Special Collections and Archives in the Wright State University Libraries and the Dayton Metro Library have partnered together to create an online archive of the most complete run of Wright Brothers newspapers available to date. Both the Dayton Metro Library and WSU's Special Collections and Archives house original issues of the Wright Brothers newspapers. By combining the two collections in an online archive, this valuable resource will be available in a readily accessible format worldwide.
The Wright Brothers operated a printing business from 1889 to 1899, before they started their bicycle business, and before they tackled the challenge of flight. Over the years, they worked on several publications and local newspapers, including: The Midget, a small school newspaper; church pamphlets; the West Side News; The Evening Item; parts catalogs for bicycles; and the Dayton Tattler, published for neighborhood friend and noted poet and novelist, Paul Laurence Dunbar.
This project was made possible through a donation to the Communication Department at Wright State University from The Greenwood Family. For more information on this collection, please visit Wright State University Special Collections and Archives.
This series collects newspapers from The Midget, the West Side News, and The Evening Item.
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The Evening Item, June 30, 1890
Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright
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 farmer being attacked by a black snake, six hundred black laborers being treated like slaves in Arkansas, the completion of the Ulm Cathedral, the tallest building in the world, and more. Also included in this issue are local and regional news as well as advertisements.
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The Evening Item, June 28, 1890
Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright
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 stock growth and decline, the election of former Senator Palmer of Michigan to the position of President of the World's Columbian Exposition, a bill admitting Wyoming into the Union with an included suffrage clause being passed, and more. On page eight there is a section called Practical Science that details a positive uses for milkweed, methods for determining the speed of a moving train, a way to create a light using phosphorus and cotton see oil, and more. Also included in this two part issue are short stories, anecdotes, fashion news, local and regional news, advertisements and more.
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The Evening Item, June 27, 1890
Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright
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 first meeting of the Commissioners for the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, news of the Illinois Central Railroad Company strike, continued efforts to dig into the collapsed mine in Dunbar, Pennsylvania, and more. Also included in this issue are local and regional news as well as advertisements.
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The Evening Item, June 26, 1890
Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright
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 strike by workers of the Illinois Central Railroad Company, a Pro-Lottery bill being passed by the Louisiana Legislature, a bill to make Wyoming a state being opposed in the Senate due to the high volume of female voters in that territory, and more. On the second page of this issue there is a small statement indicating that Saturday editions of The Evening Item will now be twelve pages long. Also included in this issue are local and regional news as well as advertisements.
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The Evening Item, June 25, 1890
Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright
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 1746 called Electricity, or the Electrical Forces of Bodies. Also included in this issue are local and regional news as well as advertisements.
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The Evening Item, June 24, 1890
Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright
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.
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The Evening Item, June 23, 1890
Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright
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 grave robber in Indiana, the death of Jordan B. Noble, a veteran of four American wars, a woman in Bucyrus, Ohio being hypnotized into giving her signature on a promissory note, and more. On the third page there is an article detailing the growth in size and capacity of a variety of engines. Also included in this issue are local and regional news as well as advertisements.
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The Evening Item, June 21, 1890
Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright
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 an unidentified plague in British Honduras, proposed amendments to the legislated-executive-judicial bill in the United States Senate, news of the previous day's events in the United States House of Representatives, and more. On the second page there is a small commentary about Harvard College adopting "a resolution refusing the admission of women to the Divinity School of that college." On the ninth page there is a story about capturing and dissecting a Gila monster. This Saturday edition of The Evening Item was published in two separate parts, but those parts have been combined here for ease of reading. Also included in this two part issue are short stories, anecdotes, fashion news, local and regional news, advertisements and more.
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The Evening Item, June 20, 1890
Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright
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 Umbria refusing return passage to immigrants it brought to New York, heavy gold exports from the United States depressing the stock market, a letter sent from President Benjamin Harrison regarding the desire of the United States to engage in reciprocity with Latin American trade partners, and more. On the third page there is an update to a story about a recent collapsed mine where miners thought to be dead were now believed to be alive due to increased ventilation in the mine. On the fourth page there is a printed list of stolen and counterfeit bills to help merchants identify fake bills. Also included in this issue are local and regional news as well as advertisements.
