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Linda RobertsonFinger Lakes Times |
The Geneva Daily Times, then as now, framed the 1899 local election as a horse race. “More wagers have been placed on the result in this city than...
The July 5, 1899, edition of the Geneva Daily Times carried the alarming report of a fight involving three white men and “Thomas Jefferson, a...
The journalism of the turn of the last century laid the foundation for what is standard today. As noted in previous columns, in 1899 the Geneva Daily...
The Independence Day celebrations of July 4, 1899, struck Geneva with a “boom and a bang less than an instant after midnight Monday night” and...
Last month’s column explored the various appeals the Geneva Daily Times made to women readers, ranging from news about Paris fashions, advice about...
At the end of 1898, the Geneva Daily Times announced its expansion from four pages to eight, and promised new features for women, including short...
On Feb. 1, 1899, the Geneva Daily Times commented on the Darktown Swells, an African American minstrel show. Typically, these featured people of color...
“Messages of Love Flying Fast Today” ( Geneva Daily Times headline) On Feb. 14, 1899, the Geneva Daily Times reporter gushed about “a day in...
The reason for last year’s columns on Geneva’s history in 1898, as seen through the lens of the Geneva Daily Times, was the celebration of...
The Geneva Daily Times proudly announced that its Dec. 17 Christmas Issue was “the most extensive ever attempted in this city.” Instead of the...