Melville Elijah Stone, Sr. | |
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Born | |
Died | February 15, 1929 | (aged 80)
Employer(s) | Chicago Daily News Associated Press |
Spouse | Martha Jameson McFarland |
Children | Melville Elijah Stone, Jr. Herbert Stuart Stone Elizabeth Creighton Stone |
Parent(s) | Elijah Stone Sophia Creighton |
Relatives | Ormond Stone, brother |
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Melville Elijah Stone (August 22, 1848 – February 15, 1929) was an American newspaper publisher, the founder of the Chicago Daily News, and was the general manager of the reorganized Associated Press.[1]