The ''Peabody Gazette-Bulletin'' is a local
weekly newspaper
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for the cities of
Peabody,
Burns,
Florence
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in the state of
Kansas
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. The paper publishes every Wednesday. The newspaper also maintains an online presence.
History
The ''Peabody Gazette'' newspaper was founded in 1873 by J.P. Church. There was a daily edition in 1887 by W.H. Morgan, but it went back to a weekly edition during the same year. The ''Peabody Graphic'' newspaper existed from May 20 to June 19 of 1891. The ''Peabody Herald'' newspaper was founded in 1911 by C.T. Weaver. The ''Gazette'' and ''Herald'' consolidated into the ''Peabody Gazette-Herald'' in 1915 by
Oscar S. Stauffer.
Notable editors
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Oscar Stanley Stauffer (1886-1982),
Oscar Stauffer Obituatary.
/ref> founder of Stauffer Communications
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, editor of ''Peabody Gazette-Herald'' newspaper from 1915 to 1922.[''Peabody : The First 100 Years''; Peabody Historical Society; Peabody Gazette-Herald in Peabody, KS; 123 pages; 1971.]
See also
:The other newspapers in Marion County are ''Hillsboro Free Press
The ''Hillsboro Free Press'' is a local weekly newspaper from Hillsboro, Kansas
Hillsboro is a city in Marion County, Kansas, United States. Hillsboro was named after John Gillespie Hill, who homesteaded in the area in 1871.Hillsboro Kansa ...
'', '' Hillsboro Star-Journal'', '' Marion County Record''.
References
External links
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Peabody Newspaper Archive
1876 to 2019.
Weekly newspapers published in the United States
Newspapers published in Kansas
Marion County, Kansas
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