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West Side News, April 20, 1889, Wilbur Wright, Orville Wright Apr 1889

West Side News, April 20, 1889, Wilbur Wright, Orville Wright

West Side News

West Side News was a weekly newspaper published by the Wright Brothers. This paper, published in March 1889 through May of 1890, featured news from the west side of Dayton. This is the first issue that features Wilbur Wright as editor and Orville as the publisher. The main features in this issue include an anecdote about a rough railroad trip from the Laramie Boomerang, an article advising parents to engage and encourage young boys in their curiosity from Architect and Building News, and an article encouraging citizens of the West Side to open and patronize businesses instead of going to …

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West Side News, April 13, 1889, Orville Wright Apr 1889

West Side News, April 13, 1889, Orville Wright

West Side News

West Side News was a weekly newspaper published by the Wright Brothers. This paper, published in March 1889 through May of 1890, featured news from the west side of Dayton. The main feature in this issue is an anecdote about how the editor of New York World dealt with a delinquent subscriber. There is a smaller article about the forthcoming Oklahoma Land Rush that will happen later in the month. Also included in this issue are national news, local news, humorous stories, and advertisements. Additionally, there is a small note about the Wright and Wright Printers have moved to a …

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West Side News, April 6, 1889, Orville Wright Apr 1889

West Side News, April 6, 1889, Orville Wright

West Side News

West Side News was a weekly newspaper published by the Wright Brothers. This paper, published in March 1889 through May of 1890, featured news from the west side of Dayton. The main feature in this issue is an anecdote about Kaiser Wilhelm II and a steam hammer operator. Also included in this issue are national news, local news, humorous stories, and advertisements. Additionally, there is a small note about the completion of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

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West Side News, March 30, 1889, Orville Wright Mar 1889

West Side News, March 30, 1889, Orville Wright

West Side News

West Side News was a weekly newspaper published by the Wright Brothers. This paper, published in March 1889 through May of 1890, featured news from the west side of Dayton. The main features in this issue are an article describing the method an alligator uses to hunt, a humorous anecdote about patenting from Texas Siftings, a story about toothpick production, and an obituary for British statesman, John Bright. Also included in this issue are national news, local news, humorous stories, and advertisements.

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West Side News March 23, 1889, Orville Wright Mar 1889

West Side News March 23, 1889, Orville Wright

West Side News

West Side News was a weekly newspaper published by the Wright Brothers. This paper, published in March 1889 through May of 1890, featured news from the west side of Dayton. The major features in this issue are a reprint from MacMillan's Magazine about a French Detective, a story regarding Natural Gas Company wanting to propose a "scale of prices," and a short article about sand-blasting. Also included in the issue are results of the primaries in the third and fourth wards, local news, national news, humorous stories, advertisements, and more.

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West Side News March 16, 1889, Orville Wright Mar 1889

West Side News March 16, 1889, Orville Wright

West Side News

West Side News was a weekly newspaper published by the Wright Brothers. This paper, published in March 1889 through May of 1890, featured news from the west side of Dayton. This issue featured an anecdote about an early court case involving the shooting of a dog, an obituary for inventor of the ironclad USS Monitor, John Ericsson, local news, humorous stories, advertisements and more.

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West Side News March 1, 1889, Orville Wright Mar 1889

West Side News March 1, 1889, Orville Wright

West Side News

West Side News was a weekly newspaper published by the Wright Brothers. This paper, published in March 1889 through May of 1890, featured news from the west side of Dayton. The inaugural issue presents anecdotes about General Sherman and President Lincoln, humorous poems, local and national news, advertisements, and more.

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Alcoholism And Degeneration Jan 1889

Alcoholism And Degeneration

Martha McClellan Brown Ephemera

This short two sided card shows the results of a study intended to show the negative effects of alcoholism on the family in terms of the development of the children. The front side shows graphs portraying different mental handicaps and other ailments associated with alcoholism. The second side shows some statistics comparing men and dogs infant mortality to draw some comparisons to disprove arguments stemming from hygiene being the root cause of these issues.

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Milton Wright Diaries: 1889, Milton Wright Jan 1889

Milton Wright Diaries: 1889, Milton Wright

Milton Wright Diaries

Bishop Milton Wright, father of Wilbur and Orville Wright, regularly recorded entries in his diary from 1857 until his death in 1917. This diary’s entries began on January 1889 and continue until December 1889. Wright records a variety of information regarding his travels, family history, and expenditures. Of particular note, this diary includes a record of Orville Wright begins the publication of the West Side News, and Susan Koerner Wright dies at the age of 58 on July 4th. View the transcript of the Milton Wright diaries.

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Milton Wright Diaries: 1888, Milton Wright Jan 1888

Milton Wright Diaries: 1888, Milton Wright

Milton Wright Diaries

Bishop Milton Wright, father of Wilbur and Orville Wright, regularly recorded entries in his diary from 1857 until his death in 1917. This diary’s entries began on January 1888 and continue until December 1888. Wright records a variety of information regarding his travels, family history, and expenditures. View the transcript of the Milton Wright diaries.

