It continued under this name until Thursday, February 16, 1893, the paper that week merging with another paper called "The Lebanon Gazette". As of Thursday, February 23, 1893, the paper appeared as "The Western Star and Lebanon Gazette" until Thursday, January 12, 1899. The title was shortened back to "The Western Star" effective with the issue of Thursday, January 19, 1899 and continued as a weekly until the issue of Thursday, August 29, 1935. The following Monday, September 2, 1935, the paper began a brief existence as a daily, publishing every day except Sundays. This continued to Thursday, December 31, 1936. The following week it resumed its existence as a weekly with the issue of Thursday, January 7, 1937. That issue also marked a change in the name of the paper to "The Western Star and Lebanon Patriot" with its absorption of another weekly, "The Lebanon Patriot". The title went back to "The Western Star" with the issue of Thursday, July 7, 1938.