The Daily Union is the city newspaper for Junction City, Kansas , United States, and one of the oldest in the state.
4-609: The paper had its origin in the Smoky Hill and Republican Union which began publishing on September 19, 1861, founded by George W. Kingsbury. The Daily Union in its final incarnation began publishing on June 24, 1896, under the ownership of John Montgomery, E.M. Gilbert, and W.C. Moore. The paper was locally owned by the Montgomery family from in 1888 to 2016. That year, The White Corporation purchased Montgomery Communications papers. On May 1, 2018, Seaton Publishing Co, Inc. purchased
8-664: The Republican Party following the 1896 publication of " What's the Matter With Kansas ?", a White editorial that harshly criticized populism and the Presidential campaign of William Jennings Bryan . White struck up a friendship with US President Theodore Roosevelt who stayed at the White home, called Red Rocks , during cross-country trips. White won the 1923 Pulitzer Prize for his editorial, " To an Anxious Friend ", after he
12-757: The Junction City Daily Union and the Flint Hills Shopper. This article about a Kansas newspaper is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Emporia Gazette The Emporia Gazette is a daily newspaper in Emporia, Kansas . William Allen White bought the newspaper for $ 3,000 ($ 109,872 in 2023 dollars ) in 1895. Through his editorship, over the next five decades, he became an iconic figure in American journalism and political life. The paper rose to national prominence and influence in
16-737: Was arrested for a free speech violation of a newly enacted law pushed by Kansas Governor Henry Justin Allen . White's autobiography, published posthumously, won the 1947 Pulitzer Prize . The newspaper is still published by the White family. Besides owning The Emporia Gazette, The White family owns The St. Marys Star in St. Marys, Kansas , The Chase County Leader-News in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas , and as of 5 November 2013, The Westmoreland Recorder in Westmoreland, Kansas . The White Corporation added
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