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Illinois Newspaper Directory and HistoryMARION EVENING POST: Established 1900 by O. R. Nation. S. K. Casey,part owner and editor.Marion, population, 9311. County seat of Williamson County, located 5 5 milessouth of Centralia. M. & E.; C. & E. I.; I. C.j M. P. R.R.'s. Powder, bottling, and^^^^^^^^^^^ marble works; cold storage and creosoting plants; creameries. Coal^^^^B mines. Ships poultry. Fruit, poultry, and general farming.The Marion Evening Post succeeds the Tri-City Post, a dailyjib .^ ^H paper established in 1900 for the purpose of serving Marion, Carter-IvU ville, and Herrin. S. K. Casey and R. P. Hill purchased this paper^E—a ^H shortly after its founding and in April, 1901, changed its name^H to the Marion Evening Post. Mr. Casey has owned a half interest^^f ^H in the Post since its establishment, his various partners during that^^L A ^HP period of time having included former Congressman R. P. Hill,Eugene Bones, Walter W. Williams, former State Representative,and James H. Felts, former State Senator. The Post is publishedS. K. Caseyunder the name of the Egyptian Press Printing Company. The Postis issued daily with the exception of Sunday, and is Democratic in politics. It also printsatri-weekly paper which appears every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.Circulation, 2900.Advertising rate: local, 25c, 10c; foreign, 35c.Subscription rate: local (by carrier), $6.00; foreign (by mail), $4.00.MOLINE DAILY DISPATCH: Established 1878 by Oliver and Louise White.P. S. McGlynn, publisher. L. R. Blackman, editor. Moline Dispatch Publishing Com-^^^_____^^_ pany, owner.Moline, population, 32,330. Situated in Rock Island Countyon the Mississippi River, 178 miles west of Chicago. Steamboatconnections. C. B.&Q.; C.M.St. P.& Pac; C. R. I.&P. R.R.'s. Manufacturingcenter with good water-power. Railroad shops; large steelplow and corn planter factories; malleable iron foundries; steelworks. Manufactures elevators, wagons, scales, boilers, furniture,"I,** di' tractors, automobiles, iron working machinery,^^tk K MSm milling machines, grain harvester, manurespreaders, small arms, and other military equip-P. S. McGlynn has been associated withthe Dispatch since the early 80's when he andJ. K. Groom tried to rescue the Dispatch from what seemed suddendeath, after it had been for seven years under seven different ownerships.Mr. Groom retired from the paper in 1901, and was succeededby W. F. Eastman. Mr. Eastman died in 1909, and his interest wasbought by John Sundine in 1911. After Mr. Sundine's death in1922, the present Moline Dispatch Publishing Company was formed,the present owners being P. S. McGlynn, L. R. Blackman, August L -RSundine, and Harry A. Sward.Circulation, 14,677.Advertising rate: local, 56c-84c; foreign, .065 and .05 5.-BlackmanSubscription rate: local, 15c per week; foreign, $4.00-$ 12.00, per year by mail.410