACKSON.
[Public-No 8.]
meat of revolutionary and lovalid pension- ers
of perfor documents printed to order of sulle; thn Costitu assembled, That the following sums Charmant Congress:
the, andthe same are hereby, appropriated, to be paidpul of ung money in the Treasury, not otherwie appropriated. for paying revolution- ary andinvalid peustoner -. viz:
For paying the invali! prosioners, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty. one, two hundredl and eventy-six thousand
Apprvitd, January 13. 1831.
[1) .1.1 .-
LY. ICT for the bevist of schools in Lawrence propul contty, Mississippi.
Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That one section of the pubhig lands subject to private autry and sale in the State of Mississippi, be located for the
Sec. 2. . And be it further enacted. That any
Vor dues its protecting power, racept in a very limited degree, etten.I to a protection of ind :- viduals in their personal rights ond rights of property; that is left to the States It merely protecto individuale from a violation of con- tracta by the Statea in their legislation; bui ala rhni ob;ert and du'ies are. the protection of the stars lium foreign invasion and intestine war. To furn sh it with meana, it has beto rlothed with power to rusr armies ood navies, regulate commarca. and Irey such lases as may be necessary to support and pay those whom
He is exacted by the Senate and House of it employs as its instruments But when it Representatives of the United States of america turns its power inwardly, endeavors to change the relations between state and state, lotces meo out of one.employment into another, by its legislation, tages the poor to create mesopo- lies in the rich, and uses unnecessary and op. pressive exactions to buy over sections of coun- For fay nent of' Revo itina y pene vor:s. try to the support of particular men, at the for the year one thousand right hundred and some time accumulating to itself undue inte- thirty-one, one million aleeco thousand aus Que buødred dollar4.
ence and power, it is attempting to garern Ivo onauch and requires reform.
Hlou happy it would be for mankind, if gov. ernment would conGon itself to protection, and permit every man to follow the pursuit of aeven hundred and twenty dollars. in addition |his choice, and enjoy the proceeds of his labor! to queexpended balance of appropriation for ! Discontent, wars and revolutions would crane, medid pensioners of twenty nine thousand , because there would be no rause of complaint. Itwubundred niut forte.sit dallors ningse.hvol
How hanne would it be fine & marine
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January, 1833, Judge Hall moved to Cincinnati, where he pub- lished The Western Monthly Magazine, a Continuation of the Illinois Monthly Magazine until December, 1835. Hall was the chief contributor, and in such articles as Notes on Illinois, People and Manners, and Customs of the West, and in essays on educa- tional topics, stories such as The Missionaries, The Indian Wife's Lament, The Money Diggers, and many poems, he realized the ideal suggested in an article on Periodicals which he published in the number for April, 1831 : "Our editors have become too formal and stately, and fastidious. Instead of the infinite variety of topics, which once gave interest to works of this description, nothing is now admitted but reviews, tales and poetry . Nothing will go down but trifles, cold, formal,
and empty. I am much better pleased with the good
old-fashioned magazines . . within whose well furnished pages, the reader, whatever might be his taste, was sure to find something agreeable." Among those who helped to satisfy in the pages of the Monthly the varied tastes of Illinoisans were Morris Birkbeck, John M. Peck, Governor Edward Coles, Dr. Asa Fitch, George Russell, and Salmon P. Chase. "The Illi- nois Monthly Magazine was one of the most typical of the western journals," remarks William C. Cairns, in his monograph On the Development of American Literature from 1815 to 1833. " Raw and crude as the West was, there is a fin de siècle tone to these publications that is not found in the eastern magazines." Vol. I is in the Champaign Public Library. HL
ILLINOIS WHIG, 1831-1832+ : Edited by S. C. Sherman. It became VANDALIA WHIG AND ILLINOIS INTELLIGENCER, + March 28, 1832- 1834(?): A combination of Illinois Whig and Illinois Intelli- gencer. Greiner and Sherman were editors and publishers in 1832-1833; S. C. Sherman in 1834. Continued until 1839, according to the Wisconsin list. No copies later than 1834 are found. SAEH
GAZETTE, 1831 -- (?).
