The Manhattan Mercury is the local

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for

Manhattan, Kansas Manhattan is a city and county seat of Riley County, Kansas, United States, although the city extends into Pottawatomie County. It is located in northeastern Kansas at the junction of the Kansas River and Big Blue River. As of the 2020 cen ...

. The ''Mercury'' is a daily newspaper published in the afternoon five days a week, and in the morning on Sunday. No Saturday edition is issued. The newspaper is physically printed on the ''Mercury's'' own in-house presses. The newspaper also maintains an online presence.

History

The ''Mercury'' was founded as a weekly publication on May 9, 1884, at a time when Manhattan was already served by two other competing newspapers. It became a daily on February 8, 1909. After passing through four different owners, the newspaper was purchased by Fay N. Seaton in 1915. He was the founder of the Seaton publishing group, which still owns the paper. Fay Seaton ran the paper until his death in 1952. During his time as publisher, ''The Mercury'' bought out all of its in-town rivals, beginning with the ''Morning Chronicle'' around 1915. Seaton thereafter operated the ''Chronicle'' as a separate paper until 1943, when it was merged with the ''Mercury''. In 1926, Seaton purchased the ''Manhattan Nationalist'' – the oldest newspaper in Manhattan, dating back to 1859 – and began operating under both names (until 1943). Fay Seaton's son

Fred Andrew Seaton Frederick Andrew Seaton (December 11, 1909 – January 16, 1974) was an American newspaperman and politician. He represented the U.S. state of Nebraska in the U.S. Senate and served as U.S. Secretary of the Interior during Dwight D. Eise ...

ran another newspaper in the Seaton publishing group, the ''Hastings (Neb.) Tribune'', before entering into politics.

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The Manhattan Mercury
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