The paper was founded in 1878 as theFord County Globe. It was retitled as theGlobe Live Stock Journal in 1884, and merged with theFord County Republican in 1889 to become theGlobe-Republican.[2]
Jess C. Denious (b. July 14, 1879, d. Dec. 1, 1953)[3] acquired the paper in 1910 and changed the name to theDaily Globe. He remained as publisher until his death in 1953.[2] Denious also served in theKansas Senate (1933–40) and as the 29thLieutenant Governor of Kansas from 1943 to 1947.[3] The paper remained in the family until July 1988, when it was sold toStauffer Communications (ofTopeka, Kansas). Martha E. Muncy (daughter of J.C. and Juilet Denious[4]), who had served as publisher since 1973, retired at the time of the sale.[2]
In 1994,Morris Communications acquired Stauffer, which was then operating 20 daily newspapers (including theDaily Globe) and eight weeklies, in addition to a number of television and radio stations.[5] In 2007,GateHouse Media acquired the paper from Morris Publishing Group as part of a larger sale of papers.[6][7]
