See Indianola Bulletin. Upon examination the lists published in these newspapers appear to be passenger lists from local steamers, arriving from other Texas ports, or perhaps New Orleans. They do not appear to be immigrants. There are no long lists of German or Polish names. From time to time I will add additional excerpts from the Indianola Bulletin and other area newspapers, and of course, I will always include any ship lists.
Newspapers are very perishable.
Some that have survived have been microfilmed. See list of Texas Newspapers for those published between 1837 and 1887 that have been preserved on microfilm. Do keep in mind that these ship lists are short, and often vague. These lists were apparently published as a news or gossip brief, not because there was any law requiring newspapers or anyone to list all immigrants in a local newspaper. The Indianola Immigrant Database was established to create a list of immigrants who made the Port of Indianola their last port of entry.