The following list of newspapers and periodicals published in Wisconsin has been carefully revised according to the best information obtainable up to January 1, 1903. The language in which the papers are published is English when no other statement is given. The abbreviations use are as follows: Rep., Republican; Dem., Democrat; Pro., Prohibitionist; Peo., Peoples; Ind., Independent; Rel., Religious; Ed., Educational; Agr. Agricultural; T., Temperance; M., Musical; Med., Medical; Frat., Fraternal; Lit., Literary; Soc., Socialistic; Ju., Juvenile; Com., Commercial; D., Daily; S.W., Semi-Weekly; M., Monthly; S. M., Semi-monthly; Q., Quarterly; G., German; N., Norwegian; P., Polish; Sw., Swedish; H., Hollandish; B., Bohemian; Sk., Skandinaian; D., Danish.

Town: Ashland
Name of Paper: Ashland Herald (G)
Name of Publishers: G. M. Hotechick
Character: Rep
Daily or Weekly: W.
Publication Day: Saturday

Town: Ashland
Name of Paper: Ashland News
Name of Publishers: J. C. Williams
Character: Dem..
Daily or Weekly: D & W
Publication Day: W. Wed.

Town: Ashland
Name of Paper: Ashland Posten (Sw)
Name of Publishers: Erickson & Johnson
Character: Rep
Daily or Weekly: W.
Publication Day: Friday

Town: Ashland
Name of Paper: Ashland Press
Name of Publishers: J.M.Chapple & Son
Character: Rep
Daily or Weekly: D & W
Publication Day: W. Sat.

Town: Ashland
Name of Paper: Chequamegon Critic
Name of Publishers: J.S.Duket
Character: Rep
Daily or Weekly: W.
Publication Day: Saturday

Town: Butternut
Name of Paper: Butternut Eagle
Name of Publishers: F.C.Fredrichs
Character: Dem..
Daily or Weekly: W.
Publication Day: Saturday

Town: Glidden
Name of Paper: Der Berchtestater (G)
Name of Publishers: Herman Roethig
Character: Rep
Daily or Weekly: W.
Publication Day: Saturday

Source: The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. Compiled and Published under the Direction of Halford Erickson, Commissioner of Labor and Industrial Statistics. 1903. pgs. 648 - 662.