Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
On this date ...
1935: Portales residents had access to the first daily newspaper in the city's history.
The Portales Daily News featured a front-page cartoon by Ray Jolly depicting a diaper-wearing newspaper carrier yelling “Extra!”
It was printed five days per week and a subscription cost 10 cents per week.
The paper had no wire service, but soon featured two regular comic strips — “Out Our Way” and “Alley Oop.”
J.G. Greaves was the paper's editor and business manager.
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