Daily newspaper from Shawnee, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising. The daily version of The Shawnee News, also known as The Shawnee Evening News, was started in 1902 by Lou S. Allard, combining with The Shawnee Quill. The paper claimed to be independent in politics until 1907 when the paper was advertised as a Republican publication. The News was published Monday through Saturday and five dollars was the cost for a years' subscription. The paper was advertised as "the only Daily giving Telegraph News in the City."
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eight pages : ill. ; page 22 x 17 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.
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Daily newspaper from Shawnee, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising. The daily version of The Shawnee News, also known as The Shawnee Evening News, was started in 1902 by Lou S. Allard, combining with The Shawnee Quill. The paper claimed to be independent in politics until 1907 when the paper was advertised as a Republican publication. The News was published Monday through Saturday and five dollars was the cost for a years' subscription. The paper was advertised as "the only Daily giving Telegraph News in the City."
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eight pages : ill. ; page 22 x 17 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.
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Masthead reads, "The Newspaper that is Making Shawnee Famous. - "Fear God, Tell The Truth and Shame The Devil."
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Charles Barrett created the daily edition of the Shawnee Herald in 1902. In 1911, it merged with The Shawnee News to become The Shawnee News-Herald, and, later, The Shawnee Daily News-Herald.