LOS ANGELES DAILY STAR, JUNE 5, 1874

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

LOS ANGELES DAILY STAR, JUNE 5, 1874

Entry/Object ID

2003.175.1.12

Description

Color: Black; White "Los Angeles Daily Star," Volume 8, Number 133, June 5, 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 a description of the ranch of Elijah H. Workman in south Los Angeles, national and international news via the telegraph and a little more than five columns of advertising. On page three is more local news, including a short note about the condition of Rebecca Turner, who was wounded in a robbery at the store of her husband William near the Workman Mill. There are also 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 creases, some soiling, darkening, a horizontal half fold and other smaller ones, minor foxing, small stains, and small edge and spine tears, the item is in fair condition.

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Search Terms

Two-dimensional, Newspapers, Robbery--Los Angeles County (Calif.), Attempted murder--Los Angeles County (Calif.), Farms--Los Angeles (Calif.)

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Object Name

Newspapers