Newspaper Items
Listed by date, grouped by calendar year. Order of elements in citations: name of newspaper (from the masthead, not the digital archive), date of publication, page, column, any other information that might be helpful in finding the item on the page, such as titles, headlines, section headings, etc. Most of the items are untitled. Most titles and headlines are not useful for anything other than providing some help in finding the item on the page, and that is why I have relegated them to the end of the citation.
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- Cloverdale Reveille, 13 May 1882, pg 3, col 2, untitled item at the top of the column
- Item Number: n685
- Summary: The Reveille reprints an item from the Santa Rosa Republican which reports that J. H. Livernash will be starting a paper in Cloverdale in opposition to the Reveille, and the paper will be "conducted by his son".
- Source: Newspapers.com clipping (subscription not required)
- Notes: 1. The Sparrow that is mentioned in the item is the editor and proprietor of the Reveille, Edward D. Sparrow. 2. E. J. Livernash had just turned 16 in February. 3. The related items, below, make clear that the new newspaper will be Democratic.
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- Sonoma Democrat, 3 June 1882, pg 3, col 4, untitled item under "Local Notes"
- Item Number: n691
- Full Text: The first number of the Pacific Sentinel, a new Democratic paper published in Cloverdale by Edward J. Livernash, came to us this week. The editor, although yet a youth, has been one of the Democrat's most valued correspondents, and from our knowledge of his capabilities we were not suprised to find his paper a breezy eight-column, full of news and gotten up very attractively. The first issue is exceedingly creditable, and we wish for his paper the success that the youthful editor's pluck and energy deserves.
- Local Copy: JPEG
- Source: CDNC
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- Independent Calistogian, 7 June 1882, pg 2, col 1, untitled item
- Item Number: n687
- Excerpt: The first number of a thirty-two column paper, called the Pacific Sentinel, published in Cloverdale, by Edward J. Livernash, has been received by us. It is a good looking paper, and is an honor to the town in which it is published. But, as there is little patronage in Cloverdale for one paper, we can not understand how two can succeed there, particularly when one of them is of the proportions of the Sentinel.
- Source: Newspapers.com clipping (subscription not required)
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- Petaluma Courier,7 June 1882, pg 2, col 1, untitled item
- Item Number: n688
- Excerpt: A new paper, the Pacific Sentinel, published at Cloverdale, was issued last week. Its editor and proprietor, Edward J. Livernash, is a boy only sixteen years old, but judging from the get up of his first paper he has ability beyond his years.
- Source: Newspapers.com clipping (subscription not required)
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1883
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- St. Helena Star, 29 May 1883, pg 3, col 3, untitled item
- Item Number: n670
- Full Text: The youngest editor in the State is Edward J. Livernash, of the Cloverdale "Sentinel". He is only 16, yet he gets out a better paper than the majority of the country press.
- Source: Newspapers.com clipping (subscription not required)
1884
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- Independent Calistogian, 4 June 1884, pg 2, col 1, untitled item
- Item Number: n704
- Full Text: The Pacific Sentinel, of Cloverdale, entered upon its third year of publication Saturday last, the paper with that number being changed to magazine form, sixteen pages. Ed. Livernash, its editor and proprietor, is, we believe, only eighteen years of age, and is one of the brightest youths engaged in journalism in the United States.
- Source: Newspapers.com clipping (subscription not required)
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- Sonoma Democrat, 7 June 1884, pg 1, col 4, untitled item
- Item Number: n692
- Excerpt: Bro. Livernash, of the Cloverdale Sentinel, on the second anniversary of the advent of his journal, last Saturday, changed its form to that of a sixteen page, three column paper.
- Local Copy: JPEG
- Source: CDNC
- "Exchange of Ownership of Two Newspapers", Two items, St. Helena Star, 10 July 1884, pg 2, col 1
- Item Number: n705
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- St. Helena Star, 10 July 1884, pg 2, col 1, untitled item under "Editorial Dashes"
- Item Number: n671
- Full Text: Ed. J. Livernash, of the Cloverdale Sentinel, has purchased the Sonoma Index and will hereafter be indentified with the interests of Sonoma City. The Index will hereafter be known as the Tribune
- Note: The Tribune under Livernash lasted only until November. See item n699 below.
