The Evening Tribune (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
1,037 issues from 1896 to 1900, published in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, digitised for Chronicling America.
The first issue of the Evening Tribune of Pawtucket opened with a lot of questions on its front page: “How will the Mayor act?” and “Is it a fire fiend?: Seven mysterious fires in the past few weeks.” The editors were looking to intrigue readers in the bustling mill city just north of Providence. The price was one cent a copy or three dollars for one year.
The newspaper was announced by the editor with great fanfare: “With this issue the Evening Tribune is launched upon the journalistic sea. It is manned by a fearless, unprejudiced crew, who will at all times endeavor to keep it headed sharply toward the harbor of justice. From the beginning the Tribune starts out owing allegiance to no party, no clique, no individual.”
The other goal of the newspaper was a local focus, and the editor announced that it would “make a special feature of local affairs, and will try to present them in a manner interesting to the residents of Pawtucket and vicinity.” From marriage and removal notices to the latest buzz on the streets, the news was local to Pawtucket, Central Falls, and the entire Blackstone Valley. There was a dedicated column called “Events up the Valley.”
From September 1890 to September 1891, the title was changed to the Pawtucket Tribune. The price was one cent, and Martin Murray was listed as editor and proprietor. The headlines were still sensationalist, focusing on crimes, especially murders. The title soon returned to the Evening Tribune again. Political cartoons…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Pawtucket, 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