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HERALD, 1870-1871: Established by L. E. Knapp.
GAZETTE, 1876 to date: Established by A. W. O'Bryant, April 5, 1876. Mr. O'Bryant was in 1879 still proprietor and pub- lisher. The name was changed to the Washington County Gazette, April 27, 1906, at which time F. E. and W. C. O'Bryant became publishers. Republican. Files are kept in the office.
ASHTON, LEE COUNTY
SENTINEL, 1877-1880(?): P. O. Sproul was editor and publisher in 1880.
ASSUMPTION, CHRISTIAN COUNTY
INDEPENDENT, April 22, 1871-1874+: R. M. Carr, was pro- prietor; J. M. Birce, local editor. Neutral in politics. Carr printed the Independent in the office of the Pana Gazette, until April 15, 1872, when I. V. Park began its publication at Assump- tion. Six months later, the office passed into the hands of a joint-stock company, with John L. Marvell as manager and editor. Owing to the latter's erratic management he was replaced by Richard Couch, July, 1874, who changed the name of the paper to
RECORD, +1874-1876: Richard Couch was manager and editor for one year after its establishment in July, 1874. Then A. W. Chabin assumed management for nine months, after which the office was sold to A. M. Anderson and moved to Windsor, Shelby county.
PRESS, September, 1872-1873: John P. Marnell was editor and publisher.
ASTORIA, FULTON COUNTY
ADVERTISER, 1871-1872: C. R. Spore was editor and publisher. ARGUS, 1876- (after 1881) : Independent.
ATLANTA, LOGAN COUNTY
LOGAN COUNTY FORUM, 1855-1858: A weekly paper edited by S. B. Dugger.
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AURORA, KANE COUNTY
ARGUS, May, 1869 to date : Established by Albion Smith. It was at first printed in Bloomington. The Argus was edited and Published from 1870 to the spring of 1873, by Albion Smith and F. B. Mills; 1873 to August, 1874, A. W. Briggs; August, 1874, till after 1880, George L. Shoals; Horace Crihfield, then Crihfield Brothers, to date. Complete files owned by the office and by A. J. Ludlam of Atlanta.
PROPERTY SELLER, 1871-1872: A monthly real estate advertising sheet, edited by Frank B. Mills; published by Smith and Mills.
AUBURN, SANGAMON COUNTY
HERALD, 1873-1874+ : Published by Lowdermilk and Stover as an advertising medium. After five months sold to stock company. In 1874 M. G. Wadsworth of Auburn and W. F. Thompson of Virden purchased from stock company and changed the name to CITIZEN, +1874- (after 1881): M. G. Wadsworth was editor and publisher in 1879. Independent.
AUGUSTA, HANCOCK COUNTY
TIMES, 1856-1857: Established by L. S. Grove and Son. F
HOME BANNER, December, 1864-1867: Established by W. P. Campbell, who after a year was succeeded by W. R. Carr.
HERALD, August, 1878-1880: Established by Henry E. Allen. After about a year it was transferred to Silas Robinson, by whom it was discontinued in 1880.
AURORA, KANE COUNTY
PEOPLE'S PLATFORM, 1846+: Established, issued, and edited by Isaac Marlett ; Democratic in politics. This was the first paper published in Aurora. It was soon removed to St. Charles, Kane county, then a more important town than Aurora. It continued to be published in St. Charles under different names, but ceased publication shortly after the presidential campaign of 1860.
