The Maryville Forum

The Maryville Forum is a weekly newspaper published Thursdays in Maryville, Missouri, United States. The newspaper, formerly known as "Maryville Daily Forum" was acquired by its former general manager Phil Cobb via his Cobb Publishing company from GateHouse Media in December 2013.[1]

The Maryville Forum
TypeWeekly newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Cobb Publishing, LLC
Headquarters111 East Jenkins Street, Maryville, Missouri, United States
Websitemaryvilledailyforum.com

In addition to Maryville, The Maryville Forum covers Nodaway County, Missouri, and surrounding areas.

History

The newspaper traces its roots to the Nodaway Democrat published in 1869 by future Missouri Governor Albert P. Morehouse. Morehouse had in 1865 published the Maryville Gazette which was just a list of taxes due. In 1869 he launched a more ambitious newspaper.

In the early 1900s William C. Van Cleve, publisher of the Moberly Monitor-Index, merged the Democrat with the Nodaway Forum which had been established on October 24, 1901 by future Congressman Charles J. Colden and the paper was called the Maryville Democrat-Forum.[2][3]

Forum building at East Jenkins and South Main streets

In 1929 Oscar S. Stauffer bought the paper and changed the name to the Maryville Daily Forum.[4][5] Marion W. Stauffer (no relation to Oscar) was the paper's publisher from 1929 until 1966. The Forum was one of Stauffer's first acquisitions in the Stauffer Communications empire that would eventually cover 11 states.

The paper's other owners have included Morris Communications (which in turn sold it to GateHouse).

The paper's office from 1941 to 1971[6] was just off the Nodaway County Square at 414 North Main. In 1971 they moved to a location on South Main. On August 31, 2011, the wall of the original North Main building (which had been taken over by a bar called The Pub) collapsed.[7]

Currently the newspaper office is located at 111 E. Jenkins St. in Maryville, Missouri.

References
  1. https://issuu.com/philcobb/docs/12-12_mdf_full/1?e=0
  2. Centennial History of Missouri: (the Center State) One Hundred Years in the Union, 1820-1921 By Walter Barlow Stevens Published by The S. J. Clarke publishing company, 1921
  3. http://digital.library.umsystem.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=umlib;cc=umlib;sid=114eb654026f296296576fd9db813e35;q1=Forum;rgn=full%20text;idno=umls000020;view=image;seq=218
  4. http://shs.umsystem.edu/newspaper/newspapercatalog/pdf/nodaway.pdf
  5. Missouri, Mother of the West By Walter Williams, Floyd Calvin Shoemaker Published by The American Historical Society, inc., 1930
  6. https://www.newspapers.com/image/83918336/?terms=Maryville%2BDaily%2BForum%2Bnew%2Bbuilding
  7. http://www.maryvilledailyforum.com/breaking/x219193218/Downtown-tavern-collapses%5B%5D
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