NEWSPAPERS OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA
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THE FRONTIER GUARDIAN
The first paper started here, beginning in 1849. Council Bluffs was
known as Kanesville then. The paper came out twice a month, later
once a week, and the editor sometimes took meat and vegetables in
exchange for subscriptions.
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THE BUGLE
This newspaper first rolled off the press as a weekly in about 1850.
Fire destroyed it twice. But the frontier paper made a quick recovery,
grew to a be a semi-weekly paper and claimed three times the circulation
of any paper at that time in Council Bluffs, and more than any paper
in Western Iowa or Nebraska. Later the Bugle became a daily morning
paper, then an evening daily. It was later sold to the Council Bluffs
Times in 1870.
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THE NONPAREIL
This newspaper came onto the scene as a weekly May 2, 1857. The
Nonpareil became a daily in 1862 and was the city's only newspaper
by the turn of the century and is still in existence today.
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THE COUNCIL BLUFFS PRESS
It was started about 1859, but lasted only a short time.
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THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
This paper was started in January of 1861, printing editions in both
Council Bluffs and Omaha. The Telegraph moved to Omaha six months
later and became the Daily Nebraskan.
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THE DEMOCRAT
This paper was started 1868, then it became the RED HOT after six
months and then died about two months later.
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THE COUNCIL BLUFFS TIMES
In 1870 the Council Bluffs Times purchased the Bugle. The Times
folded two years later.
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THE REPUBLICAN
This paper was started in 1872 and lasted 24 issues.
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THE EVENING STAR
It started out during a city election in 1872 and lasted only
two weeks.
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THE TRIBUNE
It started in 1873 and lasted about a year.
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THE DAILY GLOBE
This paper was in operation from 1873 to 1898.
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THE DAILY HERALD
It was started in Council Bluffs May 21, 1883 and lasted about
six years. H. W. Linchard was the editor. It was a prohibition
paper, and listed itself Independent Republican. The four page
paper had seven columns, typical of newspapers then. It ran
advertising on the front page.
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