Chicago Daily News

The 1st copy was issued December 23, 1875. It was the first one-cent newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois. The founders were Melville E. Stone, Percy Meggy and William E. Dougherty. The purpose was to establish a publication the price of which should be the lowest unit of American coinage, so that no one could get below them in price; then to make it just as good in point of news as any higher priced paper in the city.