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BEAVER COUNTY NEWSPAPERS

Source: Pennsylvania Newspapers: A Bibliography and Union List, editor Ruth Salisbury. Pa Library Association, 1969

This is an older publication and there is no guarantee everything is correct. Many of these newspapers no longer exist. Only those with a location symbol exist. The symbols in red are the last locations of these newspapers. Since this book was printed, many of these newspapers can now be found on microfilm at the RESEARCH CENTER FOR BEAVER COUNTY at the Carnegie Free Library, Beaver Falls, PA. The following is a symbol index to show where extant newspapers are located.

The following town newspapers are recorded: Aliquippa, Ambridge, Baden, Beaver, Beaver Falls, Bridgewater, Coraopolis, Ellwood City, Fallston, Hookstown, Hopewell, Midland, Monaca, New Brighton, New Galilee, Rochester

SYMBOLS OF LOCATIONS

P-Pennsylvania State Library,Harrisburgh

PA-B.F. Jones Memorial Library, Aliquippa

PAmL-Laughlin Memorial Library, Ambridge

PBe-Beaver Area Memorial Library, Beaver

PBf-Carnegie Free Library, Beaver Falls

PBfG-Geneva College, Beaver Falls

PBL-Public Library, Blairsville

PEll-Ellwood City Library, Ellwood City

PGT-Times and News, Gettysburgh

PHPHi-Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburgh

PHi-Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

PMid-Carnegie Free Library, Midland

PPi-Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh

PPiHi-Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh

PPiK-Dr. JAmes Kehl, Pittsburgh

PPiU-D-Darlington Collection of the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh

PTiD-Drake Well Memorial Library, Titusville

PUn-Free Public Library, Uniontown

 

ABBREVIATIONS

+ to date
+ M Original paper and microfilm
Bd bound
bw bi-weekly
d daily
F facsimile
M monthly
M microfilm
sm semi-monthly
sw semi-weekly
tM tri-monthly
tw tri-weekly
W weekly

 

Aliquippa

Aliquippa GAZETTE. sw 1922-Dec 3 1941?
1922-Jan 27 1928 as Woodlawn
gazette
PA [May 19 1922-Jun 1928];
(Jul 1928-Jun 1932); Jul 1932-Dec 3 1941

LOGSTOWN breeze. m Feb-Mar 1909.
PA Feb-Mar 1909

NEW standard. sw w 1907-1921?
1907-Nov 1920 as Standard
PA Dec 3, 28 1920-Jun 10 1921

NEWS. sw 1907-1942?
PA Nov 19 1941; Nov 6 1942

NEWS gazette. d 1942?-1943?
PA Nov 10 1942-Feb 19 1943

NEWS-herald. w 1904?-1959?

STANDARD . See New standard

TIMES. d 1943+
PA Apr 23-Jun 30 1943; Aug 3 1959Jan 1960

Evening TIMES. d 1943+
PA Jul 1943-Aug 1948

WOODLAWN gazette. See Aliquippa gazette

WOODLAWN news. sw 1907-1924.
PA [Jun 14-Apr 1922]; [Jun-Nov 19221; [Jan 2-Jun 19231

WOODLAWN standard. w 1907-1921?

WOODLAWN times. sw 1923.
PA Jul 13, 24, Aug 7-10 1923

 

AMBRIDGE

Ambridge daily CITIZEN. w sw tw d Jul 1904-Jul 31, 1959.
Jul 1904-1911 as Ambridge economy citizen.
w 1904-May 14 1912; sw May 14 1912-Sep 17 1923;
tw Sep 17 1923-Mar 4 1929
PA Sep 1938-Jan 21 1958; [Jan 23Dec 19581; 1959-Jul 1959
PAmL Jul 1908-jul 1909; May 1 1912Jul 31 1959

Ambridge ECONOMY citizen. See Ambridge daily citizen

Greater Ambridge LEADER. w Oct 7 1932-Jun 9 1933

NEWS-HERALD. sw 1906-1947?

TIMES. d 1930+
PA Nov 1930-Oct 1946
PAmL Aug 1959+

 

BADEN

Beaver County Citizen w 1874-1878?

 

BEAVER

Beaver ARGUS. w Sep I 1818-Jul 1930.
Sep 11 1818-Aug 21 1843 as Western argus;
Jul ? 1853-1859 Beaver
county argus; Sep 24 1873-1903
Argus-radical. Merged with Times
P Jun 1833-Aug 21 1843 M; Aug 28
1843-1846 M; Jul 1889,-1912
PBe Jan 25 1828
PBf 1880; 1882-1884
PHPHi [Jun 11-Dec 18301; 1831-1832;
[1833-18381; 1839; 1842-Aug 21 1843;
Aug 28 1843-1844; [1845]; 1846-1857;
[1858]; [1861]; 1862-Sept 10,1873;
[Sep 24 1873-May 29 ~1878] M
PHi Jul 24-1829
PPi [Jun 11 1830-Mar 21 1878] M
PPiHi Aug 2 1876; Aug 29 1877
PPiU-D Sep 25, Oct 9 1821; Mar 26Apr 9 1825;
Mar 28, Apr 11-18, May 2 1828; Mar 19-26, Apr 9 1830;
Oct 10 1834; Apr 24 1861
PTiD Apr 17, Oct 23 1872; Aug 6 1873;
Nov 4 1874; Aug 11, Dec 15 1875;
May 31-Jun 7 1876; Mar 14-28, May 9 1877

ARGUS. d 1883-1884?
PBf 1883-1884

AURORA. Mar? 1836-1839.