- Source: Newspapers.com clipping (subscription not required)
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- St. Helena Star, 10 July 1884, pg 2, col 1, untitled item under "Editorial Dashes"
- Item Number: n672
- Full Text: The Cloverdale Sentinel has been purchased by a Stock Company, and Mr. Frank K. Merritt, formerly of the Sonoma Index, has been engaged as its editor and business manager.
- Note: The Sentinel went out of business in October 1885. See n690 below
- Source: Newspapers.com clipping (subscription not required)
- "Items on the Demise of the Sonoma Tribune", Three items, Cloverdale Reveille, St. Helena Star, and Napa County Reporter, 15 Nov to 5 Dec 1884
- Item Number: n706
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- St. Helena Star, 20 Nov 1884, pg 2, col 1, untitled item under "Editorial Dashes"
- Item Number: n701
- Full Text: The Sonoma Tribune, we understand, has been discontinued for want of patronage. Sonoma City is now without a paper.
- Source: Newspapers.com clipping (subscription not required)
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- Napa County Reporter, 5 Dec 1884, pg 1, col 5, untitled item
- Item Number: n700
- Full Text: H. H. Granice has purchased the Sonoma Tribune from E. J. Livernash. The latter will accept a position on the Sonoma Democrat.
- Source: Newspapers.com clipping (subscription not required)
1885
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- Sonoma Democrat, 11 April 1885, pg 1, col 6, untitled item under "Cloverdale Cullings [Sentinel]"
- Item Number: n693
- Full Text: Mr. Ed. J. Livernash went to San Francisco on Monday where he will pursue his law studies. We wish him success.
- Source: CDNC
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- Cloverdale Reveille, 18 July 1885, pg 3, col 4, untitled item under "Personal Mention"
- Item Number: n719
- Full Text: Mr. Ed. J. Livernash, a student at the Hasting Law School, San Francisco, returned home the first of the week, to spend a fortnight's vacation, when he will again return to the college and complete his course.
- Source: Newspapers.com clipping (subscription not required)
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- Cloverdale Reveille, 10 Oct 1885, pg 3, col 2, untitled item
- Item Number: n690
- Excerpt: The Sentinel has suspended publication. Two newspapers in a small town found little room for business.
- Source: Newspapers.com clipping (subscription not required)
- Note: The Sentinel had been purchased from Livernash in July 1884 and Frank K. Merritt was engaged as editor. See n705 above.
1886
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- Cloverdale Reveille, 23 Jan 1886, pg 3, col 3, untitled item under "Personal Mention"
- Item Number: n721
- Summary: J. H. Livernash has closed his Cloverdale store and is moving to Modesto where he has purchased a store.
- Source: Newspapers.com clipping (subscription not required)
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- St. Helena Star, 20 Aug 1886, pg 5, col 2, untitled item under "Personal"
- Item Number: n679
- Full Text: J. H. Livernash, a furniture dealer of Modesto, has rented the middle store of the Kibbler building with the intention of opening a large furniture business therein, shortly.
- Source: Newspapers.com clipping (subscription not required)
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- St. Helena Star, 12 Nov 1886, pg 2, col 1, under "Undertaking"
- Item Number: n681
- Full Text: Mr. J. H. Livernash, who has recently opened the magnificent store in the Kibbler block, is also an undertaker of 22 years experience and has one of the finest hearses in the state, which wil be let for funeral purposes at all times.
- Source: Newspapers.com clipping (subscription not required)
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- St. Helena Star, 24 Sept 1886, pg 5, col 3, untitled item under "Personal"
- Item Number: n723
- Full Text: Major Hay is off for a much needed rest from editorial duties and during his absence Mr. Edward J. Livernash will conduct the Times. Mr. Livernash is a clever young gentleman and a good writer, and we extend the right hand of fellowship to him.
