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Reporter's Writers Now Have Added Chores / Rico, John [896] [RICO-1981-896]
THE COMPUTER AGE IS NOT FOR ME - When I started to set type back in 1924, and doing my small bit to help produce the Vacaville Reporter, little thought did I give to that day in 1981 when Publisher Richard Rico would unwrap a new typesetting system which is not in my bag of endeavors.
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Newspaper editor gives scene of Vacaville / Delaplane, Kristin [330] [ECHOS-1997-330]
The first issue of the first newspaper out of Vacaville was dated March 15, 1883. The subscription price was $2 a year and the publisher was James D. McClain: "The Reporter will deal with the present and future. [...]
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Writers impressed with local area in 1860s / Delaplane, Kristin [364] [ECHOS-1997-364]
In the 1800s, writers from newspapers and publications visited Solano County and give a report on the area. The following are excerpts from an article that appeared in the California Rural Home Journal, which was published semimonthly in San Francisco.
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Education Was Never Meant to Be Simple / Rico, John [935] [RICO-1979-935]
OUR CHANGING SCHOOL TIMES - Judging from the number of Letters to the Editor appearing in this newspaper giving pro and con observations about our school system, and about some of the individuals responsible for the operation of these schools, it would seem as though the educational facilities in Vacaville were in a sorry mess.
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Events parallel those of 50 years ago / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [89] [WAYITWAS-2001-89]
I had originally intended this article to be used at the end of November around Pearl Harbor Day. But with events unfolding now, the attack in the USA by terrorists, perhaps a look at six months of news editorial excerpts 50 years ago will give a little insight as to how we got here.
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Writings reveal turn-of-the-century life / Delaplane, Kristin [324] [ECHOS-1997-324]
Pearl Fowler and Evelyn Lockie, both born around the turn of the century, wrote about their early days in Cordelia and the Suisun Valley. These writings give a window into their world and what their day-to-day life was like in Solano County. Fowler lived in the Green Valley Township with the small town of Cordelia the center of her universe.
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Suisun's early years ripe with growth, drama / Bowen, Jerry [822] [WAYITWAS-2008-822]
In my last column, Suisun was incorporated and officers were elected in 1868. By 1879, nearly 10 years had elapsed before the railroad traversed the tule marsh on the direct route to Benicia. Ballast hauled onto the soft peat ground sank from sight time after time, although hundreds of trainloads were deposited. The sink would appear to be filled and work on the track started again, when suddenly the surface would give way, and the tracks would disappear.
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Writer had mother of all trips to Mother Lode / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [630] [WAYITWAS-2006-630]
The early editions of the Solano Herald, which started publication as Solano County's first newspaper late in 1855, were filled with eye-witness accounts of pioneer experiences.
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