DEMOCRAT, August 6, 1846 -- (?): Established by C. and G. Ingham. In politics it was "Democratic as understood by the Jefferson and Jackson school." C. and G. Ingham were the publishers. Short lived. P
BEACON, June, 1847 to date : Founded by M. V. and B. F. Hall, the former a Whig, and the latter a Democrat. In politics the paper had two political departments, one Whig, and the other Demo- cratic. B. F. Hall disposed of his interest and the paper was Whig till the organization of the Republican party, when it warmly espoused the principles of that party. In the winter of 1853-1854 James W. Randall and his brother Dudley purchased
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the Beacon. The Randalls were succeeded by a number of pro- prietors, among them N. S. Greenwood and George Brewster. On September 6, 1856, the Daily Beacon appeared, with A. C. Gibson as editor, and J. W. Randall and N. S. Greenwood as pub- ishers, but it was suspended April 30, 1857. In July, 1857, the Beacon and the Guardian were consolidated, and called Republican Union, owned by J. W. Randall and Simeon Whiteley. Suspend- ed, but in September, 1857, revived by Augustus Harman, who had been the editor of the Republican Union, and Oscar B. Knicker- bocker. In 1858 Harman retired. 1858-1859, George S. Bangs; Bangs and Knickerbocker, 1859-1866. In 1866 Bangs sold to Knickerbocker. In the same year John H. Hodder pur- chased an interest. Knickerbocker and Hodder continued the publication until the death of Mr. Knickerbocker in 1885. In the early zos the Beacon started a semi-weekly edition, and in March, 1891, Mr. Hodder issued a daily, published ever since. On Mr. Hodder's death, in 1902, the paper was sold to a stock company. George W. Stephens is the present editor. Com- plete files in the office. PUF
GUARDIAN, 1852-1857+ : Established by Simeon Whiteley and Ben- jamin Wilson, editors and proprietors; politics Democratic until the repeal of the Missouri compromise; then Free Soil, and afterwards Republican. Mr. Wilson retired from the paper at an early date. In July, 1857, the Guardian and the Beacon were consolidated, the new paper being called the Republican Union; the proprietors were James W. Randall and Simeon Whiteley. This firm lasted but a few weeks. PF
REPUBLICAN UNION, +1857+ : A consolidation of the Beacon and the Guardian; James W. Randall and Simeon Whiteley proprietors, Augustus Harman editor. After five numbers Ran- dall sold his interest to Whiteley, who then engaged as editor T. Herbert Whipple, afterwards one of the editors of the New York World. After the retirement of Randall this paper was called PF
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REPUBLICAN, +1857-1858: With the change in name the paper was re-reduced in size. February 12, 1858, Mr. Whipple became "corresponding editor," Mr. Whiteley assuming the general editorship. The last issue appeared November 5, 1858. P
TEMPERANCE MONITOR, March, 1858-1859: Started as a temper- ance organ by James P. Snell. It survived about a year. Mr. Snell entered the army at the beginning of the Civil War, and at its close became editor of the Mendota Bulletin. E
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REFORMER, July, 1858-1860: A sixteen-page monthly. Established by Augustus Harman and Ellen Beard. It was discontinued in June, 1860. It declared itself "to be what its name indicates," and fought ardently for prohibition, dress reform, etc. Miss Beard soon became Mrs. Harman. She assisted her husband in the editorial department, set type, canvassed for subscribers, and lectured.
TEMPERANCE TOCSIN, April till fall, 1860: A sheet half the size of the Reformer, established by Augustus Harman and wife, in- tended for local circulation. Mr. Harman died in the fall of 1860, after which Mrs. Harman continued the publication of the Tocsin for a short time.
CHRONICLE, February, 1861: Established by John H. Hodder, editor and proprietor. This paper existed about six months. HERALD, June, 1866-1903: Established by Thomas E. Hill. He was succeeded in the ownership of the paper by the firms of Hill and Gale; Gale and Shaw; Shaw and Bangs; Bangs, Owen and Ford; and Bangs and Owen. In 1871 the paper was purchased by Pierce Burton, who in 1874 sold a half interest to Mr. James Shaw, who re-sold to Mr. Burton in 1880. The latter continued the paper until he established the Aurora Daily Express in 1882, and thereafter the Herald was the weekly edition of that paper. Originally Republican in politics, under Mr. Burton it was Independent. In 1876 it supported Peter Cooper for President; and it advocated Green- back principles as long as the party of that name had a national organization. Mr. Burton retired from business in 1902. After several changes of ownership, the Express ceased publication in 1903, and with it perished also the Herald. PU WEEKLY, June, 1867: Established by Dudley Randall; had a brief existence.
ARGUS, 1867: This paper was in some sort the successor of the Aurora Weekly. It was established by Dudley Randall, and edited by him and W. H. H. Brainard. Possibly there was simply a change of name without change in proprietorship or in the character of the paper.
VOLKSFREUND, 1868 to date: Established by Peter Klein and Jacob Siegmund. In 1871 Mr. Klein purchased the interest of Mr. Siegmund, and has since continued sole proprietor. Republican until 1884, when it supported Cleveland for President. It soon became Republican again, and has remained so. May 27, 1895, a daily edition was started, and has been continued. U
CITY LIFE ILLUSTRATED. 1871 : Founded by Dudley Randall and continued several months. Life attained a large circulation for those days.
