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March 18, 1876
THE DAILY PEOPLE'S CAUSE, Red Bluff, California, March 18, 1876
* Rare old West publication
An interesting title from Northern California. Quite scarce as well, as we only have 3 issues. Various news of the day both local & national, with a wealth of advertisements as well.
Four pages, very nice condition.
background: The March 18, 1876, issue of the Daily People's Cause represents a rare snapshot of Red Bluff during its transformative year of incorporation, capturing the town’s identity as a bustling "head of navigation" where the industrial reach of the Central Pacific Railroad met the rugged commerce of the upper Sacramento River. In this specific four-page edition, you are likely to find a heavy focus on the local municipal transition and the anticipation of the nation's Centennial, juxtaposed with the visceral reality of Northern California life—ranging from advertisements for durable ranching gear and stagecoach schedules to the colorful, often dubious claims of Victorian patent medicines. Because the paper had a relatively short run under this specific masthead (approximately 1874–1879) before evolving into subsequent iterations like the Weekly People's Cause, these three issues serve as vital, scarce primary sources that document a community pivoting from a frontier outpost into a formal Victorian city.
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