Newspaper Mottoes
How newspapers of the United States have
described themselves to their readers
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It was once common for a
newspaper to state a motto (slogan, tagline) in its nameplate on Page One. Like
the New York Times' "All the News That's Fit to Print,"
the motto was a statement of principle for some newspapers; for others, such as
theChicago Tribune ("World's Greatest Newspaper") or the
Allentown Morning Call ("Lehigh Valley's Greatest Newspaper"), it was simply a
chest-out boast. What follows are some mottoes that have flown under the flags
of American newspapers through the years.
Worth Looking Into
--Aberdeen (S.D.) American News
The Newspaper That Pays
for Itself
--Abilene (Tex.)
Reporter News
Give Light and the
People Will Find Their Way
--(Albuquerque) New
Mexico State Tribune (adopted by all Scripps-Howard newspapers) [Thanks to Angus Lind, The Times-Picayune]
A Fearless And
Wide-Awake Democratic Newspaper
--The (Alexandria, La.)
Weekly Town Talk
Lehigh Valley's Greatest
Newspaper
--The (Allentown, Pa.)
Morning Call
If You Don't Want It
Printed, Don't Let It Happen
--The Aspen (Colo.)
Daily News [Thanks to Angus Lind, The Times-Picayune]
For x Years The South's Standard Newspaper
--The Atlanta
Constitution
Covers Dixie Like The
Dew
--The Atlanta Journal
South's Oldest
Newspaper--Established 1785
--The (Augusta, Ga.)
Chronicle
The Great Newspaper of the Southern San Joaquin Valley
--The Bakersfield
(Calif.) Californian
Light For All
--The
(Baltimore) Sun
Maine's Largest Daily
Newspaper
--(Bangor, Me.) Daily
News
At the Crossroads of
West Texas
--Big Spring (Texas)
Herald [Thanks
to Angus Lind, The
Times-Picayune]
A Clean Newsy Newspaper For the Home
--The (Beaver, Pa.)
Daily Times
The Hometown Newspaper
Of The Southern Tier
--The
(Binghamton, N.Y) Evening Press
Liked by Many, Cussed by Some, Read by Them All
--The Blackshear (Ga.)
Times
Fanning the Flames of
Discontent
--(Boonville, Mo.)
Anderson Valley Advertiser
The Gimlet -- It Bores
In.
--(Brownsville, Ky.)
Edmonson News
Boston's Independent
Newspaper
--Boston Traveler
America's Most Colorful
Newspaper
--Burlington (Vt.) Free
Press [Thanks
to John Engels, International Business Initiatives--IBI]
To Give The News
Impartially, Without Fear or Favor.
--Chattanooga
Times Free Press [Thanks to Bill Peterson]
An Independent Newspaper
--Chicago Daily News
World's Greatest
Newspaper
--Chicago Tribune
Open to all Parties--but
influenced by none
--The (Cincinnati) Centinel of the North-Western
Territory
The Newspaper That
Serves Its Readers
--The Cleveland Press
Independent But Not
Neutral
--Colebrook (N.H.) News and Sentinel
A Weekly Newspaper for
the Mutual Benefit of Ourselves, Colleton and Beaufort Districts and Mankind
Generally.
--Colleton and Beaufort (S.C.) Sun [Thanks to Debbie van Tuyll, Augusta State
University]
Independent Since 1880 / America's Oldest Independent College Daily
--The Cornell Daily Sun [Thanks to Donna Kramer]
Continuously Published
for x Years
--The Dallas Times
Herald
The Voice of the Rocky
Mountain Empire
--The Denver Post
Colorado's First
Newspaper--Founded in 1859
--(Denver) Rocky
Mountain News
On Guard for x Years
--The Detroit Free Press
The Home Newspaper For
More Than x Years
--The Detroit News
America's Oldest
Continuously Published Newspaper
--Hartford Courant [Thanks to Diego Sorbara]
Houston's Family
Newspaper
--Houston Chronicle
Mississippi's Leading
Newspaper For More Than A Century
--The (Jackson)
Clarion-Ledger
A Leader In The Growth
And Development Of Florida And The South For x Years
--The (Jacksonville)
Florida Times-Union
America's No. 1 Small
City / Capital of the East Texas Oil Field
--Kilgore (Tex.) News
Herald
The Oldest Newspaper
West of the Mississippi
--(Little Rock) Arkansas Gazette
Long Island's
Only-Online Newspaper
--The Long Island
Times [Thanks
to Denise Newton]
An Independent
Democratic Newspaper Of The First Class Unchallenged In Its Field
--The Longview (Tex.)
