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The '''''Indianapolis Journal''''' was a newspaper published in Indiana during during eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The paper published daily editions every evening except on Sundays when it published a morning edition. The paper was established in the 1823 as a pro-[[Whig]] newspaper. M.B. Martindale purchased the paper in the 1850s and was and early supporter of the Republican Party. In 1880 Martindale sold the paper to John C. New, a banker, attorney, and leading figure in the local Republican Party in the [[Indianapolis]] area. New's leadership helped the paper excel, dramatically increasing its readership. The Democrat ''Indianapolis Sentinel'' saw a decline in its daily readership due to the growth of the ''Journal'' and became a weekly paper. Other rival papers, including the ''Indianapolis Mirror'' went out of business leaving the ''Journal'' as the only daily newspaper in the Indianapolis metropolitan area.<ref name = va>{{cite book|title=James Whitcomb Riley: a life|author=Van Allen, Elizabeth J.|publisher=[[Indiana University]] Press|year= 1999|isbn=0253335914|page=162}}

The paper featured regular columns from famous writers and figures including [[James Whitcomb Riley]], [[Benjamin Harrison]], and [[Eugene V. Debs]]. The poem [[Little Orphant Annie]], by Riley, was first published in the paper in 1885.<ref Forname most of its existence it was the only= va/>