Los Angeles Newspapers

Today I read old newspapers from Los Angeles in the 1870s.  The main newspaper in Los Angeles was called the Los Angeles Herald and it was printed daily.  There were many articles written about attempts to make sugar from beets.  People had trouble growing large amounts of sugar cane after the end of slavery because labor was much more expensive and many of the trials to make sugar from beats were happening in California.  Another interesting story was similar to something you would see in the news today, a man called Yankee Jim robbed mines around San Diego and claimed to steal from the rich to give to the poor.  The newspaper wrote about the trial and jury and eventually his sentencing to be hung.  One story was about  man who tried to stay on a pacific coast train after his ticket expired and was tossed overboard, the transpacific railroad was fined 400 dollars for damages.  There were also advertisements similar to what you could see today such as furniture stores claiming to have the lowest prices and people offering jobs.

Sources

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/

http://web.csulb.edu/~odinthor/socal6.html

http://waterandpower.org/museum/Early_City_Views%20(1800s).html