The title of my post comes from a joke my Mom used to tell. The first time I heard it--about age 5--I puzzled long into the night about what could be black and white, yet "red" all over. I was the last one on the planet to guess the answer to her riddle.
When I visit a town I check out the name of their local newspaper. Lots of newspaper names are colorful and descriptive. Some are not. The creative titles are either "one of a kind" or they shed light on the character of the communities they serve. Would you want to live in the town whose newspaper is titled "The Rustler?" Mmmm. You'd best stay out of the street at high noon. If your paper is called "The Reminder" does that mean your town is dominated by the geriatric crowd? I can't figure out the Sacramento Bee and Fresno Bee. Do they mean bee as in bumble bee? Was the publisher's daughter named Bee? Or is there a play on words going on here? ***
I leave you with a list of the plain and mundane, the interesting, and the witty / creative titles of newspapers around the country.
the dull the interesting the creative
Times Idaho Statesman Cleveland Plain Dealer
Journal Observer Daily Planet
Sun Sounder Vermont Phoenix
Post Fresno Bee Rustler
Tribune Town Crier Territorial
Chronicle Brattleboro Reformer Reminder
News Bugle Champion
Inquirer Independent Seattle Post Intelligencer
Globe Pioneer Kingman Miner
Gazette Town Crier Shinbone Star
Herald Democrat
Press Eugene Register Guard
Standard Watchman
Advertiser Newhall Signal
Examiner Oregonian
Dispatch Ledger
Reporter Constitution
Mirror Commercial
Clarion Eagle
Citizen Holyoke Transcript-Telegram
World Keene Sentinel
***An alert reader, Susanne from NC, located this article that explains the origin of the name Bee for the newspaper in Sacramento
Oh, you made me curious so I found this. Check out De Queen Bee in Arkansas, and the story at the end about the East Germans.
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DeleteGreat research Susanne! I'll add that to my post. I never knew why the Bee but it's clever.
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