Description: Available is this complete vintage original newspaper from Hailey Idaho dated March 5, 1895 and for the Wood River Times. Belonged to George Knight. Theophile Edelman Picotte first published the Wood River Times on June 15, 1881, in Hailey, Idaho. It began as a weekly, but within 11 months expanded to a “daily” publication, Sundays excluded, also under the masthead Wood River Times. Picotte, a native of Montreal, learned the printing trade in New York then moved on to Cincinnati, New Orleans, Texas, Denver, and Nevada. Picotte’s Times, a Republican paper, was the third newspaper to be published in Idaho’s Wood River Valley, the first being the Democratic Wood River News in Bellevue and the second being the Republican Wood River Miner, also of Hailey. The mining rush in the Wood River region attracted multiple other printers and prompted some very lively competition among them. Eleven papers started in this time period, but only four remained by 1890 when Idaho achieved statehood. The daily Wood River Times was four pages with six columns, and its news was received through telegraph transmission to Blackfoot, Idaho, and then by stage to Hailey. Picotte promised the paper by six o’clock in the evening and distributed it through the Wood River Valley communities of Bellevue, Bullion, Broadford, and Ketchum. The paper covered “all local happenings of general interest, as well as the most reliable reports obtainable of the yield of our mines, smelters, and mills.” Much of its content related to mining claims, including patents and forfeitures. The Times also covered regional news from the towns of Boise and Blackfoot, as well as from the adjacent states of Utah, Nevada, and Oregon.Thank you for looking. All items will be packaged carefully for protection from moisture and rough handling.
Price: 20 USD
Location: Nampa, Idaho
End Time: 2024-11-17T16:25:08.000Z
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