Tucked away in the advertising section of the April 22, 1850 edition of the “Placer Times” is a short notice regarding some lost luggage. The ad has been in the paper for several weeks without the bags being found, so…
Author: Doug Noble
Criminal Annals, Part 31 – The Placer Times: The California Question
The April 22, 1850 edition of the “Placer Times” is the first Monday issue of this newspaper, this being the week that it has gone from a weekly to a tri-weekly. It starts out with an article on what is…
Criminal Annals, Part 30 – The Placer Times: More About the Recent Election
The April 13, 1850 edition of the “Placer Times” has one final note on the recent election of city officials in Sacramento. It was picked up from a recent issue of the San Francisco newspaper, “Alta California,” and involves one…
Criminal Annals, Part 29 – The Placer Times: A Bit of ‘Tongue in Cheek’
Last time it was mentioned that one losing candidate for Mayor of Sacramento had decided to protest the results. The editor of the “Placer Times” inserted in the April 6, 1850 issue a small, somewhat tongue-in-cheek, story about this action.…