Missouri Newspapers on Microfilm at the State Historical Society

Polk County

This is not a roll by roll listing; often a list of issues spans many rolls of microfilm and not every issue is indicated.

  • 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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BOLIVAR

Weekly Courier

May 31, 1856-Jly 4, Aug 1, 8, Sep 5-Oct 31, Nov 14-28, Dec 12-26, 1857; Jan 2-Aug 28, Sep 18-Oct 23, Nov 6, 13, Dec 4, 11, 25, 1858; Jan 8-22, Feb 19-Apr 9, 23, May 7-Jun 16, Aug 13-Oct 1, 15, Nov 5, 1859; Jan 7-Jun 2, 16-Aug 11, 25-Nov 3, 24, Dec 8-22, 1860; Jan 5-Feb 9, Mar 2-16, May 4, 18, 1861

Free Press (w)

Jun 4, 1868-May 20, 1875; Jan 13, 1876; May 15, 1879-May 19, 1881; May 24, 1883-Nov 16, 1967

Herald (w)

Oct 26, 1876; Jan 5, 1882-Aug 23, 1883; Apr 30, 1891; Apr 5, 1894-Nov 16, 1967

Herald-Free Press (w)

Nov 23, 1967-present

Pilot

Jun 8, Sep 17, Oct 1, 1859

Polk County News (w)

Jun 24-Dec 3, 1914

Weekly Sentinel

Jan 26, 1866

FAIR PLAY

Advocate (w)

Feb 7, 1919-Sep 2, 1943; Mar 11, 1965-Apr 4, 1968

Rambler (w)

Apr 4, 1957-Mar 4, 1965

HUMANSVILLE

Star-Leader (w)

Jan 3, 1913-Jly 25, Dec 19, 1918-present

MORRISVILLE

Journal (w)

Jan 12, 1912-Dec 25, 1913

PRINCIPIA

Communist

Oct 1881