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GENEVA IN 1899: The local election of 1899, Part 2

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...

30.11.2024 7

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GENEVA IN 1899: Local elections in 1899

05.10.2024 8

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GENEVA IN 1899: “Lynch him” was the cry

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...

03.09.2024 5

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GENEVA IN 1899: On not going back

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...

27.07.2024 8

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GENEVA IN 1899: The Fourth of July, 1899

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...

30.06.2024 4

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GENEVA IN 1899: 'Of The Girl Reporter'

Last month’s column explored the various appeals the Geneva Daily Times made to women readers, ranging from news about Paris fashions, advice about...

26.05.2024 30

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GENEVA IN 1899: ‘Of Interest to Women’

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...

28.04.2024 10

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GENEVA IN 1899: Darktown Swells

On Feb. 1, 1899, the Geneva Daily Times commented on the Darktown Swells, an African American minstrel show. Typically, these featured people of color...

30.03.2024 10

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GENEVA IN 1899: 'Messages of love'

“Messages of Love Flying Fast Today” ( Geneva Daily Times headline) On Feb. 14, 1899, the Geneva Daily Times reporter gushed about “a day in...

02.03.2024 7

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GENEVA IN 1899: Boston Ladies’ Military Band performs in Geneva

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...

28.01.2024 10

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GENEVA IN 1898: The Geneva Daily Times

30.12.2023 10

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GENEVA IN 1898: The 'Christmas Issue' of the Geneva Daily Times, 1898

The Geneva Daily Times proudly announced that its Dec. 17 Christmas Issue was “the most extensive ever attempted in this city.” Instead of the...

16.12.2023 20

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