BEAVER county argus. See Beaver argus

BEAVER county patriot. w Jun 18411861.
PBL [18431
PBf May 3 1861

BEAVER county post. w 1877.
PTiD Mar 13 1877

BEAVER county times. w Jan 2 1900+
1900-Jun 1911 as Beaver times;
Jul 1911-Oct 22 1946 Beaver daily times;
Oct 23 1946-1956 Beaver Valley times
PA Jan 2 1900-1910; Jul 1911+ M

BEAVER RIVER gazette. w Feb 11 1834-?

BEAVER VALLEY labor news. w 1915-1937?

BEAVER VALLEY times. w 1874-1912?
PBf 1881-1884

BEAVER VALLEY times. d 1939+
1939-1947 as Beaver- Rochester times
PA Nov 1946-Aug 1 1959 (Aliquippa edition)

BEAVER VALLEY times (1946-1956). See Beaver county times

BEAVERTOWN herald. w 1873-1876?

BEAVERTOWN minerva. w Nov 4 1807Jun 1812?
PPiU-D Oct 8 1808

BEAVERTOWN western cabinet. w Sep 28 1811-1813.
PPiU-D Nov 11 1811

COMMONER. (1877-1879). See Star

COMMONER. w 1897-1907?

CONSERVATIVE. w? Dec 15 1843-Jan 1874.
Dec 15 1843-Nov 1865 as Western star;
Nov 1865-May ? 1871 The Local
PBe Jul 13 1854
PPiU-D Apr 5 1850; Apr 9 1852
PTiD Jul 16 1869

CRISIS. See Beaver gazette

DEMOCRAT. w? 1874?-Oct 1876.

DEMOCRAT. w 1934-1937?

DEMOCRATIC watchman. w Jun 19 1835-1836.

Beaver GAZETTE. w May 22 1813-1818.
May 22 1813-Jun 1813 as Crisis;
Jun 1813-1816 Crisis and Beaver gazette

GLOBE-STAR. See Star

The LOCAL. See Conservative

RADICAL. w Nov 1868-Sep 17 1873.
United with Argus to form Argus
and radical, later Beaver argus
PHPHi Jan 3-Sep 12 1873 M
PPiHi May 28 1869; Dec 9 1870
PPiK Nov 1868-Sep 17 1873
PTiD Jul 23 1869; Feb 11, Apr 22Jun 3,
Jun 24-Jul 15, Oct 7, Nov 11 1870;
Sep 8 1871; Apr 19 1872; Mar 7, Jun 13 1873

Beaver REPUBLICAN. w Jun 1826-May 1835.
PHi Mar 5 1833
PPiU-D Jun 19, Jul 17 1828; Feb 26 1829

REPUBLICAN. w 1910-1915?

STAR. w sw Oct 1 1877-1908.
Oct 1 1877-1879 as Commoner;
1887-May 5 1892 Globe-Star
P Jul 1889-Jun 1908

STAR. d 1891-1908.

Beaver TIMES. w Apr 1 1874-1911?
PHPHi Feb 25 1875-Mar 21 1878 M
PPi Feb 25 1875-Mar 21 1878 M

Beaver daily TIMES. d Apr 27 1899-1939?
Covers Beaver, Bridgewater, Freedom,
Midland, Monaca and Rochester.
Became Beaver-Rochester times
P Jan 1927-Jun 1932
PA 1930-1939
PPiU-D Jun20 1900

WESTERN argus. See Beaver argus

WESTERN star. See Conservative

Daily X-RAY. d 1903-1904.
P Jun-Jul 1903

 

 

BEAVER FALLS
Early years as Brighton

BEAVER county enterprise. See Beaver Falls tribune

BEAVER county palladium. w Aug 29 1840-1841.
Follows Beaver Falls chronicle (Rochester)
PPi Aug 29 1840-Sep 23 1841

BEAVER VALLEY democrat. w 1882-1883?

 

BEAVER VALLEY independent. w 1893-1900?
Suspended 1895?

BEAVER VALLEY news. w May 22 1874-1928.
United with Beaver Falls tribune
to form News-Tribune
PBf 1882-1884

COURANT. See Beaver Falls tribune

Beaver Falls COURIER. See Beaver Falls tribune

CRISIS or, Beaver gazette. ca 1815
PUn Jul 29 1815

DEMOCRATIC standard. w 1882.

