Missouri Newspapers on Microfilm at the State Historical Society

Clay County

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  • A (mostly) complete span of issues is indicated by a dash: "-", and only the beginning and ending dates are shown.
  • Gaps in our holdings, not the dates on each reel of microfilm, are indicated by a semi-colon: ";".
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AVONDALE

Rustler

Apr 4, 1930

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS

Call (d)

May 8, Jly 10, 1895; Feb 6, 1896; Nov 19, 1897; May 28, 1898; Jan 2, 12, 1899; Aug 14, 1903-Aug 11, 1905; Feb 25, 1906-Nov 2, 1918; Nov 3, 1922

Excelsior Springs Weekly Call

Oct 19, 1911-Oct 26, 1916

Excelsior Standard (w)

Sep 21, 1889; Aug 13, 1892; Sep 5, 1896; Dec 17, 1897

Excelsior Times (w)

Oct 12, 1888

Journal (d)

Apr 22, May 13, 1905; Jly 5, 12, 26, Aug 2, 9,15, 22, 23, 1907-Nov 16, 1909; Mar 26, 1913-Sep 11, 1915; Jan 18-Apr 27, 1916

Journal (w)

Oct 25, 1890; Aug 18, 1905-Jly 21, 1906; Jly 19, 1907

Missouri State Journal (w)

Jan 30-Sep 18, 1926

The Morning News (d)

Mar 9-Jun 20, 1926

Excelsior Springs Daily News

Jly 17-Aug 9, 1925

Daily News

Aug 15, 1894

Excelsior Springs Daily News-Call

Aug 10, 1925-Jan 3, 1926

Northwest Missourian (w)

Jan 7-Mar 4, 1926

Daily Phunn

Oct 28, 1891; Jan 1, Mar 2, 18, Apr 5, May 13, 17, Aug 30, 1892; Apr 24, 1893; Jan 1, 1894

Review (w)

May 12, 1898

Daily Standard

Nov 10, 1919-Jan 17, 1920; Sep 5, 1922; Jan 2, 1923-Dec 31, 1926; Feb 22, 1927-Mar 31, 1998

The Excelsior Springs Standard (sw)

Apr 3, 1998-present

Standard (w)

Oct 5, 1900; Jan 2-Dec 25, 1903; Aug 30, Sep 13, 1907-Aug 27, 1909; Jan 31, 1913-Nov 7, 1919

GLADSTONE

The Chronicle

Nov 2, 1977-Feb 27, 1980 (Succeeded by the Sun Chronicle)

Clay County Chronicle (w)

Apr 23, 1975-Oct 26, 1977 (Succeeded by The Chronicle)

Gladstone Sun-Chronicle (w)

Dec 7, 1980-Jly 15, 1981

HOLT

The Holt Rustler

Aug 2, 1918; May 28, 1920; May 19, 1922; Jun 1, 1923; Sep 27, 1929; Sep 12, Dec 26, 1930; Jun 24, Aug 26, 1932; Feb 10, Jun 23-Aug 4, 1933; Oct?, 1933 (partial issue); Feb 9, May 18, 1934-Oct 28, 1938

KEARNEY

Clipper (w)

Jly 21-Aug 25, Sep 8-Oct 13, 27, Nov 3, 1883; Jan 4-Jly 5, 19-Aug 9, 23-Nov 8, 22-Dec 20, 1884; Jan 3-31, 1885; Sep 2, 1904-Nov 23, 1907; Oct 1, 1909-Mar 28, Apr 11-Aug 1, 15-Dec 19, 1913; Jan 2, 1914-Apr 28, May 12, 1916-Feb 23, Mar 9-Jly 26, Aug 10-Oct 26, 1917

Courier (w)

Jan 3, 1963-Dec 29, 1989; Jun 1, 1990-present

Herald

Sep 14, 1888

Kearney Sun

May 30-Nov 20, 1919

LIBERTY

Advance (w)

Feb 4, 1875-Aug 30, Sep 13, Oct 4-Dec 6, 13, 1877; Jan 4-Dec 20, 1878; Jan 10-Dec 26, 1879; Jan 9-Dec 24, 1880; Jan 7-Apr 29, Nov 4-25, Dec 23, 1881-Feb 10, Mar 3-17, Apr 14-Jun 30, 1882; Jan 11, 1884-Dec 31, 1897; Jan 6, 1899-Dec 28, 1959

Chronicle (w)

Apr 27, 1933-Aug 26, 1943

Clay County Democrat (w)

Jly 13, 1870-Sep 27, 1871

Clay County Democrat (w)

Jly 25, 1901-Dec 31, 1903

Clay County Flag (w)

Jly 18-Aug 8, Sep 5-Dec 26, 1860-May 8, 1861

Democratic Platform (w)

Mar 23-Oct 5, 1854

Sun (w) (title varies)

Nov 5-Dec 24, 1986; Jan 4, 1989-Jan 10, 1990

Sun Chronicle

Jan 17, 1990-Jan 28, 1998

Tribune (w, sw, tw)

Apr 4, 1846-Apr 30, 1886; May 13, 1887-Apr 27, 1988; Dec 21, 2005-present

Tribune-News (w)

May 4, 1988-Dec 17, 2005

MISSOURI CITY

Herald

Jun 25, Jly 16-Aug 6, 20, Sep 10, Oct 2-Nov 13, 1869; Jan 25-Feb 8, 22, Mar 2-30, Apr 13-20, May 4-25, Jun 15, Jly 2, 1870

NORTH KANSAS CITY

Clay County Sun (w)

Dec 3, 10, 24, 1980; Mar 4, 1981-Apr 12, 1989 (Succeeded by the Clay/Platte Sun)

Clay County Sun Chronicle (w)

Jan 12, 1994-Jan 21, 1998

Clay/Platte Sun (w)

Apr 19, 1989-Jan 10, 1990 (Succeeded by the Clay Sun Chronicle)

Clay Sun Chronicle (w)

Jan 17, 1990-Dec 22, 1993 (Succeeded by the Clay County Sun Chronicle)

The Industrial Press (w)

Mar 7, 1935-Jan 10, 1952

The North Kansas City News (w)

Apr 17, 1930-Jan 14, 1952

News-Dispatch (w)

Jan 21, 1952; Jan 12, 1953-Jun 13, 1960; Jan 1, 1963-Apr 13, 1965

North Star

Feb 28, Jun 15-Aug 3, 1971

The North Kansas City Press-Dispatch (w) (sw)

Jan 22, 1953-Jun 23, 1960; Jan 7, 1963-Feb 5, 2009
(Succeeding Title: The North Kansas City Sun Tribune see below)

The North Kansas City Sun Tribune

Feb 12, 2009-Present

RICHFIELD

Enterprise

Nov 25, 1854-Sep 14, 1855

Monitor

Dec 8, 1855-Jan 12, 26-Feb 2, 16-23, Mar 8-15, 29, Apr 19-May 2, 23-Jun 23, 1856

SMITHVILLE

The Smithville Democrat-Herald (w)

Jan 2, 1914-Apr 29, 1982

Herald (w)

Jly 26, 1901-Dec 25, 1903; Jan 8, 1904-Dec 31, 1908

The Smithville Lake Democrat Herald (w)

May 13, 1982-Dec 25, 1996

The Smithville Herald (w)

Jan 1, 1997-present

Smithville Star (w)

Aug 13, 1903-Aug 15, 1907