Shelby Daily Globe, Mansfield News Journal
Most small towns have only one newspaper. We had The Shelby Daily Globe locally but many people also subscribed to the Mansfield News Journal - the newspaper of the nearest city 12 miles away.
The Shelby Daily Globe was always delivered Monday through Saturday by a young boy of maybe 12 years old, riding a coaster bike and maybe streamers attached to his handlebars. While I don't recall what time the paper was delivered, it USUALLY reached the front porch with a muffled "thump!" or the front door with a "bang!". Or, sometimes, the paper would reach the bushes and we'd have to go searching for it.
The Shelby Globe is very professional for being a "small town newspaper". It carries roughly 9 pages of national and international news, local news, local sports (of course!!), and 2 or 3 pages of classifieds. It really has a little of everything packed into a little space. When I was growing up The Globe was only printed in Black & White and with grainy photos. Now different colors are used and the color photos are sharp.
The Mansfield News Journal also had everything but in greater depth and individual sections you could pull out. All the usuals included Sports, News, Home & Garden, Classifieds, and on and on. While one could subscribe to the News Journal daily, most people in Shelby would only get it on Sundays. We kids always looked forward to the Sunday comics, reading such old-time favorite comic strips as "Blondie and Dagwood", "Peanuts", "Hagar the Horrible", "Sad Sack", and my personal favorite, "Andy Capp".
While not so much when I was very young, I always got a kick out of reading the Shelby Globe section that listed the births, deaths, marriages, and engagements. It was always easy to keep up on local news this way, knowing what your neighbors were up to without personally intruding. This section also included - get this - police calls of disturbances, fights, and traffic violations!!! Oftentimes you'd read that (for example) John Smith, residing at 123 West Street, was ticketed $20 for failure to stop at a stop sign, arrested for drunk driving, or arrested for a domestic dispute. How embarrassing this must be for the person (maybe a well-known person) arrested for public intoxication and not only see his name but also his address in the newspaper! OH THE SHAME! THE SHAME!
Saturday mornings in the autumn were always much anticipated days to receive the Shelby Daily Globe. This was the day the entire town could read about the previous night's Shelby High School football game and find out how many yards their classmates ran, for how many yards their neighbors threw, or how many touchdowns their boyfriends scored. And as wonderful as it is to see your friend's name in the local newspaper, it's 10 times better seeing your own name in the newspaper. When this happens we glow with pride - or cower in shame - when walking down Main Street.
The News Journal always carried a very brief description and scores of all the area high school football games but nothing more than that. The Sunday Mansfield News Journal was always the best place to read about the previous day's Ohio State Football game, complete with statistics & photos. The anxious sports reader could also read pre-game Cleveland Browns articles - which often left the same reader somewhat depressed on Monday morning upon hearing the results.
Shelby's newspaper was always - and still is - a good read. Sometimes the national and international news would sadden but the local news was never terrible, never disastrous, and never made you want to lock your doors at night - or during the day - because there were never any murders or rapes. The occasional tragic car accident fatality would emotionally devastate the community temporarily but this was about as bad as the news got in Shelby. Mansfield, however, was another story.
The Shelby Daily Globe was always delivered Monday through Saturday by a young boy of maybe 12 years old, riding a coaster bike and maybe streamers attached to his handlebars. While I don't recall what time the paper was delivered, it USUALLY reached the front porch with a muffled "thump!" or the front door with a "bang!". Or, sometimes, the paper would reach the bushes and we'd have to go searching for it.
The Shelby Globe is very professional for being a "small town newspaper". It carries roughly 9 pages of national and international news, local news, local sports (of course!!), and 2 or 3 pages of classifieds. It really has a little of everything packed into a little space. When I was growing up The Globe was only printed in Black & White and with grainy photos. Now different colors are used and the color photos are sharp.
The Mansfield News Journal also had everything but in greater depth and individual sections you could pull out. All the usuals included Sports, News, Home & Garden, Classifieds, and on and on. While one could subscribe to the News Journal daily, most people in Shelby would only get it on Sundays. We kids always looked forward to the Sunday comics, reading such old-time favorite comic strips as "Blondie and Dagwood", "Peanuts", "Hagar the Horrible", "Sad Sack", and my personal favorite, "Andy Capp".
While not so much when I was very young, I always got a kick out of reading the Shelby Globe section that listed the births, deaths, marriages, and engagements. It was always easy to keep up on local news this way, knowing what your neighbors were up to without personally intruding. This section also included - get this - police calls of disturbances, fights, and traffic violations!!! Oftentimes you'd read that (for example) John Smith, residing at 123 West Street, was ticketed $20 for failure to stop at a stop sign, arrested for drunk driving, or arrested for a domestic dispute. How embarrassing this must be for the person (maybe a well-known person) arrested for public intoxication and not only see his name but also his address in the newspaper! OH THE SHAME! THE SHAME!
Saturday mornings in the autumn were always much anticipated days to receive the Shelby Daily Globe. This was the day the entire town could read about the previous night's Shelby High School football game and find out how many yards their classmates ran, for how many yards their neighbors threw, or how many touchdowns their boyfriends scored. And as wonderful as it is to see your friend's name in the local newspaper, it's 10 times better seeing your own name in the newspaper. When this happens we glow with pride - or cower in shame - when walking down Main Street.
The News Journal always carried a very brief description and scores of all the area high school football games but nothing more than that. The Sunday Mansfield News Journal was always the best place to read about the previous day's Ohio State Football game, complete with statistics & photos. The anxious sports reader could also read pre-game Cleveland Browns articles - which often left the same reader somewhat depressed on Monday morning upon hearing the results.
Shelby's newspaper was always - and still is - a good read. Sometimes the national and international news would sadden but the local news was never terrible, never disastrous, and never made you want to lock your doors at night - or during the day - because there were never any murders or rapes. The occasional tragic car accident fatality would emotionally devastate the community temporarily but this was about as bad as the news got in Shelby. Mansfield, however, was another story.
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