East Providence Eagle (East Providence, R.I.) 1882-191?
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
869 issues from 1882 to 1910, published in Providence, Rhode Island, digitised for Chronicling America.
The East Providence Eagle appeared on June 14, 1882, with Edwin A. Corbett as editor and proprietor. It was a six-column folio, but another column was added in December of that year and published every Wednesday morning at No. 11 First Street, East Providence. Corbett lived in East Providence and saw an opportunity to reach this town unserved by a local newspaper.
He made this clear by running a banner on every issue reading: “The Eagle is the only Local Newspaper published in the Town of East Providence.” In the first issue, he also explains, “It doubtless has been a source of wonder among many of our citizens and others, that East Providence with its five or six thousand inhabitants and all its culture and enterprise, has not possessed at least one local newspaper.”
The content was dynamic and humorous. There were world and national news sections, “Town and Suburb Screamings” for the local gossip, and travel stories such as “An Alpine Adventure.” There were also plenty of advertisements for goods and services. From corsets to magnetic healers, watches to dentists, businesses reached out to this newly engaged market of the East Providence area. Railroad and steamboat schedules were listed, and the newspaper had a dedicated “Scientific & Industrial” column.
The first three years included some pricing experiments. In the beginning, a single copy was three cents and a yearly subscription for one dollar. By early 1883, the price was raised to five cents a copy and two…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Providence, Rhode Island, United States
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Chronicling America
- Licence or status
- None stated by the archive
- Rights
- The Library of Congress believes that the newspapers in Chronicling America are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions. Newspapers published in the United States more than 95 years ago are in the public domain in their entirety.
- Credit
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Who can read it
- Teens profiles and older (placed by Invisible Network from what the archive says; archives give no ratings)
- Archive
- Library of Congress