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The News- Mirror is a newspaper that was produced in the small-town bourbon Indiana which is located in Marshall County Indiana. The newspaper its self is composed of four newspapers the mirror and the news being the two major papers whereas the Advance and the Democrat were later absorbed. The mirror is the oldest of the two papers being founded in 1871 by Ignatius Mattingly and his son in law William Geddes. One year later Geddes would sell his interest back to Ignatius Mattingly whos son would step in and become a partner in 1877. Editors of the independent republican party journal included Bud Mattingly, A.R. Zimmerman William Escott, and S. E. Harris. In 1896 the Mattingly's sold the Mirror to Zimmerman who changed the papers political affiliation to democratic. in 1897 Zimmerman sold the journal to Escott who sold out to J.C. Shuler in November 1900. The News was started by C. M. and S. E. Harris in 1893 as a non-political, local paper. November 8, 1900, S. E. Harris who was the sole owner sold the publication to J.C. Shuler who then combined the two newspapers to form the News-Mirror.