Newspapers of Early Missaukee

In an effort to identify gaps in the public record, I've attempted to document the early newspapers of Missaukee county and note which are available in the archives. 

By way of summary, here's a shorter list. The more complete document is linked as a PDF. 

Missaukee Reporter (1873-1875)

• Published by Singleton W. Davis, Lake City, October 1873 - 23 October 1875

Lake City (Republican) Journal (1877-1884)

• First issue, 27 April 1877 (v1, n1), Ren Barker, Editor
• September 1883, H.N. McIntyre begins publishing the Leader (politically independent)
• Last Journal issue by Ren Barker was 29 Apr 1884 (v8 n2); Barker sold the Journal H.N. McIntyre; it was combined with Leader, as the New Era (independent)
• The New Era was published by H.N. McIntyre: 29 Apr 1884 – Jan 1887
• The Republican, by W.E. Morris & Son, begins publication in Dec 1886
• Jan 1887, McIntyre sells New Era to D.M. Day, but reclaims it later that year, merges with Morris and creates Era & Republican
• In July 1888, the Era & Republican offices burned, and shortly afterwards McIntyre sold out; the paper was renamed Republican (see below)

Missaukee Independent (1887-1892)

• Begins 16 March 1887 (v1 n1), published by Woodruff
• Archive ends 23 Mar 1892 (v5 n52); missing 1892-03-29 (v6 n1) – 1892-12-07 (v6 n37)
• https://www.loc.gov/item/sn98066970/  

The Plain Dealer (1892-1919)

• George Stout changes Independent name to Plain Dealer on 14 Dec 1892 (Vol 6 No 38)
• https://www.loc.gov/item/sn98058166/

McBain Chronicle (1890 – 1964)

• L. Van Meter, publisher
• Not in archive

Missaukee Republican

• See above; circa 1888 the Era & Republican was renamed Republican
• 1888-1905 Not in Archive
• Missaukee Republican archive begins 25 May 1905 (v22 n1)
• Was published until 1963
• https://www.loc.gov/item/sn98066988/ 

Lake City Waterfront, June 17, 1959 – 1995

• https://www.loc.gov/item/sn98066974/
• LIB OF MICH NEWSPAPER MICROFILM 2S

Missaukee Sentinel, December 20, 1990

• Missaukee Sentinel. 1990-2008 LIB OF MICH NEWSPAPER MICROFILM 2S

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