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Berrien County, Michigan |
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Date |
Newspaper | Submitted By | Added to this site |
| 1910 Three Oaks Baseball Team | 1910 | Galien Gazette - date unknown | Sue Langley at suewylan@gmail.com | August 2009 |
| A. P. Dutton Shipwreck | Dec 8, 1868 | vaious St. Joesph news accounts | Deanna West | Oct 2009 |
| Articles By Joe Canuck (Joe Dumond) | 1940's to 1950's | Herald-Palladium | Bev Edwards | 2007 |
| Axe Fiend Kills Farmer! | 1 April 1927 | Niles Daily Star | Laura Cox | 2007 |
| Birthday gal turns 100! | 5 June 2008 | Niles | John Walker | 2008 |
| Bridgman Short & Tall | 21 March 1878 | Three Oaks Independent | Deanna West | 2008 |
| Business, House and Barn Fires | 1885 | St. Joseph Traveler Herald, St. Joseph, MI | various | 2010 |
| Capsized ! | Historical data | St. Joseph Herald | Deanna West | March 2010 Updated April 2010 |
| Dewey Cannon - Three Oaks | 1899 - 1963 | Three Oaks | Sue Langley | May 2010 |
| Fire At Shimmer Convalescent Home | 19 Feb1954 | Deanna West | 2008 | |
| Hippocampus sinking | Sep 8, 1868 | Lake Michigan | Deanna West | July 2010 |
| Lodging by the lake | Historical data | Various newspapers | Deanna West | March 2010 |
| Life-Saving Crews of St. Joseph, Michigan | Historical data | Various sources | Deanna West | March 2010 |
| Schnorf Hunting accident | 9 March 1887 | Niles | John Walker | 2008 |
| Shocking Affair! | 4 Sep 1861 | St. Joseph Traveler | Kathy Warren | |
| Sinking of the Chicora | 21 Jan 1895 | Deanna West | 2008 | |
| Tabor Farm Resort | 1893 to 1991 | Newspaper stories | D. West | 2010 |
| The Congretional Church | 21 Mar 1878 | Three Oaks Independent | Deanna West | 2009 |
| The Night The Rio Burned! | 9 Jan 1959 | Unknown | Deanna West | 2008 |
| Yore's Opera House Fire | 5/6 Sep1896 | Deanna West | 2008 | |
| Halloweening - Youngsters Forego Pranks for Movies | Tues- Nov 2, 1948 | Niles Daily Star | Leanna Hardesty | July 2009 |
| Wagner Grange Secretary's Book - 1925 minutes | Nov. & Dec.
1925 minutes |
files of Marge Hess Yetzke | Marge Hess Yetzke | October 2009 |
| Warren Featherbone Company | 1890's - 1900's | personal files of Sue Langley |
Sue Langley | May 2010 |
| Zordell Mysteries and Tragedies | Various | The Herald Press | William Brackett at brackettwilliam@yahoo.com | August 2009 |
1877 Berrien County Newspapers in existance & Published Weekly
| City/Town | Name | Character of Paper | Approximate founding date |
| Benton Harbor | Palladium | Republican | 1868 |
| Benton Harbor | Benton Harbor Times | Democrat | |
| Berrien Springs | Berrien Springs Journal | Independent | 1874 |
| Berrien Springs | Berrien Springs Era | Republican | 1876 |
| Buchanan | Buchanan Record | Republican | circa 1863 |
| New Buffalo | New Buffalo Independent | Independent | |
| Niles | Niles Republican | Republican | 1839, 1839-1868, 1868-1915 |
| Niles | Niles Democrat | Democrat | 1868-1889 |
| Niles | Niles Mirror | Democrat | |
| St. Joseph | St. Joseph Republican | Democrat | 1874 to ? |
| St. Joseph | St. Joseph Traveler and Herald | Republican | 1874 to 1885 |
References for above: Michigan and The Centennial - 1876 published by: S. B. McCracken - 1877
Newspapers listed by Notre Dame University at
Index
List
also included papers that pre-existed those named above.
Library
of Congress dates for Berrien County Newspapers
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