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Red and blue ink to celebrate Memorial Day...
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Red and blue ink to celebrate Memorial Day...

Item # 697739 ·

INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL NEWS, Scotland, Pennsylvania, May 26, 1898

  • School for Civil War soldiers' orphans
  • Battle of Gettysburg dead veterans

An in-house newspaper of this school which is a "Member of the Pennsylvania Commission of Soldiers' Orphan Schools", which by definition seemed to focus on those orphaned by military action.
The school still exists today, however is being dissolved after 114 years of existence. Given its close proximity to Gettysburg and its connection to the military, It is not surprising that much of the content is reflective on the Civil War.
This issue celebrates Memorial Day, and does so with red and blue ink on pages 1 and 6.
Six pages, toning to the front page with foxing to the bottom quadrant, a few archival mends inside, some irregular to the margins of the inside leaf.

Background: The May 26, 1898 issue of the Industrial School News—a six-page in-house publication from the Soldiers' Orphans Industrial School in Scotland, Pennsylvania—stands as an exceptionally rare artifact of late 19th-century student journalism and military heritage. Produced entirely on site by students learning the printing trade under the governance of the Pennsylvania Commission of Soldiers' Orphan Schools, the edition's most striking features are its two-color red and blue ink display on pages 1 and 6, printed specially to honor Memorial Day, and its deep thematic reflection on Civil War memory given the campus's proximity to Gettysburg. Beyond its poignant content celebrating fallen soldiers and detailing daily life for veterans' orphaned children, the newspaper holds immense historical rarity as an ephemeral, institutional piece with low surviving circulation, published at a pivotal national moment as America transitioned into the Spanish-American War.

Item from last month's catalog - #369 - released for August, 2026

Category: The 20th Century
Price
$44
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.