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712:. Vol. 4. pp. 573–574.
651:Van Ravenswaay, Charles (1991).
376:Bob O'Blennis, the gambler, and
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1289:1835 establishments in Missouri
931:Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Zeitung
52:Daily German-language newspaper
1284:Newspapers established in 1835
862:Tsingtauer Neueste Nachrichten
719:Centennial history of Missouri
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717:Walter B. Stevens (1921).
429:The Mysteries of St. Louis
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161:Midwestern United States
1279:German-American history
1244:Der Ostasiatische Lloyd
1242:*(later renamed itself
1052:New Yorker Volkszeitung
983:Illinois Staats-Zeitung
883:Der Ostasiatische Lloyd
194:Polish uprising of 1830
156:Illinois Staats-Zeitung
1127:Cincinnati Volksfreund
546:Morning Westliche Post
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386:St. Louis Fire Company
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564:in politics, and the
518:On June 1, 1898, the
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457:for several decades.
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316:Native American Party
310:Native American Party
251:Opposition to slavery
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1098:Anzeiger des Westens
726:Carl Wittke (1952).
526:Anzeiger des Westens
302:, and thence to the
296:Frankfurt Parliament
129:Anzeiger des Westens
17:Anzeiger des Westens
1143:Der Wahrheitsfreund
897:The Shanghai Herald
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145:St. Louis, Missouri
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1222:Wisconsin Vorwärts
949:Allgemeine Zeitung
921:German East Africa
596:Missouri Rhineland
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461:Charles L. Bernays
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1076:(Baltimore)
1068:(Baltimore)
415:Later years
332:Mississippi
300:Switzerland
279:, but when
231: 1879
176:Early years
116:Circulation
63:(1850–1861)
1258:Categories
1193:Wisconsin
1180:(Giddings)
1081:Minnesota
603:References
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562:Republican
497:Democratic
328:immigrants
320:steamboats
190:republican
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978:Illinois
870:Shanghai
865:(Qingdao)
857:Shandong
560:remained
437:Catholics
290:In 1851,
260:In 1850,
202:librarian
141:newspaper
109:St. Louis
82:June 1835
57:Publisher
43:from 1887
1159:Kutztown
572:See also
566:Anzeiger
548:and the
534:Anzeiger
515:topics.
513:economic
509:European
501:Anzeiger
487:Anzeiger
465:Anzeiger
455:Anzeiger
444:Anzeiger
421:Anzeiger
394:Anzeiger
355:Anzeiger
266:Austrian
182:Anzeiger
153:and the
87:Language
941:Namibia
821:Croatia
813:(Brest)
540:of the
530:Tribune
433:Jesuits
398:militia
390:cannons
343:Soulard
204:at the
198:Leipzig
171:History
134:Gazette
79:Founded
41:woodcut
1172:Texas
914:Africa
802:France
777:Europe
382:Tavern
367:Benton
269:Poland
90:German
1122:Ohio
851:China
784:Spain
363:Whigs
349:house
347:brick
273:Paris
39:in a
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558:Post
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