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The Evening Item, June 18, 1890, Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright
The Evening Item, June 18, 1890, Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright
The Evening Item
The Evening Item was a daily newspaper published by the Wright Brothers' Company, Item Publishing Co. This paper, published from April 1890 through July 1890, focused on world and local events. The front page of this issue features stories about a bill allowing free coinage of silver being passed in the United States Senate, a report on casualties from a Pennsylvania mine that exploded, and more. On the third page there is a story about a black former Louisiana State Senator, who was lynched for advising black voters not to vote in the senatorial election. Also included in this issue …
The Evening Item June 7, 1890, Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright
The Evening Item June 7, 1890, Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright
The Evening Item
The Evening Item was a daily newspaper published by the Wright Brothers' Company, Item Publishing Co. This paper, published from April 1890 through July 1890, focused on world and local events. This Saturday edition of The Evening Item was published in two separate parts, but the two parts have been combined here for ease of reading. The front page of this issue features stories about that trade for certain goods from the us is improving due to a variety of goods being in demand, a train jumping the tracks in Rockford, Illinois killing five men, discussion of the "silver question" …