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FREE METHODIST, 1872-1874+ : A Free Methodist weekly, moved from New York City by Louis Bailey. Purchased in 1874 by D. P. Baker and T. B. Arnold, who moved it to Sycamore.
ARMY RECORD, 1873-1874: Monthly advertising sheet edited and published by James D. Fox. Apparently changed the next year to Army Register, and the date of establishment moved back one year.
VIDETTE, 1873-1874: Edited and published by Tounshendeau and Lindsey.
DAILY GLOBE, 1874: Issued only one day. Established by a Mr. Turner, a printer employed in the Beacon office, and printed by Jacob Siegmund. On the very day of publication, however, Turner left, and a little later Siegmund presented Turner's idea as
DAILY NEWS, February 22, 1874: Founded by Jacob Siegmund and Charles M. Faye. The first daily paper in Aurora to main- tain a permanent existence. Mr. Faye sold his interest to Mr. Siegmund in September, 1875, and was succeeded for a few weeks by Orville B. Merrill. On February 1, 1876, Willis B. Hawkins became owner of one-half the plant. Hawkins remained with the News for several years. On his retiring, Mr. Siegmund published the paper for a time, with Richard W. Cor- bett as editor. In 1884 Mr. Siegmund sold the plant to Edward Northam and Eben F. Beaupré, who published the paper about two years, and then sold it to John F. Dewey. In 1891 Mr. Dewey sold to Walter S. Frazier. From Mr. Frazier ownership of the paper passed at his death to Lincoln B. Frazier, a son. Under the proprietorship of L. B. Frazier the News has con- tinued. W. W. Clark is the present editor. PU
EVENING POST, 1878-1897: Daily ; established by a printer named Welch. From Welch's hands it passed to those of Peter Klein and Louis A. Constantine, under the firm name of Klein and Constantine. This co-partnership was of less than six months' duration; then Peter Klein transferred his interest in the paper to his partner, who kept the Post going for nearly twenty years. In 1897 Constantine was appointed postmaster of Aurora, and soon after this the Evening Post was discontinued.
INDEPENDENT, September, 1878: Established by Edward Keough, formerly of the Elgin Times. The Independent was started as a Democratic paper; but the Democrats of Aurora apparently did not care for an organ, and the Independent lived but a short time.
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BARRY, PIKE COUNTY
AVA, JACKSON COUNTY
REGISTER, 1876 --- (?) : Established by George Jahn and Bethune Dishon. Democratic. Mr. Dishon retired in 1877 leaving Mr. Jahn editor. In Rowell for 1879, Dishon is given as editor and publisher.
NEWS,, 1876- - (?) : Lambert and Connor were editors and pub- lishers.
AVON, FULTON COUNTY
SENTINEL, 1879 to date: Established by H. J. Herbertz. Mr. Her- bertz retired in 1880, being succeeded by Mark Ullery. In 1881 H. G. Leigh purchased an interest, the partnership of Ullery and Leigh continuing three months, when W. E. Stevens purchased Mr. Ullery's interest. In 1883 Mr. Stevens became sole owner, leasing a half interest to Geo. E. Simmons for two years ; in 1885, W. W. Vose succeeded Simmons, the partnership continuing two years. W. E. Stevens has been the editor and publisher since January 1, 1888. Files are at the office.
BARRINGTON STATION, COOK COUNTY
HERALD, 1877-after 1881 : Edited and published by J. A. Ballinger, and later by W. G. Alden. Printed at the office of the Palatine Enterprise.
BARRY, PIKE COUNTY
ENTERPRISE, -(?) : A paper established by George W. Smith in the sixties. Not mentioned by Rowell for 1869.
DISPATCH, -(?) : A short-lived publication begun in the sixties by Shaffner and Goldsmith. Not mentioned by Rowell for 1869. OBSERVER, 1870-1871: Established by L. L. Burke. Within a year was suspended and removed.
ADAGE, 1871 to date: Established by M. H. Cobb, publisher, and J. H. Cobb, editor, 1871-1878; S. E. Colgrove, 1878-1879; John H. Cobb and W. W. Watson, 1879-1880; W. W. Watson, 1880-1898; A. E. Hess, 1898 to date. Independent.
