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Breese Journal & Publishing Company
Breese Journal & Publishing Company
Building. In 1920, the Breese Chamber of Commerce, set as
one of their goals to produce a local newspaper, and hired
Guy c.1 J Stearns as editor. The first copy of the Breese
Journal rolled off the press in February, 1921. Erwin J.
Mahlandt, who had worked as an apprentice to Stearns, was 21
when he purchased the newspaper on May 6,1925 during a
sheriff's foreclosure sale. It was housed in this brick
three-story building, located at 625 North Second Street.
Erwin's son Jerry, entered the business in 1950 & became a
partner. Jerry's sons joined the firm, Steve in 1977, Dave's
began in 1982. In the early 1980's, the staff included six
full-time employees and several part-time personnel. Today,
the Breese Journal and Publishing Company employs over 125
people in the various departments. In 1998, the business was
moved to a 70,000-sq. ft. building on the west end of Old
Route 50 in Breese. In 2004, another 22,000 sq. ft. was
added. The company, now the largest commercial printer in
the Metro-East, was conceived and nurtured by a man who set
type one line at a time and addressed newspapers by hand.
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