ILLINOIS ADVOCATE, + January 5,-April 13, 1833+ : A Whig paper moved from Edwardsville by John York Sawyer. Title
changed to ASH
ILLINOIS ADVOCATE AND STATE REGISTER, +April 13, 1833-April 15, 1835+: Conducted under this title by John York Sawyer until April 15, 1835, when title was changed to
ILLINOIS ADVOCATE, +April 15, 1835-March 8, 1836.+: Semi- weekly. Continued by John York Sawyer until his death, March 8, 1836, when the property was bought by William Walters and the publication resumed as ESHAU
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ILLINOIS STATE REGISTER AND ILLINOIS ADVOCATE, + March 25- June 17, 1836+: Published by William Walters as a Demo- cratic organ. He dropped Illinois Advocate from the title, and substituted SHA
ILLINOIS STATE REGISTER AND PEOPLE'S ADVOCATE, + June 24, 1836-August 2, 1839+ : Walters continued the publication in the support of Democracy until August 2, 1839, when it was moved to Springfield, where publication was resumed on August Io(?), 1839, as Illinois State Register. Walters did the public printing under contract with Seth T. Sawyer for the benefit of the widow of John York Sawyer, until at the legislative session of 1836- 1837, Walters was elected public printer. SA
ILLINOIS STATE REGISTER, February 11-March 18, 1836+ : Estab- lished by William Walters, and by him combined with Illinois Advocate on March 25, 1836. S
FREE PRESS, May 13, 1836-1837+ : William Hodge was editor,
Hodge and Shrader, publishers. Between March and October, 1837, the title was changed to AH
FREE PRESS AND ILLINOIS WHIG, +1837-1841(?): William Hodge was editor and publisher until the fall of 1839, when Hodge and Abbott were publishers. The paper was suspended for a while in the fall of 1839. It seems that James Kennaday bought the paper in 1841 and discontinued it for about two years. H
FREEMAN, June, 1842 --- (?): Edited and published by James Kennaday. This paper was violently opposed to Ford's candidacy for governor. It accused him of being a Mormon sympathiser and in favor of transferring fourteen northern counties to Wis- consin, that they might escape the state debt. Duncan was its candidate. Probably short lived, or became Free Press. A
FREE PRESS, 1843 -- (?): A revival of the earlier Free Press. James Kennaday was publisher, Q. C. Alexander and James Kennaday editors until July 20, 1844, when Alexander withdrew. Violently Whig. H
OLIVE LEAF, 1843-1845: Edited by Kellam and Lothrop. It was a Baptist journal but also had a secular department.
ILLINOIS SENTINEL, November 8, 1839-1846(?): Edited by John McDonald. Democratic. A
BAPTIST HELMET, November 8, 1844-1845(?): Established by S. K. Kellam, who at first was editor and publisher. E. W. Young soon became associated with Kellam in publishing the Helmet According to its motto, the paper was "devoted to religious truth and practical godliness." It gave much space to general news, and was unusually moderate and sane. H
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FAYETTE YEOMAN AND RAILROAD JOURNAL, June 23, 1849-(after May 3, 1851): Established, edited, and published by James Kennaday. Eminently insipid. It was friendly to the admin- istration, but shows no traces of political interest. Before No. 19 the title was changed by dropping and Railroad Journal. H AGE OF STEAM AND FIRE, 1852-1854+(?): Edited and published in August, 1853, by H. P. H. Bromwell, who either discontinued it or changed the title to Age of Steam. F
AGE OF STEAM, April 9, 1854-1855+: Apparently established by H. P. H. Bromwell, it was by the seventh number published by Morras and Russell, with W. P. Morras as editor. Then Morras withdrew, and after a brief suspension Thomas J. Russell alone continued the publication with no. 9, which appeared July 15, 1854, until after June 23, 1855. Disclaiming political partisan- ship, the paper showed Whig tendencies, but was especially not- able for its distinctly literary tone. It is said in the history of Fayette county that the paper passed into the possession of H. P. H. Bromwell, who styled it Age of Steam and Fire,1 and that he later sold to Tevis Greathouse, who changed the name to H FAYETTE OBSERVER, +1855-1862: Edited by Tevis Greathouse (with a brief intermission during which time it was edited by Mr. Davis), 1855-1859; Messrs. Sturgess and Hickman, 1859-1862. It represented Democracy until 1860 when it became Repub- lican. F
FAYETTE DEMOCRAT, 1858 to date: Founded by some leading Demo- crats of the place, and placed under the management of Messrs. Carman and Flynn. The publication was very irregular until it came into the hands of Charles G. Smith in 1863. Charles G. Smith and Son are the present editors and publishers.
VANDALIAN, February 27, 1858 -- (?): Edited and published by G. B. Miller and N. C. Davis. F
UNION, April, 1864 to date: Established by H. S. Humphrey. In 1868 Humphrey sold a half interest to Will Richards. They sold in 1887 to Lon S. Matherly and J. F. Sayles, who sold in 1893 to T. N., Ira D., and Jesse Lakin, who under the name of T. N. Lakin and Sons still conduct the paper. Republican. H
FAYETTE COUNTY NEWS, February, 1878-1881: H. R. Miller was editor and publisher. Sold after nearly three years to Rudolph Ernst, who removed it. Republican. H
ILLINOIS MEDICAL RECORDER, 1878-1880: R. E. Beach, M.D., was editor and publisher in 1879. Medical monthly.