- Source: Newspapers.com clipping (subscription not required)
- Notes: 1. This shows that he was known and trusted by newspaper people in Napa County. Cloverdale is in Sonoma County, 60 miles north and slightly west of St. Helena. 2. The St. Helena Times was the Democratic rival of the St. Helena Star. It not in the CDNC or Newspapers.com.
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- Independent Calistogian, 29 Sept 1886, pg 3, col 2, untitled item under "Personal Mention"
- Item Number: n722
- Full Text: E. J. Livernash, formerly engaged in the newspaper business at Cloverdale and Sonoma, takes charge of the St. Helena Times this week and will edit the paper a few weeks for Mr. Hay, who requires rest on account of impaired health.
- Source: Newspapers.com clipping (subscription not required)
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- St. Helena Star, 19 Nov 1886, pg 5, col 3, untitled item under "Personal"
- Item Number: n673
- Full Text: Ed. J. Livernash is studying law in San Francisco
- Source: Newspapers.com
1887
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- St. Helena Star, 14 January 1887, pg 5, col 3, untitled item under "Personal"
- Item Number: n724
- Full Text: Edward J. Livernash returned to St. Helena Tuesday evening, having successfully passed an examination before the Supreme Court Monday, and being admitted to practice law. He is now a full-fledged lawyer and after a rest of a month or two here, will locate for the practice of his profession, probably at Santa Rosa. Mr. Livernash is a young man, just turning twenty-one, and his success is highly creditable to himself and gratifying to his friends. We predict for him a brilliant future.
- Source: Newspapers.com clipping (subscription not required)
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- St. Helena Star, 11 Feb 1887, pg 5, col 2, untitled item
- Item Number: n674
- Excerpt: We are pleased to learn that Edward J. Livernash has decided to locate here and engage in the practice of law.
- Source: Newspapers.com clipping (subscription not required)
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- St. Helena Star, 19 Aug 1887, pg 3, col 2, untitled item
- Item Number: n725
- Full Text: Ed. J. Livermore, Esq., attorney-at-law, has given up his office in the Kettlewell building and is preparing to remove to San Francisco, where he has accepted an offer to go in as a partner in an old established law firm in Phelan Block. There is certainly greater scope for the talents of a lawyer in the metropolis than there is here, and while regretting to have Mr. Livernash leave us, we wish him success in his new field.
- Source: Newspapers.com clipping (subscription not required)
1888
- "Reviews of his Saturday Gazette", Three Items, Multiple Newspapers, 19 April to 28 April 1888
- Item Number: n718
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- Daily Examiner (San Francisco, 19 April 1888, pg 2, bottom of column 6 and continued at the top of column 7, untitled item (one of two) under "Catholic Publications"
- Item Number: n714
- Excerpt: The Saturday Gazette is the name of a new weekly paper published in San Francisco. It is neatly printed, and claims to be "a review of contemporary life and magazine of general literature, especially devoted to the Young Men's Institute". ... Edward J. Livernash is the editor.
- Note: The "Young Men's Institute" is a catholic men's fraternal organization founded in San Francisco in 1883.
- Source: Newspapers.com clipping (subscription not required)
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- St. Helena Star, 20 April 1888, pg 2, col 1, untitled item
- Item Number: n668
- Excerpt: We are in receipt of a copy of Vol. 1, No. 1, of the Saturday Gazette, issued in San Francisco, with Edward J. Livernash as editor and Proprietor.
- Source: Newspapers.com clipping (subscription not required)
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- Cloverdale Reveille, 28 April 1888, pg 4, col 1, untitled item
- Item Number: n715
- Excerpt: The Saturday Gazette, a neat ten page weekly published every Saturday in San Francisco by Ed. J. Livernash, well-known to old Cloverdalians, was received the first of the week.
