Volume 9 , Issue 5

Woods County, Oklahoma Territory (O.T.) - Newspaper Heritage

A few weeks ago we sent off to the Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS) (2401 North Laird Ave., OKC, OK 73105-7914, (405)-521-2491) for a newspaper genealogy report for Woods County, Oklahoma. Several years ago the OHS received a grant from the Library of Congress to do a genealogy of the newspapers across Oklahoma. Most of this Information is a part of that research.

It was set up into eight (8) Linked Groups and Individual Titles (papers). At one time there were both Daily & Weekly newspapers in Alva & Woods County, Oklahoma. Each of the aggressive newspapers taking a different political viewpoint, contributing to the development of Woods County through their articles, editorials while razzing their fellow editors, citizens for their political views.

If you go up to the NWOSU library on the Alva campus, in Alva, Oklahoma, you can browse over 8000 Alva newspapers that Blanche & Allen Doughty donated during the Summer of 1966 to the Historical Section of Northwestern State College. The newspapers include: Alva Review, Renfrew Record, Alva Record, Alva Daily Record from 1897 to 1941.

Woods County, OK - Newspaper Genealogy

Linked Group 1:

• "Alva Daily News" -Alva, OK, daily paper, March 5, 1908 thru December 31, 1908, was absorbed by "Daily Review Courier," Alva, OK - daily, began in 1908.
• "Morning Times" - Alva, OK, began April 7, 1912 thru November 21, 1914, published by Logan A. Wilhite and edited by Kent Eubanks. Eubanks was co-editor/publisher with Walter Rossin in 1907, at the Alva Courier. In 1908, Eubanks was co-editor/publisher with Harry Bardshaw on The Daily Times. The Morning Times competitor was the Alva Daily Pioneer. The Morning Times front pages were covered mostly with ads with a few leading stories while the inside pages were filled with stories about the community. It carried on a feud with the Alva Pioneer with Dave Woodson as the Morning Times mouth piece. absorbed by "Daily Review Courier."

Daily Editions:
• "Daily Review Courier" - Alva, OK, daily, began in 1908, publication known as Daily Review Courier from August 25, 1919 thru March 27, 1920.
• "Alva Daily Pioneer" - began June 24, 1901, published from July 25, 1903 thru April 9, 1906. [SEE Link Group 2]
• "Daily Alva Review Courier" - Alva, OK, daily, March 29, 1920 thru January 17, 1925.
• "Daily Review Courier" - Alva, OK, daily, January 21, 1925 thru April 22, 1929. September, 1929, merged with "Alva Review-Courier."
• "Alva Review Courier" - Alva, OK, daily, April 23, 1929 thru June 4, 1989. October 1, 1985, the "Review Courier" used a 6-column format, standard advertising unit (SAU).
• "Alva Review-Courier & Woods County News" - Alva, OK, daily, June 7, 1989 thru December 13, 1989. July, 1986, it changed from evening to morning paper, published Tuesday through Friday with a Sunday edition.
• "Alva Review-Courier (ARC)" - Alva, OK, daily, December 17, 1989 thru present. Absorbed "Alva Advocate"; Absorbed "Newsgram (June 5, 1985). ARC has provided news coverage for northwest Oklahoma for over 115 years.

Weekly Editions:
• "Alva Courier" - Alva, OK, weekly, began in 1896 (The First 100 Years of Alva, Oklahoma states it dates back to January 21, 1897); publication dates January 13, 1899 thru January 23, 1903.
• "Alva Weekly Courier" - Alva, OK, weekly, January 30, 1903 thru January 24, 1908; merged with the "Alva Review" January 31, 1908, into "Alva Review Courier."
• "Alva Courier Weekly" - Alva, OK, weekly, January 31, 1908; merged with "Alva Review" into "Alva Review Courier."
• "Alva Review" - Alva, OK, weekly, July 7, 1894 thru February 6, 1908
• "Alva Review Courier" - Alva, OK, weekly edition, published February 13, 1908 thru December 31, 1914, ceased publication.
• "Alva Weekly News" - Alva, OK, merged with "Dacoma Herald"
• "Dacoma Herald" - Dacoma, OK, merged with "Alva Weekly News" into "Woods County News"
• "Woods County News" - Alva, OK, weekly, June 20, 1968 thru May 25, 1989.

