# The Atoz Game (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 24, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920 "2020-01-24T21:53:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 177
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3522 "2020-08-16T05:15:19Z")
Newspaper, past or present, by name, not by city Advocate - Baton Rouge Blade - Toledo Chronicle - Houston Daily Journal of Johnson County - Franklin, IN Eagle - Dundalk Free Press - Detroit ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3523 "2020-08-16T11:17:54Z")
Newspaper, past or present, by name, not by city Advocate - Baton Rouge Blade - Toledo Chronicle - Houston Daily Journal of Johnson County - Franklin, IN Eagle - Dundalk Free Press - Detroit Globe News - Amarillo ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3524 "2020-08-16T12:33:04Z")
Newspaper, past or present, by name, not by city Advocate - Baton Rouge Blade - Toledo Chronicle - Houston Daily Journal of Johnson County - Franklin, IN Eagle - Dundalk Free Press - Detroit Globe News - Amarillo Herald - Anderson, IN ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3525 "2020-08-16T12:49:52Z")
Advocate - Baton Rouge Blade - Toledo Chronicle - Houston Daily Journal of Johnson County - Franklin, IN Eagle - Dundalk Free Press - Detroit Globe News - Amarillo Herald - Anderson, IN Inquirer - Philadelphia ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3526 "2020-08-16T13:39:17Z")
Advocate - Baton Rouge Blade - Toledo Chronicle - Houston Daily Journal of Johnson County - Franklin, IN Eagle - Dundalk Free Press - Detroit Globe News - Amarillo Herald - Anderson, IN Inquirer - Philadelphia Journal - Poughkeepsie ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3527 "2020-08-17T05:37:55Z")
Advocate - Baton Rouge Blade - Toledo Chronicle - Houston Daily Journal of Johnson County - Franklin, IN Eagle - Dundalk Free Press - Detroit Globe News - Amarillo Herald - Anderson, IN Inquirer - Philadelphia Journal - Poughkeepsie Kansan - Newton, Kansas ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3528 "2020-08-17T12:17:23Z")
Newspaper, past or present, by name, not by city Advocate - Baton Rouge Blade - Toledo Chronicle - Houston Daily Journal of Johnson County - Franklin, IN Eagle - Dundalk Free Press - Detroit Globe News - Amarillo Herald - Anderson, IN Inquirer - Philadelphia Journal - Poughkeepsie Kansan - Newton, Kansas Ledger - Mexico, MO ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3529 "2020-08-17T12:31:35Z")
Newspaper, past or present, by name, not by city Advocate - Baton Rouge Blade - Toledo Chronicle - Houston Daily Journal of Johnson County - Franklin, IN Eagle - Dundalk Free Press - Detroit Globe News - Amarillo Herald - Anderson, IN Inquirer - Philadelphia Journal - Poughkeepsie Kansan - Newton, Kansas Ledger - Mexico, MO Morning Times - Laredo, TX ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3530 "2020-08-17T15:00:19Z")
Newspaper, past or present, by name, not by city Advocate - Baton Rouge Blade - Toledo Chronicle - Houston Daily Journal of Johnson County - Franklin, IN Eagle - Dundalk Free Press - Detroit Globe News - Amarillo / Globe - Boston Herald - Anderson, IN Inquirer - Philadelphia Journal - Poughkeepsie Kansan - Newton, Kansas Ledger - Mexico, MO Morning Times - Laredo, TX News Chief - Winter Haven, FL ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3531 "2020-08-17T16:07:23Z")
