Nemaha County Newspapers to 1916
Nemaha County organized 1855; Ne-ma-ha, an Indian word signifying "muddy water,"
given to the Nemaha river and later to the county; county seat, Seneca;
area, 720 square miles, 460,800 acres; population (1915), 18,309; assessed
valuation (1915), $41,647,729; resources and industries building stone, coal,
potter's clay, agriculture, horticulture, and stock raising.
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SENECA Population (1915), 1916; elevation, 1151 feet; established, 1857; originally called
Rock Castle; name soon changed to Seneca, after Seneca county, Ohio; industries--brick and
tile plant; municipal electric light and waterworks system, telephones; is on the St. Joseph
& Grand Island and Missouri Pacific railways.
COURIER-DEMOCRAT, Democratic; Adriance & Adriance, editors and publishers, Seneca.
Weekly. Nov. 28, 1884 + This paper is a continuation of the Nemaha Courier, Seneca, founded 1863 by John P. Cone; name changed in 1871 to the Seneca Weekly Courier, Frank A. Root and West E. Wilkinson,
Publishers; name again changed in 1884 to the Courier-Democrat, Thompson & Perry, editors and publishers.
TRIBUNE, Republican; W. H. Jordan, editor and publisher, Seneca.
Weekly. May 28, 1879 +
Founded 1879 by Wern & Clawson.
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BERN Population (1915), 256; elevation, 1285 feet; established, 1888; supposed to have been
named by Swiss settlers, for Bern, Switzerland; electric light, telephones; is on the Rock Island
railway.
GAZETTE, Republican; Driggs & Driggs, editors and publishers, Bern.
Weekly. May 6, 1898 +
Founded 1898 by M. E. Ford.
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CENTRALIA Population (1915), 596; elevation, 1256 feet; established, 1859; moved one mile
south to present site in 1867; named on account of its central location in Home township:
Industries--creameries, elevator, mill; municipal electric light plant, telephones, public library ;
is on the Missouri Pacific railway.
JOURNAL, Progressive; H. L. Wait, editor and publisher, Centralia.
Weekly. Dec. 26, 1884 + .
This is a continuation of the Centralia Enterprise, founded 1883 by H. H. Brooks; name
changed in 1884 to Centralia Journal, and published by the Journal Publishing Company, G. W. Hampel, president.
Centralia Times, founded 1893 by the Times Publishing Company.
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CORNING Population (1915), 419; elevation, 1357 feet; established, 1867; moved to new town
site, a mile and a half distant, in 1870; named for Erastos Corning, of New York; industries--
elevators, creamery; electric light, telephones; is on the Missouri Pacific railway.
GAZETTE, Progressive; L. S. Slocum, editor and publisher, Corning.
Weekly. Jan. 3, 1896
Founded 1895 by Fred Haughawout.
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GOFF Population (1915), 545; elevation, 1229 feet; established, 1880; named in honor of Edward
H. Goff, a Union Pacific railway official; telephones; is on the Missouri Pacific railway.
ADVANCE, independent Democratic; Ray T. Ingalls, editor and publisher, Goff.
Weekly. Mar. 81, 1892+ 24 vols.
Founded 1892 as the Goffs Advance, by Fred Haughawout. In 1907 the spelling of the
town changed to Goff.
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SABETHA Population (1915), 1856; elevation, 1805 feet; established, 1857; name said to be a
corruption of the word Sabbath; a temporary fort was established on Sunday and the town
named for the fort; industries iron foundry, planing null, cement block works, creamery,
mill, elevator; municipal electric light and water systems, telephones; is on the Rock Island
and the St. Joseph & Grand Island railways.
HERALD, independent; Ralph Tennal, editor and publisher, Sabetha. Weekly. Jan. 3, 1884
Founded 1884 by T. L. Brundage; consolidated 1893 with the Nemaha County Republican,
Sabetha, founded 1876 by J. F. Clough, and continued as the Republican-Herald, J. A. Constant,
editor and publisher; name shortened to Sabetha Herald in 1895.
SALVATION MESSENGER, religious; Le Roy M. Kopp, editor, Sabetha. Semimonthly. Jan. 15, 1916
Early history unknown.
STAR, independent Republican; C. J. Durst, editor and publisher, Sabetha. Weekly. Jan. 3, 1896. Founded 1896 by C. J. Durst.
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WETMORE Population (1915), 544; elevation, 1089 feet; established, 1866; named for W. T.
Wetmore; industries elevators, creamery; electric lights, telephones; is on the Missouri
Pacific railway.
SPECTATOR, Republican; W. F. Turrentine, editor and publisher, Wetmore. Weekly. Jan. 4, 1907
Founded 1882 by J. F. Clough and T. J. Wolfley; name changed in 1887 to Nemaha County
Spectator, T. J. Wolfley and J. M. Cober, editors and publishers; in 1904 consolidated with the
Wetmore Enterprise, and name became Wetmore Enterprise and Nemaha County Spectator, J. W.
Coleman, editor and publisher; name again changed in 1906 to Wetmore Spectator, W. F.
Turrentine, editor and publisher.
DISCONTINUED.
Seneca Courier. Oct. 21, 1869; May 16, Oct. 10, 1873; Mar. 13, May 29, June 5, 12, 1874; July 9, Dec. 3, 1875-1884
Nemaha County Republican. Seneca and Oneida. Apr. 13, 1900-1904
News. Aug. 7, 1890-1899
Our Mission (m). Jan., 1884-1886
Rural Kansan; Nemaha Kansan. June 7, 1900-1904
Bancroft World. June 21, 1901-1902
Bern Press. May 3, 1889-1898
Centralia Enterprise. July 20, 1883-1884
Times. Feb. 24, 1893-1899
Corning Clipper. July, 1893-1894
Goff News. June 16, 1887-1890
Kelly Booster. July 23, 1914-1915
Independent. July 18 Dec. 29, 1899
Reporter. Apr. 3, 1902-1905
Oneida Chieftain; Democrat; Dispatch. Mar. 31, 1883-1884
Journal. Oct. 4, 1879-1882
Monitor. Apr. 17, 1885-1886
News. Feb. 24 July 28, 1895
World. Mar. 25 Dec. 24, 1892
Sabetha Advance. Jan. 20, 1876-1877
Commercial. Nov. 30, 1899-1900
Nemaha County Republican. Oct. 5, 1876-1893
Wetmore Enterprise. Apr. 8, 1904-1906
Nemaha County Spectator. Dec. 2, 1882 Aug., 1884; Aug. 29-Sept. 26, 1885; Sept., 1886-1904
Rural Enterprise. May 1, 1899-1900
SHORT-LIVED:
Seneca Independent Press. June 11, 1870.
Nemaha Valley Homeseeker. Feb. 1, 1889.
Corning, Chief. Apr. 12 July 12, 1884.
Independent. Apr. 18-4uly 19, 1890.
Goff Reporter. Jan. 16-29, 1891
Neuchatel L'Etofle du Kansas [French] Jan., 1873.
Oneida Owl. Aug. 21, 28, 1886.
Record. Feb. 7 Apr. 4, 1901.
Sabetha Advance. May 28-July 30, Aug. 27, 1874; Apr. 22, 1875.
Wetmore Register. July 31 Aug. 28, 1886.
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