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Evolution of Muscatine newspaper history through the Journal era
The article traces Muscatine journalism from 1848 to the early 1900s, detailing owners editors and mergers culminating in the Muscatine News-Tribune under the Muscatine News Co. It notes key figures like J. G. Van Lent and O. G. Jack, and mentions Der Herold and Labor Voice as German weekly and trades publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
Muscatine
LaCossitt
Jerome Carskaddan
T. Meason Williams
William Gibson & Co
Robert Williams
Enquirer
Daniel S. Biles
E. W. Clark
Samuel McNutt
Biles
John Trainor King
Review
Edward H. Thayer
King
The
Courier
Barnhart Brothers
W. W. Witmer
Telegraph
E. O. Upham
Charles Sibley
Weekly
Tribune
George W. van Horne
van Horne
E. H
William Betts
Daily Tribune
Betts Brothers
Muscatine News Co
Muscatine Weekly News
O. G. Jack
William Huttig
William Hoffman
G. W. van Horne
Third and
Walnut Streets
Iowa Avenue
Johnson
Adam Funeck
News-Tribune Today
J. G. van Lent
F. W. Ejichoff
J. C. van Lent
the Record
Record Printing Co
Will M. Narvis
Will B. Fuller
Narvis
Weekly Record
Case
Muscatine Tribune
A. O. U. W. Work
der Herold
Henry Heinz
Labor Voice