During the last half of the 19th century frontier newspapers in the American west were unabashedly political and volatile. Papers were continuously being established, sold, folded and merged, with successive editors determining the paper’s favored political views.
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Front page devoted to the trial of Millard Boyd on a charge of Infanticide. Other articles in this issue include: "Local hay market is most discouraging", "Hop yards to be planted near Prosser", a short statement of five electors who will assemble at Olympia and cast the vote of this state for Theodore Roosevelt for president..., "Preparing a Bill to regulate irrigation", "Tragic death at Toppenish: Ina Martin killed by a freight train while on her way to school".