- Source: Newspapers.com clipping (subscription not required)
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- St. Helena Star, 24 Aug 1888, pg 3, col 3, untitled item under "Personal"
- Item Number: n677
- Full Text: The Ukiah, Mendocino, Dispatch says: E. J. Livernash, formerly of the Cloverdale Sentinel, but latterly of the Gazette, a literary journal of San Francisco, has come to Ukiah to take the foremanship of the Press.
- Note: The Ukiah City Press appears to have been a Republican paper. It is not in the CDNC or Newspapers.com, but it is mentioned a lot in the Mendocino Beacon, usually by its shorter form, the Ukiah Press.
- Source: Newspapers.com clipping (subscription not required)
1889
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- St. Helena Star, 22 Feb 1889, pg 3, col 6, under "Death of John H. Livernash"
- Item Number: n669
- Summary: Well-known former resident of St. Helena. Furniture dealer in Ukiah. Father of E. and Lizzie Livernash.
- Source: Newspapers.com clipping (subscription not required)
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- Independent Calistogian, 4 Sept 1889, pg 3, col 4, untitled item under "Napa, Lake, Sonoma"
- Item Number: n716
- Full Text: Mrs. Livernash, widow of the late J. H. Livernash, once engagedin the furniture business at St. Helena, has moved from Unkiah to Stockton. Her son, E. J. Livernash, Esq., and daughter, Lizzie Livernash, went with her, and will also reside in the city last mentioned.
- Source: Newspapers.com clipping (subscription not required)
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- St. Helena Star, 7 Feb 1890, pg 3, col 3, untitled item under "Personals"
- Item Number: n666
- Full Text: E. J. Livernash, formerly an attorney of this place, has accepted a position as copy holder on the San Francisco Examiner.
- Notes: A "copy holder" performs a role in the proof-reading of copy. It would seem to be a step down for someone that had previously been an editor, although of a much smaller paper. 2. This item is inconsistent with the item in the Healdsburg Enterprise, 9 April 1890 [n667], which associates E. J. Livernash with the Chronicle and his brother with the Examiner.
- Source: Newspapers.com clipping (subscription not required)
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- Sonoma County Tribune (Healdsburg), 1 Feb 1890, pg 3, col 4, untitled item under "Cloverdale Chronicles"
- Item Number: n729
- Full Text: J. J. Livernash, late on the Santa Roas Democrat, has accepted a position on the San Francisco Examiner.
- Source: CDNC
- Note: This suggests that the above Star item got the Livernash brothers mixed up.
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- Sonoma Democrat, 5 April 1890, pg 2, col 2, untitled item under "Healdsburg and Vicinity"
- Item Number: n695
- Full Text: Ed J. Livernash, formerly a newspaper man of this county, but now connected with the San Francisco Chronicle, was in town Saturday. Ed islooking for an established and desirable newspaper field, and would prefer such an opening in this county where a thoroughly Democratic paper would be appreciated.
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- Healdsburg Enterprise, 9 April 1890, pg 2, col 1, under "Farewell"
- Item Number: n667
- Excerpt: [The] Enterprise has this week [been sold] to Ed. J. Livernash, for[merly] of the "Pacific Sentinel", Cloverdale, and late of the San Francisco "Chronicle". Associated with him will be his brother, John J. Livernash, recently of the San Francisco "Examiner".
- Local Copy: JPEG
- Source: CDNC
- Notes: 1. The publisher on the masthead is "Enterprise Publishing Co., J. M. Alexander & C. H. Pond, Proprietors". My interpretation of the 12 April item in the Cloverdale Reveille (item n726, in the "related items' below), is that Livernash took control on April 10. 2. We'd like to think that Alexander & Pond had connections with the brotherhood of newspaper editors that they could use to verify any claim that Livernash might have made to them about his connection to the Chronicle, and we'd like to think that they felt a responsibility to verify the information before passing it on to their readers in order to reassure them that the newspaper would be managed by someone with sufficient experience in the newspaper business, but we don't know that they did that. One previous item (Sonoma Democrat, 5 April 1890 [n695]) also described him as connected to the Chronicle, but that was a personal item, merely reporting that he was in town, the information probably came directly from him, and the editor maybe didn't feel that it was important to verify it. The Chronicle reported the sale in a brief item on 18 April (n728 below), but did not cite Livernash's previous newspaper experience. 3. This is the last issue of the Healdsburg Enterprise in the CDNC until 1902, so we don't know how Livernash introduced himself to the newspaper's readers in his first issue or what changes he made in the paper.
