The 'North Iowan' is from the 1860's era and was published in Osage. It was published for several years, but the name changed frequently: North Iowan 1857-1860 > Journal (moved to St. Ansgar for a short time) > North Iowan, back to Osage until 1861 when name was changed to North Iowa Standard until 1865 > North Iowan 1865-1868 > Osage Tribune for about 6 mo. then it merged with Mitchell County Press Other early Mitchell co. newspapers were: Osage Democrat (1856, published only 1 yr.), Republican (at Mitchell,1857), Mitchell County Press est. 1865 - after 1870, and Mitchell County News, est. 1868. You might find these lists of Iowa newspapers helpful: http://www.iowaoldpress.com/PUB/1860.html http://www.iowaoldpress.com/PUB/1884_1.html Best wishes, Sharyl Ferrall www.iowaoldpress.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas A Nelson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 11:02 AM Subject: [IOWA] Old newspapers I have been following the use of old newspapers, but have not found one for Osage, Mitchell County Iowa. When in Osage, I found my great grandparents in the 1860 census and a Dexter B. Day in their household, who, I told my husband, was old enough to be a father to my great grandfather. Read for hours at the courthouse, and found a marriage record for my grandmother's oldest brother. It gave his usual residence as Green County, Wisconsin. At Green County, Wisconsin, I found out that my great, great grandfather had been Dexter B Day. In the History of Green County, he was found in two places. His article ended that he went to Iowa where he died in 1863. In an old newspaper dated in 1845 I found he had filed for bankruptcy. Since then we have returned to Mitchell County, Iowa a couple of times, but I have never been able to find his grave or a death record. Did find his son, William Williams Day listed on a large, framed under glass, flyer dated August 1885 about the Mitchell County Protective Association Against Horse Thieves, organized 1873. Membership cost was $1.75. The members were listed, but not necessarily in alphabetical order. It is on the stair landing at the Osage Museum. But no old newspapers in which to search. Did I miss them? Or can someone point me to where I might find one from the 1863 era in Mitchell County. I never found the grave of my other great, great grandfather who was supposed to have died there, too, on 14 Apr 1876: Jonathan Prince. He owned a lime quarry, and my great grandfather William W Day worked there as a lime kiln operator. One would think there would have been a mention of his death in the newspaper. He had married daughters other than my great grandmother Lucy Day in the area: Nancy Haskell and Sophia Vanderbilt. Thanks, Jan Nelson _____________________________________________ For additional information concerning how the list works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ _____________________________________________ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message