UNICORN, 1877+ : Edited and published by Simeon Fitch. Started as Republican, soon changed to Greenback, and the name was changed to
UNICORN GREENBACK, +1878-1887: Edited and published by Simeon Fitch, who is said to have written chiefly in verse. The paper declined with the Greenback movement, which it had supported.
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BATAVIA, KANE COUNTY
EXPOSITOR, 1852: Edited by James Risk and others. Short-lived.
Fox RIVER EXPOSITOR, January, 1856- - (?): Another short- lived paper, apparently not connected with the foregoing. Edited by James Risk; published by Risk, J. Van Nortwick, and A. M. Moore. Democratic. F
ARGUS, 1857: Edited by T. W. Stitt, M. D. and Elijah H. Eyer. Soon moved to St. Charles.
NEWS, 1869-December, 1908 : Published by Clark A. Lewis. Asso- ciated with him were A. J. Roof at the beginning; O. B. Merrill for awhile in 1870; R. N. Youngblood; and C. A. Schaffter. Mr. Lewis was sole editor and proprietor, 1884-1907. In 1907 he leased the paper to Whittleton and Mercer. They continued three months. After two weeks' vacation the publication was resumed by William M. Wrightman but was again discontinued in December, 1908. U
YOUNG ADVOCATE, 1871 : An amateur semi-monthly, edited by John F. Dewey. Short-lived.
FOX RIVER TIMES, 1876: Established by A. J. Roof, Mr. Gates, and Mr. Fox. Lasted three months.
BEARDSTOWN, CASS COUNTY
BEARDSTOWN CHRONICLE AND ILLINOIS BOUNTY LAND ADVER- TISER, June 18, 1833-34: Established by Francis Arenz "as one of several enterprises he engaged in for developing the new coun- try and incidentally promoting his own business interests." Arenz was a Whig, but the paper was neutral, under the manage- ment of John B. Fulks. In the fall or winter of 1834 the plant was sold and moved to Rushville. S
GAZETTE, August 15, 1845-1852+ : Established by Sylvester Em- mons, who had precipitately removed from Nauvoo after issuing one number of an Anti-Mormon Expositor at that place. The paper was Whig, violently inimical to Democracy and Mormon- ism. Emmons sold in 1852 to C. D. Dickerson, who after less than eight months sold to J. L. Sherman, who changed the title to S
BEARDSTOWN AND PETERSBURG GAZETTE, December 9, 1852- 1854+: Conducted by J. L. Sherman as a Whig organ until probably 1854, when he sold to B. C. Drake, who changed the name to S
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CENTRAL ILLINOISAN, +1854-1861 : Conducted by B. C. Drake as a Whig paper until the organization of the Republican party, ·of which it at once became a supporter. In 1858, before the beginning of the Douglas and Lincoln joint debates, Drake began a daily, which he continued until the beginning of the Civil War, when he closed the office and enlisted. S
DEMOCRAT, March 12, 1858-1865: The first Democratic paper in Beardstown; established by W. D. Shurtliff, and at first edited by Shurtliff and Davis. In 1862 J. K. Vandemark was made editor. He resigned in the fall; in 1863 Charles R. Fisk and wife bought the paper and continued it until the close of the war. S GAZETTE, 1860+: Established as a Republican paper by one Mitchell, who conducted it until the fall of 1860, when it was taken over by a joint stock company of Republicans, who changed the name to
CENTRAL ILLINOISAN, +1861- April 5, 1883+ : Managed by Logan U. Reavis for four or five years, then by the office foreman until March, 1867, when John S. Nicholson took charge. He be- came sole proprietor in June, 1868, and conducted the paper until April 5, 1883, when he sold to James G. Rice, owner of the .Cass County Democrat, who merged the two papers as Illi- noisan-Democrat. He sold in October to Eugene Clark, who rechristened the paper Beardstown Illinoisan, and sold to John S. Nicholson. Changed from weekly to semi-weekly, April, 1884. In April, 1899, united with Star of the West (established 1888 by H. C. Allard and made a daily March 7, 1892) as Illinoisan- Star, edited by Nicholson and published by Nicholson and Al- lard until 1902; since then by Nicholson and Fulks. It is now edited by J. S. and E. E. Nicholson. It has been consist- ently Republican. S
HERALD, 1872-1873: Established by Henley Wilkinson and J. W. Lusk as an "out and out" Democratic paper willing to support Greeley to beat Grant. A county-seat fight and the election of Grant discouraged the proprietors, who sold early in 1873 to D. G. Swan, who made the paper Liberal Republican. It lasted but a few months, when it was removed to Bushnell.
