All newspapers on microfilm are available for interlibrary loan, using the Reel Number in the right-hand column, and some may be purchased from the society.
The following list of newspapers in alphabetical order by title was compiled from search results at the KSHS website.
You can also view a list of these newspapers sorted by date.
| Title | Dates | Published in | County | State | Reel Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avilla Democrat | 10/1/1886--5/6/1887 | Avilla | Comanche | KS | A 1137 |
| Coldwater Echo | 8/5/1886--12/26/1889 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1100 |
| Coldwater Echo | 1/2/1890--7/30/1891 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1101 |
| Coldwater Enterprise | 7/21/1888--6/29/1889 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1102 |
| Coldwater Enterprise | 7/6/1889--7/30/1892 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1103 |
| Coldwater Enterprise | 8/6/1892--1/12/1895 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1104 |
| Coldwater Real Estate Journal | 6/0/1887--7/0/1887 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 2102 |
| Coldwater Review | 11/29/1884--2/24/1888 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1106 |
| Coldwater Review | 3/2/1888--3/6/1891 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1107 |
| Coldwater Voice | 1/3/1891--2/7/1891 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 2102 |
| Comanche Chief | 1/23/1886--5/15/1886 | Reeder | Comanche | KS | P 832 |
| Comanche Chieftain | 10/17/1884--1/9/1885 | Nescutunga | Comanche | KS | C 2102 |
| Comanche City News | 12/23/1886--6/29/1888 | Comanche City | Comanche | KS | A 1137 |
| Comanche County Citizen | 1/16/1885--1/21/1887 | Avilla | Comanche | KS | A 1137 |
| Comanche County Sun [single issue only] | 9/10/1888--9/10/1888 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 2102 |
| Echo Advocate | 8/9/1891--9/1/1892 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1101 |
| Evansville Herald | 10/1/1885--1/28/1887 | Evansville | Comanche | KS | P 810 |
| Free Knight | 5/0/1904--6/0/1904 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 2102 |
| Kansas Weekly Ledger | 4/1/1887--1/3/1888 | Protection | Comanche | KS | P 810 |
| Leader | 4/6/1888--11/30/1888 | Protection | Comanche | KS | P 810 |
| Nescutunga Enterprise | 3/20/1886--7/7/1888 | Nescutunga | Comanche | KS | C 1102 |
| People's Advocate | 10/18/1890--8/1/1891 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | A 1137 |
| Protection Echo | 4/23/1885--7/29/1886 | Protection | Comanche | KS | P 809 |
| Protection Post | 4/2/1908--3/24/1910 | Protection | Comanche | KS | P 811 |
| Protection Post | 4/7/1910--12/25/1913 | Protection | Comanche | KS | P 812 |
| Protection Post | 1/1/1914--12/28/1916 | Protection | Comanche | KS | P 813 |
| Protection Post | 1/4/1917--4/24/1919 | Protection | Comanche | KS | P 814 |
| Protection Post | 5/1/1919--9/28/1922 | Protection | Comanche | KS | P 815 |
| Protection Post | 10/5/1922--3/31/1927 | Protection | Comanche | KS | P 816 |
| Protection Post | 4/7/1927--7/30/1931 | Protection | Comanche | KS | P 817 |
| Protection Post | 8/6/1931--12/26/1935 | Protection | Comanche | KS | P 818 |
| Protection Post | 1/2/1936--12/29/1938 | Protection | Comanche | KS | P 819 |
| Protection Post | 1/5/1939--3/27/1942 | Protection | Comanche | KS | P 820 |
| Protection Post | 4/3/1942--12/28/1945 | Protection | Comanche | KS | P 821 |
| Protection Post | 1/4/1946--3/25/1949 | Protection | Comanche | KS | P 822 |
| Protection Post | 4/1/1949--12/25/1951 | Protection | Comanche | KS | P 823 |
| Protection Post | 1/4/1952--10/29/1954 | Protection | Comanche | KS | P 824 |
| Protection Post | 11/5/1954--8/30/1957 | Protection | Comanche | KS | P 825 |
| Protection Post | 9/6/1957--7/29/1960 | Protection | Comanche | KS | P 826 |
| Protection Post | 8/5/1960--12/28/1962 | Protection | Comanche | KS | P 827 |
| Protection Post | 1/5/1962--12/28/1962 | Protection | Comanche | KS | P 833 |
| Protection Post | 1/4/1963--5/28/1965 | Protection | Comanche | KS | P 828 |
| Protection Post | 6/4/1965--6/28/1968 | Protection | Comanche | KS | P 829 |
| Protection Post | 7/5/1968--3/26/1971 | Protection | Comanche | KS | P 830 |
| Protection Post | 4/2/1971--12/27/1973 | Protection | Comanche | KS | P 831 |
| Protection Post | 1/3/1974--12/26/1974 | Protection | Comanche | KS | P 832 |
| Protection Post | 1/2/1975--5/12/1977 | Protection | Comanche | KS | P 953 |
