The Appeal
As the twentieth century progressed, "The Appeal" slowly got smaller and closed its regional offices. Its last regional office, Chicago, closed in 1913. "The Appeal" continued publication in St. Paul, and Adams remained its editor until his death on September 3, 1922. Adams's son, John Jr, took over "The Appeal" and hired a young graduate student, Roy Wilkins, as editor in April 1923. The newspaper struggled, however, and it was sold to a competitor, the "Northwestern Bulletin", later that year. The two papers were merged and published as the "Northwestern Bulletin-Appeal" for several years, until that company went out of business in 1925.