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: Shell Lake
Name of Paper: Shell Lake Watchm'n
Name of Publishers: Blair E. Hoar
Character: Rep
Daily or Weekly: W
Publication Day: Thursday

Town: Shell Lake
Name of Paper: Washb'n Co. Register
Name of Publishers: Register Pub. Co.
Character: Rep
Daily or Weekly: W
Publication Day: Saturday

Town: Spooner
Name of Paper: Spooner Register
Name of Publishers: Register Pub. Co.
Character: Rep
Daily or Weekly: W
Publication Day: Saturday

Town: Spooner
Name of Paper: Spooner Advocate
Name of Publishers: Ida May Goss
Character: Rep
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.