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The Newspaper Business

West Side News, 23 March 1889

West Side News, 23 March 1889

West Side News, 23 March 1889.

Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
On March 1, 1889, Orville Wright began to print the weekly West Side News and was the editor and publisher. Orville Wright maintained an active interest in printing and newspaper publishing for several years. In 1886, together with his childhood friend Ed Sines, Orville Wright started The Midget, his high school newspaper, with a press given to him by his brothers and type from his father.

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