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Organized, 1859; named for A. M. Coffey, member of the first Kansas territorial legislature; County seat, Burlington; area, 648 square miles, 414,-720 acres; population (1915), 14,986; assessed valuation (1915), $24,124,552; resources and industries—natural gas, agriculture, and stock raising BURLINGTON Population (1915), 2251; elevation, 1030 feet; established, 1857; named for Burlington, VT; industries—water power and mills, tile factory; has electric lights, telephones, public library and municipal waterworks; is in the natural gas district; is on the Santa Fe and the M. K. & T. railways Burlington Discontinued Burlington Short-lived--Vol. 1 Burlington Short-lived--Vol. 2 REPUBLICAN, Republican; John Redmond, editor and proprietor, Burlington. Weekly. Jan. 25, 1882—Oct. 12, 1915. 34 vols. Daily [evening] (2d). Apr. 2, 1906 + 15 vols. This paper is a continuation of the following: The Kansas Patriot,, Burlington, founded 1864 by S. S. Prouty; name changed 1870 to Burlington Patriot, A, D. Brown, editor and publisher; consolidated in 1886 with the Burlington Republican, founded in 1882 by W. S. Hebron and George Sweesey; continued as the Burlington Republican-Patriot, W. S. Hebron and C. O. Smith, editors and publishers; name changed in 1888 to the Burlington Republican, C. O. Smith, editor and publisher; a daily edition of the Republican was started in 1887 by Mr. Smith but discontinued the same year. The Burlington Independent, founded 1875 by A. H. Smith; name changed 1907 to Burlington Democrat, with Flory & Son, editors and publishers; in 1910 name again became the Independent, A. R. English, editor and publisher; consolidated in 1914 with the Burlington Republican. The Waverly Sun was founded in 1892 [no issues on file in the Society's collection], moved to Burlington in 1895, and continued as the Jeffersonian, the first issue being vol. 3, No. 21, Feb. 9, 1895, Dan K. Swearingen, editor and publisher. A daily edition of the Jeffersonian was started by Mr. Swearingen in 1895, which in 1898 absorbed the Daily News, founded in 1896, John Redmond editor and manager. In 1906 the Jeffersonian, daily and weekly, was consolidated with the Burlington Republican, John Redmond, editor and publisher. The Republican also claims to be the successor of the following: Burlington Nonpareil, founded 1886 by E. L. Brown; discontinued in 1893, at which time A. D. Brown was editor and publisher. A daily edition of the Nonpareil was started in Apr. 1887, and discontinued after a few weeks. The Farm Record, an outgrowth of the Western Real Estate Journal, founded at Topeka by I. W. Pack in 1884; name changed same year to City and Farm Record and Western Real Estate Journal; moved to Burlington in 1890, and published as the Farm Record, by I. W. Pack; sold to Messrs. M. M. Bowman and G. W. Neisberger in 1891 and name changed to the Courier, using the old volume and number the first few issues. The office of the Courier was destroyed by fire Oct. 23, 1901, after which the paper wasdiscontinued. The Herald and the Times; concerning these nothing is known, since no issues are on file in the Historical Society's collection. The weekly edition of the Republican was discontinued Oct 1915 GRIDLEY Population (1915), 283; elevation, 1031 feet: established about 1886; has telephones; is on the Santa Fe and the Missouri Pacific railways Gridley Discontinued Gridley Short-lived--Vol. 1 LIGHT, independent; Tom W. Flory, editor and publisher, Gridley. Weekly. Dec. 20, 1907 + 8 vols. Founded 1907 by S. R. Osborn LEBO Population (1915), 535; elevation, 1155 feet; established, 1883; named for Lebo creek, which bears the name of an early settler of the County; has telephones; is on the Santa Fe railway Lebo Discontinued ENTERPRISE, Republican; Mrs. Mary E. Evans, editor and publisher, Lebo. Weekly. May 28, 1891—1905. 15 vols. Founded 1891 by W. P. Evans. Not received by the Historical Society since Sept. 21, 1905 STAR, independent; Austin A. Torrance, editor and publisher, Lebo. Weekly. 1908 + 8 vols. Founded 1908 by Austin A. Torrance LE ROY Population (1915), 733; elevation, 990 feet; established, 1855; named for Le Roy, IL; industries—vitrified brick plant, mills, wagon factory; natural gas district; telephones; is on the Missouri Pacific railway Le Roy Discontinued REPORTER, Democratic; Glick Fockele, editor and manager, Le Roy. Weekly. Dec. 26, 1879 + 36 vols. Founded 1879 by S. H. Dodge. The Busy Bee, Le Roy, founded 1900 by J. S. and Harry Covert; name changed in 1903 to the Comment, with same management; absorbed by the Reporter in 1910. Neosho Valley Blade, Le Roy, founded 1901 by Ovid J. Goodwin; merged with the Reporter in 1903, with Frank Fockele, editor and publisher WAVERLY Population (1915), 689; elevation, 1127 feet; established 1878; named for Waverly, IN; has electric lights, waterworks, telephones and public library; is on the Missouri Pacific and Santa Fe railways Waverly Discontinued Waverly Short-lived--Vol. 2 GAZETTE, Republican; O. J. Rose, editor and publisher, Waverly. Weekly. Jan. 26, 1889 + 27 vols. This paper is the continuation of the Gridley Gazette, founded 1887 by Dan Swearingen. moved to Burlington in 1888 and continued as the Gazette, with Mr. Swearingen still in charge; again moved by him in 1889 to Waverly, where it was issued as the Waverly Gazette, with new volume and number. From May 28 to Dec. 31, 1897, it was called Post-Gazette
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