Original: Then , in 1879 , he bought the St. Louis Dispatch , and the St. Louis Post and merged the two papers , which became the St. Louis Post-Dispatch , which remains St. Louis ' daily newspaper .
Simplified: Then , in 1878 , he bought the St. Louis Dispatch for $ 2,700 and merged the two papers , which became the St. Louis Post-Dispatch , which remains St. Louis ' daily newspaper .