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Newspapers listed in the Union List of Arkansas Newspapers, 1819-1942:  Partial Inventory of Arkansas Newspaper Files Available in Offices of Publishers, Libraries, and Private Collections in Arkansas.  Little Rock:  Arkansas Historical Records Survey, 1942.  The date in parenthesis was the latest issue in known existence at the time of the survey.  At that time, , some issues of these newspapers were available at either the Arkansas History Commission, Little Rock Public Library, and/or the University of Arkansas.  The Arkansas History Commission has the largest collection of newspaper files from the territorial period , circa 1819 to the present.

Blytheville
BLYTHEVILLE COURIER NEWS    Est. 1902 - [1941]   Still in business
P.O. Box 1108
Blytheville AR 72316

Leachville
 THE LEACHVILLE STAR    Est. April 1917 - [December 1941]

Manila
THE MISSISSIPPI COUNTY SENTINEL    Est. March 1924 - [1941]
MANILA HERMAN DAVIS SENTINEL  -  Successor to The Bulletin.  Est. September 1933

Osceola
THE OSCEOLA TIMES   Est. 1869 - [Dec 1941]

The Arkansas History Commission cannot undertake newspaper research, but will copy articles with the proper date and place citation. Please submit your request in writing. If the article is available, you will be sent an order form to remit with payment.

Title: Blytheville Courier News
City: Blytheville
County: Mississippi
Beginning Date: Jun. 11, 1928
Ending Date: Sept. 2001

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Title: Blythe Spirit
City: Blytheville
County: Mississippi
Beginning Date: Jan. 8, 1960
Ending Date: Feb. 1888
Comments: Blytheville Air Force Base
Notes: 1964 missing

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Title: Colony Herald
City: Dyess
County: Mississippi
Beginning Date: May 1936
Comments: See: Gen. M/F File: Dyess

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Title: Dyess Eagle
City: Dyess
County: Mississippi
Beginning Date: Jul. 16, 1947
Comments: See: Gen. M/F File: Dyess Colony

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Title: Dyess Herald
City: Dyess
County: Mississippi
Beginning Date: Jul;. 16, 1947
Comments: See: Colony Herald

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Title: Leachville Star
City: Leachville
County: Mississippi
Beginning Date: Oct. 3, 1952
Ending Date: Dec. 24, 1958
Comments: 1953 missing

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Title: Manila Sentinel
City: Manila
County: Mississippi
Beginning Date: Aug. 26, 1932
Ending Date: May 29, 1969
Comments: See: Manila Misc. Roll 1
Notes: scattered issues

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Title: Mississippi County Sentinel
City: Manila
County: Mississippi
Beginning Date: Jan. 4, 1952
Ending Date: Dec. 26, 1952

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Title: Northeast Arkansas Town Crier
City: Manila
County: Mississippi
Beginning Date: May 21, 1970
Ending Date: Apr. 14, 1992
Notes: missing issues

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Title: Osceola Times
City: Osceola
County: Mississippi
Beginning Date: Jul. 5, 1873
Ending Date: Aug. 24, 1994

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Title: Town & Country
City: Manila
County: Mississippi
Beginning Date: Jan. 10, 1967
Ending Date: Nov. 21, 1977
Comments: See: Manila Misc. Newspapers Roll 1
Notes: missing issues

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Title: Village News
City: Blytheville
County: Mississippi
Beginning Date: Oct. 25, 1978
Ending Date: Nov. 22, 1989
Notes: missing issues

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Title: Star Sentinel
City: Manila
County: Mississippi
Beginning Date: Jun. 22, 1959
Comments: See: Manila Misc. Newspapers Roll 1

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Title: Colony Herald
City: Dyess
County: Mississippi
Beginning Date: Jan. 1937
Comments: See: Gen. M/F File: Dyess

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Title: Colony Herald
City: Dyess
County: Mississippi
Beginning Date: Jul. 16, 1947
Comments: See: Gen. M/F File: Dyess