1 This statement in the county history is probably erroneous. Existing numbers of the two papers show that Age of Steam and Fire preceded Age of Steam. A second change is improbable .- F. W. S.
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VARNA, MARSHALL COUNTY
COURIER, 1870-1872: Established by Andrew J. Bell; Bell and Wilson were editors and publishers in 1872.
JOURNAL, 1872: Edited and published by E. F. Baldwin.
VERMONT, FULTON COUNTY
WATCH TOWER, 1861(?): Listed without details in Kenny's Ameri- can Newspaper Directory for 1861.
CHRONICLE, 1870-1879(?)-1881 to date. Established by George L. and Edward P. Durell. F. P. Hallowell was editor for four or five months, when George L'. Durrell purchased his brother's interest and became editor and proprietor. W. L. Ketchum purchased the paper in 1879, but withdrew in a short time. G. L. Durell resumed his former post. Later (in 1879) A. D. Sta- pleford was editor and publisher. The paper was evidently discontinued, and in 1881 revived by E. P. and G. L. Durell. Republican. In 1907 C. M. Mercer was editor and publisher.
HERALD, 1869-1870: A Republican paper edited and published by E. C. Bennet.
VERSAILLES, BROWN COUNTY
WEEKLY INDEPENDENT, July, 1877-1878: Twenty-nine numbers were published at irregular intervals. Walker and Mehl were editors and proprietors.
VIENNA, JOHNSON COUNTY
EGYPTIAN ARTERY, 1865-1872+: Wright and Company were editors and publishers. Republican. Name changed to
JOHNSON COUNTY HERALD, +1873: Published by Wright and Company. Republican.
JOHNSON COUNTY JOURNAL, 1874 to date (1891): A. J. Alden was editor and publisher in 1874-1875; W. E. Chitwood was editor, J. J. Penny, publisher, 1876; J. B. Chapman, 1877; Milton A. Smith, 1879-1891. Independent. By 1891 it had become an exponent of Prohibition. In 1881 this paper was dated also from New Burnside. U
JOHNSON COUNTY YEOMAN, 1874 to date (1879): John T. Keith was editor and publisher in 1876; T. G. Farris, Jr., 1877-1879. Democratic. U
NEWS, 1873-1874: George W. Johnston was editor and publisher. TIMES, 1879 to date: A. K. Vickers and Brother were editors and
publishers in 1880; Edward Morton. 1882; T. J. Parker, 1884. In 1885 William Henry Gilliam and G. W. Ballance bought the paper. W. H. Gilliam was editor and publisher in 1891 and is so at present. Republican.
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VIRDEN, MACOUPIN COUNTY
RECORD, August, 1866, to date: Established by Reynolds and Mil- ton. After six months of intermittent solvency they sold to a Mr. Johnson, who in October sold one half interest to W. F. Thomp- son, and in November sold the other half to E. L. Rich. Thompson bought out Rich in 1870, and in 1879 was still owner and publisher. In August, 1885, Thompson sold a half interest to E. P. Kimball, and in 1887 Kimball became and has contin- ued sole owner and editor. Neutral, then Democratic.
NEWS, April, 1872-1874: Established by R. H. Ballinger and John Frank. Publication ceased after a year. Revived by A. M. Barker, April, 1873(?) and continued till August, 1874. A Republican paper.
CONSERVATIVE, March-June, 1868: Edited and owned by George H. Holliday and published by the Macoupin Printing Company. A Democratic paper.
REPORTER, 1879 to date: Established by A. M. Barker, who pub- lished it one year; then A. G. David and Company one year; E. P. Kimball, one year; B. Brown one year; then George H. Sewall until 1897, when he sold to John R. Underwood, who still is editor and publisher. A Republican paper.
VIRGINIA, CASS COUNTY
OBSERVER, April 12, 1848-1849: A Democratic paper established "by Henry H. Hall, and two or three other young men, for the advancement of the town." Mark W. Delahay was editor, and A. S. Tilden after a time did the rest of the work connected with issuing the paper, John J. Ingalls assisted Delahay for a few weeks. At the end of a year the plant was sold to Tilden, who removed it to Naples. U
OWL, 1848-1849: A scandal-mongering "society" paper published in the winter of 1848-1849 by a compositor named Dedrich.
CASS COUNTY TIMES, September 9, 1856-1859: Established by Richard S. Thomas as a neutral in politics to promote the interests of a proposed railroad of which he was president. He sold early in 1858 to John Bradley Thompson, who employed Rev. J. S. McDowell to edit, and Robert M. Taggart to publish the sheet. This arrangement continued until late in 1858, when Thompson sold to Taggart. In the fall of 1859 the paper was suspended and the plant reverted to Thomas, who sold it to Hezekiah Naylor.
