Ostensibly exploring the practice of law before the internet. Heck, before good highways for that matter.
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
The Raid on Columbus New Mexico: The news hit.
Most towns and cities in 1916 were served by a morning and an evening newspaper, or a paper that published a morning and evening edition. Therefore, most Americans would have started learning of the Villista raid around 5:00 p.m. or so as the evening newspapers were delivered or started being offered for sale.
Here's the evening edition of the Casper Daily Press, a paper that was in circulation in Casper Wyoming in 1916 and which is the predecessor of one of the current papers.
Labels:
1910s,
1916,
A day in the life,
Casper Wyoming,
Columbus New Mexico,
Mexican Border War,
New Mexico,
Newspapers,
Reporting,
The Press,
The Punitive Expedition,
The written word
Location:
Casper, WY, USA
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By the way, note the front page clothing advertisement. "They are nifty-They are new."
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