Daily News
Largest Circulation In
The Entire West
--Los Angeles Herald
Examiner
Largest Circulation In
The West
--Los Angeles Times
The Only Newspaper in
the World That Gives a Damn About Yerington
--Mason Valley (Nev.)
News
Your GOOD NEWSpaper!
--The McKenzie (Tenn.)
Banner
Florida's Most Complete
Newspaper (also, Florida's Complete Newspaper)
--The Miami Herald
Central And South
Alabama's Largest Evening Newspaper
--(Montgomery) Alabama
Journal
Serving America's
International Gateway Since 1837
--The (New Orleans)
Times-Picayune
The Lively One, With a
Mind of Its Own
--The (New Orleans)
States-Item [Thanks
to Angus Lind, The
Times-Picayune]
The Truth is Always Fair
--(New Orleans) Daily
Truth [Thanks
to Angus Lind, The
Times-Picayune]
The Best Paper, the
Brightest Paper, the Cheapest Paper
--(New Orleans)Evening
Chronicle [Thanks
to Angus Lind, The
Times-Picayune]
The Only Louisiana
Newspaper for a Dime a Week
--(New Orleans) Evening
Telegram [Thanks
to Angus Lind, The
Times-Picayune]
Patroness of Peace,
Commerce, and the Liberal Arts
--The (New York)
American Minerva
New York's Picture
Newspaper
--(New York) Daily News
Established x Years Ago. A European Edition Is Published Daily
In Paris
--New York
Herald-Tribune
It Shines For All.
--The New York Sun
All The News That's Fit
to Print
--The New York Times
Haec olim meminisse
juvabit [It will profit us to remember these things in the future. Virgil.]
--Niles' Weekly Register
Good Paper, Good Ink,
Good Work and Prompt Delivery
--Osceola (Ark.) Times
Discover What's In It
For You
--(Palmdale, Calif.)
Antelope Valley Press
The Oldest Daily
Newspaper In The United States--Founded 1771 / An Independent Newspaper For All
The People
--The Philadelphia Inquirer
The State's Greatest
Newspaper
--The (Phoenix) Arizona
Republic
Published In The
Interests Of The Oregon Country And Its People
--(Portland) Oregon
Journal
Going where no dog has
gone before -- and without a leash!
The only good sacred cow
is medium rare with fries.
--The Putnam Pit
(Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee) [Thanks to Geoff Davidian, publisher]
The Mountain West's
First Newspaper
--(Salt Lake City)
Deseret News
A Constructive Force In
The Community
--San Antonio (Tex.)
Light
The City's Only
Home-Owned Newspaper
--San Francisco
Chronicle
Monarch of the Dailies
--San Franciso Examiner
San Francisco's Evening
Newspaper
--News Call Bulletin
The Oldest Daily
Newspaper In Southern California
--Santa Barbara
News-Press
The West's Oldest
Newspaper...Founded 1849
--The (Santa Fe) New
Mexican
Light of the Coastal
Empire
--Savannah Morning News [Thanks to Julia Muller, Savannah Now]
Today's News Today
--Schenectady (N.Y.)
Union-Star
The Great Newspaper Of
The Great Northwest (also, The Voice of the Northwest)
--Seattle
Post-Intelligencer
The Only Evening
Newspaper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service
--St.Louis Post-Dispatch
Oldest Newspaper in
Minnesota
--St. Paul Pioneer-Press
Hometown Folks Serving
Hometown Folks for Over 20 Years (Also Serving Sylacauga and Pell City)
--The Talledega (Ala.)
Daily Home [Thanks
to Angus Lind, The
Times-Picayune]
One of America's Great
Newspapers--In One of America's Great Cities
--The Toledo Blade
116 Years In the Town
Too Tough To Die/No Tombstone Is Complete Without Its Epitaph
--Tombstone (Ariz.)
Epitaph [Thanks
to Charles Walker]
Oklahoma's Greatest
Newspaper / Reliability, Character, Enterprise
--Tulsa Daily World
Kansas' Leading Home
Newspaper For x Years
--The Wichita Eagle
Your Hometown Newspaper
Since 1916
--(Wiggins, Miss) Stone
County Enterprise [Thanks
to Angus Lind, The
Times-Picayune]
An International Daily
Newspaper
--Christian Science
Monitor
Righteousness Exalteth A
Nation
--Freedom's Journal
The World Is Governed
Too Much
--The Globe
Our Country Is The
World--Our Countrymen Are Mankind
--The Liberator
Right Is Of No Sex,
Truth Is Of No Color, God Is The Father of Us All, And We Are All Brethren.
--The North Star
Power Is Always Stealing
From The Many To The Few
--United
States' Telegraph
It
Screams
--The (Whitesburg, KY)
Mountain Eagle [Thanks to Hunter Marks]
