Volume 15 , Issue 32

Newspapers of Grant County (Kansas)

In Chapter IV of the "History of Grant County, Kansas" we find a chronology of Grant County newspapers compiled by Margaret Maxwell of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, and was published in the Ulysses News, 10 April 1941.

Grant County Register (Ulysses)
July 21, 1885, Vol. I, No. I, A Bennett, Proprietor, Chas. D. Majors, Editor.
September 15, 1885, Vol. I, No. 9, Herbert L. Gill, Editor and Proprietor.
February 22, 1890, Vol. 5, No. 32, Last issue. Combined with Tribune.

Shockeyville Eagle (Shockeyville
March 16, 1886, Vol. I, No. I, Herbert L. Gill, Editor and Publisher.
April 27, 1886, Vol. 5, No. 7, W. D. H. Shockey, Editor. E. H. Youngman, Associate Editor.
July 27, 1886, Vol. I, No. I, W. D. H. Shockey, Proprietor.
January 4, 1887, Youngman, left the paper.
August 4, 1887, Vol. 2, No. 21, Last issue.

The Surprise Post (Surprise, until March 10, 1887 in Hamilton County.)
June 3, 1886, Vol. I, No. I, George W. Perry, Editor and Publisher.
March 31, 1887, Vol. I, No. 41, Last issue.

The Golden Gazette (Golden, until March, 1887, in Hamilton County.)
February 15, 1887, Vol. I, No. 2, J. A. Harmon, Editor and Publisher.
March 9, 1887, Vol. I, No. 5, Now located in Grant County.
May 18, 1887, Vol. I, No. 15, T. S. Hurd, Editor and Publisher.
October 28, 1887, Vol. I, No. 38, John A. Webster, Editor and Publisher.
March 2, 1888, Vol. 2, No. 4, J. A. Harmon, Editor and Publisher.
April 13, 1888, J. O. Johnson, Associate Editor.
October 25, 1889, Vol. 3, No. 38, Ceased coming.

The Commercial (Established 1886, Cincinnati)
April 7, 1887, Vol. I, No. 45, Kendall & Perry, Editors and Publishers.
December 29, 1887, Vol. 2, No. 31, Changed location to Appomattox.
January 5, 1888, Vol. 2, No. 32, J. W. Kendall, Editor, Commercial Publishing Co., Puglishers.
May 10, 1888, Vol. 2, No. 50, Alvin Campbell, Editor, J. W. Milnes, Business manager.
July 5, 1888, Vol. 3, NO. 5, Changed name to Appomattox Commercial.

Appomattox Commercial
August 30, 1888, John M. Ruckman, Editor and Proprietor.
October 4, 1888, Vol. 3, No. 16, Ceased coming.
Enfield Tribune (Ulysses, until March, 1887 in Hamilton County)
January 12, 1887, Vol. I, No. I, Elmer A. Youngman, Editor; Edwin Lawrence, Associate Editor and Business manager.
March 5, 1887, Vol. I, No. 8, Now in Grant county.
March 19, 1887, Vol. I, No. 10, Moved to Ulysses, changed name to Ulysses Tribune.

Ulysses Tribune
September 14, 1887, Vol. I, NO. 36, Lawrence left paper.
November 16, 1887, Vol. I, No. 45, A. M Payton, Business manager until March 24, 1888.
December 1, 1888, Vol. 2, No. 47, Last issue.
Elmer H. Youngman, sold out to Ruckman and Perry and the paper become the Tribune-Commercial.

Tribune Commercial
December 6, 1888, Vol. 3, No. 25, Ruckman and Perry, Editors and Publishers.
May 23, 1889, Vol. 3, No. 48, Last Issue. Became Ulysses Tribune.

Ulysses Tribune
May 23, 1889, Vol. 3, No. 48, Ruckman and Perry, Editors and Publishers.
February 7, 1890, Vol. 4, No. 33, George W. Perry, Editor and Publisher. Ruckman left.
February 28, 1890, Vol. 4, No. 36, Name changed to Ulysses Tribune and Grant County Register.
September 12, 1891, Vol. 6, No. 13, George W. Perry, editor. Name changed to Ulysses Tribune.

Ulysses Tribune
February 20, 1892, Vol. 6, No. 39, J. H. Lucas, Editor, C. E. Watson & Co., publishers.
August 19, 1893, Vol. 8, No. 10, ceased coming.
Zionville Sentinel (Zionville)
June 30, 1887, Vol. I, No. I, W. C. Calhoun, Editor and proprietor.
May 17, 1888, Vol. I, No. 47, W. C. Calhoun, editor and proprietor; E. W. Skadden, business manager.
October 18, 1888, Vol. 3, No. 17, ceased coming.

Zionville Boomer (Zionville)
September, 1887, Vol. I, No. I, R. R. Wilson, editor and proprietor, aged 13 years old.
October, 1887, Vol. I, No. 2, last issue.

The Lawson Leader (Lawson)
October 28, 1887, Vol. I, No. 7, J. V. Cover, editor and publisher.
January 20, 1888, Vol. I, No. 17, ceased coming.
The Conductor Punch (Conductor)
November 25, 1887, Vol. I, No. 17, Sam Cummins, editor and publisher.
February 3, 1888, Vol. I, No. 27, last issue.

Shockeyville Independent (Shockeyville)
December 7, 1887, Vol. I, No. 2, W. D. H. Shockey, editor and publisher.
January 18, 1888, Vol. I, No. 8, ceased coming.

The Standard (Appomattox)
December 17, 1887, Vol. I, No. 6, J. W. Merrifield and Wylie, Publishers.
April 14, 1888, Vol. I, No. 28, Merrifield and Wylie, publishers.
November 3, 1888, Vol. 2, No. 57, last issue.

Daily Register (Ulysses)
August 1, 1888, Vol. I, No. I, J. V. Cover, editor; Herbert L. Gill, publisher.
August 15, 1888, Vol. I, No. 13, ceased coming.

Shockeyville Plainsman
January 4, 1889, Vol. I, No. I, T. R. Hornaday, editor and publisher.
August 20, 1889, Vol. I, No. 53, Name changed to Ulysses Plainsman, presumably moved to Ulysses.

Ulysses Plainsman
August 20, 1889, Vol. I, No. 53, T. R. Hornaday, editor and proprietor.
March 29, 1890, Vol. 2, NO. 12, Ed Lucas, editor and publisher.
October 18, 1890, Vol. 2, No. 12, Ed Lucas, editor and publisher.
October 18, 1890, Vol. 2, No. 41, last issue.

Grant County New Era
July 25, 1930, Vol. I, No. I, Joe Hart, editor and publisher.
August 8, 1930, Vol. 3, No. I, J. P. Evans, editor.
January 6, 1933, Vol. 3, No. 21, ceased coming.

Grant County Republican (Ulysses)
April 30, 1892, Vol. I, No. I, H. E. Evans, editor and publisher.
January 28, 1899, Vol. 7, No. 40, E. M. Henthorn, editor and publisher.
February 23, 1907, Vol. 15, No. 45, Henthorn and Williamson, editors and publishers.
March 20, 1909, Vol. 17, No. 48, Henthorn, Williamson, and Davis, editors and proprietors.
April 24, 1909, Vol. 18, No. No. I, S. A. Davis, Editor and publisher.
September 3, 1926, Vol. 35, No. 21, Ben H. Lyle, editor and manager; J. R. Lyle, owner.
January 21, 1932, Vol. 40, No. 40, J. R. Lyle, editor and publisher.
August 19, 1937, Vol. 46, No. 27, name changed to the Ulysses News.

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