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- Sonoma County Tribune (Healdsburg), 12 April 1890, pg 2, col 1, untitled item
- Item Number: n730
- Full Text: The Healdsburg Enterprise has changed hands. Messrs. Pond & Alexander retire from the management of the paper and are succeeded by Edward J. Livernash, late of San Francisco.
- Source: CDNC
- Note: The Tribune appears to be the Republican rival to the Enterprise.
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- Sonoma Democrat, 12 April 1890, pg 3, col 2, untitled item under "Local Brevities"
- Item Number: n696
- Full Text: Messrs. Pond & Alexander have sold the Healdsburg Enterprise to Ed J. Livernash, formerly of the Cloverdale Sentinel, and late of the Chronicle. Mr. Livernash will be assisted by his brother, John J. Livernash, late of the Examiner, and the paper will be issued on Saturday instead of Wednesday.
- Source: CDNC
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- Cloverdale Reveille, 12 April 1890, pg 3, col 2, untitled item
- Item Number: n726
- Excerpt: Ed. J. Livernash, formerly of this place and publisher of the Pacific Sentinel has purchased the Healdsburg Enterprise of Messrs. Pond & Alexander, taking possession Thursday. Mr. Livernash will be associated with his brother John and sister Miss Lizzie and that the Enterprise will become a prominent newspaper under their able management is assured from the fact that Mr. Livernash is one of the best writers in the county. He leaves a position on the editoral [sic] staff of the San Francisco Chronicle, to go into business himself again.
- Note: The most likely interpretation of "taking possission Thursday", since it is modifying "has purchased", is that they took possession the previous Thursday, April 10. The "farewell" published in the Enterprise on April 9 [n667] said that it had been sold that week. Alexander and Pond were still on the masthead for that issue.
- Source: Newspapers.com clipping (subscription not required)
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- San Francisco Chronicle, 18 April 1890, pg 7, col 1, untitled item under "Coast News Notes"
- Item Number: n728
- Full Text: E. J. Livernash has bought the Healdsburg Enterprise, and his brother, J. J. Livernash, will be associated with him in the management of that prosperous journal.
- Source: Newspapers.com clipping (subscription not required)
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- Sonoma Democrat, 26 April 1890, pg 2, col 1, untitled item
- Item Number: n697
- Excerpt: We are glad to welcome back to Sonoma county journalism E. J. Livernash, formerly of Cloverdale, who with his brother, John J. Livernash, has purchased the Healdsburg Enterprise. The latter is a practical printer and the former an able, bright and industrious editor. Under the new management the Enterprise will be soundly Democratic.
- Source: CDNC
1891
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- Sonoma Democrat, 14 Feb 1891, pg 5, col 1, under "Livernash-Overton"
- Item Number: n727
- Summary: He married Jessie Overton in St. Rose's Church, Santa Rosa, Feb 9.
- Source: CDNC
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- Sonoma County Tribune, 2 April 1891, pg 3, col 3, untitled item
- Item Number: n712
- Full Text: We learn that Ed. J. Livernash, the able editor of the Enterprise, has severed his connection with that paper and that J. J. Livernash has assumed charge of the editorial department.
- Source: CDNC
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- St. Helena Star, 10 April 1891, pg 2, col 1, untitled item
- Item Number: n678
- Full Text: Edward J. Livernash has sold his interest in the Healdsburg Enterprise to his mother, Mrs. M. Livernash, and will join the editorial staff of a leading San Francisco daily. Success to all parties concerned.