Newspaper, past or present, by name, not by city Advocate - Baton Rouge Blade - Toledo Chronicle - Houston, TX Daily Journal of Johnson County - Franklin, IN Eagle - Dundalk, MD Free Press - Detroit Globe News - Amarillo / Globe - Boston Herald - Anderson, IN Inquirer - Philadelphia Journal - Poughkeepsie, NY Kansan - Newton, Kansas Ledger - Mexico, MO Morning Times - Laredo, TX News Chief - Winter Haven, FL Observer - Charlotte, NC ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3532 "2020-08-17T23:12:20Z")
Newspaper, past or present, by name, not by city Advocate - Baton Rouge Blade - Toledo Chronicle - Houston, TX Daily Journal of Johnson County - Franklin, IN Eagle - Dundalk, MD Free Press - Detroit Globe News - Amarillo / Globe - Boston Herald - Anderson, IN Inquirer - Philadelphia Journal - Poughkeepsie, NY Kansan - Newton, Kansas Ledger - Mexico, MO Morning Times - Laredo, TX News Chief - Winter Haven, FL Observer - Charlotte, NC Province, The - Vancouver, BC ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3533 "2020-08-18T00:53:25Z")
Newspaper, past or present, by name, not by city Advocate - Baton Rouge Blade - Toledo Chronicle - Houston, TX Daily Journal of Johnson County - Franklin, IN Eagle - Dundalk, MD Free Press - Detroit Globe News - Amarillo / Globe - Boston Herald - Anderson, IN Inquirer - Philadelphia Journal - Poughkeepsie, NY Kansan - Newton, Kansas Ledger - Mexico, MO Morning Times - Laredo, TX News Chief - Winter Haven, FL Observer - Charlotte, NC Province, The - Vancouver, BC Quill - Castroville, TX Admittedly no longer being published but the category said past or present. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3534 "2020-08-18T01:46:57Z")
Newspaper, past or present, by name, not by city Advocate - Baton Rouge Blade - Toledo Chronicle - Houston, TX Daily Journal of Johnson County - Franklin, IN Eagle - Dundalk, MD Free Press - Detroit Globe News - Amarillo / Globe - Boston Herald - Anderson, IN Inquirer - Philadelphia Journal - Poughkeepsie, NY Kansan - Newton, Kansas Ledger - Mexico, MO Morning Times - Laredo, TX News Chief - Winter Haven, FL Observer - Charlotte, NC Province, The - Vancouver, BC Quill - Castroville, TX Record Eagle - Traverse City Michigan ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3535 "2020-08-18T02:26:59Z")
Newspaper, past or present, by name, not by city Advocate - Baton Rouge Blade - Toledo Chronicle - Houston, TX Daily Journal of Johnson County - Franklin, IN Eagle - Dundalk, MD Free Press - Detroit Globe News - Amarillo / Globe - Boston Herald - Anderson, IN Inquirer - Philadelphia Journal - Poughkeepsie, NY Kansan - Newton, Kansas Ledger - Mexico, MO Morning Times - Laredo, TX News Chief - Winter Haven, FL Observer - Charlotte, NC Province, The - Vancouver, BC Quill - Castroville, TX Record Eagle - Traverse City Michigan Sun-Times, Chicago ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3536 "2020-08-18T02:55:42Z")
Newspaper, past or present, by name, not by city Advocate - Baton Rouge Blade - Toledo Chronicle - Houston, TX Daily Journal of Johnson County - Franklin, IN Eagle - Dundalk, MD Free Press - Detroit Globe News - Amarillo / Globe - Boston Herald - Anderson, IN Inquirer - Philadelphia Journal - Poughkeepsie, NY Kansan - Newton, Kansas Ledger - Mexico, MO Morning Times - Laredo, TX News Chief - Winter Haven, FL Observer - Charlotte, NC Province, The - Vancouver, BC Quill - Castroville, TX Record Eagle - Traverse City Michigan Sun-Times, Chicago Times Herald - Dallas ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3537 "2020-08-18T09:54:35Z")
