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Wright State University

1890

Sherman Silver Purchase Act

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The Evening Item, July 12, 1890, Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright Jul 1890

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.


The Evening Item, July 11, 1890, Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright Jul 1890

The Evening Item, July 11, 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 passage of the Silver Bill by the United States Senate, the collision of an excursion train with a freight train in Birmingham, Alabama, and more. On the fourth page there is an article about women learning to box for self-defense in New York. Also included in this issue are local and regional news as well as advertisements.


The Evening Item, July 10, 1890, Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright Jul 1890

The Evening Item, July 10, 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 possible replacement of the Interstate Commerce Railway Association with the Western Railroad Association taking its place, a train collision with casualties at the Kansas City railroad crossing, and more. On the fourth page there is an article on the Pasteur Institute in New York and their treatment process for hydrophobia. Also included in this issue are local and regional …


The Evening Item, July 8, 1890, Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright Jul 1890

The Evening Item, July 8, 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 train derailing in Manteno, Illinois, news about changes to a variety of stocks, the United States Senate discussing bills to encourage American shipping, and more. On the second page there is a small article about the unofficial count for the population for Dayton which is listed as 61,330. Also included in this issue are local and regional news as …


The Evening Item, June 18, 1890, Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright Jun 1890

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 Jun 1890

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" …


The Evening Item June 3, 1890, Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright Jun 1890

The Evening Item June 3, 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 a story about a debate in the US Senate to purchase silver bullion, a duel in Louisville between two men over an engaged woman, a corpse found in a river near Patriot, Indiana, and more. Also included in this issue are anecdotes, local and regional news, and advertisements.


The Evening Item May 16, 1890, Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright May 1890

The Evening Item May 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 a story about miners trapped in a collapsed mine in Pennsylvania, an update on the bill to use silver as United States coin, and more. On the fourth page there is a reprint of an article from the Philadelphia Record about the possibility of capitalists in Philadelphia building a giant refrigeration factory that will pump chilled air into homes like gas and …


The Evening Item May 15, 1890, Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright May 1890

The Evening Item May 15, 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 a story about Republican members of the Ways and Means Committee holding exclusive secret meetings in the Capitol, a digest of news from Washington D.C., and more. Also included in this issue are anecdotes, local and regional news, and advertisements.