The Messachorean was started in 1887, and issued about every two months. It was devoted to the interest of Midland College, and edited by the faculty. It died about June, 1888.
The Atchison Daily Bee was one of John N. Reynolds’ enterprises, which started March 25, 1889, and suspended April 4, 1889.
The Tradesman was a monthly publication, devoted to the trade unionism, and was edited by Robert Tompkins, the veteran editor and publisher.
Stebbins & Talbot’s Real Estate Record, established in 1869, by C. I. Stebbins, W. R. Stebbins and J. H. Talbot. This was, as its name implies, a publication devoted to booming real estate in Atchison county and vicinity.
Kansas Monthly Souvenir was published by Fitch Rice & Company from February, 1873, to sometime in June of the same year.
Gardner’s Real Estate Bulletin was another real estate journal, published monthly, by C. V. Gardner in 1873.
The Short Line Advocate was issued by the Atchison & Denver Railroad Company in 1879.
Der Courier was another German publication, published at Atchison and Topeka, by Edward F. Fleischer in 1879.
The Public Ledger was started August 19, 1880, by W. J. Granger. It supported the National Greenback ticket of that year, and October 30, 1888, Granger turned the paper over to E. A. Davis & Son, who ran it a short time. Mr. Granger returned to Atchison eighteen years later, and became a reporter on the Atchison Champion, and during the interval published papers in Effingham and other places. In 1915 he was the publisher and owner of the Nettawaka Talk.
The Western Farm Home was a continuation of the New West Monthly. Its first issue was in January, 1881, with James P. Henry and George H. Pardee as editors and publishers. It suspended publication in October, 1881.