SEDGWICK COUNTY

Organized, 1870; named for Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick; County seat, Wichita; area, 1008 square miles, 645,120 acres; population (1915), 73,294; assessed valuation (1915), $117,724,736; resources and industries—agriculture, stock raising, building stone, brick, and potter's clay.


WICHITA
Population (1915), 53,582; elevation, 1358 feet; established, 1868; named for the Wichita Indians; industries—elevators, flour and alfalfa mills, brick plants, bridge shops, foundries, planing mills, cement and potters works, packing houses and numerous factories; electric lights, waterworks, telephones, natural gas, street railway; is on the Santa Fe, the; Rock Island, the Frisco, the Orient, the Missouri Pacific, and the Midland Valley railways. An interurban line, the Arkansas Valley, connects it with neighboring towns.

Wichita Discontinued	Wichita Short-lived Weeklies & Monthlies--Vol. 1
Wichita Short-lived Dailies--Vol. 1	Wichita Short-lived Weeklies & Monthlies--Vol. 2
Wichita Short-lived Dailies--Vol. 2	Wichita Short-lived Weeklies & Monthlies--Vol. 3

BEACON, Progressive; Henry J. Allen, editor and publisher, Wichita.
Daily. Sept. 1, 1884 + 96 vols.
A continuation of the following: the Weekly Beacon, founded 1872; early history not known, first issue in Society's file gives Fred A. Sowers, editor and publisher. The Democrat, Wichita founded 1890 by F. B. Smith, consolidated same year with the Beacon; the weekly edition of the Beacon was discontinued Sept. 27,1907. The Wichita Daily Beacon, founded 1884 by W. S. White and F. B. Smith; consolidated 1888 with the Evening News, and name changed to the Evening News-Beacon, with John S. Richardson, editor, and Frederick N. Peek, publisher; in 1890 the name was again changed to the Wichita Daily Beacon. Smith and John S. Richardson, editors and publishers. Wichita Evening News, founded in 1885, absorbed by the Beacon within a year or two. The Evening Journal, Wichita, founded 1890 by S. A. Harburg, merged with the Beacon same year.

BROAD AX [Negro]; W. G. Curtis, Broad Ax [Negro]; W. G. Curtis, editor and publisher, Wichita.
Weekly. [Not received by the Society]

BROOM CORN REVIEW, devoted to interests of the broom corn and broom manufacturing industries; J. D. Bertolette, editor and publisher, Wichita
Weekly. Jan. 5, 1912 + 4 vol.
Founded 1912 by the present publisher.

CATHOLIC ADVANCE, religious; Rev. John W. Maher, D. D editor, Advance Publishing Co., publisher, Wichita.
Weekly Mar. 20, 1902 + 14 vol.
Founded in 1901; early history unknown; first issue in Society's file, vol. 2, No. 2, shows T. Spencer Sprague, editor, Sprague & Foppe, publishers.

CHRISTIAN WORKER, religions; D. F, Broadus, editor, Christian Worker Publishing Co., publisher, Wichita.
Monthly. Feb. 11, 1915 + 1 vol.
Founded 1915 by present publishers.

DEMOCRAT, Democratic; Park S. Warren, editor, Democrat Publishing Co., publisher, Wichita.
Weekly. Jan. 7, 1899 +17 vol. [on film]
This is a continuation, of the Mirror, Wichita, founded 1888 by R. E. Ryan and E. L. MacKenzie; name changed 1898 to the Blaze, and published by the Blaze Publishing Co; name changed Jan. 7,1899, to the Democrat, with John H. Shields, editor, and published by the Democrat Publishing Co. West Wichita News, founded 1909 by E. V. Welch; consolidated 1913 with the Democrat

THE WICHITA EAGLE, Progressive; Victor Murdock, editor, Marcellus M. Murdock, publisher, Wichita.
Weekly. Apr. 12, 1872, to Apr 1873; Dec 1873 + 43 vols; [on film]
Daily. July 15, 1884 + 97 vol.
City Eagle, by Marshall M. Murdock. The Daily Eagle was founded in 1884 by M. M. and R. P. Murdock.

