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Illinois Newspaper Directory and HistoryMILAN INDEPENDENT: Ipublished 1901 by McLaughlin and Guldengopf.O. D. Kendall, editor and publisher since 1926.Milan, population, 888. Situated in Rock Island Countv. 4miles south of Rock Island. R. I. S.; C. R. I. & P. R.R.'s. Mills;player piano factory; cold storage and packing plant. Ships stock,grain, and dairy products. Agriculture.The Independent was owned from 1901- 1919 by McLaughlin& Guldengopf; from 1919-1922 by Bruce Looby; and by Poison& Ford from 1922-1926, at which time it was purchased by thepresent owner. It is a weekly paper, and as the name implies isIndependent in politics. In 1927 the Independent set a new highadvertising linage mark for the 7000 weekly newspapers publishedin towns of 1000 population or less, and in the 1928 advertisinglinage survey the Independent was placed among the 2 5leading weekly newspapers in America. The Independent was alsoamong those presented with a certificate of award for general editorialexcellence and community service in 1928.Circulation, 2900.Advertising rate: local, 25c; foreign, 42c.Subscription rate: local. Si. 50; foreign, $2.50.MINONK NEWS-DISPATCH: Established 1874 by Irving Carrier. Ceditor and owner since 1904.Minonk, population, 1910. Located in Woodford County, 41miles northeast of Peoria. I. C; A. T. & S. F. R.R.'s. WoodfordCounty Tuberculosis Sanitorium. Coal mining. Poultry and produceshipping; agriculture.The News and Dispatch were consolidated by C. R. Densonin 1913. He had previously purchased the Minonk Register in 1904,changing the name to Dispatch, and in 1913 purchased the News,consolidating the two on that date. Previous owners of the Blade-Register-Dispatch included James M. Fort, Arthur C. Fort, ClarenceB. Hurtt, Daniel Davis, Frank Montgomery, and Al von Nordheim;owners of the News have been, B. K. Bruce, A. R. Warren, A. K.Tate, R. O. Shreve, and George Werkheiser. The News-Dispatchis published every Thursday and is Independent Republican in politicsCirculation, 2071.Advertising rate: local, 3 5c; foreign, 3 5c.Subscription rate: local, $2.00; foreign, $2.00.R. Denson.:OGDEN COURIER: Established 1893 by J. R. W'atkms. Charles \\ Dale.owner and editor.Ogden, population, 448. Situated in Champaign County, 17 miles west of Danville.C. C. C. & St. L. R.R. Shipping center for grain. Agriculture.The Courier is published weekly and is Republican in its political affiliation. Atvarious times in its history the Courier has been under the management of FrankRedmon, Frank Osborne, A. O. McDowell, and Roy Gilford.Circulation, 670.Advertising rate: local, 20c; foreign, 25c.Subscription rate: local, $1.50; foreign. $1.50.•S« St. Joseph Record; Fithian Hcrild.