The Courtland Journal

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The Courtland Journal
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Irrigation in the heart of the nation
Typeweekly newspaper
Format7 column
Owner(s)Colleen Mainquist
PublisherColleen Mainquist
EditorColleen Mainquist
Founded1903 (as The Comet)
Headquarters420 Main Street
Courtland, KS 66939-0318
USA
Circulation 466

The Courtland Journal is a local newspaper in Courtland, Kansas. [1] It is published weekly on Thursdays and reports a circulation of 466. [2] The paper was started under the name The Comet in 1903. It was sold to Francis Borin in 1915 and moved to Courtland where it was renamed The Courtland Journal. It has published continuously ever since. [3]

In the early years of the paper, it was not uncommon for the paper to publish local church information including sermon topics. [4] The paper also published multiple articles of historical value according to the Kansas State Historical Society. [5] At times, articles and letters to the editor are reprinted in other papers such as the Belleville Telescope. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "About The Courtland Journal". National Endowment for the Humanities. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Record Details | Kansas Press Association". kspress.com. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  3. ↑ "Business Directory (Courtland Journal)". Republic County, Kansas. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
  4. ↑ Wuthnow, Robert (November 14, 2011). Red State Religion: Faith and Politics in America's Heartland. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 190. ISBN   9780691150550 . Retrieved April 12, 2014. Courtland's churches were as pivotal to the community's local identity as its ethnic heritage was. The Courtland Journal carried church announcements on its front page as well as listings of sermon topics and paragraphs by each of the town's ministers giving a précis of the sermon's content or a short meditation.
  5. ↑ "Kansas History as Published in the Press" (PDF). Kansas State Historical Society. p. 155. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
  6. ↑ Benz, Kate Guerriero (September 19, 2013). "Courtland's 'gate keepers' make woman consider county for new home" (PDF). Belleville Telescope . Retrieved April 13, 2014.


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