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HendersonIllinois Newspaper Directory and HistoryOQUAWKA, HENDERSON COUNTY JOURNAL: Established 1878 by EugeneA. Hail. R. E. Brooking, owner and editor since 1923.Oquawka, population, 777 . County population between 7000 and 8000.Located on the Mississippi river in Henderson County, 12 miles above Burlington, Iowa.C. B. & Q. R.R. Pearl button, cigar, and broom factories. Fisheries. Limestone deposits.Agriculture. One of the most historic towns in the state, containingthe burial place of Blackhawk's daughter; the old Colonialcourthouse where Stephen A. Douglas presided as its first circuitjudge; and the home of Sumner Phelps, where Abraham Lincolnvisited on his tour of debates with Douglas, his room being keptintact as it was at the time of his visit.The Henderson County Journal was established by the presentowner's step-father, Eugene A. Hail, in 1878, and has since beenissued continuously for nearly 56 years, never missing a week's publication.R. E. Brooking, the present owner, has been editor of theJournal for the past ten years, and ten years prior to that was a silentpartner of Mr. Hail. Hence the Journal has been kept in one familysince its beginning. This is a weekly paper, appearing every Thursday.politics. It is the county paper and circulates in every village andIt is Republican intownship of the county, hence it reaches both the city folks and the farmers.Circulation, 1125.Advertising rate: local, 20c; foreign, 2 5c.Subscription rate: local, $2.00; foreign, $2.00.OTTAWA, LA SALLE COUNTY HEROLD: Established IS80 by C. Zwanzig,who has been editor and publisher since that date. Mrs. C. Zwanzig, owner.Ottawa, population, 15,042. County seat of LaSalle County,located on the Illinois River and the Illinois and Michigan Canal,14 miles east of LaSalle. C. B. & Q.; C. R. I. & P. R.R.'s. Glass,plate glass, fire brick, building tile, clay products, elevators, corndumps, radium, steel and foundry products, and garment and farmimplement manufactories. Pleasant View Lutheran College; St.Xavier's Academy; Ottawa Tuberculosis Sanatorium. Coal mines,clay and silica sand pits. Silica sand is mined, washed, dried, andshipped. Agriculture.The Herold is a weekly publication, appearing every Friday.It is Independent in political affiliation.Advertising rate: local, $1.40 per inch.Subscription rate: local, $3.50; foreign, $4.50.ROSEVILLE TIMES-CITIZEN: Established 1878. Roseville Printing & PublishingCompany, owner; E. E. Burns, editor.Roseville, population, 975. Located in Warren Countv, 22 miles southwest of Galesburg.C. B. & Q. R.R. Agriculture.The Times-Citizen is published on Thursday afternoon, and is Independent in politics.Circulation, 1026.Advertising rate: local, 21c; foreign, 21c.Subscription rate: local, S2.00; foreign, $2.00.509