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Illinois newspaper directory. History of the Illinois press association

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<strong>Illinois</strong> Newspaper Directory and <strong>History</strong>ONARGA LEADER & REVIEW: Established 1894 by Palmer & Gilbert.R. R. and R. H. Carter, owners and editors.Onarga, population, 1456. Situated in Iroquois County, 30 miles southwest <strong>of</strong>Kankakee, on I. C. R.R. and Routes 2 5 and 48. Iroquois Canning Corporation: OnargaNursery Company; Gould Peony farm. Onarga Military School.C. E. Carter R. H. CarterThe Leader & Review is a consolidation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Review, founded in 1872 by E. W.Warren and <strong>the</strong> Leader, founded by John Lowe in 1885. The Leader & Review is a weeklypublication and is Republican in politics. Previous owners <strong>of</strong> this paper have includedPalmer & Gilbert, Gilbert & Owen, and C. E. Carter.Circulation, SOU.Advertising rate: local, 20, 2 5c; foreign, 2 5c.Subscription rate: local, $2.00; foreign, $2.00.PEORIA DAILY RECORD: Established 192 5 by George C. Cramer andE. E. Soules. Owned by <strong>the</strong> Record Publishing Company, George C. Cramer, president.E. E. Soules, secretary and treasurer. George E. Johnson, editor.The Peoria Daily Record is published every morning with <strong>the</strong>exception <strong>of</strong> Sunday, and is Independent in politics. This paper wasfounded as <strong>the</strong> result <strong>of</strong> an idea that Peoria, <strong>the</strong>n a city <strong>of</strong> approximately90,000, was in definite need <strong>of</strong> a compact and concise legalpublication, giving not only city statistics, but calendars and minutes<strong>of</strong> proceedings in all courts, probate matters,and news matterinstruments recorded, <strong>of</strong> a business nature. This is <strong>the</strong> second <strong>newspaper</strong><strong>of</strong> its kind in <strong>Illinois</strong>, <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r being<strong>the</strong> Chicago Municipal Law Review. At <strong>the</strong>time <strong>of</strong> its founding, Peoria was <strong>the</strong> smallestcity in <strong>the</strong> United States to have a paper <strong>of</strong>'t ^1 ' sGeorgi 1 FohnsonryP e w tn lts peculiar appeal to business'and pr<strong>of</strong>essional men. There are now approximately40 daily <strong>newspaper</strong>s <strong>of</strong> this kind affiliated with <strong>the</strong> AssociatedCourt and Commercial Newspapers.Circulation, 5 00.Advertising rate: local, 5 0c; foreign, 5 6c.Subscription rate: local, $12; foreign, $12; in advance, $11. George C456

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