Montgomery County, Iowa
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(Dates given represent the time span the paper was published. Gaps may be found, in available newspapers)

• Iowa Old Press
• IAGenWeb Project ~ Montgomery County, Iowa

• Red Oak Newspapers ~ (Advantage Preservation Project, Google News)
• Red Oak Express (1874-2008)
• The People's Telephone (1881-1884)
• Montgomery County Independent (1887-1890)
• Red Oak Daily Independent (1889-1889)
• Red Oak Independent (1890-1893)
• Red Oak Republican (1900-1904)
• Sun (1915-1955)
• Red Oak Daily Express (1916-1918)

• Stanton, Iowa ~ (Advantage Preservation Project)
• Stanton Call (1891-1937)
• Stanton Zephyr (1938-1950)
• Stanton Viking (1951-1977)

• Villisca, Iowa ~ (Villisca Public Library)
• The Weekly Iowa Mercury (1871-1871)
• Villisca Weekly Review (1872-1878)
• The Villisca Review (1878-2003)
• Villisca Review (2004-2011)
• Villisca Review Stanton Viking (2011-2017)

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Montgomery County Newspapers: Past and Present

• Elliott, Iowa
• Elliott Enterprise (1879-1880)
• Elliott Graphic (1892-1942)
• Elliott Reporter (1882-1886)

• Grant, Iowa
• Grant Chief (1911-1922)

• Red Oak, Iowa
• Montgomery County Express (1868-1871)
• Montgomery County Independent (1887-1890)
• Red Oak Democrat (1878-1881)
• Red Oak Express (1872-present)
• Red Oak Free Lance (1926-1928)
• Red Oak Independent (1890-1895)
• Red Oak New Era (1876-1877)
• Red Oak Peoples Telephone (1877-1884)
• Red Oak Record (1870-1885)
• Red Oak Reporter (1912-1915)
• Red Oak Republican (1895-1904)
• Red Oak Saturday Evening Mail (1895-1896)
• Red Oak Sun (1884-1955)

• Stanton, Iowa
• Stanton Call (1882-1937)
• Stanton Viking (1951-1977)
• Stanton Zephyr (1937-1950)

• Villisca, Iowa
• Montgomery County Independent (1882-1885 & 1890-1895)
• Villisca Enterprise (1870)
• Villisca Independent (1885-1889)
• Villisca Journal (1870-1871)
• Villisca Letter (1888-1915)
• Villisca Republican (1888)
• Villisca Review (1872-1915, 1949-1977)
• Villisca Review and Letter (1915-1949)
• Villisca Review and Stanton Viking (1978-present)
• Weekly Iowa Mercury (1871-1872)

Source: Copied from Bibliography of Iowa Newspapers 1836-1976, by the Iowa State Historical Department, 1979 as well as updates to current Montgomery County papers.

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• Transcribed Newspaper Articles
• Flames! Eleven Business Houses Destroyed at Red Oak, Iowa. December 24, 1875
• News of the Day! March 5, 1877
• News of the Day! April 11, 1883
• News of the Day! December 29, 1887
• News of the Day! August 9, 1888
• News of the Day! December 1, 1893
• News of the Day! December 8, 1893
• News of the Day! March 16, 1894
• News of the Day! November 23, 1894
• News of the Day! November 28, 1895
• News of the Day! April 23, 1896
• News of the Day! June 9, 1898
• News of the Day! April 20, 1900
• News of the Day! May 2, 1902
• News of the Day! July 31, 1908
• News of the Day! January 21, 1910
• News of the Day! September 22, 1911
• News of the Day! May 10, 1912
• News of the Day! May 1, 1914
• News of the Day! November 2, 1917
• News of the Day! February 19, 1926
• News of the Day! March 25, 1927
• News of the Day! Random News Articles
• News of the Day! Random News Articles, #2

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