Illinois newspaper directory. History of the Illinois press association

**% *»» 3|-._nameIllinois Newspaper Directory and UnionDANVILLE COMMERCIAL-NEWS: Established 1866 by Short & Wright.1E. C. Hewes, business manager. NorthwesternPublishing Co., owners.Danville, population, 36,646. Situated in Vermilion County, 124 miles south ofChicago. C. & E. I.; C. C. C. & St. L.; N. Y. C; Wabash R.R.'s. Railroad shops; lumbermills; smelters;^^^^^^^^^^^brick yards; hardware factories;^^^^^H boiler and iron works. Coal mines. Agriculture.^^B The Commercial-News of today representsthe best in Danville's newspapers, consolidationleft this paper the sole survivor in the field. The«••_ jSNt first editor of the old Danville Commercial was^A P. D. Hammond, under the ownership of ShortJUk *" .^H & Wright. In 1S6? they bought the Danville\ *\ ^^ I'l nndealer, merging the two papers under theV i] of Commercial and Plaindealer, but droppingthe latter name in 1868, when the paperE. C Htms became the Danville Daily Commercial. In October,1867, Mr. J. G. Kingsbury became theeditorial associate of Mr. Hammond on the Commercial, and in the same year. John C.Short retired from the firm, being succeeded by Abraham Sandusky and Andrew Gundy,the firm then being known as John C. Short & Co. On July 14, 1873, A. Harper andO. E. Harper became the publishers under the firm name of Harper Brothers. After severalminor changes the paper was finallv sold to John H. Harrison and W. J. Parrett in1898. The late Mr. Harrison was editor for 30 years, and the late Mr. Parrett was generalmanager until his death in 1933. The Commercial-News is published every evening withthe exception of Sunday, and on that day, publishes a morning edition.Circulation, 29,000.Advertising rate: local, sliding scale; foreign,'8 jc per line.Subscription rate: local, S4.00; foreign, $7.50.:DEER CREEK PROGRESS: Established 1892 by J. P. Slvter, the present editor.Published by Washington Printing Company.Deer Creek, population, 344. Located in Tazewell County, 14 miles east southeastof Peoria. N. Y. C. & St. L. R.R.'s. Agriculture.The Progress is a weekly paper, issued every Thursday, and is Independent inpolitical affiliation. It was founded by J. P. Slvter who controlled it until it was purchasedby the Washington Printing Company in 1928. Mr. Slyter has continued with theProgress as editor and business manager.Circulation, 5 2 8.Advertising rate: local, 20c; foreign, 25c.Subscription rate: local, SI. 50; foreign, Si. 50.I. S.DIVERNON NEWS: Established 1889 by I. T. Maupin.Dunn, publisher. T, P. Dunn, editor and business manager.Divernon, population, 1SS0. Located in Sangamon County.16 miles south of Springfield. I. C. R.R. Coal mines. Agriculture.The News is a weekly paper, with publication every Thursday.It is Republican in politics. I. T. Maupin was a former owner ofthe News.Circulation, 6 5 0.Advertising rate: local, 20c; foreign, 25c.Subscription rate: local, $2.00; foreign, S2.00.also Ladd Journal; Spring Valley Ga605