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A Glimpse Of The History Of Woman Suffrage, Mary J. Cravens Jan 1887

A Glimpse Of The History Of Woman Suffrage, Mary J. Cravens

Martha McClellan Brown Ephemera

A pamphlet by Dr. Mary J. Cravens summarizing the history of the woman suffrage movement in the United States ca. 1887.

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Milton Wright Diaries: 1887, Milton Wright Jan 1887

Milton Wright Diaries: 1887, Milton Wright

Milton Wright Diaries

Bishop Milton Wright, father of Wilbur and Orville Wright, regularly recorded entries in his diary from 1857 until his death in 1917. This diary’s entries began on January 1887 and continue until December 1887. Wright records a variety of information regarding his travels, family history, and expenditures. Of particular note, this diary includes a record of Orville begins Dayton Central High School, which the researcher might find of interest. View the transcript of the Milton Wright diaries.

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Botany Sketchbook - Orville Wright, Orville Wright Jan 1887

Botany Sketchbook - Orville Wright, Orville Wright

Wright Family School Items

A botany notebook that belonged to Orville Wright filled with drawings and observations about flowers and other plants sometime between 1887 and 1888.

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Milton Wright Diaries: 1886, Milton Wright Jan 1886

Milton Wright Diaries: 1886, Milton Wright

Milton Wright Diaries

Bishop Milton Wright, father of Wilbur and Orville Wright, regularly recorded entries in his diary from 1857 until his death in 1917. This diary’s entries began on January 1886 and continue until December 1886. Wright records a variety of information regarding his travels, family history, and expenditures. Of particular note, this diary includes a record of Orville Wright and Ed Sines starting the Midget and Reuchlin Wright organizing the Ten Dayton Boys Club. View the transcript of the Milton Wright diaries.

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Milton Wright Diaries: 1885, Milton Wright Jan 1885

Milton Wright Diaries: 1885, Milton Wright

Milton Wright Diaries

Bishop Milton Wright, father of Wilbur and Orville Wright, regularly recorded entries in his diary from 1857 until his death in 1917. This diary’s entries began on January 1885 and continue until December 1885. Wright records a variety of information regarding his travels, family history, and expenditures. Of particular note, this diary includes a record of Milton Wright being re-elected as Bishop and being assigned to the Pacific Coast, which the researcher might find of interest. View the transcript of the Milton Wright diaries.

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Ex-President Cleveland Profited By Woman’S Work, William Kennedy Brown Jan 1884

Ex-President Cleveland Profited By Woman’S Work, William Kennedy Brown

William Kennedy Brown Papers

William Kennedy Brown argues that former president Grover Cleveland should respect the work of women in political reform movements because he benefited from that work in the 1884 presidential election. In that election, Cleveland won New York, in part because the temperance candidate split off a small part of the Republican vote, elevating him to the Presidency. Martha McClellan Brown was deeply involved in the New York temperance movement in the years leading up to 1884. The essay was written ca. 1884.

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Milton Wright Diaries: 1884, Milton Wright Jan 1884

Milton Wright Diaries: 1884, Milton Wright

Milton Wright Diaries

Bishop Milton Wright, father of Wilbur and Orville Wright, regularly recorded entries in his diary from 1857 until his death in 1917. This diary’s entries began on January 1884 and continue until December, 1884. Wright records a variety of information regarding his travels, family history, and expenditures. Of particular note, this diary includes a record of the Wright Family returning to live in Dayton which the researcher might find of interest. View the transcript of the Milton Wright diaries.

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Wesleyan College Annual Address, Martha Mcclellan Brown Jun 1883

Wesleyan College Annual Address, Martha Mcclellan Brown

Martha McClellan Brown Speeches

An address, given at Cincinnati Wesleyan College, in which Brown discusses the importance of higher education for women.

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Milton Wright Diaries: 1883, Milton Wright Jan 1883

Milton Wright Diaries: 1883, Milton Wright

Milton Wright Diaries

Bishop Milton Wright, father of Wilbur and Orville Wright, regularly recorded entries in his diary from 1857 until his death in 1917. This diary’s entries begin on January 1883 and continue until December 1883. Wright records a variety of information regarding his travels, family history, and expenditures. View the transcript of the Milton Wright diaries.

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Milton Wright Diaries: 1882, Milton Wright Jan 1882

Milton Wright Diaries: 1882, Milton Wright

Milton Wright Diaries

Bishop Milton Wright, father of Wilbur and Orville Wright, regularly recorded entries in his diary from 1857 until his death in 1917. This diary’s entries begin on January 1882 and continue until December 1882. Wright records a variety of information regarding his travels, family history, and expenditures. View the transcript of the Milton Wright diaries.

