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Cooper County Newspapers on Microfilm
This is a listing of the "Missouri Newspapers on Microfilm at the State Historical Society of Missouri" for Cooper County, Missouri. The one question that is asked more frequently than even questions on cemeteries is "Where can I find an obituary of ..." So here is that listing and you may check the State Historical Society of Missouri's web site for further informaton. The Cooper County Historical Society has a large number of these microfilmed newspapers at their office in Pilot Grove, Missouri. Additionally, the Friends of Historic Boonville have some of the original bound volumes of the Cooper County Record and its predecesor. Finally the Boonville Daily News has all of their publications in bound volumes.
1830 - 2020 Newspaper Clippings
Frances Doutt Smith has contributed all of the newspaper clippings that she has collected over a life time.  And bless her little ole pea picking heart she did the index and file linking on top of it.
1883 Extract from the Boonville Weekly Advertizer
File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Frances Doutt Smith.  It is a summary of happenings taken from the 04 January 1884 issue of the Boonville Weekly Advertizer.
1884 Extract from the Boonville Weekly Advertizer
File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Frances Doutt Smith.  It is a summary of happenings taken from the 02 January 1885 issue of the Boonville Weekly Advertizer.
1885 Extract from the Boonville Weekly Advertizer
File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Frances Doutt Smith.  It is a summary of happenings taken from the 01 January 1886 issue of the Boonville Weekly Advertizer.
1886 Extract from the Boonville Weekly Advertizer
File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Frances Doutt Smith.  It is a summary of happenings taken from the 07 January 1887 issue of the Boonville Weekly Advertizer.
1889 Cooper County Teacher Assignments from the Boonville Weekly Advertizer
File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Frances Doutt Smith.  It is a listing of teacher assignments for Cooper County taken from the 18 Aug 1889 issue of the Boonville Weekly Advertizer.
1915 Extract from the Central Missouri Republican
File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Frances Doutt Smith.  It is a summary of happenings taken from the 06 January 1916 issue of the Central Missouri Republican.
1916 Extract from the Central Missouri Republican
File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Frances Doutt Smith.  It is a summary of happenings taken from the 04 January 1917 issue of the Central Missouri Republican.
1923 Extract from the Boonville Advertiser
Andrea B. Wieland transcribed this "year in review" from the 1923 Boonville Advertiser.
Interesting Newspaper Stories From The County
Newspaper article on Joseph Haerle, Jr., a Boonville Tailor. George Stillwell is accidently killed.


  
  

  
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