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He was born in County Antrim, Ireland, and emigrated with his widowed mother to Indiana when he was nine years old.

He grew up nearly impoverished on a farm and graduated from Valparaiso High School in 1875.

He worked his way through Knox College, where he co-founded its student newspaper, and later moved to New York City.

In 1884, he established the McClure Syndicate, the first U. S. newspaper syndicate, which serialized books.