Edwardsville Intelligencer

The newspaper was founded as the Madison Intelligencer in 1862; it was a Democratic newspaper.{{Cite web |title=The Madison Intelligencer (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1862-1868 |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn91061021/ |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}{{Cite web |last=Nunes |first=Bill |date=2021-12-07 |title=Edwardsville tidbits |url=https://www.theintelligencer.com/insider/article/Edwardsville-tidbits-16682148.php |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=The Edwardsville Intelligencer |language=en-US}}{{Cite journal |last=Adams |first=James N. |date=1954 |title=Rare Newspapers in Historical Library |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40189374 |journal=Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society |volume=47 |issue=2 |pages=193–196 |issn=0019-2287}} It was published by James R. Brown and Henry C. Barnsback. In 1868, it became the Edwardsville Intelligencer.{{Cite web |title=The Edwardsville Intelligencer (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1868-Current |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn85033589/ |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}

A building for the newspaper office was constructed for Charles Boeschenstein{{Cite journal |date=1964 |title=News and Comment |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40190110 |journal=Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society |volume=57 |issue=1 |pages=97–112 |issn=0019-2287}} near the courthouse at 108 St. Louis Street. In 1923, the paper moved to 117 N Second Street.{{Cite news |last=Bolinger |first=Charles |date=2023-05-21 |title=Edwardsville Historic Preservation Commission hands out 3 awards |url=https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/edwardsville-historic-preservation-panel-gives-18106582.php |access-date=2023-11-13}}

On November 14, 1937, the Intelligencer published a special 75th Anniversary edition, which included history of Edwardsville and Madison County.{{Cite journal |date=1938 |title=Historical News |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40187494 |journal=Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society |volume=30 |issue=4 |pages=507–511 |issn=0019-2287}} In 1962, the Intelligencer joined the Granite City Press-Record and the Alton Telegraph to publish a sesquicentennial history of Madison County.{{Cite book |last=Granite City Press-Record |url=http://archive.org/details/GCPR.1962.09.04.MADCO-150 |title=Granite City Press-Record {{!}} Madison County Sesquicentennial Edition {{!}} September 4, 1962 |date=1962-09-04}}

In 1960, longtime owner and publisher Gilbert Giese sold it to the owner of the Holyoke Transcript-Telegram.{{cite news |title=Lindsay-Schaub Company Buys Edwardsville Intelligencer |work=The Daily Egyptian |date=June 2, 1964 |pages=4 |url=http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=de_June1964}} In 1964, the newspaper was purchased by Decatur, Illinois-based Lindsay-Schaub Newspapers. It was acquired by the Hearst Corporation in 1979.

In 2019, the Intelligencer switched from route delivery to US Postal Service delivery.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2019-01-04 |title=Intelligencer to shift its services to mail delivery |url=https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Intelligencer-to-shift-its-services-to-mail-13508632.php |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=The Edwardsville Intelligencer |language=en-US}} On May 29, 2019, the newspaper office moved to its current headquarters on 116 North Main Street.{{Cite web |title=Contact Us |url=https://www.theintelligencer.com/contact/ |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=The Edwardsville Intelligencer |language=en}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2019-05-24 |title=Business growth prompts the Intelligencer to relocate to quaint Main Street location |url=https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Business-growth-prompts-the-Intelligencer-to-13894699.php |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=The Edwardsville Intelligencer |language=en-US}} In 2020, the building on Second Street became a venue called The Ink House with newspaper-themed rooms such as "The Press Room" and "Off the Record".{{Cite web |title=When & Where |url=https://www.inkhouseevents.com/info |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=The Ink House |language=en-US}}

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