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Newspapers tell varied tales of Solano County / Delaplane, Kristin [366] [ECHOS-1997-366]
The following are news items of interest from various areas of Solano County as reported in 1865. Six miles east of Suisun City, Mrs. D.H. Fitzpatrick was selling her 160-acre ranch, which had been homesteaded in 1857. The price was $2,000.
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Old Time News Writing / Wichels, Ernest [775] [WICHELS-1963-775]
Like women's fashions, automobile bodies and hair-dos, the style of reporting news also changes with the years. In our research the past few weeks, poring over the century-old editions of our Vallejo newspapers, we have gleaned some amusing stories. The most interesting aspect is that the city editor, in the olden days, always editorialized in his reporting. Today no city desk would dare to do so.
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Solano County's community news from 1870s / Delaplane, Kristin [410] [ECHOS-1998-410]
In 1873, Dr. G.H. Evans was located in Dixon on the east side of Main Street. An Odd Fellows association was being formed at Vaca Station (Elmira). The Rio Vista Fire Department purchased a bell from one of the Sacramento engine companies.
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1850's news of the day came through Benicia / Delaplane, Kristin [283] [ECHOS-1996-283]
(Part one of three) The first newspaper to appear out of Benicia was the California Gazetter in 1851. It was followed by the Benicia Vedette. McGeorge and Cellers were the publishers of the Solano County Herald which debuted Nov. 5, 1855 and was published in Benicia [...]
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Blue Mt. News, school newspaper
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Blue Mt. News, school newspaper
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The 'Hill' That's Always in the News / Rico, John [931] [RICO-1979-931]
PARK SITE, A CONTINUING CONVERSATION SUBJECT - Perhaps no other geographical area in Vacaville has received more attention throughout the years than has Andrews Park.
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Newspapers offered mish-mash of news briefs / Bowen, Jerry [587] [WAYITWAS-2005-587]
I've always found it interesting to read the tattered newspapers of old and compare the items printed then to today's news.
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News traveled slow, Doolittle didn't / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [162] [WAYITWAS-2003-162]
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, the United States plunged into World War II. Fighting proved difficult both in Europe and in the Pacific where forces were on the defensive. War reports trickled slowly back home [...]
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Small-town news flourishes amid crash of '29 / Dingler, Nancy [619] [RETROSPECT-2005-619]
Thumbing through the Solano Republican newspaper of 1929, I expected to find news of the stock market crash that ushered in the Great Depression.
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