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The Evening Item, July 24, 1890, Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright
The Evening Item, July 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 the steamship Egypt catching fire while en route to Liverpool from New York, news of correspondence between the United States and British governments regarding negotiations about seal fisheries on the Bering Sea, and more. On the second page there's a section titled Science and Progress that details recent inventions and discoveries including a study about the effects of a pound …
The Evening Item, July 19, 1890, Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright
The Evening Item, July 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. This Saturday edition of The Evening Item was published in two separate parts, but those parts have been combined here for ease of reading. The front page of this issue features stories about the Western Union telegraph building in New York catching fire, news of a discovery of a highly flammable liquid, "Diamond B," in the remnants of Tioga steamship explosion, a shootout in Tuscumbia, Alabama over gossip about …
The Evening Item, July 16, 1890, Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright
The Evening Item, July 16, 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 burial for sixty-six casualties in Red Wing, Minnesota from a recent steamship explosion, a warehouse fire in Minneapolis that burned $712,000 in stock from multiple companies, and more. Also included in this issue are local and regional news as well as advertisements.
The Evening Item, July 12, 1890, Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright
The Evening Item, July 12, 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 steamboat Tioga exploding and killing twenty passengers on the Chicago River, discussion in the United States Senate about a recent shipping bill, news of the status of a variety of stocks and crops due the changes in weather and other factors, and more. Also included in this issue are local and regional news as well as advertisements.