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Iowa Newspapers - Census Year 1884 -
Mahaska co. - Sac co.
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publications in census year 1884 -
Adair - Clayton - Clinton - Hardin - Harrison
- Madison - Scott - Wright
| County/Town | Publication | Frequency | Character | Established | Notes |
| MAHASKA | |||||
| New Sharon | New Sharon Star | Weekly | News & politics | 1873 | |
| New Sharon | New Sharon News | Weekly | News & politics | 1880 | |
| Oskaloosa | Oskaloosa Herald | Weekly | News & politics | 1850 | |
| Oskaloosa | Oskaloosa Standard | Weekly | News & politics | 1854 | |
| Oskaloosa | Oskaloosa College Vidette | Monthly | Collegiate | 1879 | |
| Oskaloosa | Phonetic Magazine | Monthly | Educational | 1879 | Merged with "Phonetic Educator", of Cincinnati, Ohio |
| MARION | |||||
| Knoxville | Knoxville Journal | Weekly | News & politics | 1855 | |
| Knoxville | Marion County Express | Weekly | News & politics | 1865 | |
| Knoxville | Marion County Reporter | Weekly | News & politics | 1880 | |
| Marysville | Marysville Miner | Weekly | News & politics | 1871 | |
| Pella | Pella Weekly Blad | Weekly | News & politics | 1861 | Hollandish |
| Pella | Pella Blade | Weekly | News & politics | 1865 | |
| Pella | Weekly Visitor | Weekly | News & politics | 1880 | |
| Pleasantville | Pleasantville News | Weekly | News & politics | 1877 | |
| MARSHALL | |||||
| Gilman | Gilman Dispatch | Weekly | News & politics | 1876 | |
| Marshall | Times-Republican | Daily | News & politics | 1875 | Evening |
| Marshall | Times-Republican | Weekly | News & politics | 1856 | |
| Marshall | Marshall Statesman | Weekly | News & politics | 1875 | |
| Marshall | Marshalltown Beobachter | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | German |
| Marshall | Bugle | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | Suspended, February 1880 |
| State Center | Enterprise | Weekly | News & politics | 1871 | |
| MILLS | |||||
| Emerson | Emerson Chronicle | Weekly | News & politics | 1869 | |
| Glenwood | Glenwood Weekly Opinion | Weekly | News & politics | 1864 | |
| Glenwood | Mills County Journal | Weekly | News & politics | 1872 | |
| Glenwood | Pilgrims' Tidings | Weekly | Religious | 1878 | Unsectarian; suspended 1879 |
| Hastings | Hastings Plain Dealer | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | |
| Malvern | Republican-Leader | Weekly | News & politics | 1874 | |
| Malvern | Malvern Leader | Weekly | News & politics | 1875 | Consolidated with "Mills County Republican" |
| MITCHELL | |||||
| Osage | Mitchell County Press | Weekly | News & politics | 1865 | |
| Osage | Mitchell Couny News | Weekly | News & politics | 1869 | |
| Saint Ansgar | Saint Ansgar Enterprise | Weekly | News & politics | 1878 | |
| MONONA | |||||
| Mapleton | People's Press | Weekly | News & politics | 1870 | |
| Onawa | Monona County Gazette | Weekly | News & politics | 1866 | |
| MONROE | |||||
| Albia | Albia Union | Weekly | News & politics | 1860 | |
| Albia | Industrial Era | Weekly | News & politics | 1873 | |
| Albia | Albia Democrat | Weekly | News & politics | 1878 | |
| MONTGOMERY | |||||
| Red Oak | Red Oak Express | Weekly | News & politics | 1867 | |
| Red Oak | Red Oak Record | Weekly | News & politics | 1871 | |
| Red Oak | People's Telephone | Weekly | News & politics | 1877 | |
| Red Oak | Red Oak Democrat | Weekly | News & politics | 1878 | |
| Villisca | Review | Weekly | News & politics | 1870 | |
| Villisca | Independent | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | |
| MUSCATINE | |||||
| Muscatine | Journal | Daily | News & politics | 1855 | Evening |
| Muscatine | Journal | Weekly | News & politics | 1840 | |
| Muscatine | Journal | Tri-weekly | News & politics | 1844 | |
| Muscatine | Tribune | Daily | News & politics | 1874 | Morning |
| Muscatine | Tribune | Weekly | News & politics | 1841 | |
| Muscatine | Deutsche Zeitung | Weekly | News & politics | 1874 | German |
| Muscatine | Lettsville Weekly Visitor | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | |
| Muscatine | Greenback Patriot | Weekly | News & politics | 1878 | Suspended, December 1879 |
| Muscatine | Muscatine News | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | |
| West Liberty | Enterprise | Weekly | News & politics | 1868 | |
| Wilton | Wilton Review | Weekly | News & politics | 1867 | |
| O'BRIEN | |||||
| Primghar | Primghar Tribune | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | |
| Sanborn | O'Brien Pioneer | Weekly | News & politics | 1871 | |
| Sheldon | Sheldon Mail | Weekly | News & politics | 1873 | |
| Sheldon | Sheldon News | Weekly | News & politics | 1880 | Suspended, February 1881 |
| OSCEOLA | |||||
