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, July 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 train robbery in Long Pine, Nebraska, a wildfire burning out of control in East Saginaw, Michigan, and a message from President Benjamin Harrison as to why the Louisiana Lottery Company must be closed, and more. On the second page there is a note from the editor stating that this issue is the last of The Evening Item and citing little capital, other printing work being more profitable than a daily newspaper, and lack of local interest as reasons for terminating publication. Also included in this issue are local and regional news as well as advertisements.
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The Evening Item, July 29, 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 list of general news from across the United States of America, official news of war from the United States minister to the Argentina, and more. Also included in this issue are local and regional news as well as advertisements.
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The Evening Item, July 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. The front page of this issue features stories about General [Pellegrini] assuming the position of President of the Argentine Republic due to attacks on the government by revolutionary forces, recent growth of industrial enterprises in the South, an article discussing the effects of a reciprocity agreement would have on relations with South America, and more. Also included in this issue are local and regional news as well as advertisements.
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The Evening Item, July 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. 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 forcing ranchers to move their cattle from Cherokee land in Kansas, United States Senator Vance speaking about the recent tariff bill, and more. Of particular note, on the second page of this issue there is a small article titled Needs More Wings about Otto Lilienthal, a pioneer in aviation and an inspiration for the Wright Brothers' later pursuit of flight. On the sixth page there is an article that delves into how spiders spin webbing. 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, July 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 a Dr. Henry Meyer being tried in Chicago for committing insurance fraud, a selection of news about the United States and the World including a blurb about war in El Salvador, and more. Also included in this issue are local and regional news as well as advertisements.
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The Evening Item, July 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 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 of coffee in a week, testing the rapidity of thought, and more. Also included in this issue are local and regional news as well as advertisements.
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The Evening Item, July 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 a digest of news from Europe including a small blurb about a hurricane in Russia killing nineteen townspeople, a train wreck in Colorado, the status of the wheat crop across multiple states, and more. Also included in this issue are local and regional news as well as advertisements.
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The Evening Item, July 22, 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 five Central American countries preparing for war against El Salvador, a trip by Captain W.J. McGee of the Unites States Engineer Corps, from New Orleans to Dubuque, Iowa on horseback, an attempts in Buenos Aires to overthrow the government, and more. On the second page there is a short blurb and illustration of a new lock that prevents the use of a skeleton key. Also included in this issue are local and regional news as well as advertisements.
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The Evening Item, July 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. The front page of this issue features stories about anarchy and civil unrest in El Salvador, a band of prospectors dying of starvation while searching for gold in Alaska, news of a vote on the Original Package Bill, and more. Also included in this issue are local and regional news as well as advertisements.
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The Evening Item, July 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. 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 a local judge, and more. On the fifth page there is an article detailing how the United States Life Saving Service watches for and aids ships in distress. On the twelfth page there is a short article about the "Dangers of Dirty Finger-Nails" detailing the different kinds of bacteria that are frequently found under dirty finger-nails. 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, July 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 Texas Congressman, William Crain, brandishing a revolver in search of a St. Louis Republic correspondent, a steamboat collision in Detroit, the capture of a member of the Rube Burrow gang, and more. Also included in this issue are local and regional news as well as advertisements.
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The Evening Item, July 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 increase in the number of United States post offices increasing by fifty percent in the last ten years, lightning striking multiple people in Pennsylvania during a storm, a drought that is endangering crops from multiple states, and more. On the fourth page there is a story detailing the process that happens on a naval ship when a man falls overboard. Also included in this issue are local and regional news as well as advertisements.
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The Evening Item, July 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 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.
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The Evening Item, July 15, 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 B. Shepherd White arrested for embezzling funds from a fire escape manufacturer, a celebration of the French Federation of 1790 and the Storming of the Bastille, and more. Also included in this issue are local and regional news as well as advertisements.
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The Evening Item, July 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 fireman that attempted to crash a train headed for Chicago, the death of American General, John C. Fremont, and more. On the fourth page of there is a short article detailing the process of how author, Charles Dickens, wrote his novels. Also included in this issue are local and regional news as well as advertisements.
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The Evening Item, July 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 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.
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The Evening Item, July 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 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.
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The Evening Item, July 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 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 news as well as advertisements.
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The Evening Item, July 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 a high temperatures in central and eastern states, a report that current crop yields are not up to average in several states, and more. Also included in this issue are local and regional news as well as advertisements.
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The Evening Item, July 8, 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 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 well as advertisements.
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The Evening Item, July 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. 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 are local and regional news as well as advertisements.
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The Evening Item, July 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. 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 how the 4th of July was celebrated in a variety of cities, a Brooklyn pugilist dying after a match with a boxer from Chicago, and more. On the eighth page there is a small article about a doctor from Utrecht attempting to measure the sense of smell by using a set of tubes containing a variety of scents. On the ninth page there is an excerpt from a story detailing how Chinese boys and girls are educated. 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, July 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 stories about a mob in Ottawa, Kansas attacking a wagon carrying "original package" goods, an order from the Treasury Department for revenue cutters Rush and Corwin to patrol the Bering Sea for seal poachers, the United States House of Representatives passing the Federal Election Bill, and more. Also included in this issue are local and regional news as well as advertisements.
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The Evening Item, July 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 stories about an unveiling ceremony for a memorial to Thomas A. Hendricks in Indianapolis, verification of the deaths of all miners trapped in a recent collapse of a mine in Dunbar, Pennsylvania, a young farmer being murdered in Indiana, and more. Also included in this issue are local and regional news as well as advertisements.
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The Evening Item, July 1, 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 Banco Nacional of the Argentine Republic failing, news from the United States Senate and House of Representatives, a 55-year-old man committing the statutory rape a 7-year-old girl in Alliance, Ohio, and more. On the third page there is a follow-up to a mine collapse in Dunbar, Pennsylvania, indicating Also included in this issue are local and regional news as well as advertisements.
