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Illinois Newspaper Directory and HistoryQUINCY HERALD-WHIG AND JOURNAL: Established 183 5. C. F. Eichenauer,editor. Ray M. Oakley, manager. A. O. Lindsay, director of sales. Owned byQuincy Newspapers, Inc.Quincy, population, 39,221. County seat of Adams County, located on theMississippi River, 110 miles northwest of St. Louis, Missouri. C. B. & Q.; Wabash;Q. O. & K. C. R.R.'s. Bridge and ferry to West Quincy. Important manufacturing andcommercial center. Flour mills; brick and stove works; foundries.Elevator, pump, air compressor, incubator, store fixtures, stock food,egg case, paper, furniture, trunk, and lime manufactories. IllinoisState Sailors' and Soldiers' Home.The first paper to be established in Quincy was the BountyLand Register, which was founded in the early nineteenth century.In 1836, John H. Pettit, an ardent Quincy booster, purchased thispaper and changed the name to the Quincy Argus and Bounty LandRegister. In 1841 the name became the Quincy Herald, which itremained until the consolidation of the Herald-Whig and Journal.The Herald became a daily in 1SU). In 1891 Charles L. Miller.Edmond M. Botsford, and Hadley J.Eaton be-C. F. Eichenauir came the publishers. When Mr. Miller later leftthe paper, Botsford and Eaton remained as publishersfor nearly 2 5 years. The paper became an evening editionduring 1893, later printing a morning and evening paper. TheQuincy Whig was established in 1838 by three young lawyers, MaiorH. Sullivan, Nehemiah Bushnell, and A. Johnson. The Whig becamea daily in 18 52, the first edition printed being a six-columnfour-page paper. The Republican, founded in 18 57 was consolidatedwith the Whig the following year, the paper then being known asthe Quincy Whig and Republican. The firstevening edition of the Whig was publishedApril 9, 1860; in 1868 the paper became a morningpublication again; and in 1873 changed backA. O. I.1NI>S/\Yto an evening edition. Later it again became a morning paper. TheWhig was taken over by a stock company in 1881, and in December1915 the entire stock was sold to A. O. Lindsay, director of sales.'nd co-publisher of the present publication. It was during theturbulent political period following the assassination of PresidentGarfield, that the Quincy Journal was founded in 188 3, by JamesH. Richardson and H. N. Wheeler. In 188 8 the Quincy Daily Newswas purchased by the Journal. Mr. Wheeler was for many yearsRa\ M Oakmanaging director and editor of the Journal, and at the time ofhis death in 1916 was sole owner of the company. Upon his death,the newspaper was placed in the hands of trustees, with Mr. Wheeler's son, J. R. Wheeler,as manager of the business. The Whig Company purchased the Journal in 192 and forsix years the paper was known as the Whig-Journal. The Whig- Journal and Heraldwere consolidated June 1, 1926, and the paper is now published by a corporation,Quincy Newspapers, Incorporated. The Herald-Whig publishes three papers—one anevening paper for the local readers, a morning paper for the rural districts, and a Sundaypaper. It is Independent in political affiliation.Circulation, 29,5 18.Advertising rate: local, $1.75; foreign, lie per line, daily; 12c per line, Sunday.Subscription rate: local, $10.40; foreign, $10.40.448