CASS COUNTY INDEPENDENT, January, 1860-April, 1861: Estab- lished by Hezekiah Naylor and Lafayette Briggs. At first the paper was neutral in politics, but Briggs soon withdrew to permit
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Naylor to make it radically Republican. R. S. Thomas was at this time, according to Dr. John F. Snyder, editor sub-rosa. The paper suspended publication in April, 1861, and was removed by Naylor to Pekin.
CASS COUNTY UNION, August, 1860-1864: Founded by Democrats, including Jacob Dunaway, Jacob Ward, William Petefish; edited and managed by Lafayette Briggs. Briggs left the paper in 1863 and was succeeded by Stearns DeWitt Rich, who stayed by the paper until its death in the spring of 1864.
CASS COUNTY DEMOCRAT, May 8, 1866-1868+: Established by M. B. Friend, editor and publisher, backed by N. B. Beers, Sam Petefish, and "Bill" Easley. After six months M. B. Friend and Charles H. Whitaker were publishers and proprietors, but Whitaker soon passed on. In June, 1867, Friend sold to James A. Martin, and the paper was then issued by Martin and John W. Gill. Gill soon disappeared. O. T. Roderick became publisher, J. K. Vandemark, editor. Roderick and Vandemark soon disappeared. Martin withdrew his support as " proprietor," and N. B. Beers and Company leased the establishment to J. G. Fuss and J. N. Gridley. Fuss was editor and Gridley business manager. To avoid complications with Martin, who indicated a desire to continue a paper under the title of Democrat, the name was changed by Fuss and Gridley to
CASS COUNTY TIMES, +1868-January, 1870: Conducted by J. G. Fuss, editor, and J. N. Gridley, manager, until November, 1869, after which date it was continued by Beers and Company, with J. K. Vandemark as editor until January, 1870.
CASS COUNTY COURIER, July 25, 1866-1870+ : A Republican paper established by John S. Harper, editor. After a few numbers L. S. Allard appeared as editor and proprietor. In 1867 he turned the paper over to LeRoy Carpenter, who was succeeded by H. C. Allard, son of L. S. Allard in 1868, and in 1870 the name was changed to
VIRGINIA COURIER, +November, 1870-October, 1871+: By October, 1871, H. C. Allard had become owner as well as editor, and the name was changed back to
CASS COUNTY COURIER, +October, 1871-1872+ : Allard sold an interest in the paper to N. M. Purviance, but soon bought it back. The paper declined. Allard sold a half interest to Matthew Summers in 1872, and they continued the paper as
GAZETTE, +February 23, 1872 to date: W. M. Summers and H. C. Allard were editors and publishers. March 14, 1873, Allard sold to Summers. In August, 1875, Summers sold an interest to Joseph Anderson, who became associated with Summers as
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one of the publishers. Summers died late in 1875 or early in 1876. The paper suffered a brief suspension, but resumed on February 26, 1876, with A. M. Brownlee and H. C. Allard as editors. Allard withdrew in August, 1877; Brownlee sold to Trevanyon L. Mathews and a Mr. Thacker; Mathews, 1878; H. C. Allard, 1879-1881. Allard sold in April, 1881, to C. M. Tinney, who has conducted the Gazette since that time. Republican.
JEFFERSONIAN, April 2, 1870-December, 1873: Established by John J. Bunce and run by him alone for eighteen months; then by Bunce and S. L. Gannaway until September, 1872; then by Bunce until the paper was discontinued, December 26, 1873. Democratic.
ENQUIRER, July 3, 1875 to date: Established by Reemtsen and Company (Reemtsen and John S. Harper). After nine weeks Harper was alone as editor and publisher. He sold in No- vember to a syndicate composed of Nace Skiles, "Bill" Easley, Charles A. Crandall, Cash Whitney, Sam Petefish and others, and the paper was continued by Thomas M. Thompson, editor; J. J. Bunce, publisher; Charles A. Crandall, manager. After a few weeks the syndicate sold to W. T. Dowdall; William T. Dowdall and Company became publishers and Forrest H. Mitchell manager in January, 1876. R. E. Lauren succeeded Mitchell in September. Dowdall sold to John Frank, March 23, 1877, and J. M. Beatty became editor for a short time. Frank left in September, 1882; R. H. Norfolk was editor until March 29, 1884; then J. M. Beatty until November 15, 1890, when he sold to Charles A. and William A. Schaffer. The last named dropped out in April, 1891; in September 26, 1891, Charles AvSchaffer sold to Finis E. Downing. He was succeed- ed by his son H. F. Downing, September 7, 1899, who was edi- tor and publisher until March 2, 1903, when Downing and Al- bert E. Hinners became editors and publishers. Democratic. A daily was started September 23, 1881, but continued three days only.
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