Daily Republican.

When Sam. Kennedy was forced out of the Dispatch he said he thought he had bid farewell forever to newspaper life in Moline . Believing that an injustice had been done him by those he had considered his friends, he resolved once more to embark in the business.

A stock company was incorporated under the name of Kennedy & Co., with a capital stock of $20,000, only a portion of which was paid in, the remainder being subject to call. The company purchased an office, and on the 30th of April, 1883, the first number of the Daily Republican made its appearance. The good will and Subscription list of the Citizen was purchased, which formed the basis of the circulation of the weekly.

In his salutatory, Mr. Kennedy related his difficulties in connection with the Dispatch, and his attempts to repurchase the office. It was not until all attempts had failed that he concluded to establish the Republican. He gave notice that the new paper had such backing as would make it a succes.

The Daily Republican is a neat seven-column folio and is conducted with ability and care. Sam. Kennedy is a practical printer of many years' experience and ranks among the best in the State. Whatever he prints must be well done. The weekly edition is printed in two parts and thus supplied to its readers, making virtually a semi-weekly. This course, began as an experiment, has proven very satisfactory to the patrons of the paper. In August, 1885, the company purchased a building on the cor­ ner of 16th Street and Fourth Avenue , from which the paper is now published.

 

Portrait and Biographical Album of Rock Island County

Submitted by W.Caudell

 

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