CHAMPION, September 25, 1875-1876: Established by George Dann, Sr., George Dann, Jr., and George W. Thompson, with the first named as editor. Independent in politics. Soon suspended.
CASS COUNTY MESSENGER, 1876-1879+ : Established by George Dann, Sr., as a Democratic paper. Before the end of the first year Forrest H. Mitchell was associated with Dann as editor and publisher, but withdrew in August, 1877, and was succeeded by
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W. B. Bennett. Dann sold in 1879 to Joseph P. Sailer, who changed the name to
CASS COUNTY DEMOCRAT, +1879-1883+ : Democratic; conducted by Joseph P. Sailer until 1882, when J. Sam Fulks and George Martin became associated with him and they started a daily. It was unsuccessful, was sold in 1883 to Darb. McAulley, and by him to James G. Rice, who merged it with Central Illinoisan to form Illinoisan-Democrat.
BEOBACHTER AM ILLINOIS FLUSS, 1877-1878+: Established by Rev. A. Schaberhorn, who in the fall of 1878 sold to Theodore Wilkins, who changed the title to
WOCHENBLATT, +1878-1882: Conducted by Theodore Wilkins until his death in 1881, when the paper was sold to Ross and Son, who removed it in 1882.
BEECHER, WILL COUNTY
EASTERN WILL UNION, 1879 to date (1880): C. E. Carter was editor and publisher.
BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY
WESTERN NEWS, 1826-1827 : A weekly paper, published irregularly by Dr. Joseph Green. Politically "whole hog" Jacksonian, but conducted chiefly to serve Green's political aspirations.
ST. CLAIR GAZETTE, 1833-1838+ : A "whole hog" Jackson paper published by Robert K. Fleming; publication often interrupted. For a part of this period the name was St. Clair Mercury. It was merged with
REPRESENTATIVE AND BELLEVILLE NEWS, 1837-1838+ : Edited and published by Edward S. Cropley. At some time after December 22, 1838, combined with Gazette to form H REPRESENTATIVE AND GAZETTE, +1838-1839+ : Edited and pub- lished by Edward S. Cropley, who had run the Representative. It failed, and from it came the
ADVOCATE, +1839 to date : Edited and published by James L. Boyd and John T. C. Clark, 1840; Mr. Boyd, 1840-1842; Philip B. Fouke, 1842 --; R. K. Fleming, -: E. H. Fleming, 1849; William K. Fleming, 1849 - . Mr. Fleming changed it to a daily which was edited by Jehu Baker. It was in charge of and edited by John W. Merritt, 1850-1851; Judge Niles, late in 1851; E. H. Fleming and Mr. Niles, who bought and absorbed the Illinois Independent in 1852, when a daily was issued, 1851- 1854; Mr. Fleming and James S. Coulter, 1854-1855; Mr. Coulter, 1855-1856; Judge Niles, 1856; Mr. Niles and Edward Schiller, 1856; Mr. Niles, 1856-1857; Collins Van Cleve and T. C. Weeden, 1857-1860. In 1860 E. J. Montague be-
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came proprietor. In 1861 the Newsletter of Mascoutah was consolidated with the Advocate; the title was made Weekly Belleville Advocate and News Letter, and Alexander G. Dawes became assistant editor. In the same year the property reverted to Van Cleve. Dawes soon retired and F. M. Hawes became editor. In October Weekly was dropped from the title. G. F. Kimball bought the paper in 1863. Hawes was still editor. In 1867 F. M. Taylor bought an interest. In 1872 Taylor bought out Kimball, and continued the paper till 1890, when he closed the office. J. H. Thomas bought the equipment and the paper was continued after a month, with G. F. Kimball as editor. He soon retired. The Advocate is now edited and published by Belleville Advocate Publishing Company. Originally Dem- ocratic, the paper had become Free Soil in 1857, and later Republican. AEWSPHUF
DER FREIHEITSBOTE FUR ILLINOIS, 1840: The first German paper in Illinois, printed in St. Louis, but issued in Belleville. It was conducted during the Harrison-Van Buren campaign and "griff mit besonderer Schärfe den Nativismus an." Gustav Koerner was publisher, and wrote nearly all the editorials. After two weeks its title was changed by the addition of und Missouri.
