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Show OLD NEWSPAPER DIES. The suspension of tho St. Louis' Republic Re-public marks the passing of one of the oldest newspapers iu the middle west. It had been continuously published pub-lished for more than 111 years. At one time it was regarded as a leader among west-of-the-Mississippi journals. jour-nals. It has. been disposed of to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, for years the mouthpiece of Jo:eph MeCullough, always a virile aud prosperous newspaper. news-paper. For some years the Republic has been in decline. At the time of its sale it was owned principally by David It. Francis, former ambassador to Russia. The Republic published ils first issue is-sue in 1S0S as the Missouri Gazette, a weekly publication, and a year later became be-came the Louisiana Gazette. It was then the only newspaper printed in the Louisiana territory and Joseph Charles, an Irish immigrant, was its editor. In 1S22 it was renamed , the Missouri Republican, Re-publican, was a scmiweekly and blossomed blos-somed into a daily publication fourteen four-teen years later. In 1SS8 it became the Republic. Mr. Francis became virtual vir-tual owner in 1911. Although since 1S22 it was known as the Missouri Republican the now extinct ex-tinct newspaper always has been Djmi-ocratic. Djmi-ocratic. On the other hand, the Globe-Democrat Globe-Democrat is and has been a Republican newspaper. So much for mere newspaper news-paper names. The Republic exerted a powerful influence in the days of its prosperity and at one time boasted the largest circulation in its region. Its passing adds another famous headstone to the journalistic graveyard. The names of the Worcester Spy, the Chicago Chi-cago Times, the Xew York Daily News, the Cleveland Herald, the Chicago Record, Rec-ord, the Chicago Inter-Ocean and the Pittsburg Xews are a few of the numerous nu-merous newspapers once leaders in their localities, now nonexistent. |