The ''Sioux City Tribune'' was a

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serving

Sioux City, Iowa Sioux City () is a city in Woodbury and Plymouth counties in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 85,797 in the 2020 census, making it the fourth-largest city in Iowa. The bulk of the city is in Woodbury County ...

from the late nineteenth into the mid-twentieth century.

History

The ''Tribune'' was formed out of the ''Sioux City Daily and Weekly Times'', a paper which had been founded in May 1869 by a stock company. In 1874, a Mr. Warner purchased the ''Daily and Weekly Times'', made it politically Democratic and changed the name to the ''Tribune''. Warner stepped down as editor in 1876, with C.R. Smead taking the helm. Albert Watkins was the next editor. Watkins continued the publication of the paper until July 1, 1880, when he handed it over to John C.Kelly, its editor and proprietor until at least the year 1882. At that time, the ''Tribune'' was a six-column

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format newspaper. Judson Welliver was editor until 1904. Having been dissolved and reestablished by 1929, the ''Tribune'' merged with the ''

Sioux City Journal The ''Sioux City Journal'' is the daily newspaper and website of Sioux City, Iowa. Founded in 1864, the publication now covers northwestern Iowa and portions of Nebraska and South Dakota. The Journal has won numerous state, regional and nation ...

'' in 1941 to form the ''Sioux City Tribune and Journal''. This successor title eventually ceased printing in 1959 or 1960 under the name of the ''Journal–Tribune''.

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