SPIRIT OF '76, January, 1839: A Whig paper, started by Casper Thiele and Company, which lived but a short time.
GREAT WESTERN, May 11, 1839-1841: The material of the Spirit of '76 was bought by J. R. and H. H. Cannon, who in effect con- tinued it under the title of Great Western. Whig. File owned by descendants of Edward W. West, in Belleville. A
FARMERS AND MECHANICS REPOSITORY, September 3, 1842-1843 : Started by C. and J. L. Sargent, with Elam Rust as editor. They leased the Great Western establishment after Cannon had died and his paper had ceased. R. K. Fleming was printer. In 1843 the Repository suspended and the outfit was sold to Louis P. Pensoneau, who started the St. Clair Banner. Whig. A ST. CLAIR BANNER, August 1, 1843 -- (?): Edited by Wm. C. Kinney. Democratic, supporting Van Buren. Apparently not same as Banner below. F
POLITICIAN, April 13-June 8, (?) 1844 : A small humorous paper ed- ited and published by F. A. Snyder and Company, in which the editor asserted that he would support no man for public office who was not confident that he deserved the office. S ILLINOIS BEOBACHTER, 1844: A German paper started by Theodore Englemann, who sold it to Bartholomew Hauck and he moved the office to Quincy, where it was continued until 1848, when Mr. Englemann induced Mr. Hauck to remove the office back to Belleville, and the Zeitung appeared. A
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ST. CLAIR BANNER, April, 1845-May, 1847+ : Edited and published by Louis P. Pensoneau, who in 1847 sold to D. W. Gelwicks and Louis Tramble.1 Changed to APF
TIMES, +1847-1849+: Edited by William C. Kinney and pub- lished by D. W. Gelwicks and Louis Tramble. It represented Democracy. Sold to George Harvey and Tom Walker, who changed it to
ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN, +1849-1852 : At first it was published by Messrs. Harvey and Walker, and edited by Jedediah Judson. In 1852 it was purchased by Judge Niles and absorbed by the Advocate. PHF
ZEITUNG, January, 1849 to date: A German paper established by Theodore Englemann and Bartholomew Hauck; the former was editor, the latter, publisher. Gustav Koerner became connected editorially with the paper in 1849; Hauck bought Englemann's interest in 1852; Franz Grimm first became editor in 1853; after four months he was succeeded by August Kattmann. Grimm went to Memphis and in 1854 established Stimme des Volkes, the first German paper in Tennessee. January, 1854, Hermann Fiedler became editor; then Hannibal Seylern; Dr. F. Wenzel, 1855-1856. Dr. Wenzel established the Volks- blatt soon after his withdrawal from the Zeitung. He was suc- ceeded by Franz Grimm, 1856-1857; W. Vollraith, 1857. Hauck sold to Friedrich Rupp, 1858, who formed a partnership with F. Grimm of the Volksblatt, which was then discontinued. F. Grimm was editor, 1858-1861; Ludwig Seibold, 1861-1862; Edward Lindemann, 1862; Adelbert Lohr, 1862-1863; Charles Neubert, 1863-1874; Heinrich C. Müller, Barnhardt Hartmann, 1874-1875; Eugen Seeger, 1876-1877; G. Rentschler, 1877; L. W. Habercom, 1877-1879. Stern des Westens was absorbed in 1877, and Der Stern in 1881, when the title of the paper be- came Zeitung und Stern. Sebastian Feitsam bought the paper in 1873. He owned the Illinois Republican, which was then absorbed in the Zeitung. George Semmelroth bought a halt interest in 1874; Heinfelden, Semmelroth, and Metschan became its owners in 1881 ; Heinfelden became sole owner in 1886. In 1888 C. Angleroth became editor, and the title again became Zeitung. August von Lengerke was editor in 1890; William F. Dose, 1891. In 1891 Fred W. Kraft and Fred J. Kern bought the paper and Carl Brandt became editor. The Zeitung was consolidated with the Post in 1893 as Post und Zeitung. Max Gronefeld became editor; William C. Küffner and George Semmelroth were owners. In the same year Küffner died; Mr. Semmelroth formed the Belleville Post and Zeitung Publishing
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