HEROLD [German], independent; John Hoenscheidt, editor and publisher, Wichita.
Weekly. May 7, 1885, to July 4, 1913; Sept. 11, 1914 + 30 vol.
Founded in 1885 By John Hoenscheidt; on Sept. 23, 1886, the paper took the volume and number of the Kansas Staats Anzeiger, vol. 8, No. 6.

THE HIGH SCHOOL MESSENGER, school; edited and published by students of Wichita high school, Wichita.
Weekly. Sept. 29, 1911 + 4 vol.
Early history unknown, first issue in Society's file being vol. 19, No. 1.

MISSIONARY MESSENGER, religious; edited and published by The Missionary Press Company. Wichita.
Monthly. Feb 1910 + 6 vol.
Early history unknown, first issue in Society's file being vol. 15, No. 4, Charles B. Bradt

PRICE CURRENT, trade; W. H. Purdy, editor, Clarence I. Reed, publisher, Wichita.
Weekly. Aug. 10, 1889, to Dec. 18,1897; June 11, 1898 + 24 vol.
Founded 1889 as the Wichita Price Current by Percy Longsland and E. H. Brown; suspended in January, 1890; resumed in June, 1891, with Percy Longsland, editor and publisher.

REPUBLICAN, Republican; W. H. Webb, editor, Republican Publishing Co., publishers, Wichita.
Semi-weekly. Feb. 12, 1916 +
Founded 1916.
Not received by the Society since Feb. 28, 1916.

SOUTHWEST FARMER, agricultural; edited and published by the Farmer Publishing Co., Wichita.
Weekly. July 20, 1906 + 10 vols.
Founded 1906 as the. Agricultural Southwest, by the C. I. Reed Publishing Co; name changed 1912 to the Southwest Farmer, with same editor and publisher.

STOCKMAN, official organ Wichita Live Stock Exchange; Edward S. Kennedy, editor, W. H. Purdy, owner.
Daily. July 11, 1910 + 11 vol.
Founded 1907 as the Wichita Daily Live Stock Journal; early history unknown, first issue in Society's file being vol. 7, No. 19, published by the Journal Publishing: Co. Name changed Oct. 1, 1914, to Wichita Daily Stockman.

SUNFLOWER, college; Lyle Day, editor, published by the students of Fairmount College, Wichita.
Monthly and Weekly. Jan 1896 + 19 vol.
Founded 1896, with W. H. Isley, editor.

UNIVERSITY LIFE, college; Noble W. Cain, editor in chief, published by the students of Friends University, Wichita.
Monthly and Weekly. Apr 1899 + 17 vol.
Founded 1899 by the students.


ANDALE
Population (1915), 296; elevation, 1440 feet; established in the early 80's; named for Anderson and Dale, two early settlers; telephones; is on the Missouri Pacific railway.

GLOBE, local; Percy Torrey, editor and publisher, Andale.
Weekly. Nov. 15, 1911 + 4 vol.
Founded 1911 by Percy Torrey.


CHENEY
Population (1915), 662; elevation, 1388 feet; established, 1883; named for Benj. P. Cheney, of Boston; industries—elevators, mills; telephones, electric lights; is on the Santa Fe railway.
Cheney Discontinued

SENTINEL, Republican; Keith E. Cox, editor and publisher, Cheney.
Weekly. Mar. 1, 1894 + 22 vol.
Founded 1894 by J. A. Maxey.


CLEARWATER
Population (1915), 547; elevation, 1271 feet; established, 1872; named on account of the clearness of the stream on which it is situated; industries—elevators, mills; natural gas, electric lights, telephones; is on the Missouri Pacific and Santa Fe railways.
Clearwater Discontinued
Clearwater Short-lived Weeklies & Monthlies--Vol. 2
Clearwater Short-lived Weeklies & Monthlies--Vol. 3

COURANT, independent; Earl Leedy, editor and publisher, Clearwater.
Weekly. July 2, 1908 + 7 vol.
Founded 1902 as the Clearwater Echo, by U. S. Weaver; name changed 1908 to the Clearwater Courant, with O. A. Miles, editor and publisher.