| Sibley | Sibley Gazette | Weekly | News & politics | 1872 | |
| PAGE | |||||
| Blanchard | Blanchard Record | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | |
| Clarinda | Clarinda Herald | Weekly | News & politics | 1858 | |
| Clarinda | Page County Democrat | Weekly | News & politics | 1868 | |
| Nodaway | Nodaway Chief | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | |
| College Springs | College Springs Courier | Weekly | News & politics | 1876 | Suspended, March 1880 |
| Essex | Essex Index | Weekly | News & politics | 1876 | |
| Shenandoah | Shenandoah Reporter | Weekly | News & politics | 1871 | |
| Shenandoah | Shenandoah Republican | Weekly | News & politics | 1877 | |
| PALO ALTO | |||||
| Emmetsburg | Palo Alto Pilot | Weekly | News & politics | 1874 | |
| Emmetsburg | Palo Alto Reporter | Weekly | News & politics | 1875 | |
| PLYMOUTH | |||||
| Le Mars | Le Mars Sentinel | Weekly | News & politics | 1871 | |
| Le Mars | Le Mars Iowa Liberal | Weekly | News & politics | 1872 | |
| POCAHONTAS | |||||
| Fonda | Pocahontas Times | Weekly | News & politics | 1876 | |
| Fonda | Fonda News | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | |
| POLK | |||||
| Des Moines | Iowa State Leader | Daily | News & politics | 1848 | Evening |
| Des Moines | Iowa State Leader | Weekly | News & politics | 1848 | |
| Des Moines | Iowa State Register | Daily | News & politics | 1861 | Morning |
| Des Moines | Iowa State Register | Weekly | News & politics | 1856 | |
| Des Moines | Western Jurist | Monthly | Law | 1867 | |
| Des Moines | Plain Talk | Weekly | News & politics | 1870 | |
| Des Moines | Iowa State Journal | Weekly | News & politics | 1871 | |
| Des Moines | Iowa Staats-Anzeiger | Weekly | News & politics | 1871 | German |
| Des Moines | Industrial Motor | Monthly | Science & mechanics | 1872 | |
| Des Moines | Des Moines News | Weekly | News & politics | 1878 | |
| Des Moines | Saturday Evening Mail Car | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | |
| Des Moines | Iowa State Tribune | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | |
| Des Moines | State Prohibitionist | Weekly | Temperance | 1880 | |
| Des Moines | State Independent | Weekly | News & politics | 1880 | |
| Des Moines | Des Moines Free Press | Weekly | News & politics | 1880 | Suspended |
| Des Moines | Des Moines Labor Defender | Weekly | News & politics | 1879 | Suspended |
| Des Moines | Western Farm Journal | Weekly | Agricultural | 1855 | Suspended |
| Des Moines | Temperance Reformer | Weekly | Temperance | ???? | Suspended |
| Des Moines | Iowa People | Weekly | News & politics | ???? | Suspended |
| Mitchellville | Mitchellville News | Weekly | News & politics | 1878 | |
| POTTAWATTAMIE | |||||
| Avoca | Avoca Delta | Weekly | News & politics | 1870 | |
| Council Bluffs | Daily Nonpareil | Daily | News & politics | 1861 | Morning |
| Council Bluffs | Council Bluffs Nonpareil | Weekly | News & politics | 1856 | |
| Council Bluffs | Globe | Daily | News & politics | 1872 | Evening |
| Council Bluffs | Globe | Weekly | News & politics | 1872 | |
| Council Bluffs | Freie Presse | Weekly | News & politics | 1875 | German |
| Council Bluffs | Evangeliskt Magazin | Monthly | Religious | 1879 | Evangelical; Scandinavian Suspended after census year |
| Council Bluffs | The Bugle | Weekly | News & politics | 1856 | Suspended |
| Neola | Neola Tribune | Weekly | News & politics | 1880 | |
| Walnut | Walnut News | Weekly | News & politics | 1878 | |
| POWESHIEK | |||||
| Brooklyn | Brooklyn Chronicle | Weekly | News & politics | 1875 | |
| Grinnell | Grinnell Herald | Semi-Weekly | News & politics | 1868 | |
| Grinnell | Grinnell Independent | Weekly | News & politics | 1878 | |
| Malcom | Malcom Gazette | Weekly | News & politics | 1871 | |
| Montezuma | Montezuma Republican | Weekly | News & politics | 1856 | |
| Montezuma | Poweshiek County Democrat | Weekly | News & politics | 1877 | |
| RINGGOLD | |||||
| Mount Ayr | Ringgold Record | Weekly | News & politics | 1863 | |
| Mount Ayr | Mount Ayr Journal | Semi-Weekly | News & politics | 1873 | |
| Mount Ayr | Onward | Weekly | News & politics | 1877 | |
| SAC | |||||
| Odebolt | Odebolt Reporter | Weekly | News & politics | 1877 | |
| Sac City | Sac Sun | Weekly | News & politics | 1871 | |
| Wall Lake | Wall Lake Journal | Weekly | News & politics | 1878 |
Source: "History and Present Condition of the Newspaper and Periodical Press of the United States, with a Catalogue of the Publications of the Census Year", by S.N.D. North, Special Agent; Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.; 1884; pages 237-245 & 366
Transcribed for Iowa Old Press by Sharyl
Ferrall, August 2004
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