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The Evening Item, July 7, 1890, Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright
The Evening Item, July 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. The front page of this issue features stories about a suit brought against Minneapolis by St. Paul in an attempt to discredit the census of Minneapolis, a famine spreading through Cairo and upper Egypt, Congress possibly adjourning within the week after 167 days in session, and more. On the fourth page, there is a section called Scientific Gleanings that features science facts and statistics. Also included in this issue …
The Evening Item, June 25, 1890, Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright
The Evening Item, June 25, 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 President Benjamin Harrison rejecting a sanction regarding rights and interests in the Behring Sea, a digest of news from Indianapolis, a ghost in Bucyrus, Ohio directing family members to his will, and more. On the fourth page there is a small note on an Italian physician, Eusebio Sguario, who was purported to have written the first book on electricity in …
The Evening Item, June 24, 1890, Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright
The Evening Item, June 24, 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 hermit in Chattanooga who hadn't spoken for forty years, the explosion of a tugboat in Brooklyn, a small obituary for former Secretary of War George W. McCrary, and more. Also included in this issue are local and regional news as well as advertisements.
The Evening Item, June 19, 1890, Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright
The Evening Item, June 19, 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 census enumerators in Minneapolis and St. Paul being arrested for fraud, deaths resulting from a storm in South Dakota, President Benjamin Harrison not running for a second term, and more. Also included in this issue are local and regional news as well as advertisements.
The Evening Item, June 17, 1890, Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright
The Evening Item, June 17, 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 the deaths of 32 miners in a collapsed Pennsylvania mine, a marriage between a forty-five year old groom and his eleven year old bride in Cincinnati, a drunken census enumerator in Indianapolis, and more. On the fourth page there is a section titled Current Science that covers recent developments in science and technology around the world. Also included in this …