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Nebraska Signal
Nebraska Signal
First published in Fairmont in 1881.
In 1882 Mark Neeves moved the Fillmore County Review to 145 So. 10th.
In 1884 Mark Neeves sold the Fillmore County Review to Arthur and Ernest Scott who moved the Fillmore County Review to 884 G.
In 1885 Arthur and Ernest Scott moved the Fillmore County Review to 966 ½ G.
Later in 1885, Arthur T. Scott, a member of the Scott Bros., publishers of the Geneva Review started a new paper, the Record. Its office was found in the building west of the square once occupied by Mrs. George Hedges millinery shop.
In 1886 Arthur and Ernest Scott sold the Fillmore County Review to T. Wilkins. He changed the name to the Fillmore County Republican and rented rooms on the second story of the Citizens Bank at 117 No. 9th until it was sold and moved.
Later in 1886, a Democratic paper was organized in Geneva. Cooksey was the proprietor, Cooksey & Carson were the editors, and Sumner E. King, the devil, compositor, foreman and publisher. The name was the Fillmore County Democrat. John D. Carson withdrew from the Fillmore County Democrat and S. E. King took his place.
In 1886 T. Wilkins built a new building at 127 No. 10th. The office was downstairs and the family lived upstairs.
In 1888 W. H. Cooksey resigned his position in the editorial department of the Fillmore County Democrat. Sumner E. King succeeded him.
In 1889 Youngers and Scott published the Geneva Record.
Also in 1889 T. Wilkins sold the Fillmore County Republican to M. V. King and Oran King.
In 1889, the Fillmore County Democrat was purchased by E. A. Coombs.
In 1889 J. A. Loudermilch was the new editor of the Geneva Record. The Geneva Record was renamed the Geneva Journal.
n 1890 the Shickley Independent was consolidated with the Geneva Journal and the plant moved to Geneva. The proprietors were Messrs. Loudermilch and Fifield.
In 1891 E. A. Coombs changed the name from the Fillmore County Democrat to the Geneva Independent Democrat. He was the publisher.
In 1892 J. A. Loudermilch moved the Geneva Journal into the new Citizen’s Bank building at 908 ½ G.
In 1893 E. A. Coombs sold the Geneva Independent Democrat to Anton Dworak.In 1894 F. O. Edgecombe bought the Fillmore County Republican and the Geneva Journal. The new name was to be The Geneva Republican-Journal. At the time, all the papers in Geneva used the press that was at the Republican office.
In 1894 J. J. Burke took charge of the Geneva Democrat and changed the name to the Gazette. The paper was to be populist in politics.
In 1895 the Geneva Gazette changed hands. The new publisher was Edith M. Pray. She had some trouble getting the subscription list from Mr. Burke, but was eventually successful. She announced she would conduct a first-class populist newspaper.
In 1896 the Geneva Republican-Journal was moved to the building on the north side of the bank building at 122 No. 9th. F. O. Edgecombe purchased the Nebraska Signal and moved its publication from Fairmont to Geneva.
In 1896, a number of prominent populists of the county formed a stock company and purchased the Geneva Gazette. David Wilson was installed as editor.
In 1898 the Grafton Courier quit business and its subscription list was purchased and consolidated with the Nebraska Signal.
In 1898 Hattie & Frank Edgecombe purchased 131 No. 9th from Citizens Bank and moved across the street.
In 1900 the Geneva Gazette was published by the Enterprise Printing Co. with W. J. Waite and C. F. Waite as editors. They were at 122 No. 9th.
In 1906 the Geneva Gazette was sold to W. L. Martin.
In 1906 the Fairmont Dispatch was purchased by F. O. Edgecombe to be used by the Nebraska Signal at 131 No. 9th.
In 1909 F. O. Edgecombe purchased the subscription list of the Exeter Enterprise to be used by the Nebraska Signal at 131 No. 9th.
In 1910 the Nebraska Signal purchased the subscription list of the Grafton Sun to be used by the Nebraska Signal at 131 No. 9th.
In 1910 W. L. Martin retired and sold the Geneva Gazette to W. C. Laymon.
In 1911 the Nebraska Signal at 131 No. 9th purchased the Geneva Gazette from W. C. Laymon.
In 1912 the Ohiowan became part of the Nebraska Signal at 131 No. 9th.
In 1913 Tyler Edgecombe, son of Frank and Hattie, joined the business.
In 1914 the Strang Enterprise was purchased by the Nebraska Signal at 131 No. 9th.
In 1920 the Nebraska Signal purchased the subscription list of the Milligan Times to be used by the Nebraska Signal at 131 No. 9th.
In 1930 the Ohiowa Advertiser was consolidated with The Signal.
In 1947 John Edgecombe, son of Tyler and grandson of Frank, joined The Signal Staff.
In 1949 a new front was put on the building.
In 1957 the Fillmore Chronicle of Fairmont was consolidated with the Nebraska Signal of Geneva.
In 1970 John Edgecombe, Jr. became the fourth generation of the family to join the paper.
In 2018 John Edgecombe retired and his sons, Jim and Mike, became the publishers of the paper. Greg Scellin was the editor.
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