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Item # 616770

December 11, 1889

DESERET EVENING NEWS, Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, Dec. 11, 1889 

* Jefferson Davis death
* Confederate president - Confederacy


A "territorial" newspaper from seven years before Utah would be come a state. The ftpg. has: "Jefferson Davis' Remains - Views Yesterday by Some 70,000 Persons" with various subheads (see). Other ftpg. articles include: "A Dastardly Act" "Another Embezzler" "A Train Wrecked" & more.
Page 2 has: "Jerusalem - Its History Past & Present - Jewish Inhabitants"  with many subheads and taking 1 3/4 columns (photos show just a small portion).
Four pages, large folio, never bound nor trimmed, browning & dirtiness at & near the front page folds & margins, otherwise good.

Category: The Old West