GARDEN PLAIN
Population (1915), 288; elevation, 1448 feet; established, 1875; originally called Southwick Glen, name changed to Garden Plain in 1883; telephones; is on the Santa Fe railway
Garden Plain Discontinued

NEWS, local; Robert Wiske, editor and publisher, Garden Plain.
Weekly. May 23, 1913 + 3 vol.
Founded 1910 as the Goddard Gazette, by W. R. Shellenberger; moved to Garden Plain in 1913 and name changed to Garden Plain News, M. R. Anderson, editor and publisher.


MAIZE
Population (1915), 200; elevation, 1350 feet; established about 1886; telephones; is on the Missouri Pacific railway.
Maize Discontinued

REVIEW, local; C. S. Day, editor and publisher, Maize.
Weekly. Sept. 17, 1915 +
Founded 1915 by present publisher.


MOUNT HOPE
Population (1915), 516; elevation, 1420 feet; established, 1874; telephones; is on the Missouri Pacific railway.
Mount Hope Discontinued

CLARION, independent; Ben O. Woolman, editor and publisher, Mount Hope.
Semiweekly. Nov. 13, 1903 + 12 vol.
Founded 1885; early history unknown; first issue in Society's file, vol. 1, No. 25, gives Hull & Anderson, editors and publishers; suspended July 22, 1892, and resumed publication Dec. 9, 1892, with Lester L. Brown, editor, Brown & Son, publishers; name changed in 1903 to the Mount Hope Weekly Clarion, with S. C. Timmons, editor, and Fred F. Wilhams, business manager.


VALLEY CENTER
Population (1915), 356; elevation, 1348 feet; established, 1871; industries-feed and alfalfa mill, elevator; telephones; is on the Frisco railway and the Arkansas Valley Interurban.
Valley Center Discontinued
Valley Center Short-lived Weeklies & MOnthlies--Vol. 2

INDEX, independent; W. H. Woodhouse, editor and publisher, Valley Center.
Weekly. Jan. 15, 1897, to Sept. 23, 1910; Oct. 20, 1911 + 18 vol.
Founded 1896 by H. C. Houston.