| Protection Post | 5/19/1977--7/5/1979 | Protection | Comanche | KS | P 954 |
| Protection Post | 7/12/1979--12/31/1981 | Protection | Comanche | KS | P 955 |
| Protection Post | 1/7/1982--7/7/1983 | Protection | Comanche | KS | P 1693 |
| Protection Post | 7/14/1983--3/7/1985 | Protection | Comanche | KS | P 1694 |
| Protection Post | 3/14/1985--11/20/1986 | Protection | Comanche | KS | P 1695 |
| Protection Post | 11/27/1986--6/25/1987 | Protection | Comanche | KS | P 1696 |
| Protection Press [1st] | 8/27/1886--3/26/1887 | Protection | Comanche | KS | P 810 |
| Protection Press [1st] | 6/26/1891--10/22/1891 | Protection | Comanche | KS | C 2102 |
| Protection Press [2nd] | 1/9/1986--10/1/1987 | Protection | Comanche | KS | P 1690 |
| Protection Press [2nd] | 10/8/1987--6/1/1989 | Protection | Comanche | KS | P 1691 |
| Protection Press [2nd] | 6/8/1989--12/27/1990 | Protection | Comanche | KS | P 1692 |
| Protection Press [2nd] | 1/3/1991--7/30/1992 | Protection | Comanche | KS | NP 6171 |
| Protection Press [2nd] | 8/6/1992--1/27/1994 | Protection | Comanche | KS | NP 6172 |
| Protection Press [2nd] | 2/3/1994--7/27/1995 | Protection | Comanche | KS | NP 6173 |
| Protection Press [2nd] | 8/3/1995--12/26/1996 | Protection | Comanche | KS | NP 6174 |
| Protection Press [2nd] | 1/2/1997--7/30/1998 | Protection | Comanche | KS | NP 7537 |
| Protection Press [2nd] | 8/6/1998--4/27/2000 | Protection | Comanche | KS | NP 8764 |
| Republican | 11/27/1884--1/27/1887 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1105 |
| Stock Journal | 8/23/1900--1/7/1904 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1108 |
| Talisman | 2/3/1905--12/27/1907 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1109 |
| Talisman | 1/3/1908--12/30/1910 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1110 |
| Talisman | 1/6/1911--10/30/1912 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1111 |
| Talisman | 11/6/1912--2/25/1914 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1112 |
| Talisman | 3/4/1914--5/26/1915 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1113 |
| Talisman | 6/2/1915--10/26/1916 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1114 |
| Talisman | 11/2/1916--10/30/1919 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1115 |
| Talisman | 11/6/1919--12/28/1922 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1116 |
| Talisman | 1/4/1923--3/25/1926 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1117 |
| Talisman | 4/1/1926--5/30/1929 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1118 |
| Talisman | 6/6/1929--6/29/1933 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1119 |
| Talisman | 7/6/1933--9/3/1936 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1120 |
| Western Advocate | 5/8/1886--6/26/1886 | Protection | Comanche | KS | C 2102 |
| Western Kansan | 1/16/1885--1/1/1886 | Nescutunga | Comanche | KS | P 810 |
| Western Kansan | 11/11/1886--3/24/1887 | Protection | Comanche | KS | P 810 |
| Western Star [Scattered Issues] | 8/16/1884--9/17/1909 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | NP 8428 |
| Western Star | 9/20/1884--12/27/1890 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1121 |
| Western Star | 1/3/1891--12/26/1896 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1122 |
| Western Star | 1/2/1897--4/27/1900 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1123 |
| Western Star | 5/4/1900--9/25/1903 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1124 |
| Western Star | 10/2/1903--12/28/1906 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1125 |
| Western Star | 1/4/1907--12/31/1909 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1126 |
| Western Star | 0/7/1910--12/30/1910 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1127 |
| Western Star | 1/6/1911--4/24/1914 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1128 |
| Western Star | 5/1/1914--3/30/1917 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1129 |
| Western Star | 4/6/1917--4/30/1920 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1130 |
| Western Star | 5/7/1920--3/30/1923 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1131 |
| Western Star | 4/6/1923--12/25/1925 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1132 |
| Western Star | 1/1/1926--12/28/1928 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1133 |
| Western Star | 1/4/1929--1/29/1932 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1134 |
