J. Emil Smith (newspaperman, mayor)

J. Emil Smith served in several city government positions, including as mayor from 1926 to 1930, but he is mainly known as editor of the Illinois State Journal from 1930 to 1955. He wrote an editorial page column, “Making Conversation,” from 1930 to 1958. For more on Smith’s career, see Late-night Springfield, 1935.

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