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1876 opium craze... Creedmoor rifle match...



Item # 589327

September 21, 1876

WORCESTER EVENING GAZETTE, Massachusetts, September 21, 1876 

* 19th century opium addiction 

The front page has one column headings that read: "Opium Eating" and "How the Influence is Felt--The Habit and the Dose--Some Individual Cases". See photos for text taking up a full column. Also page 3 has: "Creedmoor" and "Record of Today's Shooting"

Other news and several interesting advertisements of the day throughout. Complete in 4 pages, nice condition.

Category: Post-Civil War