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CITY	PAPERS/DATES	VOLS.
Wichita	American. Dec. 27, 1912 - 1913	1
	American Horticulturist (m). July 1895 - 1896	1
	Arkansas Valley Farmer. Jan. 9 - Dec. 23, 1910	1
	Arrow. July 4, 1885 - 1893	8
	Beacon. Feb. 11, July 29, 1874 - 1907	33
	Boys' World. Jan. 1 - May 28, 1898	1
	Call (d). Feb. 12 - Sept. 2, 1887	1
	Central Friend (m). Oct., 1911 - 1913	1
	Christian Companion. Jan. 6, 1910 - Jan. 7, 1915	6
	Chronicle, Wichita and Mount Hope. 1903 - 1907; 1909 - 1910. See Reno County
	Church and Library (Occasional). 1895 - 1896. See Greenwood County
	Citizen; Labor Union; Union Labor Press; Independent. June 24, 1886 - 1888	2
	Colored Citizen. Feb. 21, 1903 - 1904	1
	Commercial. Dec. 24, 1887 - 1889	1
	Democrat (1st). Jan. 23 - Sept. 18, 1890	1
	Globe (d). 1887	1
	Globe. Feb. 17 - Oct. 29, 1887	1
	Herald. Dec. 22, 1877 - 1879	2
	Independent. Nov. 17, 1888 - 1889
	Jerry Simpson's Bayonet. May 8, 1899 - 1900	2
	Jibber Jab (m). Mar. - Dec., 1894	1
	Journal (d). Feb. 16, 1887 - 1890	8
	Journal. May 23, 1888 - 1890	3
	Kansas Commoner. Jan. 1, 1891 - 1913	22
	Kansas Freemason (m). St. John and Wichita. June, 1894 - 1899	5
	Kansas Globe. Nov. 21, 1887 - 1888	1
	Kansas Grit. Aug. 24, 1895 - 1896	1
	Kansas Magazine (m). Jan., 1909 - 1912	6
	Kansas Presbyterian (m). Jan., 1900 - 1901	1
	Kansas Staats-Anzeiger [German]. Jan. 7, 1886 - 1895	9
	Kansas Star; Kansas Farmers Star. Nov. 23, 1890 - 1909	19
	Kansas Union Journal. Nov. 2, 1907 - 1909	1
	Kellogg's Wichita Record. Jan. 7, 1893 - 1904	11
	Labor Gazette. June 6, 1913 - 1914	1
	Leader (d). Sept. 29, 1881 - 1882	1
	Leader. Feb. 16, 1882 - 1883	1
	Leader [prohibition paper]. See Shawnee County
	Leader (m). Sept., 1890 - 1896	6
	Live Stock Inspector; Farmers Star and Live Stock Inspector; Interstate Farmer. Sept. 3, 1909 - 1912	3
	Mirror; The Blaze. Sept. 2, 1888 - 1899	10		Nation. Sept. 3, 1886 - 1887	1
	National Baptist World. Aug. 31 - Nov. 23, 1894	1
	National Leader. Jan. 31 - Aug. 2, 1902	1
	National Monitor. May 3, 1879 - 1880	1
	National Reflector (1st). Dec. 21, 1895 - 1898	2
	National Reflector (2d). July 13, 1912 - 1913	1
	New Republic. Feb. 24, 1883 - 1892	8
	Newspaper Union and Record. Aug. 9, 1890 - 1892	2
	Observer. Dec. 13, 1902 - 1903	1
	Oklahoma War Chief. 1883. See Sumner County
	Opinion. June 23, 1889 - Sept., 1890; Dec., 1891 - 1893	3
	Our Church Mirror (m). 1894. See Elk County
	Our Messenger (m). 1908 - 1909. See Osborne County
	People's Friend. May 24 - Sept. 28, 1894	1
	Picket (s-m). Feb., 1896 - 1898	2
	Poultry World (m). Mar. - Dec., 1903	1
	Primitive Christian; Primitive Christianity. July 19, 1904 - 1909	6
	Printer (m). Nov., 1899 - 1902	1
	Railroad Bulletin. Mar. 22, 1905 - 1906	2
	Register. May 15, 1897 - 1906	10
	Republican (d). Mar. 18, 1880 - 1881	2
	Republican. Mar. 20, 1880 - 1881	1
	Resident, Evening (d). Apr. 12 - Dec. 27, 1886
	Searchlight. June 2, 1900 - 1902	12
	Social Ethics. Jan. 6, 1904 - 1905	1
	Southwestern Farmer; American Horticulturist (m). Sept. 11, 1896 - 1900	5
	Southwester Grain and Flour Journal (m). Aug., 1905 - 1915	10
	Star (d). June 16, 1897 - 1898	2
	Stern des Westers [German]. Feb. 21 - Aug. 15, 1879	1
	Sunday Growler. Dec. 5, 1886 - 1888	2
	Sunflower Poultry Journal (m). May, 1900 - 1901	1
	Times (d). June 27, 1881 - 1884	6
	Times. May 19, 1883 - 1884	1
	Times; Live Stock Journal. Apr. 14, 1894 - 1901	8
	Tontie (m). Oct., 1898 - 1902	4
	Tribune. Mar. 15 - Nov. 16, 1871	1
	Tribune. July 23, 1898 - 1899	1
	Union Advocate. Mar. 9 - June 1, 1895	1
	Vidette. Aug. 25, 1870 - 1871	1
	Welch's Weekly. Feb. 10 - Sept. 8, 1911	1
	Western Evangelist and Church Builder. May 5, 1887 - 1889	2
	Western Methodist. Nov. 1, 1889 - 1898	9
	Western Newspaper Union. Jan. 5, 1895 - 1910	15
	West Wichita News. Apr. 24, 1909 - 1913	5	Bentley	News. May 25, 1900 - 1910	10
Cheney	Blade. Jan. 20, 1888 - 1890	3
	Herald. Cheney and Wichita. Aug. 6, 1891 - 1894	2
	Journal. Mar. 1, 1884 - 1886	3
Clearwater	Echo (1st). June 17, 1892 - 1893	1
	Echo (2d). May 15, 1902 - 1908	6
	Leader. Apr. 30, 1886 - 1887	1
	Sun. June 30, 1888 - 1890	2
Colwich	Courier. June 16, 1887 - 1892	6
	Sedwick County Reporter. Jan. 13 - June 23, 1893	1
Derby	Dispatch. Oct. 26, 1889 - 1890	1
Garden Plain	Herald. Dec. 29, 1887 - 1888	1
	News. Sept. 30, 1905 - 1906	1
Goddard	Gazette. July 14, 1910 - 1913	3
	Paper. Dec. 7, 1905 - 1906	1
	Reporter. Aug. 1, 1889 - 1890	1
Maize	Critic. Sept. 8, 1894 - 1896	2
Mount Hope	Mentor. Sept. 11, 1885 - 1903. [Not published July - Dec., 1892]	16
Valley Center	News. Aug. 15, 1885 - 1890	5
Viola	News. Apr. 2 - Dec. 10, 1904	1