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The New Testament Status Of Woman In Gospel Work, William Kennedy Brown Dec 1881

The New Testament Status Of Woman In Gospel Work, William Kennedy Brown

William Kennedy Brown Papers

William Kennedy Brown examines Jesus’ teachings about and interactions with women as described in the New Testament.

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Milton Wright Diaries: 1881, Milton Wright Jan 1881

Milton Wright Diaries: 1881, Milton Wright

Milton Wright Diaries

Bishop Milton Wright, father of Wilbur and Orville Wright, regularly recorded entries in his diary from 1857 until his death in 1917. This diary’s entries begin on January 1881 and continue until December 1881. Wright records a variety of information regarding his travels, family history, and expenditures. Of particular note, this diary includes a record of Wright being defeated in an election for bishop and Wilbur Wright completing high school, which the researcher might find of interest. View the transcript of the Milton Wright diaries.

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The Accident Of Sex, Martha Mcclellan Brown Dec 1880

The Accident Of Sex, Martha Mcclellan Brown

Martha McClellan Brown Ephemera

This paper was prepared by Mrs. Martha McClellan Brown at the request of the National Woman Suffrage Association, in review of the whole question as treated in various articles published in the North American Review, on the Distinctions, Limitations and Ethics of Sex. It was delivered before the 13th Annual Convention in Tremont Temple, Boston, May 27th, 1881.

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Wright Family Album, Lorin Wright Dec 1879

Wright Family Album, Lorin Wright

Wright Brothers Albums

The Wright Family Album is a brown leather photograph album with gold embossed edges, designed to hold cabinet card and carte de visite photographs. The album was begun circa 1880. It includes tintypes, cabinet cards and cartes des visites of Wright family members and friends. The majority of the photographs are in excellent condition however the album itself is in fragile condition

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Milton Wright Diaries: 1880, Milton Wright Dec 1879

Milton Wright Diaries: 1880, Milton Wright

Milton Wright Diaries

Bishop Milton Wright, father of Wilbur and Orville Wright, regularly recorded entries in his diary from 1857 until his death in 1917. This diary’s entries begin on January 1880 and continues until December 1880. Wright records a variety of information regarding his travels, family history, and expenditures. Of particular note, this diary includes a record of Wright building a new home in Adair, Iowa, which the researcher might find of interest. View the transcript of the Milton Wright diaries.

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The Scriptural Status Of Woman, William Kennedy Brown Dec 1879

The Scriptural Status Of Woman, William Kennedy Brown

William Kennedy Brown Papers

A pamphlet in which Brown argues that scripture supports equal rights for women.

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Milton Wright Diaries: 1879, Milton Wright Dec 1878

Milton Wright Diaries: 1879, Milton Wright

Milton Wright Diaries

Bishop Milton Wright, father of Wilbur and Orville Wright, regularly recorded entries in his diary from 1857 until his death in 1917. This diary’s entries begin on January 1879 and continue until December 1879. Wright records a variety of information regarding his travels, family history, and expenditures.Of particular note, this diary includes a short record of Milton Wright almost being arrested because of a mistaken identity, Wright’s firstborn, Reuchlin, turning eighteen, and more. View the transcript of the Milton Wright diaries.

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Lecture! By Mrs. Mcclellan Brown Nov 1878

Lecture! By Mrs. Mcclellan Brown

Martha McClellan Brown Ephemera

This flyer was created to advertise the upcoming talk from McClellan Brown. It has quotes from a variety of sources praising her skills as an orator and commending her past speeches, ca. 1878.

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Milton Wright Diaries: 1878, Milton Wright Dec 1877

Milton Wright Diaries: 1878, Milton Wright

Milton Wright Diaries

Bishop Milton Wright, father of Wilbur and Orville Wright, regularly recorded entries in his diary from 1857 until his death in 1917. This diary’s entries begin on January 1878 and continue until December 1878. Wright records a variety of information regarding his travels, family history, and expenditures. Of particular note, this diary includes a record of Milton Wright giving his sons, Wilbur and Orville a Pénaud Helicopter toy. This toy is significant because it is viewed as the Wright Brothers' first exposure to flight, which the researcher might find of interest. View the transcript of the Milton Wright diaries.

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Milton Wright Diaries: 1877, Milton Wright May 1877

Milton Wright Diaries: 1877, Milton Wright

Milton Wright Diaries

Bishop Milton Wright, father of Wilbur and Orville Wright, regularly recorded entries in his diary from 1857 until his death in 1917. This diary’s entries begin on May 5, 1877 and continue until December 31, 1877. Wright records a variety of information regarding his travels, family history, and expenditures. Of particular note, this diary includes entries regarding Wright being elected to Bishop in the church, and being charged with responsibility for the West Mississippi District in his new position, which the researcher might find of interest. View the transcript of the Milton Wright diaries.

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