Sam Hose was an African American man who was tortured and murdered by a white lynch mob in Coweta County, Georgia, after being accused of rape by the mob.
The Amarillo Globe-News is a daily newspaper in Amarillo, Texas, owned by Gannett. The newspaper is based at downtown's FirstBank Southwest Tower, but is printed at a facility in Lubbock.
William Yates Atkinson, was the 55th Governor of Georgia from 1894 to 1898.
Allen Daniel Candler, was a Georgia state legislator, U.S. Representative and the 56th Governor of Georgia.
The Herald & Tribune is a paper serving Jonesborough, Tennessee. It is currently owned by the Sandusky Corporation, which runs a number of local papers and radio stations.
The Press-Sentinel is a local newspaper in Jesup, Georgia, United States.
The Brunswick News, based in Brunswick, Georgia, United States, is a daily newspaper in southeast Georgia. It was founded by the brothers C.H. Leavy and L.J. Leavy and began publication in 1902. The paper remains under the family ownership and is published Monday through Saturday. Brunswick News Publishing Co. also publishes Coastal Illustrated and Golden Isles magazine.
Rome News-Tribune is the local daily newspaper of Rome, Georgia, in the United States. Begun originally as a weekly newspaper, the paper has survived several merges with other newspapers and now distributes news on a daily basis through print and digital mediums.
The Rockdale Citizen is a newspaper serving the community of Conyers, Georgia and Rockdale County, Georgia, USA. The Citizen publishes two days a week, Wednesday and Sunday, serves as the legal organ for Rockdale County, and is available online. It is a member of the Georgia Press Association.
A copy boy is a typically young and junior worker on a newspaper. The job involves taking typed stories from one section of a newspaper to another. According to Bruce Guthrie, the former editor-in-chief of the Herald Sun who began work there as a copy boy in 1972:
Reporters typed their stories on slips of butcher's paper...then a copy boy ran the story into the neighbouring subs' [sub-editor's] room, hence the cry of 'copy'. Each slip of the story had about six carbon copies...stapled together and it was the job of the copy boy - or girl - to separate the original and run it to the subs, and then separate the carbons for distribution.
The New Orleans Item-Tribune, sometimes rendered in press accounts as the New Orleans Item and Tribune, was an American newspaper published in New Orleans, Louisiana, in various forms from 1871 to 1958.
The Opelika-Auburn News is a daily newspaper in Alabama, serving Opelika, Auburn, and the communities surrounding Lee County. With Mike Eads as the senior reporter, the newspaper serves to report local, weather, sports, and entertainment news within the areas.
The Dahlonega Nugget is a local newspaper in Dahlonega, Georgia. It is published once a week on Wednesdays, with a circulation of about 5,000 copies. The newspaper is currently owned by Community Newspapers, Inc., which also owns papers in Florida and North Carolina.
Susan "Sue" Dowdell Myrick was an American journalist, educator, author, and conservationist. Her friendship with author Margaret Mitchell led to Myrick's role as a technical advisor and dialect coach during the production of Gone with the Wind (1939), ensuring the film accurately portrayed the accents, customs, and manners of the South. Due to this expertise she has been called the "Emily Post of the South". Myrick also was a columnist, reporter, and associate editor for Macon-based newspaper The Telegraph, working at the paper for fifty years.
Richard "Rich" Geary Rusk was an American environmental activist and the founder of the Moore's Ford Memorial Committee.
The Titusville Herald was a five-day morning daily newspaper published in Titusville, Pennsylvania, which covers news in Crawford County. Founded on June 14, 1865, it was the oldest daily newspaper in the Pennsylvania Oil Region until it ceased print on November 5, 2022.
Zula Brown Toole was an American newspaper publisher who founded the Miller County Liberal in 1897, making her the first woman to establish and publish a newspaper in the U.S. state of Georgia. In 1996 she was inducted into the Georgia Newspaper Hall of Fame.
The Macon News was a newspaper in Georgia, United States that operated from 1884 to 1983.
The Kingstree Star was a weekly newspaper published in South Carolina's Williamsburg District from 1855 until approximately 1878, with stops and starts in between, for the American Civil War and due to financial challenges. About a dozen individual issues survive in American newspaper archives.
