Marion Daily Star

The Marion Daily Star (know known as The Marion Star) is a newspaper in Marion, Ohio, originally owned and published by Warren G. Harding and his wife Florence Kling Harding. Founded as the Daily Pebble, the format of the small daily grew and became the Daily Marion Star. When Harding acquired the newspaper in the 1880's it was struggling. The dubious financial position of the Marion Daily Star improved following the marriage of Harding to Florence Kling who promptly set about to straighten out the accounting and increase circulation. American Civil Liberties Union founder and Socialist candidate for President Norman Thomas carried the Daily Star as a youngster growing up in Marion where his father was minister of the First Presbyterian Church.

External Links

The Marion Star Online

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