The paper traces its history to the '' Warrensburg Journal '' , which began publishing April 17 , 1865 by James Douglas Eads — seven days after the end of the American Civil War and two days after the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln . Warrensburg , population of 1,000 at the time , did not have a newspaper . Prior to the war Eads , a church pastor , had published the '' Warrensburg Signal '' . In addition to his pastor and newspaper interests he was also a physician and ran a hotel
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
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