Linked Group 2:

Weekly Editions:
• "Alva Pioneer" - Alva, OK, weekly, September 22, 1893 thru July 9, 1897; merged with "Alva Republican" into "Alva Pioneer Republican." It was the first newspaper in Alva, Woods County, Oklahoma Territory, September, 1893; W. F. Hatfield started gathering news, selling subscriptions with the assistance of Oscar Haberlein who worked at the Kiowa News in Kansas. The "Pioneer" was printed in Hazelton, Kansas, brought to Alva, O.T. and delivered to subscribers for the first 6 weeks. After that it was housed in the second story of the first two-story building (20x40 feet) built by Hatfield, around October, 1893, to house his press. The "Pioneer" was the oldest, daily Democratic paper in Woods County. It was published for 10 years in its two-story location and grew from a weekly to a daily paper. Downstairs below the "Pioneer" printing office was located a restaurant opened by G. W. Drake and his wife from the Hazelton, Kansas area.
• "Alva Republican" - Alva, OK, weekly, purchased February 9, 1894 by James Kelley and J. I. Parcell, the first republican newspaper in Alva, O.T.; publication dates February 23, 1894 thru July 2, 1897; merged with "Alva Pioneer" into "Alva Pioneer Republican."
• "Alva Pioneer Republican" - Alva, OK, weekly, July 16, 1897 thru December 24, 1897.
• "Alva Pioneer" - Alva, OK, weekly, December 31, 1897 thru August 16, 1901.
• "Alva Weekly Pioneer" - Alva, OK, weekly, August 23, 1901 thru August 27, 1909.
• "Alva Pioneer" - Alva, OK, weekly, September 3, 1909 thru July 7, 1911, ceased publication.

Daily Editions:
• "Alva Daily Pioneer" - Alva, OK, began June 24, 1901, publication dates July 25, 1903 thru April 9, 1906.
• "Daily Pioneer" - Alva, OK, daily, January 14, 1911 thru April 30, 1917.
• "Alva Daily Pioneer" - Alva, OK, daily, publication dates April 28, 1917 thru April 23, 1919. Absorbed by "Daily Review Courier" (SEE Linked Group 1).

Linked Group 3:

• "Ames Enterprise" - Hoyle, OK, weekly (Major county), November 15, 1901 thru July 4, 1902.
• "Renfrews Record" - Alva, OK, weekly, July 24, 1902 thru February 25, 1921. Founded by by James P. Renfrew, as a weekly in the five hundred block of Barnes Avenue
• "Alva Record" - Alva, OK, weekly, February 21, 1921 thru February 26, 1931. Allen Doughty bought "Renfrew Record" from Timmons & Finch of Cherokee, Oklahoma and changed it to "Alva Record." In 1930, it was printed as a daily; changing to "Alva Daily Record."
• "Alva Daily Record" - Alva, OK, daily, March 3, 1931 thru December 31, 1940; located in the 600 block of Barnes Avenue. In 1941, Doughty sold the it to Joe McBride and Jim Nance. Nance & McBride bought the "Review-Courier"; merging it with the "Alva Daily Record."
• "Alva Weekly Record" - Alva, OK, weekly, September 19, 1946 thru September 4, 1947.

Linked Group 4:

• "Woods County Enterprise" - Waynoka, OK, November 2, 1900 thru June 6, 1935.
• "Woods County Enterprise & Waynoka News" - Waynoka, OK, June 13, 1935 thru April 12, 1984.
• "Woods County Enterprise" - Waynoka, OK, April 19 thru Present.

Linked Group 5:

• "Woods County Socialist" - Alva, OK, October 29, 1910 thru November 26, 1910.
• "Constructive Socilaist" - Alva, OK, August 2, 1911 thru April 23, 1913.

Linked Group 6:

• "Waynoka Tribune" - Waynoka OK, February 5, 1909 thru February 16, 1912.
• "Waynoka Democrat" - Waynoka, OK, February 22, 1912 thru October 16, 1914.

Linked Group 7:

• "Woods County News" - Augusta, OK, August 5, 1899 thru October 25, 1907.
• "Alfalfa County News" - Carmen, OK, November 1, 1907 thru November 22, 1912. Absorbed by "Carmen Headlight."

Linked Group 8:

• "Dacoma Enterprise" - Dacoma, OK, weekly, may 3, 1912 thru November 9, 1917.
• "Dacoma Mascot" - Dacoma, OK, weekly, November 15, 1917 thru June 24, 1920.

Individual Titles (Papers):

• "Alva Chronicle" - Alva, OK, December 22, 1893 thru August 2, 1895. It was the first paper in Alva, O.T.; The First 100 years of Alva, Oklahoma states that, "L. B. Wilson brought it September 21, 1893 from Crisfield, Kansas; Hatfield purchased the Alva Chronicle and merged it with the Pioneer."
• "Avard Tribune" - Avard, OK, June 2, 1904 thru July 26, 1918.
• "Capron Hustler" - Capron, OK, June 16, 1904 thru May 25, 1916.
• "Dacoma News" - Dacoma, OK, February 19, 1909 thru January 27, 1911.
• "Daily Pioneer" - Alva, OK, January 14, 1911 thru April 30, 1917.
• "Freedom Booster" - Freedom, OK, October 19, 1916 thru May 23, 1918.
• "Freedom Call" - Freedom, OK, May 21, 1906 thru November 26, 1914.
• "Freedom Express" - Freedom, OK, May 21, 1906 thru November 26, 1914.
• "Prohibition Agitator" - Alva, OK, march 21, 1906 thru June 13, 1906.
• "Sun" - Dacoma, OK, October 28, 1904 thru June 2, 1905.

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