IAGenWeb Project - Clayton co.


Directory of Early
Clayton co. Newspapers
1860-1916

This page was updated in April 2007

1860


Journal
Garnavillo, weekly, News & Politics, Jos. Eiboeck publisher, Republican in character

Times
McGregor, A.P. Richardson publisher, Democratic in character

Press
McGregor, G.W. & S.S. Haislet publishers, Republican in character

All Iowa Counties (off-site) on Iowa Old Press

source: The Iowa State Almanac and Statistical Register; 1860
transcribed by Sharyl Ferrall


1884


Clayton County Journal
Elkader, weekly, News & Politics, est. 1851

Nord Iowa Herald
Elkader, weekly, News & Politics, est. 1868, German newspaper

Elkader Register
Elkader, weekly, News & Politics, est. 1878

North Iowa Times
McGregor, weekly, News & Politics, est. 1856

The McGregor News
McGregor, weekly, News & Politics, est. 1858

Strawberry Point Press
Strawberry Point, weekly, News & Politics, est. 1874

Volga City Times
Volga City, weekly, News & Politics, est. 1879, suspended in March 1880

All Iowa Counties (off-site) on Iowa Old Press

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
transcribed by Sharyl Ferrall


1911
           
Town Name Frequency Day Character Publisher or Editor
Colesburg Clipper Weekly Thursday Rep Albert Voit
Elkader Clayton County Democrat Weekly Wednesday Dem H.C. Bishop
Elkader Nord Iowa Herold Weekly Wednesday Dem Chas. Reinecke
Elkader Register and Argus Weekly Thursday Ind H.L. Griffith
Guttenberg Clayton County Journal Weekly Friday Rep C. Mitrucker
Guttenberg Press Weekly Thursday Ind Z.G. Houck
McGregor News Weekly Wednesday Rep J.F. Widman & Sons
McGregor North Iowa Times Weekly Thursday Dem Anton Huebsch
Monona Leader Weekly Thursday Rep Harley S. Rittenhouse
Strawberry Point The Mail-Press Weekly Thursday Ind Arthur Williams

All Iowa Counties (off-site) on Iowa Old Press

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 by Sharyl Ferrall

1916


Edgewood Journal
weekly on Thursday,Republican, Edgewood, Floyd A. Peet, Ed.

Clayton Co. Democrat
weekly on Wednesday, Democratic, Elkader, H.C. Bishop, Ed.

Nord Iowa Herold
weekly on Wednesday, Democratic, Elkader, Carl Reinecke.

Register and Argus
weekly on Thursday, independant, Elkader, D.G. Griffith & Son, Ed. & publishers.

Garnavillo Tribune
weekly on Thursday, independant, Garnavillo, R.O. Schumacher, Ed.

North Iowa Times
weekly on Thursday, Democratic, McGregor, Anton Huebsch, Ed.

Monona Leader
weekly on Thursday, Republican, Monona, Harley S. Rittenhouse, Ed.

Mail-Press
weekly on Thursday, Republican, Strawberry Point, R.R. Clark, Ed

source: Iowa Official Register 1915-16, compiled under the supervision of William S. Allen, Secretary of State, by Henry c. Baumgartner
-transcribed by Sharyl Ferrall

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