Jefferson Jimplecute

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Jefferson Jimplecute
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Join Industry, Manufacturing, Planting, Labor, Energy, Capital (in) Unity Together Everlastingly.
TypeWeekly newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Marion County Media
Founder(s)Ward Taylor
PublisherAustin Lewter & Hugh Lewis
EditorHugh Lewis & Austin Lewter
Founded1848
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters115 N. Polk Street
Jefferson, Texas 75657
Circulation 714(as of 2023) [1]
Website https://www.jimplecute.com
Jefferson Jimplecute Front Page from 1889 Jefferson Jimplecute Front Page from 1889.jpg
Jefferson Jimplecute Front Page from 1889

The Jefferson Jimplecute is a weekly newspaper published in the city of Jefferson, Texas. [2] 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.

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Name

It has been listed as one of the 14 Wonderfully Odd American Newspaper Names. [3] 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:

  1. A mythical creature, "composed of elements of a dragon, an Indian, an armadillo, and a lion." [4]
  2. A slang term meaning "sweetheart." [4]
  3. 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. [3]

History

Regarded as one of the nation's historic newspapers, archived editions are available at the Library of Congress. [5]

In June 2015, the Jimplecute's entire staff quit in a dispute over pay, announcing plans to start a rival publication. [6] At the time, Bob Palmer, the Jimplecute's editor, publisher and owner indicated that the loss of his staff would not impact the paper's delivery, stating about his former employees, "the Jimplecute will go out on time; we'll have a paper this week. It's a free country. They can go do whatever they want to do." [6]

Jefferson Jimplecute Front Page Header from 1911 Jefferson Jimplecute Front Page Header from 1911.jpg
Jefferson Jimplecute Front Page Header from 1911

In 2020, the newspaper gained national attention when it published an obituary that blamed United States President Donald Trump, Texas Governor Greg Abbott, and others for the death of a man from complications of COVID-19. [7]

On Friday, July 17, 2020, the paper's digital portal (www.jimplecute1848.com), as well as their Facebook account, went offline without any advance warning or announcement. [8]

On August 21, 2020, it was announced that two former Jimplecute editors - V. Hugh Lewis, publisher of the online Marion County Herald, and Austin Lewter, a community newspaper publisher - purchased the publication from Strube-Palmer Media. [9] Lewis and Lewter, both having been editors of the Jimplecute at varying times in its past, partnered to acquire the publication and now operate it as co-publishers. [9] Since the acquisition, the Jimplecute appears to have been subsumed into the Marion County Herald as the Herald's name has been updated on that paper's website to read, 'Marion County Herald & Jefferson Jimplecute.' [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "2023 Texas Newspaper Directory". Texas Press Association. Archived from the original on 2023-05-03. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  2. ↑ "Jefferson Jimplecute". Texas Press Association. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  3. 1 2 "14 Wonderfully Odd American Newspaper Names". www.mentalfloss.com. September 22, 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Jefferson Jimplecute)". The Portal to Texas History. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  5. ↑ National Endowment for the Humanities. "Jefferson jimplecute" – via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
  6. 1 2 Brabham, Caleb (June 20, 2015). "Entire staff leaves Jefferson newspaper". Longview News Journal. Longview News Journal. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
  7. ↑ Fearnow, Benjamin (August 4, 2020). "Texas Man's Obituary Blames Trump, Governor Abbott for COVID-19 Death". Newsweek . Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Digital Disappearance of Jimplecute Leaves Residents with More Questions Than Answers". Marion County Herald & Jefferson Jimplecute. Marion County Herald. July 19, 2020. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
  9. 1 2 "Two former Jimplecute editors acquire newspaper". Marion County Herald & Jefferson Jimplecute. Marion County Herald. August 22, 2020. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Marion County Herald & Jefferson Jimplecute" . Retrieved April 12, 2021.


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