The McCook Tribune (McCook, Neb.)

• 1885–1912
• Newspaper

Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.

1,292 issues from 1885 to 1912, published in Mccook, Nebraska, digitised for Chronicling America.

The McCook Tribune served as a prominent news source for the Red Willow County seat of McCook, Nebraska, and much of its environs. J.P. Israel served as the Tribune’s publisher and editor under the paper’s original title, the McCook Weekly Tribune , which debuted on June 8, 1882, Just over a year later, on November 8, 1883, Frank M. Kimmel and E.M. Kimmel assumed ownership of the paper. On August 5, 1886, the Kimmels condensed the title to the McCook Tribune, although the paper continued as a weekly until 1924, when it shifted to a consistent triweekly schedule. The Tribune charged $2.00 annually regardless of publication schedule. While E.M. Kimmel helped run the paper in its earliest years, Frank Kimmel remained the primary editor and publisher until his death in 1928. The Tribune lasted only eight years after Kimmel’s passing. On June 20, 1936, rival editor Harry D. Strunk officially absorbed the Tribune into his McCook Daily Gazette. The Tribune maintained a five-column layout and ran approximately six to seven pages in early editions, later expanding to 10- to 16-page spreads. The Tribune’s masthead began as a simple bold text, later adopted calligraphic font, and in the end even featured a bubble-letter appearance. At times, it included the subheading “The Official City and County Paper” and “The Newsiest Paper in the [Republican River] Valley.” At first, advertisements encompassed much of the front page, leaving actual news to occupy interior pages.

With a generally…

Genres

News

Published in

Mccook, Nebraska, United States

Language

English

Collection

Chronicling America

Licence or status

None stated by the archive

Rights

The Library of Congress believes that the newspapers in Chronicling America are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions. Newspapers published in the United States more than 95 years ago are in the public domain in their entirety.

Credit

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities

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