Newspaper, past or present, by name, not by city Advocate - Baton Rouge Blade - Toledo Chronicle - Houston, TX Daily Journal of Johnson County - Franklin, IN Eagle - Dundalk, MD Free Press - Detroit Globe News - Amarillo / Globe - Boston Herald - Anderson, IN Inquirer - Philadelphia Journal - Poughkeepsie, NY Kansan - Newton, Kansas Ledger - Mexico, MO Morning Times - Laredo, TX News Chief - Winter Haven, FL Observer - Charlotte, NC Province, The - Vancouver, BC Quill - Castroville, TX Record Eagle - Traverse City Michigan Sun-Times, Chicago Times Herald - Dallas Unlon Tribune - San Diego ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3538 "2020-08-18T10:49:55Z")
Newspaper, past or present, by name, not by city Advocate - Baton Rouge Blade - Toledo Chronicle - Houston, TX Daily Journal of Johnson County - Franklin, IN Eagle - Dundalk, MD Free Press - Detroit Globe News - Amarillo / Globe - Boston Herald - Anderson, IN Inquirer - Philadelphia Journal - Poughkeepsie, NY Kansan - Newton, Kansas Ledger - Mexico, MO Morning Times - Laredo, TX News Chief - Winter Haven, FL Observer - Charlotte, NC Province, The - Vancouver, BC Quill - Castroville, TX Record Eagle - Traverse City Michigan Sun-Times, Chicago Times Herald - Dallas Union Tribune - San Diego Vindicator - Liberty, TX ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3539 "2020-08-18T14:01:33Z")
Newspaper, past or present, by name, not by city Advocate - Baton Rouge Blade - Toledo Chronicle - Houston, TX Daily Journal of Johnson County - Franklin, IN Eagle - Dundalk, MD Free Press - Detroit Globe News - Amarillo / Globe - Boston Herald - Anderson, IN Inquirer - Philadelphia Journal - Poughkeepsie, NY Kansan - Newton, Kansas Ledger - Mexico, MO Morning Times - Laredo, TX News Chief - Winter Haven, FL Observer - Charlotte, NC Province, The - Vancouver, BC Quill - Castroville, TX Record Eagle - Traverse City Michigan Sun-Times, Chicago Times Herald - Dallas Union Tribune - San Diego Vindicator - Liberty, TX Wall Street Journal - New York, NY ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3540 "2020-08-19T01:59:01Z")
Newspaper, past or present, by name, not by city Advocate - Baton Rouge Blade - Toledo Chronicle - Houston, TX Daily Journal of Johnson County - Franklin, IN Eagle - Dundalk, MD Free Press - Detroit Globe News - Amarillo / Globe - Boston Herald - Anderson, IN Inquirer - Philadelphia Journal - Poughkeepsie, NY Kansan - Newton, Kansas Ledger - Mexico, MO Morning Times - Laredo, TX News Chief - Winter Haven, FL Observer - Charlotte, NC Province, The - Vancouver, BC Quill - Castroville, TX Record Eagle - Traverse City Michigan Sun-Times, Chicago Times Herald - Dallas Union Tribune - San Diego Vindicator - Liberty, TX Wall Street Journal - New York, NY X-Ray - Muncie, IN It stop publishing in 1953. But like with Q, you have to take what you can get. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3541 "2020-08-19T04:02:06Z")
Newspaper, past or present, by name, not by city Advocate - Baton Rouge Blade - Toledo Chronicle - Houston, TX Daily Journal of Johnson County - Franklin, IN Eagle - Dundalk, MD Free Press - Detroit Globe News - Amarillo / Globe - Boston Herald - Anderson, IN Inquirer - Philadelphia Journal - Poughkeepsie, NY Kansan - Newton, Kansas Ledger - Mexico, MO Morning Times - Laredo, TX News Chief - Winter Haven, FL Observer - Charlotte, NC Province, The - Vancouver, BC Quill - Castroville, TX Record Eagle - Traverse City Michigan Sun-Times, Chicago Times Herald - Dallas Union Tribune - San Diego Vindicator - Liberty, TX Wall Street Journal - New York, NY X-Ray - Muncie, IN Yomiuri Shimbun - Tokyo Launched in 1874; one of the five major newspapers of Japan (the OP did not specify American papers). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920.md?page=176) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920.md?page=178)