1875-1876
The Christian News was a monthly publication issued at Alton and published in the interest of the Congregationalist Church. E.A. Smith was the publisher. The first issue was made in 1875, with the publishing operation later moving to St. Louis (listing Rev. R. West as publisher). At the end of one year it was sold to the Advance Company in Chicago.
(From The History of Madison County, Illinois by W.R. Brink & Co. 1882).
