View Full Version : What was the name of your hometown newspaper?
Zebedee DuBois
06-21-2005, 07:45 PM
In my little town, the Harold-Patriot came out on Tuesday and the Leader came out on Thursday, both published at the same company.
I figure the Harold-Patriot was a merger before my time, and the Leader a later aquisition - so that was three papers for a little town of 5000.
What was the name of your local fish wrap?
When I was in High school the paper was the Toganoxie Mirror.
Pre high school I lived in KC so the paper was the Times/Star. I had a paper route and I had to deliver the paper two times a day. It sucked. Not only did it suck just to deliver the paper twice a day but my route was between Troost and Paseo. I'm white, bad combination. I had a gun pulled on me and I was robbed (for one dollar) while delivering the paper.
|Zach|
06-21-2005, 07:51 PM
Eastern Jackson Country Examiner.
Phobia
06-21-2005, 07:52 PM
We had the Journal Express - which was a combination, I guess - at some point before my time.
Des Moines had the Register for AM delivery and Tribune for evenings. At some point while I was a paper boy, they did away with the twice daily format and combined.
Zebedee DuBois
06-21-2005, 07:53 PM
I delivered the Register as well.
milkman
06-21-2005, 07:57 PM
I used to deliver "The Leavenworth Times" in the afternoon M-F, and on Sunday A.M when I was a kid.
No Saturday edition
DaKCMan AP
06-21-2005, 08:02 PM
The Sun-Sentinel or Miami Herald
PastorMikH
06-21-2005, 08:14 PM
Columbia Daily Tribune growing up.
Now it is the Clinton Daily News.
PastorMikH
06-21-2005, 08:15 PM
I used to deliver "The Leavenworth Times" in the afternoon M-F, and on Sunday A.M when I was a kid.
No Saturday edition
That's our paper here, no saturday paper, 'cept they deliver the Sunday Paper on Saturday afternoon.:rolleyes:
Rain Man
06-21-2005, 08:18 PM
Rolla Daily News.
milkman
06-21-2005, 08:19 PM
That's our paper here, no saturday paper, 'cept they deliver the Sunday Paper on Saturday afternoon.:rolleyes:
I tthink I remember the Lv Times switching to a daily morning edition, 7 days a week, but that was several years after I moved on to bigger and better things.
Skip Towne
06-21-2005, 08:19 PM
Columbia Daily Tribune growing up.
Now it is the Clinton Daily News.
You're still a paper boy?
Skip Towne
06-21-2005, 08:23 PM
Small town of 2500 had the Daily Chronicle in the 60's. Later became a weekly.
|Zach|
06-21-2005, 08:24 PM
Eastern Jackson Country Examiner.Seems as though I have done a nice website turn around.
www.examiner.net (http://www.examiner.net)
Phobia
06-21-2005, 08:25 PM
Small town of 2500 had the Daily Chronicle in the 60's. Later became a weekly.
What about prior to that? Og's Rock Daily?
el borracho
06-21-2005, 08:27 PM
The Daily Breeze
What about prior to that? Og's Rock Daily?
I hear they had some of the best Hieroglyphics ever.
Skip Towne
06-21-2005, 08:29 PM
What about prior to that? Og's Rock Daily?
I didn't count the stone tablets. I didn't subscribe because they were too heavy. You're Og, aren't you?
KChiefsQT
06-21-2005, 08:33 PM
Forestville Gazette.
Saulbadguy
06-21-2005, 08:35 PM
Topeka Capital-Journal.
Phobia
06-21-2005, 08:44 PM
I didn't count the stone tablets. I didn't subscribe because they were too heavy. You're Og, aren't you?
No. Og wishes he were as funny as I am, though.
chiefs4me
06-21-2005, 08:55 PM
I think it is still called the same nowdays......The St. Joseph Newspress or something like that.
keg in kc
06-21-2005, 08:56 PM
What hometown newspaper?
plbrdude
06-21-2005, 09:29 PM
the good old Mound City News comes out weekly.5 minutes usually takes care of it front to back.
go bo
06-21-2005, 09:35 PM
Columbia Daily Tribune growing up.
Now it is the Clinton Daily News.oh my gosh...
you have to read bill and/or hillary's paper?
bummer... :( :( :(
go bo
06-21-2005, 09:39 PM
mine were the grand rapids herald and the gr press, morning and afternoon, respectively...
they merged while i was in high school, i think...
Skip Towne
06-21-2005, 09:49 PM
The Grit. Any other Grit salesmen on here? Is the Grit still alive?
chiefs4me
06-21-2005, 10:02 PM
the good old Mound City News comes out weekly.5 minutes usually takes care of it front to back.
wow......I haven't heard that name in a long time. My mother used to drag us to mound city all the time while I was growing up to see my aunts...and I remember my brother always hunting up that way.
PastorMikH
06-21-2005, 10:11 PM
You're still a paper boy?
:rolleyes:
I'll bet you remember watching the editor working the handcrank on the local press don't you?
