Name/Title
LOS ANGELES DAILY STAR, JUNE 4, 1874Entry/Object ID
2003.175.1.11Description
Color: Black; White
"Los Angeles Daily Star," Volume 8, Number 132, June 4, 1874. The newspaper has the title at the top and below is the city of publication, day and date, and volume and issue number. On the first page are eight columns of advertisements. Page two has some local news, including an article on an attack against William and Rebecca Turner, proprietors of the Workman Mill and an adjacent store. There are also a list of real estate transactions and public school examinations, as well as some national and international news via telegraph. The page also has five pages of advertising. On page three is more local news, including a short note about the election of officers of the Los Angeles Petroleum Refining Company, with F. P. F. Temple as President and a trustee, and Thomas W. Temple as treasurer. There is also a little more than four columns of advertising. Page four consists entirely of advertising. The name of original owner, L. P. Fisher, is written in ink at the upper right of the front page and a stamp from the Bancroft Library, a secondary owner is below Fisher's name. With spine brittleness, creases, some soiling, yellowing, a horizontal half fold and other smaller ones, minor foxing, small stains, and small edge and spine tears, the item is in fair condition.Lexicon
Search Terms
Two-dimensional, Newspapers, Los Angeles Petroleum Refining Company, Oil fields--Los Angeles County (Calif.), Oil prospecting--Los Angeles County (Calif.), Robbery--Los Angeles County (Calif.), Attempted murder--Los Angeles County (Calif.)