SHORT-LIVED, DAILIES--VOL. 1

CITY	PAPERS/DATES
Wichita	Commoner. July 23 - 30, 1892
	Democrat. Sept. 21 - Oct. 3, 1887
	News, Evening. Nov. 26, 1885 - Feb. 24, 1886
	Noon Tribune. May 4, 1881

SHORT-LIVED, DAILIES--VOL. 2

CITY	PAPERS/DATES
Wichita	Drovers News. Sept. 9 - 30, 1894

SHORT-LIVED, Weeklies and Monthlies--VOL. 1

CITY	PAPERS/DATES
Wichita	Arkansas Valley Sunshine. Sept. 17 - Nov. 5, 1881
	Breeze. Nov. 5, 188 7- Jan. 21, 1888
	Diocesan News. Jan. 20 - Nov., 1888
	District Advocate (m). July, 1886 - June, 1887
	Express. Oct. 13 - Dec. 8, 1888
	Globe. Apr. 8, 1887
	Saturday Evening Call. Dec. 19, 1885 - Apr. 24, 1886
	Saturday Morning Enquirer. Jan. 4 - Mar. 15, 1885
	Tribune. Apr. 22 - July 15, 1881
	University Review (m). Mar., 1887 - Mar., 1888
	Y.M.C.A. Echoes (m). July 15, 1886 - Feb. 15, 1887
Colwich	Rambler. Feb. 10 - Mar. 10, 1887

SHORT-LIVED, Weeklies and Monthlies--VOL. 2

CITY	PAPERS/DATES
Wichita	Business Informer. Nov. 1, 1889
	Christian Helper. Aug. 1, 1892 - July 1, 1893
	Commercial Bulletin. Sept. 29, 1888 - Mar. 2, 1889
	Grand Army Forum. Oct. 1, 1891 - Feb. 25, 1892
	Kansas Sunflower. Sept. 26 - Nov. 7, 1890
	Key (m). Apr., 1892
	National Detective Review (m). Apr. - Oct., 1889
	Poultry Home (m). Nov., 1890 - May 15, 1891
	Price Current. Aug. 10, 1889 - Jan. 11, 1890
	Southwestern Business Journal (m). Mar. - Aug., 1889
	Southwestern Specimen. Feb. 8 - Apr. 19, 1890
	Telegrapher (m). May - Sept., 1892
	World. Feb. 16 - Mar. 30, 1889
North Wichita	Burton Baptist (m). May, 1889 - Jan., 1890
Clearwater	Independent. Oct. 1 - Dec. 31, 1887
	Times. Nov. 26, 1886 - Jan. 21, 1887
Derby	Mimeogram. Oct. 1, 1891 - May 5, 1892
Valley Center	Journal. Feb. 26 - May 27, 1892

SHORT-LIVED, Weeklies and Monthlies--VOL. 3

CITY	PAPERS/DATES
Wichita	American Times. Mar. 7 - 27, 1908
	Commercial Journal. July, 1896; Aug., 1897; July, 1898
	Factarian. Feb. 26 - Mar. 12, Apr. 2, 1914
	Home Journal. Sept. 6 - Oct. 10, 1902
	Journal of Commerce. Apr. 22 - May 6, 1899
	Kansas Craftsman. May, 1900
	Kansas Headlight. Aug. 24 - Sept. 14, 1894
	Silver Cause. Sept. 12 - Oct. 31, 1896
	Sunday School Journal (m). Nov., 1899 - May, 1900
	Workers' Call. Apr. 13 and 20, 1912
Clearwater	Gazette. June 16 - July 21, 1899
	Kansas Jayhawker [broken file]. Oct. 6, 1899 - Apr. 13, 1900
Viola	Sun. May 9 - June 23, 1905