- Source: Newspapers.com clipping (subscription not required)
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- Sonoma County Tribune, 16 April 1891, pg 3, col 3, untitled item
- Item Number: n713
- Full Text: Ed. Livernash has made San Francisco his home and taken a position on the Examiner. He is here now for a few days to wind up his business affairs.
- Source: CDNC
- "Sale of the Livermore Herald to Livernash", Four Items, Multiple Newspapers, 11 June to 26 June 1891
- Item Number: n711
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- Livermore Echo, 11 June 1891, pg 3, col 2, untitled item
- Item Number: n151
- Excerpt: With the last issue our local contemporary, the Herald, passed from the control of W. P. Bartlett, it having been purchased by Ed. J. Livernash, formerly of San Francisco. Mr. Livernash is an editor of considerable experience, having been connected editorially with several papers, among others the San Francisco Chronicle.
- Local Copy: JPEG
- Notes: 1. The Herald came out weekly on Thursdays, as did the Echo. So the "last issue" must have been the previous Thursday, June 4th. 2. Although this item and some previous items said that Livernash had been connected with the Chronicle, I think we need a little skeptical about that. The editors of the Healdsburg Enterprise cited his connection to the Chronicle in their announcement of his purchase of the paper (9 Apri 1890 [n667]), and a few personal items also cited a connection. But none of these items were at all specific about what his connection was or how long it was. A search of his name in the Chronicle for the period 1890 to 1891 in Newspapers.com generated a short list of items, none of which indicated that he had a position with the Chronicle. It would be interesting to see what information about his newspaper experience was given in the announcement of the sale in the Herald, since it is likely that the Echo was just passing on that information to its readers, but we don't have that issue of the Herald. A more informative (about his ability and character) evaluation of his newspaper experience would have given greater weight to his editorship of the Pacific Sentinel, the Sonoma Tribure, and his recent stint as editor of the Healdsburg Enterprise, than to some unspecified connection with the Chronicle.
- Source: Microfilm at the Livermore Library
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- Oakland Enquirer, 12 June 1891, pg 4, col 1, untitled item
- Item Number: n702
- Summary: Reports the sale of the Herald and praises Bartlett's role in promoting the Livermore valley through his newspaper. Does not mention to whom his newspaper was sold.
- Excerpt: Mr. Bartlett has demonstrated what a country editor can do for his town if he has the brains and energy, and Livermore valley would not be what it is today but for Mr. Bartlett's intelligent efforts.
- Source: Newspapers.com clipping (subscription not required)
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- Morning Call (San Francisco), Sunday Edition, 14 June 1891, pg 8, col 5, untitled item under "Coast Items"
- Item Number: n731
- Full Text: The Livermore Herald, one of the best weekly papers in the country, has passed from the control of W. P. Bartlett, who has for years been its editor, into the possession of E. J. Livernash, an experienced newspaper man. W. P. Bartlett has done more through his paper for the development of Livermore than almost any other one influence.
- Source: Newspapers.com clipping (subscription not required)
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- Oakland Tribune, 17 June 1891, pg 6, col 2, untitled item under "General Notes"
- Item Number: n707
- Full Text: The Herald has changed hands. Mr. Livernash, formerly of the San Francisco Chronicle, has bought out Mr. Bartlett. He intends to make many improvements in the Herald and will no doubt give Livermore a thoroughly live paper.
- Source: Newspapers.com clipping (subscription not required)
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- St. Helena Star, 26 June 1891, pg 2, col 2, untitled item
- Item Number: n152
- Full Text: E. J. Livernash, well known here, has purchased the Livermore Herald. Mr. Livernash is a young man of ability and push and will no doubt build the Herald up to where it should be. We predict for him a successful business career in Livermore.
- Source: Newspapers.com clipping (subscription not required)
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- Oakland Tribune, 22 June 1891, pg 5, cols 1–2, letter to the editor under "Hitting Dr. Dille"
- Item Number: n732
- Summary: A letter to the editor from Charles A. Wetmore accusing Rev. Dr. Dille of falsehood in remarks made about him in his sermon "last Sunday".
