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Illinois Newspaper Directory and HistoryMONMOUTH REVIEW ATLAS: Established 1924 by Hugh R. Moffett, whohas been editor and publisher since that date.Monmouth, population, 87S2.Hugh R. MoffettCounty seat of Warren County,located 179 miles west of Chicago. C. B. & Q.; M. & St. L.; R. I. S.R.R.'s. Stoneware, farm machinery, and cigar factories. Coal mines,brick clay deposits. Seat of Monmouth College. Agriculture.The Review Atlas is a consolidation of the old Review, establishedin 185 5, and the Atlas, founded 1846. The Review wasfounded by Alexander Hamilton Swain as a Democratic paper.Hugh R. Moffet became associated with Mr. Swain in 1883, succeedinghim as editor in 1886. The Atlas, established by C. K. Smith& Company, was Republican in politics. In 18 57 it was purchasedby John S. Clark, who with his son, Sam S. Clark, were its publishersuntil the early eighties. Since that time it has had variousowners and editors until the consolidation. The Review Atlas ispublished daily with the exception of Sunday, and is Independentin politics. This paper circulates in Warren, Henderson, and Mercer counties, and isthe only daily newspaper published exclusively for this field.Advertising rate: local, H)c; foreign, 49c.Subscription rate: local, S6.00; foreign, $4.00, $6.00. Circulation, 5 200.MORRISON, WHITESIDE SENTINEL: Established 187S by A McFadden. Publishers,Bent Brothers, Charles Bent, Jr., editor and part owner. H. A. Bent, businessmanager and part owner.Morrison, population, 3 067. Located inWhiteside County, 124 miles west of Chicago.C. & N. W. R.R. Stove, cement, tile, refrigerator,school desk and seat and condensed milkfactories. Diversified farming.The Whiteside Sentinel is a tri-weekly publicationand is issued on Monday, Wednesday,and Friday. It is Republican in political affiliation.M. Savage, Robert Welch, Charles Bent,and Charles Bent & Son, are among the formerowners of this paper.Charles Bent, Jr. Circulation, 1890.Harry A. BentAdvertising rate: local, 30c; foreign, 40c.Subscription rate: local, $2.50; foreign, $2.50; carrier, $3.00.\V[ si I-. 1 . t Iakiiisi 1MOUNT AUBURN TRIBUNE: Established 1901 by P. TDanford & Son. Wesley L. Hardisty, editor and publisher since 1914.Mount Auburn, population, 493. Christian County, 20 mileseast of Springfield. B. & O. R.R. Agriculture. Highest elevationin Central Illinois. Founded 1839.The Tribune includes among its former owners, P. T. Danford& Son, P. T. Danford, Danford Bros., T. A. Danford, C. O. Gates,and F. D. Slate. The Tribune is a weekly paper, Independent inpolitics.Circulation, 1200.Advertising rate: local, 2 5c; foreign, 18c.Subscription rate: local, $1.5 0; foreign, $1.5 0.414