History of the Moline newspaper lineage and key staff
The article traces the Moline press history from the Moline Daily Republlican to the Daily Journal and outlines ownership changes, management shifts, and editor transitions. It notes figures like Sam Kennedy and Ezra Eastman, plus Myron Jordan, and mentions the consolidation with the Evening Journal and various early city editors and printers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline Daily Journal
Moline Daily
Republlican
Moline
Me Sam Wkennedy
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Kennedy & Com- Pans Sith
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Congress
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Lherra L Eastman
Myron Jordan
The
Evening Journal
Journal Boosts Its Roots in Local Press History
A historical account details the consolidation of the Republican and Journal under the Republican Journal banner, key figures like Eastman Jordan and Paterson shaping the growth, the paper’s move to a modern plant on Library Street, and the evolution of staff including Stanley, Watters, Foster, Lind, and Earstman as they built a prominent four page colored Sunday section and loyal readership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitean
Union
W P Ammerman
R. G Clendenin
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Dispatch
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Stanley
Sunday Mail
Gustaf Svensson Est
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Jordan
Eastman and
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Chicago
Springfield
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Library Street
Foster
Galena St
Fred Lind
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Journal Printing Company
J Maurice Farnham
T I Stanley
Warren L. Eastman
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Fuspater
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Eastman
Toeeves
Minthe Ratoham
Athananer
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Jordana
Farnham
Charles
Joes Quinters Seerette
Pogeapnde
Map Steerebor
John Mopfelt
Berg
Mr Freel
Femok
Journal Ag
Edlty
Watters
Tim of Watters & Anderson
Decree & Company
Tdoom
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Dads
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Mr White
Siam
Pssst
Jock Geren
Clinton Herald
Giraom
Metitynn
Earstmin
Plowman Publishing Company
Bulding
Earstman
Jones & Mas
Herbert McKeever
Bright
Cfty Poagen
LT Usworth Rundquist
Eolage Atheons
Duster 19
Unitarian
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Bast
Ehtgehy Sethet News
Bert
Maine
Geo, E. Holt
C Oscar Peterson
Rudolph I. Norton
Chas JO Smith W C White
John T Thorpe
Charles D. Watters
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