St. Louis County Newspapers

Missouri Gazette and Public Advertiser: 1808–1822, St. Louis County

St. Louis Daily Missouri Republican: 1854–1869, St. Louis County. Editor: William Hyde

St. Louis Missouri Republican: 1869–1873, St. Louis County

St. Louis Republic: 1900–1905, St. Louis County

St. Louis Republican: 1873–1876, St. Louis County

St. Louis Tribune: 1898–1898, St. Louis County

Western Watchman: 1849–1859, St. Louis County

Missouri Argus: 1835–1840, St. Louis County

Western Watchman: Western Watchman is a Catholic journal that caters towards Catholics in St. Louis, Missouri. It includes subjects such as university items, a tribute to an Irish prince, and an important religious place called St. Maximin. The paper, being religious, carries a political agenda with which Catholic people generally agree. It has a small advertisement for “Dr. Price’s cream baking powder”, so maybe that is something that the paper’s audience is interested in. It is written in English, so I am not sure if it was read by German immigrants. It is interesting that this is a Catholic journal, and probably would not appeal to people who aren’t Catholic, since the content is purely about religious events and figures.

St. Louis Republican: The St. Louis Republican contains a lot of smaller sections and advertisements. The advertisements range from the Missouri School of Mines, and Visitation Academy, to real estate agents and auctioneers. It also includes articles about “A Young Man Shot Dead for Throwing a Piece of Watermelon at His Uncle”. There is a great assortment of subjects within this newspaper edition, and it doesn’t seem to cater towards a particular group of people. There are a number of advertisements for educational opportunities, so perhaps the newspaper’s readers value education. There doesn’t appear to be any political language or articles, so I’m not sure which way this newspaper leans politically, if it does at all.