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The Montgomery County Journal

The Montgomery County Journal is a Crawfordsville, Indiana, United States of America newspaper that services the towns of Crawfordsville and Montgomery counties. It has over 10,000 subscribers and is available in broadband and electronic form. Originally, it was established on July 27, 1848 and is considered one of the oldest newspapers in Indiana, United States of America. The names of the newspaper changed over ten times between the 1848-1929 that the numerous owners decided to create different entities so that they could keep some of the names the same. This paper survived numerous takeovers, changes in ownership and political coups. In politics, this paper supported the Whig party until the mid-1850’s and has remained a Republican party ever since. (The Journal Review, 2019) The paper has received numerous accommodations from the community for its community dedication for environmental change. (Muckrack Media Outlet, 2019)

‘’History”

‘’’The Journal’’’, also known as ‘’’The Montgomery Journal’’’, ‘’’The Saturday Evening Journal’’’, ‘’’The Daily Journal,’’’ and ‘’’The Weekly Journal’’’ debuted on July 27, 1848 as ‘’’The Montgomery Journal’’’ with Dr. T. W. Fry as editor and Jeremiah Keeney as publisher. In politics this paper supported the Whig party until the mid-1850’s. Soon after, the paper started to support the Republican party. In August of 1856 Fry and Keeney sold out to J.A. Gilkey and D.M. Cantrill, who altered the title to ‘’’The Journal’’’. (30 Years of Growth 100 Years of Service, 1997) Because they were not financially successful in the newspaper business, they were forced to sell the paper back to Jeremiah Keeney in 1858. In 1866, Keeney sold the publication to George W. Snyder, and in April 1868, Snyder sold it to Thomas McCain and J.H. Hendrichs. John Talbert purchased Hendrichs interest in November of 1968. April 2, 1874, the title of the paper was altered to ‘’’The Saturday Evening Journal’’’. The following year, Talbot sold his interest to McCain and the name was again changed to ‘’’The Dailey Journal’’’. Thus, began the daily addition of the paper that is still in circulation today. In May 1882, McCain formed The Journal Company with his son Arthur and Jesse A. Greene. Thomas McCain continued to serve as editor, publisher and president of the paper until his death on May 1, 1898. His son Arthur succeeded him as publisher and Greene as the editor. Mr. and Mrs. Fred McCain inherited interest in ‘’’The Journal’’’ after Thomas McCain’s death. In 1901, Jesse Greene sold his interest to the McCain family and Arthur McCain continued to run the paper until Arthur McCain sold his interest to Alaric M. Smith on December 3, 1916. Smith served as editor and publisher until Mr. and Mrs. Fred McCain sold him their interest in 1919. Around this time, the weekly addition was discontinued until October 14, 1929 when ‘’’The Journal’’’ was combined with ‘’’The Review” to form ‘’’Journal-Review’’’ (Miller, 1982) The new owners were H. Foster Fudge, publisher and Walty Coons, editor from ‘’’The Review’’’ and Smith from ‘’’The Journal’’’. Coons died in 1930 and Fudge and Smith purchased his interest. When Smith died in 1945, Fudge became the sole owner and then partnered with his son-in-law W. Addington Vance. After Fudge’s death, Vance sold the paper ‘’’The Journal-Review’’’ to ‘’’Freedom Newspaper, 20 April 2019 (UTC)’’’, a nationwide newspaper chain headed by C.W. Holies. Holies named James J. McMillen publisher. In 1979, McMillen was succeeded by Robert L. Lyons, who continued to publish the paper until 1980. In 1989, Johnny J. Henshaw took over as editor and his son, John J. Henshaw Jr. continues to run the paper as of April 2019.

‘’References’’

30 Years of Growth 100 Years of Service. (1997, April 1). Retrieved February 28, 2019, from Faith Fabric: http:www.faithfabric.com Miller, J. (1982). Indiana Newspaper Bibliography. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, p 320-323. Muckrack Media Outlet. (2019, April 2). Retrieved from The Journal Review: http://www.muckrack.com The Journal Review. (2019, 04 1). Retrieved from www.journalreview.com: http://www.journalreview.com Davislori (talk) 02:43, 20 April 2019 (UTC)