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Life of Macon News founder Bob McKenney shaped by paper battles
The profile traces Bob McKenney’s rise from a school misfit in Alexander Ihere to Macon News circulation chief, owner, and editor. It recounts his rescue of the paper through mortgage crises, the 1870s launch, early printing trades, battles with rivals, and pivotal moves that built a local newspaper dynasty. It notes his civic work, marriages, religious ties, prohibition stance, and later travels and family.
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Macon News
Vertising
The
News
Bob McKenney
McKenney, Smith and Walton
Charles Smith
George Watson
Smith and Watsoon
Mr. McKenney
J. B. Rau
McKenney and Rau
Hal P. Moore
R. L. McKenney
Tom W. Loyless
Macon
McKenney
Vic Menard
J. W. Cabaniss
Exchange Bank
W. G. Solomon
R. H. Plant Bank
Charles Hurt
Plant
J. J. Cobb
Dime Savings Bank
Grace Mission
Oak Street
W. N. Ainsworth
K. of P
Mattie Woodruff
Westcott
Telegraph
Tom Loyless
Mr. Loyless
Tom Layless
McKeney
the News
United States
Alec Block
Moss
Hoover-Smith
Hoover Democrat
Midland City Hotel Company
Dempsey
Philharmonic Society
Macon Grand Opera Association
Macon Kiwania Club
Georgia
Associated Press
Wm. H. Taft
William McKinley
Dewey
A. O. Bacon
Herbert Hoover
Woodrow Wilson
Vineville Avenue
Tenember