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Women Reporters
Nov. 17, 1941: Reporter Mary Shaw Leader is honored posthumously for her work in covering Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Leader, a reporter for the Hanover Spectator, walked 15 miles to...
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Emancipation Proclamation: Lincoln’s Outrage!
Read all of the Jan. 3, 1863, Los Angeles Star at USC’s digital library. Jan. 3, 1863: Of all that you may know about the Emancipation Proclamation, I doubt you have read anything negative (unless...
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What Cheer Saloon
The entire issue of the Los Angeles Star is available via USC, scanned from a copy at the Huntington. April 11, 1863: Very slim pickings for local news this week as nearly the entire issue of the Los...
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Lincoln’s Assassination Remembered, April 14, 1915
Eve Golden poses an interesting question: How did America observe the 50th anniversary of Lincoln’s assassination? The answer is that the ceremonies were quite muted compared to today’s observations...
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Jan. 3, 1863: L.A. Paper Calls Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation an Outrage
Read all of the Jan. 3, 1863, Los Angeles Star at USC’s digital library. Note: This is an encore post from 2013. Jan. 3, 1863: Of all that you may know about the Emancipation Proclamation, I doubt you...
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Dog IQ test, August 10, 1958
How smart is your dog? Read the Gettysburg Address to your faithful friend and find out. No, I mean it! Answers below. No cheating, Princess!
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