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: Merrill
Name of Paper: Merrill Advocate
Name of Publishers: C. N. Johnson
Character: Rep.
Daily or Weekly: W
Publication Day: Tuesday

Town: Merrill
Name of Paper: Wis. Thalbote (G)
Name of Publishers: Otto Susemihl
Character: Ind
Daily or Weekly: W
Publication Day: Friday

Town: Merrill
Name of Paper: The Merrill News
Name of Publishers: D. S. Johnson
Character: Dem
Daily or Weekly: W
Publication Day: Friday

Town: Merrill
Name of Paper: The Merrill Star
Name of Publishers: Wm. Allen
Character: Ind
Daily or Weekly: W
Publication Day: Friday

Town: Tomahawk
Name of Paper: The Tomahawk
Name of Publishers: Tomahawk Pub. Co.
Character: Ind
Daily or Weekly: W
Publication Day: Saturday

Town: Tomahawk
Name of Paper: Tomahawk Leader
Name of Publishers: H. D. Bleifernicht
Character: Ind
Daily or Weekly: W
Publication Day: Friday

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.