The ''Emporia Gazette'' is a daily

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Emporia, Kansas Emporia is a city in and the county seat of Lyon County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 24,139. Emporia lies between Topeka and Wichita at the intersection of U.S. Route 50 with Interstates 335 ...

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William Allen White William Allen White (February 10, 1868 – January 29, 1944) was an American newspaper editor, politician, author, and leader of the Progressive movement. Between 1896 and his death, White became a spokesman for middle America. At a 1937 ...

bought the newspaper for $3,000 ($ in 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 the Republican Party following the 1896 publication of "What's the Matter With Kansas?", a White

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that harshly criticized

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and the Presidential campaign of

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. White struck up a friendship with US President

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who stayed at the White home, called

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, during cross-country trips. White won the 1923 Pulitzer Prize for his editorial, " To an Anxious Friend", after he was arrested for a free speech violation of a newly enacted law pushed by Kansas Governor

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. 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

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,The White Family also owns ''The St. Mary's Star'', in St. Mary's, Kansas, and ''The Chase County Leader-News''
/ref> and as of 5 November 2013, ''The Westmoreland Recorder,'' in

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.''Emporia Gazette'' purchases ''The Westmoreland Recorder''
/ref> The White Corporation added the '' Junction City Union'', ''

The Abilene Reflector-Chronicle ''The Abilene Reflector-Chronicle'' is a daily newspaper in Abilene, Kansas with a circulation of about 3,000. The newspaper also maintains an online presence. It is a union of the ''Abilene Daily Chronicle'' (founded 1933) and the ''Abilene Daily ...

'' and the ''

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Smoke Signal'' to its newspaper family in March 2016.

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On May 1, 2018, Seaton Publishing Co, Inc. purchased the Junction City Daily Union and the Flint Hills Shopper.

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* Emporia, Kansas Newspapers published in Kansas {{Kansas-newspaper-stub

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