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Jefferson Jimplecute
The ''Jefferson Jimplecute'' is a weekly newspaper published in the city of Jefferson, Texas. It is the newspaper of record and the county seat newspaper serving Marion County. It was founded in 1848 by Ward Taylor and is the fifth-oldest newspaper in the state. It is currently owned and published by Marion County Media. Name A ''Mental Floss'' article listed it as one of "14 Wonderfully Odd American Newspaper Names". The origin of the paper's unusual name is not certain since the original publisher did not leave any clues. Several theories as to the source of the name have been floated, among them: #A mythical creature, "composed of elements of a dragon, an Indian, an armadillo, and a lion." #A slang term meaning "sweetheart." #An acronym for the motto "Join Industry, Manufacturing, Planting, Labor, Energy, Capital (in) Unity Together Everlastingly" is the most widely accepted theory. This is the paper's motto and appears in the paper's masthead. History Regarded as one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newspaper
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports and art, and often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of subscription revenue, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also published on websites as online newspapers, and some have even abandoned their print versions entirely. Newspapers developed in the 17th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