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The Evening Item, June 19, 1890
Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright
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.
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The Evening Item, June 18, 1890
Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright
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 are local and regional news as well as advertisements.
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The Evening Item, June 17, 1890
Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright
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 issue are local and regional news as well as advertisements.
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The Evening Item, June 16, 1890
Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright
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 proposition for a lottery going before the Louisiana State Legislature, a man dying after eating too many hard-boiled eggs, a dispute over termination German language instruction in an Indianapolis and more. On the second page there is a short article about the successful application of a treatment for hydrophobia for six boys in Illinois. Also included in this issue are local and regional news as well as advertisements.
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The Evening Item June 14, 1890
Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright
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 Cheyenne Indians slaughtering cattle and attacking settlers, a storm in Louisville, Kentucky that caused a dozen people to drown, and more. Also included in this issue are anecdotes, local and regional news, and advertisements.
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The Evening Item June 13, 1890
Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright
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 black preacher who "suddenly became insane," a marriage performed in sign language in Indianapolis, a madam being arrested for keeping "a house of prostitution," and more. Also included in this issue are anecdotes, local and regional news, and advertisements.
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The Evening Item June 12, 1890
Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright
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 strike preventing the Columbus Consolidated Street Railway from starting their cars, a selection of news from Indianapolis, the House passing a dependent pension bill that would distribute 35 million dollars to poor soldiers, and more. On the second page there is a short note about the firm in Germany making a new type of carriage motor powered by benzene or a similar material. Also included in this issue are anecdotes, local and regional news, and advertisements.
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The Evening Item June 11, 1890
Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright
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 high number of suicides occurring in Russian cities, a lawsuit brought by the town of Clarksville against the Ohio Falls Power Milling company, the conditions of crops in multiple states, and more. Also included in this issue are anecdotes, local and regional news, and advertisements.
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The Evening Item June 10, 1890
Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright
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 nine men being killed due to a railway collision, information on a variety of bills in Congress including one that regulates the transportation of cattle, and more. On the fourth page there is an article on the American Bison, whose numbers had dwindled to 1,091 as of January 1st, 1890. Also included in this issue are anecdotes, local and regional news, and advertisements.
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The Evening Item June 9, 1890
Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright
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 businesses and unions starting to observe national holidays, a band of Cheyenne Indians stealing beef from a ranch, a fight between two stallions in Indiana, and more. Also included in this issue are anecdotes, local and regional news, and advertisements.
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The Evening Item June 7, 1890
Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright
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" in the House and Senate regarding the use of silver for coinage, and more. Also included in this issue are anecdotes, local and regional news, and advertisements.
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The Evening Item June 6, 1890
Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright
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 mummies found on a farm in West Virginia, a fire on a steamship in Philadelphia, a school house in South Dakota struck by lightning, and more. On the fourth page there is a new section called Women's World, intended to cover topics appealing to women of the time. Also included in this issue are anecdotes, local and regional news, and advertisements.
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The Evening Item June 5, 1890
Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright
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 an explosion at a powder house, eight students being expelled from the State University in Bloomington, Indiana after publishing an indecent pamphlet, the Russian Czar ordering that Russian anti-Jewish policy be abandoned for one year, and more. On the fourth page there is an article of fashion news called At Fashion's Center detailing new trends and looks that have fallen out of fashion. Also included in this issue are anecdotes, local and regional news, and advertisements.
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The Evening Item June 4, 1890
Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright
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 barkeeper that attacked a census enumerator, the drowning of a forger in Indiana, the marriage of a runaway couple, and more. Also included in this issue are anecdotes, local and regional news, and advertisements.
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The Evening Item June 3, 1890
Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright
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.
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The Evening Item June 2, 1890
Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright
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 stories about a man being poisoned after following a wife and husband to Kentucky, a bloody prize fight in Thayer, Indiana, a report of expected early return from census enumerators, and more. Also included in this issue are anecdotes, local and regional news, and advertisements.