PastorMikH
06-21-2005, 10:12 PM
oh my gosh...
you have to read bill and/or hillary's paper?
bummer... :( :( :(
No relation. The IQ out here is much higher.
go bo
06-21-2005, 10:17 PM
No relation. The IQ out here is much higher.hold on, now...
you can't fool me...
bill and hillary are related, really... :p :p :p
PastorMikH
06-21-2005, 10:19 PM
hold on, now...
you can't fool me...
bill and hillary are related, really... :p :p :p
They're from Arkansas, they were related before they were married. DUH!
KCChiefsMan
06-21-2005, 11:54 PM
Lawrence Journal World
Arkansas City Traveler
The Springfield News-Leader
I'm sure it might have been called something different "in the old days," but that is the only name I remember for it.
wildcat09
06-22-2005, 06:33 AM
The Tiller and Toiler
Saulbadguy
06-22-2005, 06:37 AM
Lawrence Journal World
Arkansas City Traveler
Ark City? That explains quite a bit...
deadbabyseal
06-22-2005, 06:41 AM
The Springfield News-Leader
I'm sure it might have been called something different "in the old days," but that is the only name I remember for it.
It used to be 2 different papers,the Springfield Daily News and the Springfield Leader and Press, they merged about a million years ago. My God I'm an old fart
JimNasium
06-22-2005, 06:53 AM
The Springfield News-Leader
I'm sure it might have been called something different "in the old days," but that is the only name I remember for it.
That's mine as well. I did enjoy the Times-Picayune whilst residing in New Orleans though.
Goapics1
06-22-2005, 06:55 AM
Post & Mail growing up. Where I live now it is called the Times Union. POS paper and only read on line if at all.
JimNasium
06-22-2005, 06:55 AM
The Grit. Any other Grit salesmen on here? Is the Grit still alive?
http://www.grit.com/
Misplaced_Chiefs_Fan
06-22-2005, 07:07 AM
The Hallsville Top (weekly paper)
My first professional writing credits were with this paper (started out as a sports reporter, wound up being sports editor before I left for college). Used to help the publisher/editor set type on the old linotype machine he printed the paper on.
I learned a hell of a lot more about the newspaper business working for Don than I did from any of my college professors.
KCFalcon59
06-22-2005, 07:12 AM
The Daily Union. Crap paper.
chagrin
06-22-2005, 07:51 AM
The Shreveport Times (morning) and The Shreveport Journal (evening)
Dr. Johnny Fever
06-22-2005, 07:52 AM
Where I grew up it was the Horton Headlight, where I live now it's the Quincy Herald-Whig.
Bob Dole
06-22-2005, 08:46 AM
Ours was the <i>Nevada Daily Mail</i>.
Bob Dole
06-22-2005, 08:47 AM
The Shreveport Times (morning) and The Shreveport Journal (evening)
That explains a lot.
Coonass.
chagrin
06-22-2005, 08:52 AM
That explains a lot.
Coonass.
ROFL
foxman
06-22-2005, 11:57 AM
Ours is called the High Point Enterprise. We call it the H.P. Surprise since we are always surprised when there is anything worth a crap in it.
cadmonkey
06-22-2005, 12:04 PM
The Swampscott Reporter
DJay23
06-22-2005, 12:08 PM
Growing up in Leavenworth it was the Leavenworth Times. Honestly I don't remember the names of the papers in the 3 other towns I lived in before I moved to Williamsport. Now it's the Williamsport Sun-Gazette. We get the Grit as an insert on Sundays. We even have a big building downtown that has "GRIT" really big. I still read the Lawrence Journal-World a couple days a weeks.
Dartgod
06-22-2005, 12:27 PM
Ours was the Lee's Summit Journal.
Funny story (to me anyway); My grandparents lived in Ashland, a little town in Nebraska. The paper was called the Ashland Gazette. My grandpa always called it "The Daily Astonisher"
ChiefsOne
06-22-2005, 12:49 PM
Used to be called the Thayer News, now they have merged with the other smaller towns around and call it the Southern Missouri News.
Springfield Newsleader is hometown paper these days.
whoman69
06-22-2005, 02:37 PM
We used to have a newspaper called the Marion Sentinel but that was replaced by the Marion Times. Its only a weekly paper, so the daily would be the Cedar Rapids Gazette.
PastorMikH
06-22-2005, 02:46 PM
Used to be called the Thayer News, now they have merged with the other smaller towns around and call it the Southern Missouri News.
Springfield Newsleader is hometown paper these days.
Thayer? Have a friend from a church we used to pastor that I believe played football in Thayer - late 80s to early 90s.
Megbert
06-22-2005, 02:47 PM
In Bonner up to 8th grade it was the Chieftan. Moved to Tongie so twas the Mirror.
gblowfish
06-22-2005, 03:46 PM
When I was in High School I threw the Kansas City Times (AM) and Kansas City Star (PM). Yes, there were two papers every day except for Sunday.
We also get the Independence Examiner and the Lexington MO News.
mounged
06-23-2005, 10:01 AM
Roilla Daily News when I was young, now Kansas City Star. Hey Rain Man how long have you been in Rolla?
ChiefsOne
06-23-2005, 10:07 AM
PastorMikh Thayer? Have a friend from a church we used to pastor that I believe played football in Thayer - late 80s to early 90s.
What's his name? Chances are I might know him, I graduated in 85 and played football.
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