Weekly newspaper from Moore, Oklahoma Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising. The Cleveland County Courier was founded in 1894 by John H. Dunn and was published weekly in the “interest of local affairs.” On May 11, 1895, B. A. Rudley purchased the newspaper factory from Dunn. A. R. Johnson continued on as the editor. In the last year of its existence the paper measured 18 by 24 inches and featured four pages of seven columns. The cost of a year’s subscription was one dollar. The Courier may have continued publication until 1898.
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four pages : ill. ; page 24 x 17 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.
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Weekly newspaper from Moore, Oklahoma Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising. The Cleveland County Courier was founded in 1894 by John H. Dunn and was published weekly in the “interest of local affairs.” On May 11, 1895, B. A. Rudley purchased the newspaper factory from Dunn. A. R. Johnson continued on as the editor. In the last year of its existence the paper measured 18 by 24 inches and featured four pages of seven columns. The cost of a year’s subscription was one dollar. The Courier may have continued publication until 1898.
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four pages : ill. ; page 24 x 17 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.
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Prouty, Frank G.Cleveland County Courier. (Moore, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 3, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 8, 1896,
newspaper,
February 8, 1896;
Moore, Oklahoma Territory.
(https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc102536/:
accessed May 24, 2024),
The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org;
crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.