Mower County Transcript (Lansing, Minn.)
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2,244 issues from 1869 to 1915, published in Lansing, Minnesota, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Mower County Transcript was a weekly Republican-affiliated newspaper published on Thursdays from 1868 to 1915, first in Lansing (April-December 1868) then in Austin, Minnesota (December 1868- May 1915). When it began, the Transcript was four pages with nine columns and had a circulation of 700. By 1887, the paper had changed to an eight-page, six- column format, and circulation had grown to 1,000. The Transcript covered news from across Mower County, including the county seat of Austin, as well as in the towns in nearby Dodge and Steele counties. It also featured stories from Iowa, Wisconsin, and the Dakotas.
Mower County lies on Minnesota’s southern border and is the home of the headwaters of the Upper Iowa River, which is a tributary of the Mississippi. A dam was built in the late 1800s, creating Lake Louise, which served the farmers of the area. By the 1890s, agriculture was the primary industry of Mower County, with wheat and hog farming being the most common. Agricultural news and tips were featured in every issue of the Transcript, with “Farmer Ben’s” column appearing on the front page each week. In 1891, the meat packing and processing firm of Geo. A. Hormel & Co. was founded in Austin. Advertisements listing low prices on beef products and classifieds soliciting farmer’s pigs for processing started appearing in the Transcript in the late 1890s. By 1918, Hormel’s distribution was growing nationally, and the company established offices in Minneapolis, Duluth,…
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- News
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- Lansing, Minnesota, United States
- Language
- English
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- Chronicling America
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