The Gibbon Reporter was a newspaper serving Gibbon, Nebraska and surrounding communities of Buffalo County, Nebraska.[1]
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Clipper Publishing, Inc. |
| Publisher | Steve Glenn |
| Founded | 1890 |
| Ceased publication | 2017, merged into Shelton Clipper |
| Headquarters | Shelton Clipper: P.O. Box 640, Shelton, Nebraska, United States |
| Circulation | Required. Self-reported number OK, Third-party reference better |
| OCLC number | 32034773 |
In 2017, the paper was merged into the Shelton Clipper, along with the Wood River Sunbeam.[1][2]
History
editThe paper was founded in 1890 as The Gibbon Reporter, part of the Farmers' Alliance Advocate, by W.H. Carson.[3][4][5] The paper initially had a populist leaning, as Carson was a leader in local populist politics.[6][7] The paper later became nonpartisan in 1899.[8] In 1897, the Gibbon Reporter was at the center of local controversy when it was named the paper of record for Buffalo County despite being, according to the Kearney Daily Hub, an "obscure little sheet" with a smaller circulation and higher cost than other local papers.[9][10]
The paper was purchased in 1901 by Romain A. St. John, who ran the paper until 1915. St. John sold the paper to Walter B. Rodgers in 1915.[11] Clarence E. Johnson owned the paper from 1919 to 1937; he retired in 1937 due to poor health and passed away five years later.[12] Johnson sold the paper to Laverne T. McMullen, who was an employee at the paper.[13] McMullen owned and published the paper for 34 years.[14]
McMullen sold it to Doug Duncan, publisher of the Shelton Clipper in 1972.[14] Duncan would publish the paper for 26 years, serve as president of the Nebraska Press Association, and become the youngest person to ever to win the Master Editor-Publisher Award, the highest honor of the state press association.[15] In 1989, Duncan became President of Papillion Times Printing Company, which also owned the Gretna Breeze and other Nebraska newspapers. He died in 1994 of lung cancer.[15] In 2017, the publisher of the Gibbon Reporter, Wood River Sunbeam, and Shelton Clipper decided to merge all three papers into one, until the title of Shelton Clipper.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Gibbon Reporter newspaper". www.mondotimes.com. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
- ^ a b Bartruff, Sydnee. "Shelton Clipper Publishing ready for new era with newspaper merger". Kearney Hub. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
- ^ "The Gibbon Reporter forms". The Kearney Daily Hub. 1890-06-20. p. 2. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
- ^ Bassett, Samuel Clay (1916). Buffalo County, Nebraska, and Its People: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company.
- ^ National Endowment for the Humanities. "The Gibbon reporter and Farmers' Alliance advocate. [microfilm reel]". Retrieved 2019-02-15.
- ^ "Every populist editor in the county in sympathy with movement -- state politics". The Nebraska State Journal. 1900-08-26. p. 1. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
- ^ "Populists in Buffalo". Lincoln Journal Star. 1900-08-27. p. 5. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
- ^ "Gibbon Reporter becomes nonpartisan paper". Omaha Daily Bee. 1899-01-23. p. 2. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
- ^ "Gibbon Reporter paper of record". The North Platte Semi-Weekly Tribune. 1897-01-26. p. 4. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
- ^ "Inconsistency's Crown Jewel". The Kearney Daily Hub. 1898-01-15. p. 3. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
- ^ "W.B. Rodgers buys the Gibbon Reporter". Omaha Daily Bee. 1916-01-07. p. 6. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
- ^ "Clarence E. Johnson, editor Gibbon paper, dies after illness". The Lincoln Star. 1942-10-29. p. 10. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
- ^ "Johnson sells to McMullen". The Nebraska State Journal. 1937-12-04. p. 5. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
- ^ a b "Longtime Publishers Sell Gibbon Reporter". The Lincoln Star. 26 April 1972.
- ^ a b "Papillion Times publisher Duncan dies of lung cancer". Lincoln Journal Star. 8 July 1994.