| Western Star | 2/5/1932--4/26/1935 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1135 |
| Western Star | 5/3/1935--7/29/1938 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1136 |
| Western Star | 8/5/1938--10/31/1941 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1137 |
| Western Star | 11/7/1941--1/26/1945 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1138 |
| Western Star | 2/2/1945--4/30/1948 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1139 |
| Western Star | 5/7/1948--5/25/1951 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1140 |
| Western Star | 6/1/1951--8/27/1954 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1141 |
| Western Star | 9/3/1954--11/29/1957 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1142 |
| Western Star | 12/6/1956--2/23/1961 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1143 |
| Western Star | 3/2/1961--2/27/1964 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1144 |
| Western Star | 3/5/1964--7/28/1966 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1145 |
| Western Star | 8/4/1966--8/29/1968 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1146 |
| Western Star | 9/5/1968--3/29/1971 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1147 |
| Western Star | 4/1/1971--9/27/1973 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1148 |
| Western Star | 10/4/1973--12/26/1974 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 1149 |
| Western Star | 1/2/1975--7/8/1976 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 2023 |
| Western Star | 7/15/1976--3/30/1978 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 2024 |
| Western Star | 4/6/1978--11/8/1979 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 2025 |
| Western Star | 11/15/1979--3/19/1981 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 2026 |
| Western Star | 3/26/1981--5/27/1982 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 2027 |
| Western Star | 6/3/1982--6/30/1983 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 2648 |
| Western Star | 7/7/1983--8/2/1984 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 2649 |
| Western Star | 8/9/1984--11/7/1985 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 2650 |
| Western Star | 11/14/1985--12/25/1986 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 2651 |
| Western Star | 1/1/1987--4/21/1988 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 2884 |
| Western Star | 4/28/1988--8/31/1989 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 2885 |
| Western Star | 9/7/1989--12/27/1990 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | C 2886 |
| Western Star | 1/3/1991--5/28/1992 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | NP 6153 |
| Western Star | 6/4/1992--11/25/1993 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | NP 6154 |
| Western Star | 12/2/1993--4/27/1995 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | NP 6155 |
| Western Star | 5/4/1995--10/31/1996 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | NP 6156 |
| Western Star | 11/7/1996--6/25/1998 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | NP 7630 |
| Western Star | 7/2/1998--12/30/1999 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | NP 8513 |
| Western Star | 1/6/2000--6/28/2001 | Coldwater | Comanche | KS | NP 9711 |
| Wilmore News | 8/23/1912--10/29/1914 | Wilmore | Comanche | KS | W 2194 |
| Wilmore News | 11/5/1914--11/16/1916 | Wilmore | Comanche | KS | W 2195 |
| Wilmore News | 11/23/1916--9/30/1920 | Wilmore | Comanche | KS | W 2196 |
| Wilmore News | 10/7/1920--12/27/1923 | Wilmore | Comanche | KS | W 2197 |
| Wilmore News | 1/3/1924--7/29/1927 | Wilmore | Comanche | KS | W 2198 |
| Wilmore News | 8/5/1927--9/26/1930 | Wilmore | Comanche | KS | W 2199 |
| Wilmore News | 10/3/1930--9/25/1936 | Wilmore | Comanche | KS | W 2200 |
| Wilmore News | 10/2/1936--8/28/1942 | Wilmore | Comanche | KS | W 2201 |
| Wilmore News | 9/4/1942--12/30/1949 | Wilmore | Comanche | KS | W 2202 |
Office of The Western Star newspaper circa 1955, Coldwater, Comanche County, Kansas
Photographs courtesy of Martin Sizemore
Also see:
- WWI: a collection of online articles from Comanche County newspapers during World War I
- Home Front: a collection of online articles from Comanche County newspapers during World War II
- WWII Casualties: newspaper articles about Comanche County servicemen who died in service.
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