- Source: Newspapers.con
- Notes: 1. I assume "last Sunday" is June 14. 2. This is important because, according to n161, Livernash lost subscriptions because he took the side of Wetmore in this controversey.
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- Oakland Trbune, 27 June, 1891, pg 12, col 2, untitled item under "Livermore"
- Item Number: n708
- Full Text: Livermore people are anxiously awaiting the appearance of the Herald in its new dress. Mr. Livernash is a man who thoroughly understands the newspaper business. Everything is being put in order, new presses are being put in, the office is thoroughly clean, and various other improvements are being made.
- Source: Newspapers.com clipping (subscription not required)
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- Oakland Tribune, 29 June 1891, pg 4, col 1, untitled item
- Item Number: n703
- Full Text: The Livermore Herald comes to us in a new and handsome dress, the imprint of E. J. Livernash the new proprietor and editor. Mr. Livernash is a newspaper man of experience and ability, who will not doubt maintain the reputation which the Herald acquired under the management of W. P. Bartlett, of being the most newsy and interesting country weekly in the state.
- Source: Newspapers.com clipping (subscription not required)
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- San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Sept 1891, pg 2, col 7, one of several items about recent fires under "A Fiend at Work: ... Three Buildings Burned at Livermore ..."
- Item Number: n153
- Summary: On Sept 6, a fire destroyed the office of the Herald and damaged the Bank of Livermore and G. W. Langan's law office.
- Source: Newspapers.com clipping (subscription not required)
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- Independent Calistogian, 9 Sept 1891, pg 3, col 3, under "Miscellaneous Items"
- Item Number: n154
- Summary: Briefly reports the fire; it specifically mentions that the printing materials were destroyed.
- Local Copy: JPEG
- Source: CDNC
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- Livermore Echo, 10 Sept 1891, pg 3, col 3, under "Sunday Mornings Fire"
- Item Number: n155
- Summary: Details of the fire's damage to each of the buildings and their contents. Gives dollar values of the damage and the amount that is insured. Reveals that the Herald building is owned by W. P. Bartlett and the bank building is owned by J. S. Dungan (who, as far as I know, is not related to J. H. Dungan).
- Local Copy: JPEG
- Source: Microfilm at the Livermore Public Library
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- Oakland Enquirer, 11 Sept 1891, pg 8, col 3, untitled item under "Livermore"
- Item Number: n157
- Excerpt: The fire at Livermore last Sunday destroyed property to the value of $1000, the principal losers being G. W. Langan and Herald proprietor, Ed J. Livernash. The latter was not discouraged, however, by the disaster, but at once resumed business in the Schaffer Building.
- Source: Newspapers.com clipping (subscription not required)
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- St. Helena Star, 11 Sept 1891, pg 2, col 1, untitled item
- Item Number: n158
- Full Text: A dispatch from Livermore on the 6th stated that Mr. Edward Livernash, of the Herald, lost his plant by fire. We greatly regret to note the above. Mr. Livernash only recently took charge of the business and had already made a great change in the paper. Fortunately he was insured.
- Source: Newspapers.com clipping (subscription not required)
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- San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Sept 1891, pg 12 cols 1-2, under "In Female Attire: A Masquerader Captured at the Ferry: Chloroform and Poisen in His Satchel: He Is Identified as E. J. Livermash [sic] a Livermore Newspaper Man."
- Item Number: n160
- Summary: According to the account given in the paper, he was arrested at the Ferry for wearing female attire in public. His face had been painted with black grease-paint and he was carrying a satchel containing a bottle of chloroform, a bottle of prussic acid (a poison), and hotel and satchel keys, among other items. He was identified in the article as a former editor of the Healdsburg Enterprise and current owner and publisher of the Livermore Herald.
