_Wood and Iron_, monthly, Wood and Iron Publishing Company, established 1880.

_Methodist Herald_, weekly, R. H. Young, established 1887.

EXCELSIOR.

Minnetonka _Mirror_, weekly, W. H. Mitch.e.l.l, established 1885.

_Northwestern Tourist_, weekly, A. S. Dimond & Son, established 1876.

WASHINGTON COUNTY.

The first newspaper published in Washington county was the St. Croix _Union_, established Oct. 8, 1854, in Stillwater. It was continued under the management of Cable & Easton one year, when F. S. Cable sold out to Milton H. Abbott. Soon after Mr. Abbott bought out the interest of M. S. Easton. The paper went down in the crash of 1857.

The Stillwater _Messenger_ made its appearance under the management of A. T. Van Voorhes, Sept. 11, 1856. It changed ownership several times, and in 1871 Seward & Taylor, the present owners, came into possession.

The Stillwater _Democrat_ succeeded the defunct _Union_ in 1858. L. F.

Spaulding and C. P. Lane became the editors and proprietors. It was discontinued in 1861.

A. B. Easton and J. N. Castle established the Stillwater _Gazette_, the first number appearing Aug. 6, 1870. This paper was successful from the first, and with but few changes in proprietorship is published at the present day as a daily and weekly by Clewell & Easton.

The Stillwater _Lumberman_ was established April 9, 1875, by Ed. H.

Folsom. It afterward pa.s.sed into the hands of a stock company, and was discontinued in 1884.

The Stillwater _Post_, a German paper, was established by W. P.

Shilling & Co. Aug. 26, 1876. Two years later it pa.s.sed into the hands of Wm. Schermuly, and in 1880 it was taken charge of by Julius Duel, who is succeeded by F. C. Neumeier.

CHISAGO COUNTY.

Taylor's Falls _Reporter_, F. H. Pratt, established February, 1860; in 1862 the name was changed to Taylor's Falls _Monitor_; in 1883 the name was again changed to Taylor's Falls _Journal_; present editor, Ed. H. Folsom.

Rush City _Pos._, Hial P. Robie, established in 1875.

Chisago County _Times_, Taylor's Falls, Rowe & Walker, established April 19, 1888.

PINE COUNTY--PINE CITY.

_Pine County Pioneer_, weekly, Ed. C. Gottry, established 1885.

CARLTON COUNTY--CLOQUET.

_Pine Knot_, weekly, Dr. H. B. Allen, established 1884.

_Industrial Vidette_, established 1887.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY--DULUTH.

_Tribune_, weekly and daily, R. C. Mitch.e.l.l, established 1881.

_Lake Superior News_, weekly, Wm. S. Woodbridge, established 1878.

Duluth _Daily News_, established 1885.

Duluth _Skandinav_, Wesenbergad Hurst, established 1887.

_Paragrapher_, established 1887.

_Volksfreund_, Dworsehak & Son, established 1886.

_Evening Journal_, established 1887.

TOWER.

Tower _Press_, C. T. Bingham, established 1885.

TWO HARBORS.

_Iron Post_, A. De Lacy Wood, established 1887.

AITKIN COUNTY--AITKIN.

Aitkin _Age_, weekly, E. F. Barrett, established 1883.

CROW WING COUNTY--BRAINERD.

Brainerd _Dispatch_, weekly, Ingersoll & Willard, established 1881.

Brainerd _Journal_, weekly, H. C. Stivers, established 1882.

_Northwestern Tribune_, weekly, Halsted & Pennell, 1872.

The _News_, daily, established 1887.

KANABEC COUNTY--MORA.

Mora _Times_, weekly, R. W. Safford, established 1882.