Quad-City Times History Today's Quad-City Times is the lone survivor of more than a century of newspapering in Davenport that saw a dozen newspapers come and go. Its two direct ancestors -- The Davenport Times and the Morning Democrat -- managed to outlive or buy out the competition before merging with each other. The Democrat was founded in 1848 as the Democratic Banner. The weekly paper struggled along until it was put up for sale in 1855. A group of businessmen sent a delegate to Peoria, Ill., to persuade young typesetter David N. Richardson to come to Davenport as editor and publisher.
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