GLOBE advertiser. w 1875-1887?
1875-1879 as Globe. Merged with
Beaver star

HERALD. d 1886-1887?

HERALD and globe. w 1879-1887?

INDEPENDENT. w 1881-1883.
PBf 1881-1883

INDEX. Apr 1882.

JOURNAL. m 1874-1875.

Evening JOURNAL. d Jun 1888-1901.
P Jul 1889-Jun 1901

JOURNAL. (weekly). See Review

LIFE boat. w 1875-1876.

NEW era. w 1876-1877.

NEWS. d 1883-1928.
Merged with Beaver Falls tribune
(daily) to form News-Tribune
PBf 1883-1884

NEWS-TRIBUNE. d 1928+
P 1929-Jun 1959. Jul 1959+ M
PBf 1928+. Dec 20 1935+ M

Evening PEN. d Jun 1883-Feb 18 1884.

Daily RADICAL. d 1892-1896?

Daily RECORDER. d 1892-1893.

REPUBLICAN. w 1889-1897?

Daily REPUBLICAN. d 1896.

REVIEW. w 1889-19461
1889-1897 as Journal

SPRAY of the Falls- m w 1887-1888

TRIBUNE w 1875-1906.
Apr 1875 as Courant; May 1875-
1879 Beaver Falls courier; 1879-
1880 Beaver County Enterprise
PBf 1881-1884
P Jan-June 1892; Jul 1893-1906

TRIBUNE. d 1884-1928.
Merged with News to form News
Tribune
P Apr-Dec 1892; Jan 1907-Mar 1912;
Jul 1912-1928
PBf Sep 1903-Aug 1925; 1926-1928

 

 

BRIDGEWATER

BEAVER County Patriot w Jun 1841-1843

 

CORAOPOLIS

CHRONICLE. w 1890-1917?
1890-1899? as Suburban

RECORD. w 1906+

REVIEW. 1880-?

SUBURBAN. See Chronicle

 

ELLWOOD CITY

ADVOCATE. d 1902-1904?
CITIZEN. d w 1894-1920? d 1894-18952
EAGLE. w 1891-1892?
EAGLE. See Enterprise (1899-1914?)
ENTERPRISE. w 1891-1892?
ENTERPRISE. 1899-1914? 1899-1901?
as Eagle, 1901?-1911?
Eagle and motor
HOME journal. bw 1891-1892?
LEDGER. d 1919+
PE11 1919+
MOTOR. w 1894-1901?
Merged with Eagle to become
Eagle and motor, later Enterprise (1899-1914?)
SHELBY beacon, w 1914-1920?

 

FALLSTON

tBEAVER FALLS union and Beaver
county advocate. w Jan 13 1838Mar 2 1839.
PPi [Jan 20 1838-Mar 2 1839]

Fallston and Brighton GAZETTE, w Aug 5 1835-Jan 6 1838.
Followed by Beaver Falls union, Beaver Falls


HOOKSTOWN

SOUTH SIDE citizen w 1902-1904?

HOPEWELL

TELEPHONE w 1879-1898?

MIDLAND

Midland weekly NEWS. w 1928+
PMid 1928+

PRESS. w 1917-1920?

TELEGRAM. w 1924-1925?

MONACA

COMMONER w 1896-1906?

Herald 1903-?

NEW BRIGHTON

BEAVER county eagle. w 1895-1901?

BEAVER county press. w Mar 24 1871Jan 14 1874.

BEAVER FALLS new era. Feb 28 1866 Mar ? 1866.
Printed in Allegheny, Pa., dated New Brighton

BEAVER VALLEY herald. Jul 14 1869Feb 1 1871.
Jul 14 1869-Jan 1870 as Herald
PPiU-D Jan 28 1871

tBEAVER VALLEY news. w May 22 1874-1928.
United with Beaver Falls tribune
(w) to form News tribune (Beaver Falls)
PBf 11882-18841

tBEAVER VALLEY news. d Feb 5 18831928?
United with Beaver Falls tribune
(d) to form News tribune (Beaver Falls)

HERALD. See Beaver Valley herald

PLAIN dealer. w 1905-1908?

RECORD. May 20 1854-Apr 23 1856.
PGT May 20 1854-Nov 4 1854
PPiU-D Jun 24, Oct 21 1854

New Brighton TIMES. w Oct 21 1857-1865.
PPi [Oct 9 1862-Jan 21 1864]

YOUNG American. 1855-?

NEW GALILEE

VALLEY HERALD w. 1892-1907?

ROCHESTER

ARGUS. d May 1883-1894.

BEAVER FALLS chronicle. w Oct 12
1839-Aug 29 1840.
Followed by Beaver county pal-
ladium, Beaver Falls

COMMONER. w 1897-1906?

Saturday JOURNAL. w 1911-1919?

PLAIN dealer. w 1905-1908?
African American paper