Melville Elijah Stone American Publisher Founded The Chicago Daily News Died 1929 - August 22 in History | This Day Story

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August 22, 1848

Melville Elijah Stone, American publisher, founded the Chicago Daily News (died 1929)

Melville Elijah Stone

Melville Elijah Stone was an American newspaper publisher, the founder of the Chicago Daily News, and was the general manager of the reorganized Associated Press.

Chicago Daily News

The Chicago Daily News was an afternoon daily newspaper in the midwestern United States, published between 1875 and 1978 in Chicago, Illinois.

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