Newspapers in 1884 & 1911 |
Town | Publication | Frequency | Character | Established | Notes |
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 |
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
Newspapers of 1911
Town | Publication | Edition | Publication Days | Character | Editor or Publisher |
Hartley | Journal | Weekly | Thursday | Dem | Eugene B. Peck |
Paullina | Times | Weekly | Friday | Rep | A.W. McBride |
Primghar | O'Brien County Bell | Weekly | Thursday | Rep | J.H. Wolf |
Primghar | O'Brien County Democrat | Weekly | Thursday | Dem | Frank A. Vaughan |
Primghar | Congregational News | Letter | Monthly | Religious | (not given) |
Sanborn | Pioneer | Weekly | Thursday | Rep | C.E. & L.B. Foley |
Sheldon | Weekly | Friday | Rep | J.W. Vanderburg & Co. | |
Sheldon | Sun | Weekly | Thursday | Rep | Hamilton & Bartz |
Sutherland | Courier | Weekly | Friday | Rep | G.H. Vos |
Source: "The Iowa Official Register for the Years 1911-1912", Twenty-Fourth Number; compiled under the supervision of William C. Hayward, Secretary of State and John M. Jamieson, deputy, by Guy S. Bewer; Des Moines, Emory H. English, State Printer, E.D. Chassell, State Binder; 1911; pages 723-746.
Transcribed for Iowa Old Press by Sharyl Ferrall, winter 2005