{"id":1867,"date":"2016-04-27T13:09:43","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T17:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/tndp\/?p=1867"},"modified":"2016-04-27T13:34:11","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T17:34:11","slug":"curious-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/tndp\/2016\/04\/27\/curious-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee&#8217;s Most Curious Titles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the course of the Tennessee Newspaper Digitization Project, I&#8217;ve come across thousands of newspapers. Many of them have names commonly associated with newspapers in most English-speaking countries, for example, the Times, the Sentinel, the Gazette, and so on. Others have been a little more inventive. Here is a list I compiled over the years of Tennessee newspaper titles that I found interesting:<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 357.617px;border-color: #000000\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 159px\">Academist, The<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 173.617px\">Lawrenceburg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 159px\">Black Cat Herald, The<br \/>\nBlack Kitten Herald, The<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 173.617px\">Munford<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 159px\">Breeder and Turfman<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 173.617px\">Nashville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 159px\">Busy South<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 173.617px\">Summertown\/Lawrenceburg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 159px\">Button Buster<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 173.617px\">Rhea Springs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 159px\">Carthage Casket<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 173.617px\">Carthage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 159px\">Chanticleer<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 173.617px\">Pulaski<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 159px\">Consolidated Fanciers Journal<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 173.617px\">Nashville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 159px\">Current Breeze<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 173.617px\">Bells, Crockett Co.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 159px\">Dental Headlight<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 173.617px\">Nashville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 159px\">Drugman<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 173.617px\">Nashville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 159px\">Established Fact<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 173.617px\">Murfreesboro<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 159px\">Expositor, The<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 173.617px\">Shelbyville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 159px\">Fairy, The<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 173.617px\">Chattanooga<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 159px\">Family Visitor<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 173.617px\">Waynesboro<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 159px\">Forked Deer Blade<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 173.617px\">Jackson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 159px\">Gabfest, The<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 173.617px\">Jackson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 159px\">Gas Bag, The<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 173.617px\">Paris<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 159px\">Golden Rule Pilot<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 173.617px\">various Mississippi river towns<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 159px\">Gossiper, The<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 173.617px\">Dresden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 159px\">Holiday budget<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 173.617px\">Knoxville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 159px\">Home Altar<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 173.617px\">McMinnville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 159px\">Industrious Hen<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 173.617px\">Knoxville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 159px\">Javelin, The<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 173.617px\">Cleveland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 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