- Source: Newpapers.com
- Note: He was arrested on Saturday, Sept 26. As far as I can tell, based on what is available on Newspapers.com and in the CDNC, it was first reported Sept 27 (a Sunday) by the Chronicle, then picked up by other newspapers on the Sept 28. But not all newspapers picked up the story: the Livermore Echo did not, and neither did the Oakland Tribune.
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- Oakland Enquirer, 28 Sept 1891, pg 1, col 4, under "Livernash's Freak"
- Item Number: n161
- Summary: The story of his arrest in San Francisco and the reaction of people in Livermore: "In Livermore this matter created much excitement and was the talk of the town all Sunday." The paper says that Livermore people do not know what to make of it and "there are many theories given on the street". The paper reports that he returned to Livermore on Sunday afternoon and is telling eveyone that it had been a practical joke.
- Excerpt: He had intended to move his printing office from the Bartlett building near the bank to the new brick building recently erected by Louis Schafer [sic, "Schaffer" is the more usual spelling] of Oakland and since the fire has told many persons that it was not a good town for a good newspaper, but that he intended to start up again in the Schaffer building. Up to date, however, he has not done anything in the way of fitting up the building ....
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- Note: The Enquirer was issued every evening, except Sundays. So this is the first issue in which the story could have appeared.
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- San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Sept 1891, pg 7, col 1, under "A Hypnotic Trance: Editor Livernash's Queer Defense"
- Item Number: n163
- Summary: At a court hearing on Monday, "an attempt was made to prove that Livernash is a rare example of a hypnotic patient—a man who has occasional lapses of memory and loss of mental control, during the existence of which he is not morally responsible for what he does." The use of the passive verb (a question "was asked" at one point in his reported testimony) makes it difficult to tell whether he was represented by counsel. A Dr. Robertson of San Francisco was an expert witness for the defense.
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- Note: Gary Drummond, in a Livermore Heritage Guild Newsletter article (item s6 on the List of Secondary Sources on Livermore History), says that this is the same Dr. Robertson that founded the Livermore Sanitarium a few years later (and he probably is, but I have not tried to verify that).
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- Examiner (San Francisco), 29 Sept 1891, pg 3, col 6, under "He Does It Himself: The Masquerading Livermore Editor is an Auto-Hypnotist"
- Item Number: n164
- Summary: Reports the story he told in court. Provides some biographical detail on his marriage. Identifies Dr. Robertson as Dr. John W. Robertson, who has been a physician at the Napa Asylum.
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- Oakland Tribune, 29 Sept 1891, pg 4, col 1, untitled item
- Item Number: n165
- Full Text: It is reasonably clear that Editor Livernash of Livermore was not mentally responsible at the time he engaged in his queer masquerade in San Francisco. His case presents a very curious study of hypnotic conditions, and the attempt by a local contemporary to attribute some criminal purpose is entirely unwarranted by the facts and cruel in its nature.
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- Note: The Tribune did not publish on Sundays, and it did not carry the story of Livernash's arrest on Monday or in this (Tuesday) issue. But it seems to be assuming that the reader knows the story from a "local contemporary" (possibly meaning another Oakland newspaper).
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- St. Helena Star, 2 Oct 1891, pg 2, col 5, under "A Queer Freak"
- Item Number: n166
- Summary: "Edward J. Livernash, well known here, has got himself into a very embarrassing position ...." The details of his arrest in San Francisco are briefly reported.
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- San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Oct 1891, pg 3, col 6, under "Editor Livernash's Lark"
- Item Number: n167
- Summary: He was found guilty and sentenced to a pay a fine of $100 or serve fifty days in the County Jail. He appealed.
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- Santa Rosa Daily Democrat, 30 Oct 1891, pg 1, col 1, under "Local News: Old Man Etheridge Shot by E. J. Livernash"
- Item Number: n171
- Summary: Livernash shot a man in Cloverdale, was brought before a judge in Santa Rosa, who summoned two physicians to examine him. The physicians pronounced him insane and he was committed to the Napa Asylum. For more details, see the article.
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- Source: CDNC