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Crete, Saline County, Nebraska Although Crete is in Saline County the newspaper carried news of the surrounding area which included Lancaster County. For that reason the following information is included: The Crete Chronicle Established May 15, 1891 - Sept 25, 1891 Weekly The Crete Democrat Established Oct 8, 1874 - April 12, 1922 Weekly Title Changes: The Opposition Oct 8, 1874- Apr 11, 1889 The Crete Democrat  Apr 25, 1889 - Apr 12, 1922 The Saline Democrat Established Oct 20, 1877- Nov , 1878 Weekly Title Changes: Saline County Democrat  1877 - Jan 2, 1878 The Saline Democrat  Oct 2, 1879 - ? The Crete Globe Established Jan 3, 1884- 1891 Weekly Absorbed the The Crete Vidette, 1891 Crete Daily Globe Established Aug 11, 1884 - Dec 31, 1884 Daily (except Sun.) The Crete Herald Established Dec 21, 1893 - Apr 25, 1902 Weekly Absorbed by The Crete Vidette, forming The Crete Vidette-Herald May 5, 1902 The Crete News Established Mar 14, 1908 - Present Weekly Absorbed by The Crete Vidette, June 21, 1928 Note: History of Crete newspaper and the front page of The Saline County Post, first newspaper published in Saline County, published with the Crete News, May 6, 1971. "Newspapering in Crete is 100 years old." The Nonpareil Established Oct 23, 1885 - Jan 9, 1886 Weekly Saline County News Established Aug ,187? - Apr 30, 1877 Weekly Title Changes: Pleasant Hill News,  Aug , 187? - July 22, 1876 Saline County News,  July 29, 1876 - Apr 30, 1877 (Combined with the Saline County Post, May 1877, forming the Saline County Union. The People's Rip-Saw Established July 9, 1885 Weekly Title Changes: The Saline Record  July 9, 1885 - Feb 11, 1886 The Saline County Gazette,  Feb 18, 1886 - Sept ,1887

Weekly Title Changes [cont.]: The Weekly Free Press,  Sept 22, 1887 - Apr 26, 1889 The People's Rip-Saw,  Jan 1891 (Also referred to as Crete Rip-Saw) The Saline County Standard Established Dec 14, 1878 - Dec 27, 1883 Weekly Title Changes: The Wilbur Record,  Dec 14, 1878 - Nov 15, 1879 The Saline County Standard, Nov 27, 1879 - Dec 27, 1883 Daily Standard Established June 25, 1883 - ? Daily Published during the time of the Chautauqua Assembly in June 1883 Crete Daily Standard Established Oct 22, 1883 - ? Daily Crete Sentinel Established Dec 5, 1875- Apr 15, 1876 Weekly The Daily Union Established June 25, 1883 - July 3, 1883 Aug 22, 1883 - Sept 1, 1883 Daily Note: Published at the time of the Chautauqua Assembly in June 1883 and again in August 1883 during the encampment of the Nebraska National Guard near Crete. Saline County Union Established May 5, 1871 - Dec 27, 1883 Weekly Title Changes: The Saline County Post,  May 5, 1871- May 17, 1877 Saline County Union,  May 24, 1877 - Dec. 27, 1883 Note: The Saline County Post consolidated with the Saline County News, May, 1877, forming the Saline County Union. Combined with the Saline County Standard, Jan 3, 1884, forming the Crete Globe, which began new volume & numbering. The Crete Vidette Established May 10, 1883 - June 14, 1928 Weekly Title Changes: The State Vidette,  May 10, 1883 - Sept 24, 1891 The Crete Vidette,  Dec 4, 1891- Apr 24, 1902 The Crete Vidette-Herald,  May 1, 1902- Feb 2, 1911 Crete Vidette-Herald,  Feb 9, 1911 - Feb 23, 1911 The Crete Vidette-Herald,  Sept 21, 1911 - May 30, 1918 The Crete Vidette,  June 6, 1918 - June 14, 1928 Note: Absorbed by The Crete Globe, 1891 The Crete Herald,  May 5, 1902 Absorbed by The Crete News, June 21, 1928 Suspended from March 2, 1911 - Sept 14, 1911