Kewanee Courier.

The Kewanee Courier was founded in March, 1876, by Dr. C. N. Whitney, an old newspaper man, former publisher of several papers in Minnesota and Illinois , and at one time editor of the Quincy Daily Whig. He now resides at Washington , D. C., holding a prominent position under the Government.

During the year 1878 the paper was managed by a business partner of Mr. Whitney's, E. H. Phelps, formerly of the Wyoming Post, and now a prominent real-estate and insurance agent in Kansas City . In the fall of 1879 the paper was leased by its present publishers, Chesley & Bro., printers from Vermont State , and January 1, 1882, was purchased by its present proprietor, T. H. Chesley.

It is a six-column quarto, all home print. It is and has been a stanch Republican organ, though never an "offensive partisan." It is a credit to the city and worthy the liberal patronage it enjoys, both as an advertising medium and a family newspaper.

 

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Submitted by W. Caudell

 

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