The Emporia Gazette is a daily newspaper

Newspaper

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 in Emporia

Emporia, Kansas

Emporia is a city in and the county seat of Lyon County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 24,916. Emporia lies between Topeka and Wichita at the intersection of U.S. Route 50 with Interstates 335 and 35 on the Kansas Turnpike...

, Kansas

Kansas

Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...

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The newspaper rose to national attention after William Allen White

William Allen White

William Allen White was a renowned American newspaper editor, politician, author, and leader of the Progressive movement...

 bought the newspaper for $3,000 in 1895. The paper rose to national prominence and influence in the Republican Party

Republican Party (United States)

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 following a White editorial

Editorial

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 in 1896, "What's the Matter With Kansas?". White was to strike a friendship with US President Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

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 who was to stay at the White home called Red Rocks during cross country trips.

White was to win the 1923 Pulitzer Prize

1923 Pulitzer Prize

-Journalism awards:*Public Service:**Memphis Commercial Appeal, for its courageous attitude in the publication of cartoons and the handling of news in reference to the operations of the Ku Klux Klan.*Reporting:...

 for an editorials after he was arrested for a free speech violation of a newly enacted law pushed by Kansas Governor Henry Justin Allen

Henry Justin Allen

Henry Justin Allen was the 21st Governor of Kansas and U.S. Senator from Kansas .Allen was born in Warren County, Pennsylvania to John and Rebecca Elizabeth Allen...

. White's autobiography published posthumously won the 1947 Pulitzer Prize

1947 Pulitzer Prize

-Journalism awards:*Public Service:** The Baltimore Sun for its series of articles by Howard M. Norton dealing with the administration of unemployment compensation in Maryland, resulting in convictions and pleas of guilty in criminal court of 93 persons....

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The newspaper is still published by the White family.